www/philosophy government-free-software.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       11/12/22 15:58:38

Modified files:
        philosophy     : government-free-software.html 

Log message:
        Clarification about control over state computers.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Patches:
Index: government-free-software.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- government-free-software.html       21 Dec 2011 17:26:45 -0000      1.9
+++ government-free-software.html       22 Dec 2011 15:57:54 -0000      1.10
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
 
 <ul>
 <li>Every computer that the state uses must belong to or be leased by
-the same branch of government that uses it, and that branch must
-always maintain the right to decide, at any moment, who has physical
-access to the computer, who can do maintenance (hardware or software)
-on it, and what software should be installed in it.  If the computer
-is not portable, then while in use it must be in a physical space of
-which the state is the occupant (either as owner or as tenant).</li>
+the same branch of government that uses it, and that branch must not
+cede to outsiders the right to decide who has physical access to the
+computer, who can do maintenance (hardware or software) on it, or
+what software should be installed in it.  If the computer is not
+portable, then while in use it must be in a physical space of which
+the state is the occupant (either as owner or as tenant).</li>
 </ul>
 
 <p>One other policy affects free and nonfree software development:</p>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/12/21 17:26:45 $
+$Date: 2011/12/22 15:57:54 $
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 </p>
 </div>