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They are outraged _now_? Do they know how much power Google concentrates by hording and analysing user data? And how much political/economical influence this introduces? IMO this is way more dangerous than the military exploring killer machines - because it's subtle and under the radar.

Related: if you decide to release your software as open source you give up any possibility to control who uses it. Licences like the GPL do not allow restrictions to civil usage only. And even if they would, how could you enforce it?