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<title>Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</h2>
@@ -15,7 +25,7 @@ harmful to yourself and in some cases to others.</p>
<p>If you run a nonfree program on your computer, it denies your
freedom; the immediate wrong is directed at
-you.(<a href="#footnote">*</a>)</p>
+you&#8239;<a class="ftn" href="#f1">[1]</a>.</p>
<p>That does <em>not</em> mean you're an &ldquo;evildoer&rdquo; or
&ldquo;sinner&rdquo; for running a nonfree program. When the harm
@@ -39,7 +49,7 @@ important to avoid any use of these programs.</p>
<p>But there is one special case where using some nonfree software, and
even urging others to use it, can be a positive thing. That's when
the use of the nonfree software aims directly at putting an end to the
-use of that very same nonfree software.</p>
+use of that very same nonfree software&#8239;<a class="ftn" href="#f2">[2]</a>.</p>
<h3>In the past</h3>
@@ -109,20 +119,12 @@ of releases for those systems.</p>
limits, and crucial for the progress of free software, but we must
resist stretching it any further lest it turn into an all-purpose
excuse for any profitable activity with nonfree software.</p>
+<div class="column-limit"></div>
-<h3>Author's note</h3>
-
-<p>Occasionally it is necessary to use and even upgrade a nonfree
-system on a machine in order to install a free system to replace it on
-that machine. This is not exactly the same issue, but the same
-arguments apply: it is legitimate to recommend running some nonfree
-software momentarily in order to remove it.</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3>
-
-<p><a href="#footnote-rev" id="footnote">[*]</a> Using the nonfree
+<h3 class="footnote">Footnotes</h3>
+<ol>
+<li id="f1">
+<p>Using the nonfree
program can have unfortunate indirect effects, such as rewarding the
perpetrator and encouraging more use of that program. This is a
further reason to shun use of nonfree programs.</p>
@@ -140,10 +142,21 @@ uncooperative.</p>
<p>However, we think that the truly moral path is to carefully reject
such agreements.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li id="f2">
+<p>Occasionally it is necessary to use and even upgrade a nonfree
+system on a machine in order to install a free system to replace it on
+that machine. This is not exactly the same issue, but the same
+arguments apply: it is legitimate to recommend running some nonfree
+software momentarily in order to remove it.</p>
+</li>
+</ol>
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@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ of this article.</p>
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@@ -198,10 +211,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
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