www/philosophy free-software-even-more-importan...

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/09/01 20:19:48

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-software-even-more-important.html 

Log message:
        Add link about the "internet of telemarketers".
        Modernize two links.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: free-software-even-more-important.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- free-software-even-more-important.html      19 Jan 2015 09:02:17 -0000      
1.17
+++ free-software-even-more-important.html      1 Sep 2015 20:19:48 -0000       
1.18
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 <p>Those two nonfree programs have something else in common: they are
 both <em>malware</em>.  That is, both have functionalities designed to
 mistreat the user.  Proprietary software nowadays is often malware
-because <a href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary.html">the
+because <a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">the
 developers' power corrupts them</a>.</p>
 
 <p>With free software, the users control the program, both individually
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 nonfree program is a yoke, an instrument of unjust power.</p>
 
 <p>In outrageous cases (though this outrage has become quite usual) <a
-href="/philosophy/proprietary/">proprietary programs are designed
+href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">proprietary programs are designed
 to spy on the users, restrict them, censor them, and abuse them</a>.
 For instance, the operating system of Apple iThings does all of these,
 and so does Windows on mobile devices with ARM chips.  Windows, mobile
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@
 asking permission. The Amazon Kindle has a back door that can erase
 books.</p>
 
+<p>The use of nonfree software in the &ldquo;internet of things&rdquo;
+would turn it into
+the <a 
href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rinesi20150806";>&ldquo;internet
+of telemarketers&rdquo;</a> as well as the &ldquo;internet of
+snoopers&rdquo;.</p>
+
 <p>With the goal of ending the injustice of nonfree software, the free
 software movement develops free programs so users can free themselves.
 We began in 1984 by developing the free operating system <a
@@ -284,6 +290,7 @@
 anyone&mdash;programmer or not&mdash;can use.  Join our cause, as a
 programmer or an activist.  Let's make all computer users free.</p>
 
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -341,7 +348,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/01/19 09:02:17 $
+$Date: 2015/09/01 20:19:48 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>