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From: Pavel Kharitonov
Subject: www/philosophy proprietary.html
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 05:25:04 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       14/05/30 05:25:04

Modified files:
        philosophy     : proprietary.html 

Log message:
        Reorganize lists RT #914789.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- proprietary.html    25 Apr 2014 20:33:30 -0000      1.17
+++ proprietary.html    30 May 2014 05:25:02 -0000      1.18
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/proprietary.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<style type="text/css" media="print,screen">
+div.companies { float: right; margin-bottom: .5em; }
+div.malfunctions { max-width: 27em; }
+<!--
+#content div.toc li { list-style: none; margin-bottom: 1em; }
+#content div.toc { margin-top: 1em; }
+-->
+</style>
 <h2>Proprietary Software</h2>
 
 <p>Proprietary software, nonfree software, means software that doesn't
@@ -15,7 +23,7 @@
 injustice often leads to further injustice.</p>
 
 <p>Power corrupts, so the proprietary program's developer is tempted
-to design the program to mistreat its users &mdash;that is, to make
+to design the program to mistreat its users&mdash;that is, to make
 it <em>malware</em>.  (Malware means software whose functioning
 mistreats the user.)  Of course, the developer usually does not do
 this out of malice, but rather to put the users at a disadvantage.
@@ -25,18 +33,25 @@
 it is standard practice.  Modern proprietary software is software for
 suckers!</p>
 
-<p>Here are examples of widely used proprietary programs that are known to 
-be malware. They are organized by the type of malicious functionality.</p>
+<div class="toc">
+<div class="companies">
+<ul>
+  <li><strong>Company or type of product</strong></li>
+  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-apple.html">Apple Malware</a></li>
+  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft Malware</a></li>
+  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html">Malware in mobile 
devices</a></li>
+  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-kindle-swindle.html">Malware in the Amazon
+  Swindle</a></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
 
+<div class="malfunctions">
 <ul>
-<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Proprietary back
-    doors</a></li>
-<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Proprietary
-    insecurity</a></li>
-<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Proprietary
-    sabotage</a></li>
-<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Proprietary
-    surveillance</a></li>
+<li style="white-space: nowrap"><strong>Type of malware</strong></li>
+<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-back-doors.html">Back doors</a></li>
+<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-insecurity.html">Insecurity</a></li>
+<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html">Sabotage</a></li>
+<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html">Surveillance</a></li>
 <li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html">Digital restrictions
     management</a> or &ldquo;DRM&rdquo; means functionalities designed
     to restrict what users can do with the data in their computers.</li>
@@ -46,18 +61,8 @@
     that reject any operating system not &ldquo;authorized&rdquo; by the 
     manufacturer.</li>
 </ul>
-
-<p>These pages present some of the same examples, organized by
-specific companies or systems:</p>
-
-<ul>
-  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-apple.html">Apple's software is 
malware</a></li>
-  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-microsoft.html">Microsoft's software is
-  malware</a></li>
-  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-mobiles.html">Malware in mobile 
devices</a></li>
-  <li><a href="/philosophy/malware-kindle-swindle.html">Malware in the Amazon
-  Swindle</a></li>
-</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
 
 <p>Users of proprietary software are defenseless against these forms
 of mistreatment.  The way to avoid them is by insisting on
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/25 20:33:30 $
+$Date: 2014/05/30 05:25:02 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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