Re: Using proprietary software [was: Re: one-paragraph comments on s/w freedom being more important than tech niftiness]

* John Darrington <[email protected]> [2020-05-12 12:28]:
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:34:50AM -0700, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) wrote:
> 
> > However, using proprietary tools also isn't inherently unethical.
> > 
> > (Also, if you're using tools to produce proprietary software (which
> > free tools cheerfully allow), the debate of which tools it is ethical
> > to *use* kind of goes out the window.)
> 
> You are correct.  The GNU/FSF position is sometimes misunderstood on this
> issue.  In case anyone isn't sure, let me try to summarize it:
> 
>   Using proprietary software is NOT unethical.  But it is unwise for
>   a lot of reasons, and hurts yourself.
> 
>   Producing proprietary software IS unethical because it hurts the people
>   who will use it.

As ethics is personal issue, for me is using proprietary software not
ethical.