www/philosophy government-free-software.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/12/06 13:31:35

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

Log message:
        Add item about prohibiting tyrant devices.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.21&r2=1.22

Patches:
Index: government-free-software.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/government-free-software.html,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -b -r1.21 -r1.22
--- government-free-software.html       20 Sep 2012 15:14:56 -0000      1.21
+++ government-free-software.html       6 Dec 2012 13:31:34 -0000       1.22
@@ -145,6 +145,26 @@
 school.</p></li>
 </ul>
 
+<p>Freedom should not imply e-waste:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><p>Many modern computers are designed to make it impossible to
+replace their preloaded software with free software.  Thus, the only
+way to free them is to junk them.  This practice is harmful to
+society.</p>
+
+<p>Therefore, it should be illegal, or at least substantially
+discouraged through heavy taxation, to sell, import or distribute in
+quantity a new computer (that is, not second-hand) or computer-based
+product for which secrecy about hardware interfaces or intentional
+restictions prevent users from developing, installing and using
+replacements for any and all of the installed software that the
+manufacturer could upgrade.  This would apply, in particular, to any
+device on which &ldquo;jailbreaking&rdquo; is needed to install a
+different operating system, or in which the interfaces for some
+peripherals are secret.
+</p></li>
+
 <p>With these measures, the state can recover control over its computing,
 and lead the country's citizens, businesses and organizations towards
 control over their computing.</p>
@@ -181,7 +201,7 @@
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+$Date: 2012/12/06 13:31:34 $
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