Using this as an example of the general problem, who's going to enforce their loss of freedom to use free software? And how?
We've had, and are still having, this debate over encryption. Laws were passed making it illegal to use encryption software for "evil" in the previou century. They were enforced by shutting down the distribution of crypto software, even in some cases shutting down the sale of books about crypto outside the USA.
In this case, a government or governments could take action to prevent the use of open source facial recognition software by banning it. Shut down all servers. Detain the programmers, restrict their freedom to travel, monitor their communications. It would work.
For my own very very minor contributions to open source, I take the same attitude as I do when teaching students how to program. I hope they won't do anything immoral, but all I can really do is set a good example.
Re: trying to fabricate a popper "paradox"?
We've had, and are still having, this debate over encryption. Laws were passed making it illegal to use encryption software for "evil" in the previou century. They were enforced by shutting down the distribution of crypto software, even in some cases shutting down the sale of books about crypto outside the USA.
In this case, a government or governments could take action to prevent the use of open source facial recognition software by banning it. Shut down all servers. Detain the programmers, restrict their freedom to travel, monitor their communications. It would work.
For my own very very minor contributions to open source, I take the same attitude as I do when teaching students how to program. I hope they won't do anything immoral, but all I can really do is set a good example.