Z:gnu-www-ja-freedom-or-power--862104-Proprietary software developer/en

Proprietary software developers are often businesses. We in the free software movement are not opposed to business, but we have seen what happens when a software business has the &ldquo;freedom&rdquo; to impose arbitrary rules on the users of software. Microsoft is an egregious example of how denying users' freedoms can lead to direct harm, but it is not the only example. Even when there is no monopoly, proprietary software harms society. A choice of masters is not freedom.