www/philosophy government-free-software.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/03/31 18:05:11

Modified files:
        philosophy     : government-free-software.html 

Log message:
        Add point: don't allow computer sales to require paying a proprietary
        software license.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31

Patches:
Index: government-free-software.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- government-free-software.html       10 Mar 2013 17:56:45 -0000      1.30
+++ government-free-software.html       31 Mar 2013 18:05:09 -0000      1.31
@@ -80,6 +80,18 @@
 audio or video recordings in formats that require Flash or nonfree
 codecs, and public libraries must not distribute works with Digital
 Restrictions Management.</p></li>
+
+<li><p>Sale of computers must not require purchase of a proprietary
+software license.  The seller should be required by law to offer the
+purchaser the option of buying the computer without the proprietary
+software and without paying the license fee.</p>
+<p>The imposed payment is a secondary wrong, and should not distract
+us from the essential injustice of proprietary software, the loss of
+freedom which results from using it.  Nonetheless, the abuse of
+forcing users to pay for it gives certain proprietary software
+developers an additional unfair advantage, detrimental to users'
+freedom.  It is proper for the state to prevent this abuse.</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>Several policies affect the computational sovereignty of the state.
@@ -212,7 +224,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
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-$Date: 2013/03/10 17:56:45 $
+$Date: 2013/03/31 18:05:09 $
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 </p>
 </div>