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Some questions for my fellow Muslims here (lemdro.id)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/38140147

I got into free and open source software, you can take an idea about it from fsf by watching the video https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software

So, I have been in this rabbit hole for years now. And I convinced myself that using non-free software is haram and I shouldn't do it, however when I looked it up I found no discussion about it In Muslim communities anywhere, no fatwas about it. But how can that be, don't anyone else see big tech companies evil? Shouldn't Muslims use these free as in freedom software instead of Google and Facebook products? Shouldn't products by Facebook, openai and Microsoft and the rest of them be haram with existence of free alternatives that respect user privacy and freedom? Why there's no discussion about it at all?

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

I am not Muslim (although I've lived in countries with large Muslim populations); just wanted to point out this is an interesting perspective.

I think most religious authorities are quiet capable of deemphasizing seemingly mandatory religious traditions/obligations when there is money at stake.

That being said, why is closed source software haram in Islam? I am genuinely curious.

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