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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/the-root-of-this-problem.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/the-root-of-this-problem.html index 7bf8ddf..dae78c5 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/the-root-of-this-problem.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/the-root-of-this-problem.html @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.90 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural evils" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>The Problem Is Software Controlled By Its Developer - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/the-root-of-this-problem.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>The Problem Is Software Controlled By Its Developer</h2> <address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address> @@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ devices be locked.</p> <p> It is true that a general computer lets you run programs designed to -<a href="/philosophy/proprietary.html">spy on you, restrict you, or +<a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">spy on you, restrict you, or even let the developer attack you</a>. Such programs include KaZaA, RealPlayer, Adobe Flash Player, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Windows, and MacOS. Windows Vista does all three of those things; it @@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ are designed to stop you from sharing and lending your books. Features that artificially obstruct use of your data are known as Digital Restrictions Management (DRM); our protest campaign against DRM is hosted -at <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org">http://defectivebydesign.org</a>. (Our +at <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/">defectivebydesign.org</a>. (Our adversaries call DRM “Digital Rights Management” based on their idea that restricting you is their right. When you choose a term, you choose your side.)</p> @@ -137,9 +144,9 @@ If we are concerned about the spread of restricted computers, we should tackle the issue of the price deception that sells them. If we are concerned about malware, we should insist on free software that gives the users control.</p> - <div class="column-limit"></div> -<h3 style="font-size: 1.2em">Postnote</h3> + +<h3 class="footnote">Postnote</h3> <p> Zittrain's suggestion to reduce the statute of limitations on software @@ -159,21 +166,22 @@ The complete, simple solution is to eliminate patents from the field of software. Since the patent system is created by statute, eliminating patents from software will be easy given sufficient political -will. (See <a href="http://www.endsoftpatents.org">http://www.endsoftpatents.org</a>.)</p> - -<h3 style="font-size: 1.2em">Footnote</h3> +will. (See <a href="https://endsoftwarepatents.org">End Software Patents</a>.)</p> -<p id="note1">1. Windows Vista initially had a “kill switch” with +<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3> +<ol> +<li id="note1">Windows Vista initially had a “kill switch” with which Microsoft could remotely command the computer to stop functioning. Microsoft -subsequently <a href="http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/windows-genuine-disadvantage">removed +subsequently <a href="https://badvista.fsf.org/blog/windows-genuine-disadvantage/">removed this</a>, ceding to public pressure, but reserved the -“right” to put it back in. -</p> +“right” to put it back in.</li> +</ol> +</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 @@ -191,17 +199,34 @@ 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> -<p>Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Richard M. 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For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the + document was modified, or published. + + If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too. + Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying + years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable + year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including + being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system). + + There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers + Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> + +<p>Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2014, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -211,7 +236,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/10/06 08:25:53 $ +$Date: 2021/10/01 10:55:57 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |