Z:gnu-www-ja-thegnuproject--4d47c2-The idea that the proprietary/en

The idea that the proprietary software social system&mdash;the system that says you are not allowed to share or change software&mdash;is antisocial, that it is unethical, that it is simply wrong, may come as a surprise to some readers. But what else could we say about a system based on dividing the public and keeping users helpless? Readers who find the idea surprising may have taken the proprietary software social system as a given, or judged it on the terms suggested by proprietary software businesses. Software publishers have worked long and hard to convince people that there is only one way to look at the issue.