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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-software-even-more-important.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-software-even-more-important.html index 8b6d676..6032bda 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-software-even-more-important.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-software-even-more-important.html @@ -1,31 +1,22 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.94 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays aboutfs principles" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Free Software Is Even More Important Now - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> + <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-software-even-more-important.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> - +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2>Free Software Is Even More Important Now</h2> -<address class="byline">by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></address> -<p><em>A substantially edited version of this article was published in <a -href="http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/why-free-software-is-more-important-now-than-ever-before"> -Wired</a>.</em></p> - -<p><em>Watch a <a -href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/"> -14-min video presentation</a> of these ideas.</em></p> - -<div class="announcement"> -<p> -<a href="/help/help.html">Suggested ways you can help the free software -movement</a> -</p> -</div> -<hr class="thin" /> - <p>Since 1983, the Free Software Movement has campaigned for computer users' freedom—for users to control the software they use, rather than vice versa. When a program respects users' freedom @@ -38,12 +29,20 @@ such as the Uber app, are available gratis—but that's a minor detail. Either way, they give the program's developer power over the users, power that no one should have.</p> +<div class="announcement comment" role="complementary"> +<hr class="no-display" /> +<p><em>Watch a <a +href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/"> +14-min video presentation</a> of these ideas.</em></p> +<hr class="no-display" /> +</div> + <p>Those two nonfree programs have something else in common: they are both <em>malware</em>. That is, both have functionalities designed to mistreat the user. Proprietary software nowadays is often malware because <a href="/malware">the developers' power -corrupts them</a>. That directory lists around 500 different -malicious functionalities (as of January, 2021), but it is surely just +corrupts them</a>. That directory lists around 550 different +malicious functionalities (as of November, 2021), but it is surely just the tip of the iceberg.</p> <p>With free software, the users control the program, both individually @@ -80,11 +79,11 @@ something important in your life.</p> <p>(0) The freedom to run the program as you wish, for whatever purpose.</p> -<p>(1) The freedom to study the program's “source code”, +<p>(1) The freedom to study the program's “source code,” and change it, so the program does your computing as you wish. Programs are written by programmers in a programming language—like English combined with algebra—and that form -of the program is the “source code”. Anyone who knows +of the program is the “source code.” Anyone who knows programming, and has the program in source code form, can read the source code, understand its functioning, and change it too. When all you get is the executable form, a series of numbers that are efficient @@ -152,12 +151,12 @@ that can erase books.</p> would turn it into the <a href="https://archive.ieet.org/articles/rinesi20150806.html"> “internet of telemarketers”</a> as well as the -“internet of snoopers”.</p> +“internet of snoopers.”</p> <p>With the goal of ending the injustice of nonfree software, the free software movement develops free programs so users can free themselves. We began in 1984 by developing the free operating system <a -href="/gnu/the-gnu-project.html">GNU</a>. Today, millions of computers +href="/gnu/thegnuproject.html">GNU</a>. Today, millions of computers run GNU, mainly in the <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">GNU/Linux combination</a>.</p> @@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ on someone else's computer.</p> <p>Another harm of using nonfree programs and SaaSS is that it rewards the perpetrator, encouraging further development of that program or -“service”, leading in turn to even more people falling +“service,” leading in turn to even more people falling under the company's thumb.</p> <p>All the forms of indirect harm are magnified when the user is a @@ -231,9 +230,9 @@ entity other than the state). And they must not entrust it to a service programmed and run by an entity other than the state, since this would be SaaSS.</p> -<p>Proprietary software has no security at all in one crucial case -— against its developer. And the developer may help others attack. -<a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/nsa-gets-early-access-to-zero-day-data-from-microsoft-others/"> +<p>Proprietary software has no security at all in one crucial +case—against its developer. And the developer may help others attack. +<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/nsa-gets-early-access-to-zero-day-data-from-microsoft-others/"> Microsoft shows Windows bugs to the NSA</a> (the US government digital spying agency) before fixing them. We do not know whether Apple does likewise, but it is under the same government pressure as Microsoft. @@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ much aware of the importance of the freedom to cooperate because our work consists of organized cooperation. If your friend comes to visit and sees you use a program, she might ask for a copy. A program which stops you from redistributing it, or says you're “not supposed -to”, is antisocial.</p> +to,” is antisocial.</p> <p>In computing, cooperation includes redistributing exact copies of a program to other users. It also includes distributing your changed @@ -325,9 +324,25 @@ we now have the free GNU/Linux operating system that anyone—programmer or not—can use. Join our cause, as a programmer or an activist. Let's make all computer users free.</p> +<div class="announcement comment" role="complementary"> +<hr class="no-display" /> +<p> +<a href="/help/help.html">Suggested ways you can help the free software +movement</a> +</p> +</div> + +<div class="infobox extra" role="complementary"> +<hr /> +<p>A substantially edited version of this article was published in <a +href="https://www.wired.com/2013/09/why-free-software-is-more-important-now-than-ever-before/"> +<cite>Wired</cite></a>.</p> +</div> +</div> + </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> -<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to @@ -345,13 +360,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> - <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of our web pages, see <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a>. --> Please see the <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations -README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.</p> </div> @@ -372,7 +387,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 2013-2015, 2017, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -382,7 +397,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2021/03/10 15:06:21 $ +$Date: 2021/11/05 05:58:21 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |