www/proprietary proprietary-back-doors.html pro...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/11/23 09:58:55

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-back-doors.html 
                         proprietary-deception.html 
                         proprietary-obsolescence.html 
                         proprietary-subscriptions.html 

Log message:
        Change the introduction (RMS www-discuss 2019-11-23).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.102&r2=1.103
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.42&r2=1.43
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.32&r2=1.33

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.102
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -u -b -r1.102 -r1.103
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 20 Nov 2019 07:36:41 -0000      1.102
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 23 Nov 2019 14:58:54 -0000      1.103
@@ -42,16 +42,18 @@
 href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">that is the
 basic injustice</a>. The developers and manufacturers often exercise
 that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
+
+<p>This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities.</p>
 <hr class="thin" />
 </div>
 
 <div id="about-page">
 <p>Some malicious functionalities are mediated by <a
 href="/proprietary/proprietary.html#f1">back doors</a>.  Here are
-examples of programs that contain  one or several of those, sorted
-out according to what the back door is known to allow. Back doors
-that allow full control over the operating system are said to be
-&ldquo;universal&rdquo;.</p>
+examples of programs that contain one or several of those, classified
+according to what the back door is known to have the power to do.
+Back doors that allow full control over the programs which contain them
+are said to be &ldquo;universal.&rdquo;</p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="important">
@@ -675,7 +677,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/11/20 07:36:41 $
+$Date: 2019/11/23 14:58:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-deception.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-deception.html,v
retrieving revision 1.42
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -b -r1.42 -r1.43
--- proprietary-deception.html  18 Nov 2019 12:57:03 -0000      1.42
+++ proprietary-deception.html  23 Nov 2019 14:58:54 -0000      1.43
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@
 </div>
 
 <div id="about-page">
-<p>Deception is a malicious functionality of programs that are dishonest
-or conceal trickery. Here are examples of such programs.</p>
+<p>Deception is a malicious functionality that makes the program
+dishonest or conceals trickery. Here are examples of such
+malicious functionalities. Cases of deception that involve taking
+people's money are listed in <a
+href="/proprietary/proprietary-fraud.html#main-heading">
+Proprietary Fraud</a>.</p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="important">
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/11/18 12:57:03 $
+$Date: 2019/11/23 14:58:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-obsolescence.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-obsolescence.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- proprietary-obsolescence.html       18 Nov 2019 10:27:57 -0000      1.9
+++ proprietary-obsolescence.html       23 Nov 2019 14:58:54 -0000      1.10
@@ -40,19 +40,17 @@
 </div>
 
 <div id="about-page">
-<p>One of the malicious functionalities that may be designed into
-proprietary software is obsolescence.</p>
+<p>Programmed obsolescence is one of the malicious functionalities that
+may be designed into proprietary software.</p>
 
-<p>IT has an environmental impact, as does any human activity, but it is
-especially harmful to the planet when it is proprietary, because then it
-encourages users to change devices when they are no longer updated, or
-to replace components when they are no longer supported, or to discard
-defective hardware which would be repairable if it were free.</p>
-
-<p>Here are examples of proprietary software that is designed to break the
-devices they are associated with, or to make them irreparable. Users
-cannot avoid this constraint and are forced to &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; the
-hardware because they have no control over the software.</p>
+<p>Computer technology inevitably has an environmental impact, but
+proprietary software makes it worse because it is often designed to lead
+or pressure users to discard devices sooner because support for them has
+ceased, or to discard defective hardware which could have been made
+repairable.</p>
+
+<p>Here are examples of proprietary programs that make hardware devices
+prematurely obsolete.</p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="important">
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/11/18 10:27:57 $
+$Date: 2019/11/23 14:58:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary-subscriptions.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-subscriptions.html,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -b -r1.32 -r1.33
--- proprietary-subscriptions.html      18 Nov 2019 10:27:57 -0000      1.32
+++ proprietary-subscriptions.html      23 Nov 2019 14:58:54 -0000      1.33
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 it is <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-tethers.html#about-page">tethered
 to a server</a>, and that server checks the date.  Either one is a
 malicious functionality.</p>
+
+<p>Examples of software subscriptions that harmed users directly are
+given below.</p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="important">
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/11/18 10:27:57 $
+$Date: 2019/11/23 14:58:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>