www/proprietary proprietary-jails.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/09/28 15:38:24

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-jails.html 

Log message:
        Regenerate from recfile.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29

Patches:
Index: proprietary-jails.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29
--- proprietary-jails.html      22 Jun 2018 22:07:33 -0000      1.28
+++ proprietary-jails.html      28 Sep 2018 19:38:24 -0000      1.29
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.85 -->
+<!-- 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Generated from propr-blurbs.rec. Please do not edit this file manually !
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-->
 <title>Proprietary Jails - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/proprietary-jails.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
@@ -58,44 +63,47 @@
 big enough to mean that the iThings are no longer jails.</p>
 
 <h4>Examples of censorship by Apple jails</h4>
-<ul>
-  <li>
-    <p>Apple <a
-      
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html";>
-      deleted several VPNs from its app store for China</a>, thus using
-      its own censorship power to strengthen that of the Chinese
-      government.</p>
-  </li>
 
-  <li>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201710130">
     <p>Apple is <a
       
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/iranian-hardliners-want-isolated-internet";>
-      censoring apps for the US government too</a>. Specifically, it
-      is deleting apps developed by Iranians.</p>
+    censoring apps for the US government too</a>. Specifically, it is
+    deleting apps developed by Iranians.</p>
+
     <p>The root of these wrongs are in Apple. If Apple had not designed
       the iMonsters to let Apple censor applications, Apple would not have
       had the power to stop users from installing whatever kind of apps.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201707290">
+    <p>Apple <a
+    
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html";>
+    deleted several VPNs from its app store for China</a>, thus using its
+    own censorship power to strengthen that of the Chinese government.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201701064">
     <p>Apple used its censorship system to enforce Russian surveillance <a
       
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/technology/linkedin-blocked-in-russia.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0";>
       by blocking distribution of the LinkedIn app in Russia</a>.</p>
+
     <p>This is ironic because LinkedIn is a surveillance system itself.
       While subjecting its users to its own surveillance, it tries to
-      protect its users from Russian surveillance, and is therefore
-      subject to Russian censorship.</p>
+    protect its users from Russian surveillance, and is therefore subject
+    to Russian censorship.</p>
+
     <p>However, the point here is the wrong of Apple's censorship of
       apps.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201701050">
     <p>Apple used its censorship system to enforce China's censorship <a 
       
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china";>
       by blocking distribution of the New York Times app</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201605190">
     <p>Apple censors games, <a
     
href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/apple-says-game-about-palestinian-child-isnt-a-game";>
     banning some games from the cr&hellip;app store</a> because of which
@@ -103,47 +111,46 @@
     considered acceptable.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201509290">
     <p>Apple <a href="http://ifixit.org/blog/7401/ifixit-app-pulled/";>
       banned a program from the App Store</a> because its developers
       committed the enormity of disassembling some iThings.</p>
     </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201509230">
     <p>As of 2015, Apple <a
       
href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/apple-anti-choice-tendencies-showing-in-app-store-reproductive-rights";>
       systematically bans apps that endorse abortion rights or would help
       women find abortions</a>.</p>
+
     <p>This particular political slant <a
       
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/dec/01/siri-abortion-apple-unintenional-omissions";>
       affects other Apple services</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
-    <p>Apple has banned iThing applications that show the confederate flag.
-      <a 
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/apple-confederate-flag_n_7663754.html";>
+  <li id="M201506250">
+    <p>Apple has banned iThing
+    applications that show the confederate flag.  <a
+    
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/apple-confederate-flag_n_7663754.html";>
       Not only those that use it as a symbol of racism</a>, but even
       strategic games that use it to represent confederate army units
       fighting in the Civil War.</p>
-    <p>This ludicrous rigidity illustrates the point that Apple should not
-      be allowed to censor apps.  Even if Apple carried out this act of
+
+    <p>This ludicrous rigidity illustrates the point that Apple should
+    not be allowed to censor apps.  Even if Apple carried out this act of
       censorship with some care, it would still be wrong.  Whether racism
       is bad, whether educating people about drone attacks is bad, are not
       the real issue.  Apple should not have the power to impose its views
       about either of these questions, or any other.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
-    <p>Apple rejected an app that displayed the locations of US drone
-      assassinations, giving various excuses. Each time the developers
-      fixed one &ldquo;problem&rdquo;, Apple complained about another.
-      After the fifth rejection, Apple <a 
-      href="http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes/";>
-      admitted it was censoring the app based on the subject
-      matter</a>.</p>
+  <li id="M201412110">
+    <p><a
+    
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/papers-please-game-ipad-nude-body-scans";>
+    More examples of Apple's arbitrary and inconsistent censorship</a>.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
+  <li id="M201405250">
     <p>Apple used this censorship power in 2014 to <a
       
href="http://boingboing.net/2014/02/07/apple-yanks-last-remaining-bit.html";>
       ban all bitcoin apps</a> for the iThings for a time.  It also <a
@@ -153,39 +160,49 @@
       killing more acceptable than marijuana.</p>
   </li>
 
-  <li>
-    <p><a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/papers-please-game-ipad-nude-body-scans";>
-      More examples of Apple's arbitrary and inconsistent censorship</a>.</p>
+  <li id="M201402070">
+    <p>Apple rejected an app that displayed the locations
+    of US drone assassinations, giving various excuses. Each
+    time the developers fixed one &ldquo;problem&rdquo;, Apple
+    complained about another.  After the fifth rejection, Apple <a
+    href="http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/apple-app-tracks-drone-strikes/";>
+    admitted it was censoring the app based on the subject matter</a>.</p>
   </li>
 </ul>
 
+
 <h3 id="microsoft">Microsoft jails</h3>
 
-<ul>
-  <li>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201706130">
     <p>Windows 10 S was a jail: <a      
       
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/03/windows-10-s-microsoft-faster-pc-comparison";>
    
-      only programs from the Windows Store could be installed and
-      executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
+    only programs from the Windows Store could be
+    installed and executed</a>. It was however possible to <a
       
href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/13/15789998/microsoft-windows-10-s-upgrade-windows-10-pro-guide";>
-      upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows 10 S is a
-      special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
+    upgrade to Windows 10 Pro</a>. The successor of Windows
+    10 S is a special configuration of Windows 10 called <a
       
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq";>
-      S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there
-      is an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p></li>
+    S mode</a>. The major difference with Windows 10 S is that there is
+    an easy way to switch out of S mode.</p>
+  </li>
 
-  <li>
-    <p><a 
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html";>
+  <li id="M201210080">
+    <p><a
+    
href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2832657/operating-systems/microsoft-metro-app-store-lock-down.html";>
       Windows 8 on &ldquo;mobile devices&rdquo; (now defunct) was a
-      jail</a>.</p></li>
+    jail</a>.</p>
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
+
 <h3 id="consoles">Game consoles</h3>
 
 <p>No game can run on the console unless the console's manufacturer
 has authorized it.  Alas, I can't find a article to cite as a reference
 for this fact.  Please inform us if you know of one.</p>
 
+
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@@ -243,7 +260,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/06/22 22:07:33 $
+$Date: 2018/09/28 19:38:24 $
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