www/philosophy open-source-misses-the-point.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/06/02 14:19:35

Modified files:
        philosophy     : open-source-misses-the-point.html 

Log message:
        Mention other kinds of malicious features.  Minor cleanups.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
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--- open-source-misses-the-point.html   31 May 2007 13:15:59 -0000      1.16
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html   2 Jun 2007 14:19:29 -0000       1.17
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@
 help do this, it is essential to speak about &ldquo;free
 software.&rdquo;</p>
 
-<p>We in the free software movement don't think of the open source camp
-as an enemy; the enemy is proprietary software.  But we want people to
-know we stand for freedom, so we do not accept being misidentified as
-open source supporters.</p>
+<p>We in the free software movement don't think of the open source
+camp as an enemy; the enemy is proprietary (non-free) software.  But
+we want people to know we stand for freedom, so we do not accept being
+misidentified as open source supporters.</p>
 
 <h3>Common misunderstandings of &ldquo;free software&rdquo; and
 &ldquo;open source&rdquo;</h3>
@@ -197,13 +197,17 @@
 
 <h3>Powerful, reliable software can be bad</h3>
 
-<p>The idea that we want software to be powerful and reliable comes from
-the supposition that software is meant to serve its users.  If it is
-powerful and reliable, it serves them better.</p>
-
-<p>But software can only be said to serve its users if it respects their
-freedom.  What if the software is designed to put chains on its users?
-Then reliability only means the chains are harder to remove.</p>
+<p>The idea that we want software to be powerful and reliable comes
+from the supposition that the software is designed to serve its users.
+If it is powerful and reliable, that means it serves them better.</p>
+
+<p>But software can only be said to serve its users if it respects
+their freedom.  What if the software is designed to put chains on its
+users?  Then powerfulness only means the chains are more constricting,
+and reliability that they are harder to remove.  Malicious features,
+such as spying on the users, restricting the users, back doors, and
+imposed upgrades are common in proprietary software, and some open
+source supporters want to do likewise.</p>
 
 <p>Under the pressure of the movie and record companies, software for
 individuals to use is increasingly designed specifically to restrict
@@ -333,7 +337,7 @@
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+$Date: 2007/06/02 14:19:29 $
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