[linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

[Björn Lindström]

Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com>:

> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
>> In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
>> tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
>> their freedom. 
>
> By this logic, locking my doors is immoral because it diminishes
> people's freedom to roam around my house.

No.

It is the of refusing others their freedom when it would have no cost
to you is what is immoral.

(I'm not counting the hypothetical cost of lost sales of copyright
licenses, which as I pointed out are an arbitrary monopoly, not a
moral right.)