Re: non-free and users?

[Sergey Spiridonov <sena@hurd.homeunix.org>]

Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 12:43:22PM +0100, Sergey Spiridonov <sena@hurd.homeunix.org> was heard to say:
>
> > Producing and distributing non-free is ethical. If I produce a package 
> > with closed source and distribute it, it is ethical, since it help 
> > people to solve their tasks. It compels me to non-ethical action when 
> > someone, for example, will request sources from me.
>
>
>   Suppose you package foo-nonfree, a package whose source code is not
> available.  Some time later, a user requests the sources from you.  You
> reply, "I'm sorry, I don't have the source code and so I can't give it
> to you."

I do not have ready example on how one can compel himself to act 
unethical if he distributes program without sources. I propose to finish 
 discussing the example which I already presented, before we will start 
to  discuss other cases.

Can you please try to find a flaw in the example already proposed?
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Best regards, Sergey Spiridonov