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From: |
Pavel Kharitonov |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy ubuntu-spyware.html |
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Date: |
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:34:55 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 12/12/07 17:34:55
Modified files:
philosophy : ubuntu-spyware.html
Log message:
Update template texts. Use “ and ”. Use absolute URLs.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: ubuntu-spyware.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- ubuntu-spyware.html 7 Dec 2012 15:22:12 -0000 1.2
+++ ubuntu-spyware.html 7 Dec 2012 17:34:54 -0000 1.3
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.69 -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.70 -->
<title>Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/ubuntu-spyware.translist" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
<h2>Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</h2>
<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a></p>
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
Management) to restrict users, and back doors that can do nasty things
under remote control. Programs that do any of these things are
malware and should be treated as such. Widely used examples include
- Windows, the iThings, and the Amazon "Kindle" product for virtual book
+ Windows, the iThings, and the Amazon “Kindle” product for
virtual book
burning, which do all three; Macintosh and the Playstation III which
impose DRM; most portable phones, which do spying and have back doors;
Adobe Flash Player, which does spying and enforces DRM; and plenty of
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@
<p>Once in a while, users who know programming find that a free program
has malicious code. Generally the next thing they do is release a
corrected version of the program; with the four freedoms that define
- free software (see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>),
they
- are free to do this. This is called a "fork" of the program. Soon
+ free software (see <a
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>),
they
+ are free to do this. This is called a “fork” of the program.
Soon
the community switches to the corrected fork, and the malicious
version is rejected. The prospect of ignominious rejection is not
very tempting; thus, most of the time, even those who are not stopped
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
Windows. My late friend Fravia told me that when he searched for a
string in the files of his Windows system, it sent a packet to some
server, which was detected by his firewall. Given that first example
- I paid attention and learned about the propensity of "reputable"
+ I paid attention and learned about the propensity of “reputable”
proprietary software to be malware. Perhaps it is no coincidence that
Ubuntu sends the same information.</p>
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
<p>Most free software developers would abandon such a plan given the
prospect of a mass switch to someone else's corrected version. But
Canonical has not abandoned the Ubuntu spyware. Perhaps Canonical
- figures that the name "Ubuntu" has so much momentum and influence that
+ figures that the name “Ubuntu” has so much momentum and
influence that
it can avoid the usual consequences and get away with surveillance.</p>
<p>Canonical says this feature searches the Internet in other ways.
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@
not make the surveillance feature ok.</p>
<p>Even if it were disabled by default, the feature would still be
- dangerous: "opt in, once and for all" for a risky practice, where the
+ dangerous: “opt in, once and for all” for a risky practice,
where the
risk varies depending on details, invites carelessness. To protect
users' privacy, systems should make prudence easy: when a local search
program has a network search feature, it should be up to the user to
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@
<p>But there's more at stake here than whether some of us have to eat
some words. What's at stake is whether our community can effectively
use the argument based on proprietary spyware. If we can only say,
- "free software won't spy on you, unless it's Ubuntu," that's much less
- powerful than saying, "free software won't spy on you."</p>
+ “free software won't spy on you, unless it's Ubuntu,” that's
much less
+ powerful than saying, “free software won't spy on you.”</p>
<p>It behooves us to give Canonical whatever rebuff is needed to make it
stop this. Any excuse Canonical offers is inadequate; even if it used
@@ -128,40 +129,22 @@
<p>While you're at it, you can also tell them that Ubuntu contains
nonfree programs and suggests other nonfree programs. (See
- <a href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html";>
+ <a href="/distros/common-distros.html">
http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html</a>.) That will counteract
the other form of negative influence that Ubuntu exerts in the free
software community: legitimizing nonfree software.</p>
-<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general,
- pages on the GNU web server should be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US.
- Please do NOT change or remove this without talking
- with the webmasters or licensing team first.
- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document.
- For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the document
- was modified, or published.
-
- If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
- Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
- years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
- year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
- being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
-
- There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
- Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-
-
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
- <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
- <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
- There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
- the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
- to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
- <p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
replace it with the translation of these two:
We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
@@ -174,22 +157,39 @@
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
- Please see the <a
-
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
- README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
- of this article.</p>
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
- <p>Copyright © 2012 Richard Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright © 2012 Richard Stallman</p>
- <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
-
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
- Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
-
- <p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2012/12/07 15:22:12 $
- <!-- timestamp end -->
- </p>
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2012/12/07 17:34:54 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>