On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
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Even giving the URLs has the effect of referring people to those
non-free programs. It gives those non-free programs legitimacy,
and thus contradicts the idea that "software should be free".
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This philosophy disturbs me, and reminds me of the rationale for
censorship in dictatorships and police states. Admitting the
existence of something.... even referencing it.... does not give it
legitimacy. Should we remove any reference to nazi germany from our
history books in order to avoid legitimizing the nazi point of view?
Seems rather absurd to me. Perhaps you disagree.
-Jonathan
