Z:gnu-www-ja-rieti--22e608-Theoretically speaking, on the/en

Theoretically speaking, on the one hand people say, &ldquo;Oh, nobody forces you to use that nonfree software. Nobody forces you to use Microsoft Word.&rdquo; On the other hand, you have people saying, &ldquo;I have no choice.&rdquo; So practically speaking, it is not a situation of individual choice. Yes, it is true, if you are determined to be free, determined to reject it, you can do it, but it takes a lot of determination. When we started 20 years ago, it took tremendous work to use a computer without the nonfree software. All the operating systems for modern computers in 1983 were proprietary. You could not get a computer and use it, except with nonfree software. To change this, we had to spend years working, and we did, we changed it.