www/proprietary proprietary-tyrants.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 18/09/28 15:44:43

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-tyrants.html 

Log message:
        Update links; regenerate from recfile.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21

Patches:
Index: proprietary-tyrants.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- proprietary-tyrants.html    27 Jul 2018 02:48:15 -0000      1.20
+++ proprietary-tyrants.html    28 Sep 2018 19:44:43 -0000      1.21
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.84 -->
+<!-- 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Generated from propr-blurbs.rec. Please do not edit this file manually !
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-->
 <title>Proprietary Tyrants - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
  <!--#include virtual="/proprietary/po/proprietary-tyrants.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
@@ -27,73 +32,72 @@
 to inform us. Please include the URL of a trustworthy reference or two
 to present the specifics.</p>
 
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>Some LG TVs <a 
href="http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Achievements";>are tyrants</a>.</p>
-</li>
-
-<li><a
-href="http://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php5/SamyGO_for_DUMMIES#What_are_Restricted_Firmwares.3F";>
-Samsung &ldquo;Smart&rdquo; TVs have turned Linux into the base
-for a tyrant system</a> so as to impose DRM.
-What enables Samsung to do this is that Linux is released under
-GNU GPL version 2, <a href="/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html">not version 3</a>,
-together with a weak interpretation of GPL version 2.
-</li>
-
-  <li><p>Apple
-         arbitrarily <a 
href="http://9to5mac.com/2014/12/01/ios-8-1-signing-window-closed/";>blocks
-         users from installing old versions of iOS</a>.
-       </p>
-  </li>
-
-<li>
-<p>The Apple iThings are tyrant devices.  There is a port of Android
-to the iThings, but installing it
-requires <a 
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150721065208/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>
+<ul class="blurbs">
+  <li id="M201607150">
+    <p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users
+    to install GNU/Linux on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
+    
href="http://www.securitynewspaper.com/2016/07/15/microsoft-silently-kills-dev-backdoor-boots-linux-locked-windows-rt-slabs/";>
+    &ldquo;fixed&rdquo; the &ldquo;error&rdquo;</a>. They have the gall
+    to call this &ldquo;protecting&rdquo; the users.  The article talks
+    of installing &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, but the context shows it is really
+    <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a> that users install.</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 id="M201412010">
+    <p>Apple arbitrarily <a
+    href="http://9to5mac.com/2014/12/01/ios-8-1-signing-window-closed/";>blocks
+    users from installing old versions of iOS</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.
-</p>
-</li>
+  <li id="M201403150">
+    <p><a href="http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/03/15/1912255";>
+    Intel processors will have tyrant software built in</a>.</p>
+  </li>
 
-<li>
-<p><a href="http://boycottsony.org";>The Playstation 3 is a tyrant</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
+  <li id="M201304080">
+    <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.</p>
+  </li>
 
-<li>
-<p><a href="http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/03/15/1912255";>
-Intel processors will have tyrant software built in</a>.
-</p>
-</li>
+  <li id="M201212180">
+    <p>Samsung &ldquo;Smart&rdquo; TVs have <a
+    
href="https://wiki.samygo.tv/index.php?title=SamyGO_for_DUMMIES#What_are_Restricted_Firmwares.3F";>
+    turned Linux into the base for a tyrant system</a> so as to impose
+    DRM.  What enables Samsung to do this is that Linux is released
+    under GNU GPL version 2, <a
+    href="/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html">not version 3</a>, together with
+    a weak interpretation of GPL version 2.</p>
+  </li>
 
-<li>
-<p>Microsoft accidentally left a way for users to install GNU/Linux
-on Windows RT tablets, but now it has <a
-href="http://www.securitynewspaper.com/2016/07/15/microsoft-silently-kills-dev-backdoor-boots-linux-locked-windows-rt-slabs/";>
-&ldquo;fixed&rdquo; the &ldquo;error&rdquo;</a>. They have the
-gall to call this &ldquo;protecting&rdquo; the users.  The article
-talks of installing &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, but the context shows it is
-really <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a> that users
-install.
-</p>
-</li>
+  <li id="M201210020">
+    <p>Some LG TVs <a
+    href="http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/Achievements";>are
+    tyrants</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201205280">
+    <p>The Apple iThings are tyrant devices.  There is a
+    port of Android to the iThings, but installing it requires <a
+    
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150721065208/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 id="M201110110">
+    <p><a href="https://fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/";>
+    Mobile devices that come with Windows 8 are tyrants</a>.</p>
+  </li>
+
+  <li id="M201105070">
+    <p><a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/sony";>The Playstation
+    3 is a tyrant</a>.</p>
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
+
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/07/27 02:48:15 $
+$Date: 2018/09/28 19:44:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>