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"If you are in favor of free software, you are also in favor of computer viruses"
Well, a lot of FOSS advocates are also cyberanarchists. I personally am leaning somewhere towards that, where while I oppose viruses, I don't know if I agree writing one should be illegal.
Most FOSS advocates understand there is a line where your rights end and mine begin--it's why we have the GPL instead of all using MIT or LGPL license. Your right to acess the source is sacred.
Gun advocates don't give a shit. Your death means nothing to their desire to roleplay mad max or zombie apocalypse or cowboy or whatever.
I've never seen a FOSS advocate argue that all software should legally be required to be FOSS. Would that include server-side code? Instead they oppose IP protection, so that anyone could simply crack your software and freely distribute it.
"Most ~~FOSS~~ gun advocates understand there is a line where your rights end and mine begin"
Because, you know, owning a gun doesn't infringe on anyone's rights.