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 Table of Contents
 
    1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
-   2.  The Plan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
-   3.  Technical Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
-   4.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
-   5.  FSF Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
-   6.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   2.  Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
+   3.  Action Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   4.  Technical Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   5.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   6.  FSF Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   7.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
    Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
-   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
-   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
+   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
+   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
 
 1.  Introduction
 
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    technology coorporations, our methods of communicating with the
    masses are ineffective.
 
-   In February 2022, the author decided to adjust his dogma, and
-   permitted limited usage of nonfree chat platforms to hopefully spread
-   our ideas to the general public.  This was attempted by registering a
-   Discord account, creating a Guild called "Free Software
-   Introductions", and setting up a basic Discord-to-IRC relay to #fsi
-   on both irc.andrewyu.org and irc.libera.chat.
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@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ Yu                            Informational                     [Page 1]
                     Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
 
 
+   In February 2022, the author decided to adjust his dogma, and
+   permitted limited usage of nonfree chat platforms to hopefully spread
+   our ideas to the general public.  This was attempted by registering a
+   Discord account, creating a Guild called "Free Software
+   Introductions", and setting up a basic Discord-to-IRC relay to #fsi
+   on both irc.andrewyu.org and irc.libera.chat.
+
    One of the communities that he knows about, the VF-Technic Minetest
    community, primarily uses Discord as a means of communication by
    plays not in-game.  As the users inside are Minetest players, a Free
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    Technic Guild, some people joined, and we've partially converted two
    users.
 
+2.  Justification
+
    Two users is definitely few, but it sets a start and an example for
    how freedom can be spread.
 
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    typically know but don't completely understand Free Software.  Rather
    than using Matrix IDs to identify users, the Matrix specification
    specifies that third-party platform identities, such as email and
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+                    Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
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    GitHub, are how users should be referenced both internally by servers
    and shown to other users.  This is obviously an increadibly foolish
    idea, especially considering the use of centralized identity servers
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    It is true that Libera Chat and similar IRC networks, though multi-
    centered in a technical way (i.e. multiple IRC servers form an IRC
    network), the network is politically centralized, controlled by one
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-                    Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
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    entity, Libera.  The Internet Relay Chat server-to-server protocol
    implies that servers fully trust each other and are expected to not
    send damaging commands, which in turn implies full trust between
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    community to progress by understanding common features that users of
    nonfree services use.
 
-   The latter is more interesting, with reasons explained above.
+   The latter is more interesting, as explained above our methods of
+   spreading awareness is limited.
 
-2.  The Plan
 
-3.  Technical Limitations
 
-   git://git.andrewyu.org/internet-delay-chat
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-4.  Conclusion
 
-   Hi
+Yu                            Informational                     [Page 3]
+
+                    Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
 
 
+3.  Action Procedure
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+   Activists *SOULD NOT* list such nonfree services in "Contact
+   Information" pages on their website or similar sources, unless
+   followed by a explanation that the purpose of the nonfree platform is
+   to introduce users thereof onto free protocols and to eventually
+   exterminate the nonfree platform.  Whenever these references to
+   nonfree platforms appear, the author MUST present free methods of
+   communication.  Activists SHOULD pragmatically use as many of the
+   popular free protocols as possible, to ensure that oppurtunities of
+   introductions are not lost.  In cases involving competition between
+   free and nonfree protocols and platforms, ethical concerns (i.e.
+   enabling talking to a new user on any ethical platform) MUST take
+   precedence over technical concerns (such as disliking the XMPP
+   protocol for its inefficent use of XML) whenever possible.
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+   Communities for introducing users to Free Software on nonfree
+   platforms MUST be bridged to a free protocol in some obvious way, in
+   order to minimize the usage of nonfree platforms even for the purpose
+   of communicating ideology to new users and allow members of the Free
+   Software community refusing to use nonfree platforms in any way to
+   participate.  Usages of nonfree platforms, besides part of the user-
+   introduction process that must happen on the nonfree platform, SHOULD
+   be avoided.
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+4.  Technical Limitations
 
+   git://git.andrewyu.org/internet-delay-chat
 
-Yu                            Informational                     [Page 3]
-
-                    Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
+5.  Conclusion
 
+   Hi
 
-5.  FSF Considerations
+6.  FSF Considerations
 
    Hi
 
-6.  Normative References
+7.  Normative References
 
    [RMSGP]    The GNU Project, "Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree
               Program?", September 2013, <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/
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 Acknowledgements
 
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+                    Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software         April 2022
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    Many thanks to everyone in the Free Software community for the
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