[branon]

It was my impression that morality regards the beliefs of one person/entity (here, Amazon) while ethics refers to a different/opposing group.

So clearly Amazon has no moral scruples about doing what they did, but to us (or others) it's ethically ambiguous.

[a1369209993]

Well, disagreeing about which words to use doesn't necessarily mean there's any disagreement about the object-level situation, but FWIW, the definition I've generally heard is that "ethics" refers to the whole general "ought" side of the is-ought distinction, which is further divided into: axiology, which outcomes are actually desireable in the first place; morality, what actions and strategies people ought to follow to achieve those outcomes; and law (not, unfortunately, to be confused with actual law), how groups of people ought to act in order to deal with coordination problems and evil people.

[barumi]

> So clearly Amazon has no moral scruples about doing what they did

Dude, they picked a software project that was released to the world under a license that explicitly allows anyone and everyone to use it as they see fit, and they proceeded to use the software.

Please do explain exactly wheredo you see any breech in morality.

[branon]

The point of my comment(s) is expressly that this _isn't_ a breach of morality...

[barumi]

It seems to me that it's not a breach of morality, ethics, or even goodwill. It is a FLOSS project being used in compliance with the author's will.