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Does pointing that out advance the discussion in a useful way? Does it help having a constructive debate? Does it make anyone's day or life better? Are you just posting in the hope of getting some upvotes for making a funny, snarky short comment? Is your comment actually relevant to the discussion? Does the fact that you ask that question indicate that you already know the answer?


I did not write that from my Lemote, channeling Stallman, nor I have any general enmity towards closed source software (that I both use and write). I just don't like inaccurate proclamations of purity.




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