It’s hard to overemphasize the extent to which freedom of code matters to free software developers. Bradley Kuhn, a leader of the nonprofit umbrella organization Software Freedom Conservancy, likens his lifestyle to that of a vegetarian. Just as a vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, to the extent that he’s able Bradley doesn’t use proprietary software.16 This means not using websites like Twitter, Medium, YouTube, or GitHub. Code, like livestock, needs liberation from humanity, even at the expense of personal convenience.
