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by elsjaako 4139 days ago
In the GNU narrative, you are the bad guy.

You are depriving your users of freedom by releasing closed-source software.

I have heard Stallman literally say that stealing food is bad, but working on proprietary software is worse.

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It's an interesting statement to make! I think both GPL and non-GPL have their merits and good/bad points, but I have worked hard on something and don't want to give it away. Stallman would likely steal the bread that I had taken to put on my table then.