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1gn15yesterday at 2:10 AM1 replyview on HN

Staying true to free software principles. It's unethical to publish nonfree code or binaries.


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llbbddyesterday at 4:54 AM

Code is only useful if it's used. I could write a ton of code and be buried with it, or publish it for people (or AI software, or dolphins or aliens) to use. Who has the energy to have Anubis measure whether my code, or yours, is ethical enough? I'm going to die someday!