&gt; That&#x27;s quite an odd thing to say, isn&#x27;t it? You&#x27;re basically endorsing the idea that you shouldn&#x27;t be allowed to run binary code of your choice on your own computer.<p>Quite a few people have been saying for a very long time that distributing proprietary software without users being able to see the source is a Bad Thing. It&#x27;s not your freedom they object to, they feel they are actually <i>championing</i> your freedom.<p>You or I may pragmatically decide to embrace opaque proprietary software, but certainly there is a reasonable school of thought opposed to the notion. It&#x27;s much like arguing that we should be free to buy food that doesn&#x27;t list the ingredients on the side, and drugs that aren&#x27;t tested.<p>There&#x27;re reasonable arguments to be made on both sides of that issue.