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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-software-even-more-importan... |
Date: |
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 22:14:49 +0000 (UTC) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 17/01/06 22:14:49
Modified files:
philosophy : free-software-even-more-important.html
Log message:
Give number of known malware functionalities.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
Patches:
Index: free-software-even-more-important.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- free-software-even-more-important.html 1 Sep 2015 20:25:19 -0000
1.19
+++ free-software-even-more-important.html 6 Jan 2017 22:14:48 -0000
1.20
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@
<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="/proprietary/proprietary.html">the
-developers' power corrupts them</a>.</p>
+because <a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">the developers' power
+corrupts them</a>. That directory lists around 260 different
+malicious functionalities (as of Jan 2017), but it is surely just the
+tip of the iceberg.</p>
<p>With free software, the users control the program, both individually
and collectively. So they control what their computers do (assuming
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/09/01 20:25:19 $
+$Date: 2017/01/06 22:14:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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