www/philosophy loyal-computers.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       19/03/18 13:32:22

Modified files:
        philosophy     : loyal-computers.html 

Log message:
        Add note about how nonfree software in the computer relates to loyalty.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9

Patches:
Index: loyal-computers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/loyal-computers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- loyal-computers.html        28 Jan 2015 12:48:45 -0000      1.8
+++ loyal-computers.html        18 Mar 2019 17:32:18 -0000      1.9
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@
 definition to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
 &lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
 
+<p>Loyalty as defined here is the most basic criterion we could think
+of that is meaningful.  It does not require that all the software in
+the computer be free.  However, the presence
+of <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">nonfree
+software in the computer</a> is an obstacle to verifying that the
+computer is loyal, or making sure it remains so.</p>
+
 <h3 id="History">History</h3>
 
 <p>Here is the list of substantive changes in this page.</p>
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/01/28 12:48:45 $
+$Date: 2019/03/18 17:32:18 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>