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Will the FSF suppress BSD?

5 2021-12-26 15:15

When the FSF is "finally and totally victorious", it will show its true colors by transforming itself into the monopolistic FSF Corporation. In the name of freedom, this frighteningly powerful corporation will reintroduce closed-source software onto an initially unsuspecting world. All software will be controlled and distributed by the FSF Corporation.

Computer programming will be a strictly regulated activity that can only be done by licensed professionals affiliated with the FSF. All new software will have to be approved by the regulators before a single line of code can be written. With greater regulations, the authorities hope to remove the tools that criminal hackers use to create malware. It will be a crime to write a program without a permit. All computer-like devices will be monitored by the authorities to prevent unauthorized and/or malicious use. The sale of text editors will be strictly monitored by the authorities. Emacs and Vim will be banned for being "too customizable", and for being the foundational tool used by hackers to create malware. There will be an international organization for preventing the proliferation of text editing technology.

Software prices will rise significantly. Low income households will be spending an ever growing proportion of their income on "essential software". The developing world will not be able to develop its own software due to perpetual and global software patents that the FSF enforces with the threat of military force.

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