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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/philosophy free-sw.html
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:27:45 +0000

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       11/08/03 19:27:45

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Reflect, in the brief statement of freedom 1, the point that
        tivoization violates it.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.104&r2=1.105

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.104
retrieving revision 1.105
diff -u -b -r1.104 -r1.105
--- free-sw.html        13 Jul 2011 17:30:48 -0000      1.104
+++ free-sw.html        3 Aug 2011 19:27:40 -0000       1.105
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 
 <ul>
   <li>The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li>
-  <li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make
-      it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
-      precondition for this.
+  <li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it
+      does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source
+      code is a precondition for this.
   </li>
   <li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
       (freedom 2).
@@ -97,12 +97,13 @@
 <p>
 Freedom 1 includes the freedom to use your changed version in place of
 the original.  If the program is delivered in a product designed to
-run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours &mdash;
-a practice known as &ldquo;tivoization&rdquo; or (in its practitioners'
-perverse terminology) as &ldquo;secure boot&rdquo; &mdash; freedom 1 becomes a
-theoretical fiction rather than a practical freedom.  This is not
-sufficient.  In other words, these binaries are not free software
-even if the source code they are compiled from is free.
+run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours &mdash; a
+practice known as &ldquo;tivoization&rdquo; or &ldquo;lockdown&rdquo;,
+or (in its practitioners' perverse terminology) as &ldquo;secure
+boot&rdquo; &mdash; freedom 1 becomes a theoretical fiction rather
+than a practical freedom.  This is not sufficient.  In other words,
+these binaries are not free software even if the source code they are
+compiled from is free.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -311,6 +312,11 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.103&amp;r2=1.104";>Version
+1.104</a>: Reflect, in the brief statement of freedom 1, the point
+(already stated in version 1.80) that it includes really using your modified
+version for your computing.</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.91&amp;r2=1.92";>Version
 1.92</a>: Clarify that obfuscated code does not qualify as source code.</li>
 
@@ -425,7 +431,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 17:30:48 $
+$Date: 2011/08/03 19:27:40 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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