www/philosophy loyal-computers.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/01/28 12:39:27

Modified files:
        philosophy     : loyal-computers.html 

Log message:
        Add installability requirement.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6

Patches:
Index: loyal-computers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- loyal-computers.html        24 Jan 2015 01:18:54 -0000      1.5
+++ loyal-computers.html        28 Jan 2015 12:39:24 -0000      1.6
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
 <p>Our tentative definition consists of these principles.</p>
 
 <dl>
+<dt>Installability</dt>
+
+<dd>
+<p>Any software that can be replaced by someone else,
+the user must be empowered to replace.</p>
+
+<p>Thus, if the computer requires a password or some other secret in
+order to replace some of the software in it, whoever sells you the
+computer must tell you that secret as well.
+</dd>
+
+<dl>
 <dt>Neutrality towards software</dt>
 
 <dd>
@@ -132,6 +144,10 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.5&amp;r2=1.6";>Version
 1.6</a>:
+Add installability requirement.
+</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.3&amp;r2=1.4";>Version
 1.4</a>: Full documentation is not a requirement for loyalty.
 </li>
@@ -194,7 +210,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/01/24 01:18:54 $
+$Date: 2015/01/28 12:39:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>