www/philosophy malware-kindle-swindle.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/04/22 15:54:18

Modified files:
        philosophy     : malware-kindle-swindle.html 

Log message:
        Add explanation to compare and contrast malware with nonfree software.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/malware-kindle-swindle.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5

Patches:
Index: malware-kindle-swindle.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/malware-kindle-swindle.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- malware-kindle-swindle.html 16 Apr 2014 18:03:06 -0000      1.4
+++ malware-kindle-swindle.html 22 Apr 2014 15:54:18 -0000      1.5
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 management (DRM)</a>  and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html"> 
 other malicious functionalities</a>.</p>
 
+<p>
+Malware and nonfree software are two different issues.  Malware means
+the program is designed to mistreat or harm users when it runs.  The
+difference between <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
+software</a> and nonfree software is in
+<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
+whether the users have control of the program or vice versa</a>.  It's
+not directly a question of what the program <em>does</em> when it
+runs.  However, in practice nonfree software is often malware, because
+the developer's awareness that the users would be powerless to fix any
+malicious functionalities tempts the developer to impose some.
+</p>
+
 <ul>
   <li><p>The Amazon Kindle has a back door that has been used to <a 
   
href="http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/";>
@@ -87,7 +100,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/16 18:03:06 $
+$Date: 2014/04/22 15:54:18 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>