www/philosophy/proprietary proprietary-jails.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/06/09 07:52:48

Modified files:
        philosophy/proprietary: proprietary-jails.html 

Log message:
        Clarify the introduction.
        Update that bitcoin apps are no longer banned for iThings.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3

Patches:
Index: proprietary-jails.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-jails.html,v
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--- proprietary-jails.html      4 Jun 2014 12:22:57 -0000       1.2
+++ proprietary-jails.html      9 Jun 2014 07:52:44 -0000       1.3
@@ -15,17 +15,24 @@
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-<p>These systems are platforms for censorship by the company that owns
-the system.  Selling products designed in this way as platforms for
-censorship ought to be forbidden by law.</p>
+<p>These systems are platforms for censorship imposed by the company
+that owns the system.  Selling products designed as platforms for a
+company to impose censorship ought to be forbidden by law, but it
+isn't.</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p><a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-yo.html";>
-iOS, the operating system of the Apple iThings, is a jail.</a>  Apple
-has used its power
+iOS, the operating system of the Apple iThings, is a jail.</a>Apple introduced 
the practice of designing general purposes computers
+as jails for their users.</p>
+
+<p>Apple used this censorship power in 2014
 to <a 
href="http://boingboing.net/2014/02/07/apple-yanks-last-remaining-bit.html";>
-censor all bitcoin apps</a> for the iThings.</p>
+ban all bitcoin apps</a> for the iThings for a time.  It
+also <a 
href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/apple-removes-game-about-growing-marijuana-from-app-store/1100-6419864/";>banned
+a game about growing marijuana</a>, while permitting Games about other
+crimes such as killing people.  Perhaps Apple considers killing more
+acceptable than marijuana.</p>
 
 <p>Here is an article about
 the <a 
href="http://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2008/03/07/code-signing-and-you/";>code
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/06/04 12:22:57 $
+$Date: 2014/06/09 07:52:44 $
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