www/philosophy government-free-software.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/11/13 18:06:56

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

Log message:
        Add final section about "technological neutrality".

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.37&r2=1.38

Patches:
Index: government-free-software.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -b -r1.37 -r1.38
--- government-free-software.html       8 Nov 2014 20:58:39 -0000       1.37
+++ government-free-software.html       13 Nov 2014 18:06:55 -0000      1.38
@@ -204,9 +204,23 @@
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-<p>With these measures, the state can recover control over its computing,
-and lead the country's citizens, businesses and organizations towards
-control over their computing.</p>
+<h3>Technological neutrality</h3>
+
+<p>With the measures in this article, the state can recover control
+over its computing, and lead the country's citizens, businesses and
+organizations towards control over their computing.  However, some
+object on the grounds that this would violate the
+&ldquo;principle&rdquo; of technological neutrality.</p>
+
+<p>The idea of technological neutrality is that the state should not
+impose arbitrary preferences on technical choices.  Whether that is a
+valid principle is disputable, but it is limited in any case to issues
+that are merely technical.  The measures advocated here address issues
+of ethical, social and political importance, so they are
+<a href="/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html">outside the scope
+of <em>technological</em> neutrality</a>.  Only those who wish to
+subjugate a country would suggest that its goverment be
+&ldquo;neutral&rdquo; about its sovereignty or its citizens' freedom.
 
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 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/11/08 20:58:39 $
+$Date: 2014/11/13 18:06:55 $
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