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-<header><div id="logo"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></div><h1>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="Freedom-or-Power_003f"></a>
-<a name="Overcoming-Social-Inertia"></a>
-<h1 class="chapter">42. Overcoming Social Inertia</h1>
-
-<a name="index-citizen-values_002c-convenience-v_002e-7"></a>
-<a name="index-citizen-values_002c-social-inertia-v_002e"></a>
-<a name="index-Windows_002c-social-inertia_002c-short_002dterm-convenience_002c-and-_0028see-also-citizen-values_0029"></a>
-<p>Almost two decades have passed since the combination of GNU and Linux
-first made it possible to use a PC in freedom. We have come a long way
-since then. Now you can even buy a laptop with GNU/Linux preinstalled
-from more than one hardware vendor—although the systems they ship
-are not entirely free software. So what holds us back from total
-success?
-</p>
-
-<p>The main obstacle to the triumph of software freedom is social
-inertia. It exists in many forms, and you have surely seen some of
-them. Examples include devices that only work on Windows and
-commercial web sites accessible only with Windows. If you value
-short-term convenience instead of freedom, you might consider these
-reason enough to use Windows. Most companies currently run Windows, so
-students who think short-term want to learn how to use it and ask
-their schools to teach it. Schools teach Windows, produce graduates
-that are used to using Windows, and this encourages businesses to use
-Windows.
-</p>
-<p>Microsoft actively nurtures this inertia: it encourages schools to
-inculcate dependency on Windows, and contracts to set up web sites
-that then turn out to work only with Internet Explorer.
-</p>
-<p>A few years ago, Microsoft ads argued that Windows was cheaper to run
-than GNU/Linux. Their comparisons were debunked, but it is worth
-noting the deeper flaw in their argument, the implicit premise which
-cites a form of social inertia: “Currently, more technical people
-know Windows than GNU/Linux.” People who value their freedom would
-not give it up to save money, but many business executives believe
-ideologically that everything they possess, even their freedom, should
-be for sale.
-</p>
-<p>Social inertia consists of people who have given in to social inertia.
-When you surrender to social inertia, you become part of the pressure
-it exerts on others; when you resist it, you reduce it. We conquer
-social inertia by identifying it, and resolving not to be part of
-it.
-</p>
-<p>Here a weakness holds our community back: most GNU/Linux users have
-never even heard the ideas of freedom that motivated the development
-of GNU, so they still judge matters based on short-term convenience
-rather than on their freedom. This makes them vulnerable to being led
-by the nose by social inertia, so that they become part of the
-inertia.
-</p>
-<a name="index-call-to-action_002c-talk-about-freedom-1"></a>
-<p>To build our community’s strength to resist, we need to talk about
-free software and freedom—not merely about the practical benefits
-that open source supporters cite. As more people recognize what they
-need to do to overcome the inertia, we will make more progress.
-</p>
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-<a name="Freedom-or-Power_003f"></a>
-<h1 class="chapter">43. Freedom or Power?</h1>
-
-<p>Written by
-<a name="index-Kuhn_002c-Bradley-M_002e"></a>
-Bradley M. Kuhn and Richard Stallman.
-</p>
-<p>
-<em>The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.</em>
-</p><a name="index-Hazlitt_002c-William"></a>
-<p align="right">—William Hazlitt
-</p><br>
-<a name="index-proprietary-software_002c-freedom-or-power_003f"></a>
-<p>In the free software movement, we stand for freedom for the users of
-software. We formulated our views by looking at what freedoms are
-necessary for a good way of life, and permit useful programs to foster
-a community of goodwill, cooperation, and collaboration. Our criteria
-for free software specify the freedoms that a program’s users need so
-that they can cooperate in a community.
-</p>
-<p>We stand for freedom for programmers as well as for other users.
-Most of us are programmers, and we want freedom for ourselves as well
-as for you. But each of us uses software written by others, and we
-want freedom when using that software, not just when using our own
-code. We stand for freedom for all users, whether they program often,
-occasionally, or not at all.
-</p>
-<p>However, one so-called freedom that we do not advocate is the
-“freedom to choose any license you want for software you
-write.” We reject this because it is really a form of power,
-not a freedom.
-</p>
-<p>This oft overlooked distinction is crucial. Freedom is being able to make
-decisions that affect mainly you; power is being able to make decisions
-that affect others more than you. If we confuse power with freedom, we
-will fail to uphold real freedom.
-</p>
-<a name="index-developers_002c-copyright-law-favors"></a>
-<p>Making a program proprietary is an exercise of power. Copyright law
-today grants software developers that power, so they and only they
-choose the rules to impose on everyone else—a relatively small
-number of people make the basic software decisions for all users,
-typically by denying their freedom. When users lack the
-freedoms that define free software, they can’t tell what the
-software is doing, can’t check for back doors, can’t monitor possible
-viruses and worms, can’t find out what personal information is being
-reported (or stop the reports, even if they do find out). If it breaks,
-they can’t fix it; they have to wait for the developer to exercise its
-power to do so. If it simply isn’t quite what they need, they are stuck
-with it. They can’t help each other improve it.
-</p>
-<a name="index-Microsoft_002c-freedom-or-power_003f"></a>
-<p>Proprietary software developers are often businesses. We in the free
-software movement are not opposed to business, but we have seen what
-happens when a software business has the “freedom” to
-impose arbitrary rules on the users of software. Microsoft is an
-egregious example of how denying users’ freedoms can lead to direct
-harm, but it is not the only example. Even when there is no monopoly,
-proprietary software harms society. A choice of masters is not
-freedom.
-</p>
-<p>Discussions of rights and rules for software have often concentrated
-on the interests of programmers alone. Few people in the world
-program regularly, and fewer still are
-<a name="index-ownership_002c-developers_0027-interests-v_002e-public_0027s-prosperity-and-freedom-1"></a>
-owners of proprietary software
-businesses. But the entire developed world now needs and uses
-software, so software developers now control the way it lives,
-does business, communicates, and is entertained. The ethical and
-political issues are not addressed by the slogan of “freedom of
-choice (for developers only).”
-<a name="index-developers_002c-copyright-law-favors-1"></a>
-</p>
-<p>If “code is law,”<a name="DOCF53" href="#FOOT53">(53)</a>
-then the real question we face is: who should control the code you
-use—you, or an elite few? We believe you are entitled to control the
-software you use, and giving you that control is the goal of free
-software.
-</p>
-<a name="index-GPL-7"></a>
-<p>We believe you should decide what to do with the software you use;
-however, that is not what today’s law says. Current copyright law
-places us in the position of power over users of our code, whether we
-like it or not. The ethical response to this situation is to proclaim
-freedom for each user, just as the Bill of Rights was supposed to
-exercise government power by guaranteeing each citizen’s
-freedoms. That is what the GNU General Public License is for: it puts
-you in control of your usage of the software while protecting you from
-others who would like to take control of your decisions.
-</p>
-<p>As more and more users realize that code is law, and come to feel that
-they too deserve freedom, they will see the importance of the freedoms
-we stand for, just as more and more users have come to appreciate the
-practical value of the free software we have developed.
-<a name="index-proprietary-software_002c-freedom-or-power_003f-1"></a>
-</p>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-<hr>
-<h3>Footnotes</h3>
-<h3><a name="FOOT53" href="#DOCF53">(53)</a></h3>
-<p>William J. Mitchell, <em>City of Bits: Space, Place, and the
-Infobahn</em> (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1995), p. 111, as quoted by
-Lawrence Lessig in <em>Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version
-2.0</em> (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2006), p. 5.
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<h2>Free Software, Free Society</h2>
-<p>
-<br>
-<br>
+ <p>This is the second edition of <cite>Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.</cite><br>
+Free Software Foundation<br>
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor<br>
+Boston, MA 02110-1335
<br>
+Copyright © 2002, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+</p><blockquote><p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire book are permitted
+worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is
+preserved. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations
+of this book from the original English into another language provided
+the translation has been approved by the Free Software Foundation and
+the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all
+copies.
+</p></blockquote>
+<p>ISBN 978-0-9831592-0-9
<br>
<br>
+</p>
+<p>
<em>Richard Stallman is the prophet of the free software movement.
He understood the dangers of software patents years ago. Now that
this has become a crucial issue in the world, buy this book and read
@@ -79,27 +92,7 @@ gives people freedom to use their creativity.</em><br> —<strong>Masayuki
Ida,</strong> professor, Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama
Gakuin University
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-
- <p>This is the second edition of <cite>Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.</cite><br>
-Free Software Foundation<br>
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor<br>
-Boston, MA 02110-1335
-<br>
-Copyright © 2002, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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-worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is
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-the translation has been approved by the Free Software Foundation and
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-copies.
-</p></blockquote>
-<p>ISBN 978-0-9831592-0-9
-<br>
-<br>
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<li><a name="stoc-Foreword-1" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_U.0"><h3>Foreword</h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>Every generation has its philosopher—a writer or an artist who captures the imagination of a time. Sometimes these philosophers are recognized as such; often it takes generations before the connection is made real. But recognized or not, a time gets marked by the people who speak its ideals, whether in the whisper of a poem, or the blast of a political movement. </p></div></li>
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<li><a name="stoc-Overcoming-Social-Inertia" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_42"><h3>42. Overcoming Social Inertia</h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>Almost two decades have passed since the combination of GNU and Linux first made it possible to use a PC in freedom. We have come a long way since then. Now you can even buy a laptop with GNU/Linux preinstalled from more than one hardware vendor—although the systems they ship are not entirely free software. So what holds us back from total success? </p></div></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Freedom-or-Power_003f" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_43"><h3>43. Freedom or Power?</h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>In the free software movement, we stand for freedom for the users of software. We formulated our views by looking at what freedoms are necessary for a good way of life, and permit useful programs to foster a community of goodwill, cooperation, and collaboration. Our criteria for free software specify the freedoms that a program’s users need so that they can cooperate in a community. </p></div></li>
- <li><a name="stoc-Appendix-A_003a-A-Note-on-Software" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_U.2"><h3><span class="roman">Appendix A: A Note on Software</span></h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>This section is intended for people who have little or no knowledge of the technical aspects of computer science. It is not necessary to read this section to understand the essays and speeches presented in this book; however, it may be helpful to those readers not familiar with some of the jargon that comes with programming and computer science. </p></div></li>
- <li><a name="stoc-Appendix-B_003a-Translations-of-the-Term-_0060_0060Free-Software_0027_0027" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_U.3"><span class="roman"><h3>Appendix B: Translations of the Term “Free Software”</span></h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>The following is a list of recommended unambiguous translations of the term “free software” into various languages.</p></div></li>
+ <li><a name="stoc-Appendix-A_003a-A-Note-on-Software" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_46"><h3><span class="roman">Appendix A: A Note on Software</span></h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>This section is intended for people who have little or no knowledge of the technical aspects of computer science. It is not necessary to read this section to understand the essays and speeches presented in this book; however, it may be helpful to those readers not familiar with some of the jargon that comes with programming and computer science. </p></div></li>
+ <li><a name="stoc-Appendix-B_003a-Translations-of-the-Term-_0060_0060Free-Software_0027_0027" href="/essay_offer.php?article=scrap1_47"><span class="roman"><h3>Appendix B: Translations of the Term “Free Software”</span></h3></a><div class="teasers_item"><p>The following is a list of recommended unambiguous translations of the term “free software” into various languages.</p></div></li>
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