Josh Branning <[email protected]> writes: > Upsides: > * Emulators allow otherwise partially-free programs to run freely on a > machine. > * Where all the programs for the platform are non-free, emulators can be > viewed as a kind of development kit for the platform architecture, > allowing new free software to be created for that machine. > * Where all the programs for the platform are non-free, emulators still > allow for reverse engineering of non-free programs. > * Where all the programs are non-free, people may be able to run the > proprietary program in a freer manner than they could do otherwise, > which still may be a small step to complete freedom. > > Downside: > * People may use the emulator to run non-free programs.
i don't see it as a downside, but rather an overstepping of freedom #0. we shouldn't be arguing about possible uses of free software, even if it includes running or interfacing with unfree software (they wouldn't be prioritary on my long todo list though.) -- http://endefensadelsl.org/
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