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www/philosophy android-and-users-freedom.html
From: |
Pavel Kharitonov |
Subject: |
www/philosophy android-and-users-freedom.html |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:00:30 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 11/09/23 08:00:30
Modified files:
philosophy : android-and-users-freedom.html
Log message:
Use — consistently
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: android-and-users-freedom.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- android-and-users-freedom.html 22 Sep 2011 14:52:24 -0000 1.3
+++ android-and-users-freedom.html 23 Sep 2011 07:59:34 -0000 1.4
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
Torvalds' version of Linux), some of which are really used in some
Android devices. Android platforms use other nonfree firmware, too,
and nonfree libraries. Aside from those, the source code of Android
-versions 1 and 2, as released by Google, is free software — but this
+versions 1 and 2, as released by Google, is free software—but this
code is insufficient to run the device. Some of the applications that
generally come with Android are nonfree, too.</p>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
handle the phone network radio, WiFi, bluetooth, GPS, 3D graphics, the
camera, the speaker, and in some cases the microphone too. On some
models, a few of these drivers are free, and there are some that you
-can do without -- but you can't do without the microphone or the phone
+can do without—but you can't do without the microphone or the phone
network radio.</p>
<p>The phone network firmware comes preinstalled. If all it did was sit
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
<p>In any case, the phone network firmware in an Android device is not
equivalent to a circuit, because the hardware allows installation of
new versions and this is actually done. Since it is proprietary
-firmware, in practice only the manufacturer can make new versions —
-users can't.</p>
+firmware, in practice only the manufacturer can make new
+versions—users can't.</p>
<p>Putting these points together, we can tolerate nonfree phone network
firmware provided new versions of it won't be loaded, it can't take
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/09/22 14:52:24 $
+$Date: 2011/09/23 07:59:34 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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