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A free, and leveled, virtual world...

One of the areas where FLOSS can have a big impact, is on support on social causes by giving people a tool that isn't dependent on the interests of a single private vendor.

When there is a way that allows the creation of software directly by those interested, without having to depend on someone or a company to act, more opportunities can be acted upon rapidly. Not only that, people can choose how and when is best for them to act upon any given situation. Or even if they want to engage it at all.

People are empowered to really act, and do, as they thing is best for them. We could actually have a say on what information we want, and with who we want to share it with. We would be in control of what goes on not only with out real life, but also of our virtual one.

All the freedoms we enjoy on the outside world, should be carried into the virtual world. There shouldn't be any question about it, it should be a given.

As it happens on the outside world, people should have the same freedoms on the virtual world. All the rules that apply on the virtual world, are to be put in by the people, and should be enforced by the people or by those we all agree that should have the power to do so.

The people should have the tools that allow them to freely interact with each other as they see fit for their interests, and to exchange ideas, informations or anything they feel is on their best interest to do so. What should be narrow, is the what can't be exchanged freely and this should be defined so by the people. Any, and all restrictions, should be the ones that the people agree upon, not the ones imposed to them by a third party.

We need to make sure that we keep all software free and open for us to work on without restrictions that limit what we can do with it. If there should be some limit, it should be on how to give credit to the originator of the idea and those who made any relevant contribution. Any other limitation, or restriction, should have no place and must be avoided.

After all, software is something that should completely at our service and out control.

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