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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ucita.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ucita.html index f6dbbe8..f8fd709 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ucita.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/ucita.html @@ -1,10 +1,18 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays upholding action" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Why We Must Fight UCITA - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/ucita.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Why We Must Fight UCITA</h2> +<div class="thin"></div> <p> UCITA is a proposed law, designed by the proprietary software @@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ out.</p> <p> That could be a disastrous obstacle for development of free software that can serve users' practical needs, because communicating with -users of non-free software is one of those needs. Many users today +users of nonfree software is one of those needs. Many users today feel that they must run Windows, simply so they can read and write files in Word format. Microsoft's “Halloween documents” announced a plan to use secret formats and protocols as a weapon to @@ -62,11 +70,11 @@ Precisely this kind of restriction is now being used in Norway to prosecute 16-year-old Jon Johansen, who figured out the format of DVDs to make it possible to write free software to play them on free operating systems. (The Electronic Frontier Foundation is helping -with his defense; see <a href="http://www.eff.org/">http://www.eff.org</a> +with his defense; see <a href="https://www.eff.org/">eff.org</a> for further information.)</p> <p> Some friends of free software have argued that UCITA would benefit our -community, by making non-free software intolerably restrictive, and +community, by making nonfree software intolerably restrictive, and thus driving users to us. Realistically speaking, this is unlikely, because it assumes that proprietary software developers will act against their own interests. They may be greedy and ruthless, but @@ -107,17 +115,17 @@ coming soon. There will probably be a battle in every state sooner or later.</p> <p> For more information about UCITA, see -<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000520080750/http://www.badsoftware.com/uccindex.htm">http://www.badsoftware.com -[Archived Page]</a> or read the UCITA page on -Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act"> -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act</a>. </p> +<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000520080750/http://www.badsoftware.com/uccindex.htm"> +badsoftware.com [Archived Page]</a> or read the <a +href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act"> +UCITA page on Wikipedia</a>. </p> <!-- Link broken as of 21 Oct 2012 InfoWorld magazine is also helping to fight against UCITA; see <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990531ucita_home.htm"> http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/features/990531ucita_home.htm</a> --> -<h4>Notes</h4> +<h3 class="footnote">Notes</h3> <ol> <li id="Note1">Other people have been using the term “open source” to describe a similar category of software. I use the @@ -126,12 +134,12 @@ Movement still exists—that the Open Source Movement has not replaced or absorbed us. <p> If you value your freedom as well as your convenience, I suggest you -use the term “free software”, not “open -source”, to describe your own work, so as to stand up clearly +use the term “free software,” not “open +source,” to describe your own work, so as to stand up clearly for your values.</p> <p> If you value accuracy, please use the term “free -software”, not “open source”, to describe the work +software,” not “open source,” to describe the work of the Free Software Movement. The GNU operating system, its GNU/Linux variant, the many GNU software packages, and the GNU GPL, are all primarily the work of the Free Software Movement. The @@ -139,13 +147,13 @@ supporters of the Open Source Movement have the right to promote their views, but they should not do so on the basis of our achievements.</p> <p> See <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html"> -http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a> for +gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a> for more explanation.</p></li> -<li id="Note2">The system is often called “Linux”, but +<li id="Note2">The system is often called “Linux,” but properly speaking Linux is actually the kernel, one major component of the system (see -<a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>).</li> +<a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>).</li> <li id="Note3">The Maryland lower house has approved UCITA; there is a push to get the state senate to approve it before the end of the @@ -160,31 +168,31 @@ If you know anyone in Maryland who works with computers, please forward this message to that person and ask for per support.</p></li> </ol> -<hr /> -<p style="text-align:center"> +<hr class="column-limit" /> +<p class="c"> If you support the anti UCITA campaign, <em>please make prominent links to this page, http://www.4cite.org [closed].</em> </p> -<hr /> -<h4>Links to other articles</h4> -<ul> +<hr class="column-limit" /> +<h3 class="footnote">Links to other articles</h3> +<ul style="font-size: 1rem"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160322150920/http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/UCITA">IEEE supports the movement to oppose UCITA [Archived Page]</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593115/cios-join-fight-to-kill-ucita.html">CIOs join fight to kill UCITA</a></li> - <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010818101424/http://interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews7.htm">Anti + <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010818101424/http://interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews7.htm">Anti UCITA, and other interesting links maintained by Citizens on the Web [Archived Page]</a> </li> - </ul> +</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 @@ -202,13 +210,13 @@ 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> @@ -229,7 +237,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2000, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 2000, 2008, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -239,7 +247,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2019/04/13 12:56:28 $ +$Date: 2021/10/01 10:55:57 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |