Re: "Freedom" is really the wrong word

On 2021-11-04 10:06, dick wrote:
>> There is nothing insidious with such a paint
> 
> And yet, free software rhetoric emphatically characterizes nonfree as 
> "causing
> harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed," which is 
> Merriam-Webster's
> definition of "insidious."

The paint in the example would only be insidious if, say, it appeared to 
mix
correctly initially and looked fine upon application to the surface, and 
then
the surface turned pitch black several months or years later.

It's not insidious if the mixture turns black right in the paint pot.

Particularly so if the data sheet for either paint warns against it.

If there is no warning, and there is a delayed reaction, then it more or 
less meets
the definition of insidious.