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Free Software Community A. Yu. Yu
The Second School Affiliated to Fudan University
15 April 2022
Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software
pragmatic-use-of-nonfree-software
Abstract
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.
Status of This Memo
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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. FSF Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. Introduction
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.
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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Pragmatic Use of Nonfree Software April 2022
2. Conclusion
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3. FSF Considerations
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to iShareFreedom, qrpnxz, DiffieHellman, Leah Rowe and
many others for the ideas (and rebutted arguments) in this article.
Contributors
Many thanks to everyone in the Free Software community for the
freedom we have today.
Author's Address
Andrew Yu
The Second School Affiliated to Fudan University
Email: andrew@andrewyu.org
URI: https://www.andrewyu.org/
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