Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-kth--37d0ca-Now in fact, you don't have to/en

Now in fact, you don't have to do anything special to cause a program to get around to all the people who want to use it, because they can copy it themselves perfectly well, and it will get to everyone. All you have to do after you've written the program is to sit back and let people do what they want to do. But that's not what happens; instead somebody deliberately tries to obstruct the sharing of the program, and in fact, he doesn't just try to obstruct it, he tries to pressure other people into helping. Whenever a user signs a nondisclosure agreement he has essentially sold out his fellow users. Instead of following the golden rule and saying, &ldquo;I like this program, my neighbor would like the program, I want us both to have it&rdquo;, instead he said, &ldquo;Yeah, give it to me. To hell with my neighbor! I'll help you keep it away from my neighbor, just give it to me!&rdquo;, and that spirit is what does the spiritual harm. That attitude of saying, &ldquo;To hell with my neighbors, give ME a copy&rdquo;.