Hi Mat,
Mat Witts admin@yuj.it writes:
I also cannot comprehend it
It' easy - one example is some groups object to liberal notions of education on the pretext of religious belief.
I used comprehend here differently. I would argue people have the right to give up their freedoms, but I don't know why they would from a theoretical perspective. From a practical perspective, I understand that people will give reasons, but I cannot help but feel that those reasons are misguided.
a decision for non-free software can be reversed at any point
Yes, but if software is 'copyleft', then bringing it back into proprietary control is complex.
I don't understand how the two are related. I was talking about how someone migh decide for themselves that they want to use proprietary software X, but they can decide differently at any later point. I was not talking about turning Free Software into proprietary software. I would not want anyone to do that.
Proprietary software has to happen, because that's the way international copyright law is configured,
Do you mean "has to happen" in the sense of "it is inevitable" or do you mean it ought to happen?
I don't like FB, but I do like the rights people have to connect to that platform, as misguided as I am sure we agree it is?
I agree, people have and should have the right to connect to services we deem problematic. But the original suggestion was not to prevent people from connecting in any case. The idea was to write a plugin that people can voluntarily install and then it would warn them of potentially harmful practices. So someone who wants to support the Free Software movement, but does not know the details yet could use such a plugin to become more aware of some issues and avoid sending links that other people might object to.
Happy hacking! Florian