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I do not disagree with this. I do not fall in with the "pack mentality" when deciding my ethics. I have described my reasons for my defense of the DIKU License; other reasonings may be the same or different.
On other issues within the MUDing community, I am oftentimes considered progressive and boat-rocking. I have my own personal set of ideas, ethics, and opinions; in the case of the DIKU License, I happen to agree with the majority.
Now let's get some self-moderation and move away from the flame-direction the moderator has been leading this conversation in the past few posts. The topic is the license, not myself, and not Matt.
My mentioning of Matt before was only meant to use an example to show that when you lobby for an idea that offends a strongly defended social norm(such as the DIKU License), you should assume that you put your own ethical cards out on the line. I have lobbied for unpopular political/social ideas with U.S. Government officials and have actively protested social norms; there is a rule when you do this - the rule is that you accept that your own ethics and morality is laid open for judgement when you do this.
It is no different in internet society.
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