www/philosophy proprietary-tyrants.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

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Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/02/01 21:20:33

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Log message:
        Initial version.

CVSWeb URLs:
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+<title>Proprietary Tyrants - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/proprietary-sabotage.translist" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Proprietary Tyrants</h2>
+
+<p>A <em>tyrant</em> device is one that refuses to allow users to
+install a different operating system or a modified operating
+system.  These devices have measures to block execution of anything
+other than the &ldquo;approved&rdquo; system versions.  We also
+refer to this practice as <em>tivoization</em>.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>The Apple iThings are tyrant devices.  There is a port of Android
+to the iThings, but installing it
+requires <a href="http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/Status";> finding a
+bug or &ldquo;exploit&rdquo;</a> to make it possible to install a
+different system.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a href="http://fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/";>
+Mobile devices that come with Windows 8 are tyrants.</a>
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html";>
+Some Android phones are tyrants</a> (though someone found a way to
+crack the restriction).  Fortunately, most Android devices are not tyrants.
+</a>
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a href="http://boycottsony.org";>The Playstation 3 is a tyrant</a>.
+</a>
+</p>
+</li>
+
+</ul>
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+<p>Updated:
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+$Date: 2014/02/01 21:20:31 $
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