[taler-marketing] branch master updated: edits

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commit c26d3cbb44f5b4c8e9fc60f2a04902d1a4beb939
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Jan 28 18:43:53 2022 +0100

    edits
---
 2022-privacy/privacy.tex | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2022-privacy/privacy.tex b/2022-privacy/privacy.tex
index 6ea1622..a97018f 100644
--- a/2022-privacy/privacy.tex
+++ b/2022-privacy/privacy.tex
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ inspired by~\cite{dold2019}, given in order of priority:
 
 \begin{enumerate}
   % FIXME: free software using open standards?
-  \item \textbf{A CBDC must be implemented as free software.}
+  \item \textbf{A CBDC must be implemented as Free Software.}
 
     Free refers to ``free as in free speech'', as opposed to ``free as in free 
beer''.
     More specifically, the four essential freedoms of free software
@@ -467,12 +467,16 @@ inspired by~\cite{dold2019}, given in order of priority:
     As the ECB report states, international or even cross-border use of a
     CBDC may be desireable, but this excludes solutions that would be under
     the control of one nation unless we presume that nations will be willing
-    to subject critical infrastructure to the whims of other nations. Given
-    recent attacks by the US government against Huawei --- which effectively 
limited
-    Huawei's ability to use US software to Free Software~\cite{huawei} --- it 
is clear that
-    only Free Software is acceptable for critical infrastructure of sovereign
-    countries.  With Free Software all countries and
-    organizations can run the payment system without being controlled by a
+    to subject critical infrastructure to the whims of other nations.
+    Recent attacks by the US government against Huawei effectively limited
+    Huawei's ability to use US software~\cite{huawei}. Such political games
+    can cause significant suffering for the population when they impact
+    critical infrastructure. It is thus clear that
+    only domestic or Free Software is acceptable for critical infrastructure 
of sovereign
+    countries.  Cross-border payments using the same payment system
+    require at least one country to use
+    non-domestic software.  Thus, only with Free Software all countries and
+    organizations can run the payment system without the risk of being 
controlled by
     foreign entities.  Customers benefit from this freedom, as the wallet
     software can be made to run on a variety of platforms, and user-hostile
     features such as tracking or telemetry could easily be removed from

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