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+Free Software Community                                        A. Yu. Yu
+                        The Second School Affiliated to Fudan University
+                                                           15 April 2022
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+                   Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software
+                   pragmatic-use-of-nonfree-software
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+Abstract
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+   Free Software is undoubtably a good thing for society.  However,
+   modern computer users are stuck in the proprietary "ecosystem" for
+   historical reasons.  This document describes the author's viewpoint
+   of using proprietary platforms to spread the ideas of Free Software.
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+Status of This Memo
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+   This document describes the author's viewpoint.  This does not
+   represent the ideas of the Free Software Foundation or any other
+   entity.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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+Table of Contents
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+   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1
+   2.  Conclusion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
+   3.  FSF Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
+   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
+   Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
+   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
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+1.  Introduction
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+   Readers of this memo probably understand the ideals of the Free
+   Software Movement, and avoid proprietary software when possible.
+   However, as most outsiders are unaware and are deeply buried inside
+   the proprietary dystopia created by mostly multibillion-dollar
+   technology coorporations, our methods of communicating with the
+   masses are ineffective.
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+   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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+2.  Conclusion
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+3.  FSF Considerations
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+Acknowledgements
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+   Many thanks to iShareFreedom, qrpnxz, DiffieHellman, Leah Rowe and
+   many others for the ideas (and rebutted arguments) in this article.
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+Contributors
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+   Many thanks to everyone in the Free Software community for the
+   freedom we have today.
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+Author's Address
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+   Andrew Yu
+   The Second School Affiliated to Fudan University
+   Email: andrew@andrewyu.org
+   URI:   https://www.andrewyu.org/
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