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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html index 3d472a9..a963412 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html @@ -1,16 +1,23 @@ <!--#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 aboutfs free-nonfree" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>When Free Software Depends on Nonfree - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>When Free Software Depends on Nonfree</h2> - <p>by <strong>Richard Stallman</strong></p> +<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address> <p>When a program is free software (free as in freedom), that means it -gives users the four freedoms (<a -href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>) +gives users <a +href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">the four freedoms</a>, so that they control what the program does. In most cases, that is sufficient for the program's distribution to be ethical; but not always. There are additional problems that can arise in specific @@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ medical data) to OpenERP's server for reformatting. This is SaaSS: it requires the user of GNU Health (a clinic) to entrust its own computing and its data to the company developer of OpenERP. Rather than bow down, Falcón rewrote GNU Health -to use <a href="http://www.tryton.org">Tryton</a> instead.</p> +to use <a href="https://www.tryton.org">Tryton</a> instead.</p> <p>Using SaaSS is inherently equivalent to running a proprietary program with snooping functionality and a universal back door. The service @@ -93,9 +100,9 @@ can trust the company that runs the service never to intentionally show any form of the data to anyone, we can't be sure that it won't be accessed by <a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">the intelligence agencies of various countries</a> or security-breaking -crackers <a -href="http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">(please don't call -them “hackers”)</a>.</p> +crackers (<a +href="https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">please don't call +them “hackers”</a>).</p> <p>When a program is diachronically trapped, releasing it from the trap requires more than a one-time job of programming. Rather, the job has @@ -111,10 +118,11 @@ without nonfree software, but if you're going to do more than dabble, you must steer clear of really using it. Both businesses and individuals will find fine free alternatives that don't have such a problem; all it takes to avoid the trap is to recognize it.</p> +</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 @@ -132,13 +140,13 @@ 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> @@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 2016, 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 @@ -169,7 +177,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:39 $ +$Date: 2021/09/05 10:10:10 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |