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Fundamental Principle

Finally, closed source doesn't support basic moral duties. By open sourcing our software, false claims, harm, and other such moral don't are not supported. In fact, open source software allows for us to follow a duty like ``ought not lie'' because then we don't present false claims as to what a software product does in order for someone to buy it.

Open source software does no harm by providing an open method of all eyes to seek, identify, and fix security holes, and bugs. In fact, because of all of these things, it is in everyone's best interest that software be open sourced. Basically, everyone benefits from it.



E R 2000-06-13