www/proprietary proprietary-insecurity.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/04/30 18:01:56

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-insecurity.html 

Log message:
        Rewrite initial intro.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53

Patches:
Index: proprietary-insecurity.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-insecurity.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- proprietary-insecurity.html 13 Apr 2017 22:36:56 -0000      1.52
+++ proprietary-insecurity.html 30 Apr 2017 22:01:54 -0000      1.53
@@ -19,12 +19,20 @@
 proprietary software that has grave consequences or is otherwise
 noteworthy.</p>
 
-<p>It would be incorrect to compare proprietary software with a
-fictitious idea of free software as perfect.  Every nontrivial program
-has bugs, and any system, free or proprietary, may have security
-holes.  That in itself is not culpable.  But proprietary software
-developers frequently disregard gaping holes, or even introduce them
-deliberately, and <em>the users are helpless to fix them</em>.</p>
+<p>It is incorrect to compare free software with a fictitious idea of
+proprietary software as perfect, but the press often implicitly does
+that whenever a security hole in a free program is discovered.  The
+examples below show that proprietary software isn't perfect, and
+is often quite sloppy.</p>
+
+<p>It would be equally incorrect to compare proprietary software with
+a fictitious idea of free software as perfect.  Every nontrivial
+program has bugs, and any system, free or proprietary, may have
+security errors.  To err is human, and not culpable.  But proprietary
+software developers frequently disregard gaping holes, or even
+introduce them deliberately.  In any case, they keep users <em>the
+helpless to fix these problems</em>.  Keeping the users helpless is
+what's culpable about proprietary software.</p>
 
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@@ -448,7 +456,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2017/04/13 22:36:56 $
+$Date: 2017/04/30 22:01:54 $
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