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<title>Essays and Articles
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
+.toc { margin-bottom: 1em; }
+.toc ul { font-weight: normal; }
+.toc > ul > li { list-style-type: none; font-weight: bold; }
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+<div class="reduced-width">
<h2>Essays and Articles</h2>
<div class="thin"></div>
@@ -17,46 +27,64 @@
free software movement, which is the motivation for our development of
the free software operating system GNU.</p>
-<p>A <a href="/philosophy/latest-articles.html">list of the latest
-published articles</a> is also available.</p>
-
-<p>
-<!-- please leave both these ID attributes here. ... -->
-<a id="TOCFreedomOrganizations">We</a>
-<a id="FreedomOrganizations">also</a>
-<!-- ... we removed this as an H$ section as it was duplicating the -->
-<!-- same information on links.html, but it's possible that some users -->
-<!-- have the URLs bookmarked or on their pages. -len -->
-keep a list of
-<a href="/links/links.html#FreedomOrganizations">Organizations
-that Work for Freedom in
-Computer Development and Electronic Communications</a>.</p>
+<p>The most important articles are marked with asterisks, and listed first
+in each category. The other ones are in reverse chronological order.</p>
</div>
-<div class="summary" style="margin-top: 1.2em">
+<div class="toc">
<h3 class="no-display">Table of Contents</h3>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#aboutfs">About Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="#aboutgnu">About the GNU Operating System</a></li>
- <li><a href="#LicensingFreeSoftware">Licensing Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Laws">Laws and Issues</a>
+<ul class="columns">
+ <li><a href="#aboutfs">About Free Software</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#principles">Principles</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#practice">Practice</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#extension">Extension to other areas</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#mix">Mixing free and nonfree</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#free-open">Free software and open source</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#upholding">Upholding Software Freedom</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="/gnu/gnu.html">The GNU Project</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#fsmovement">The free software movement</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#need">The need for free software</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#action">Guide for action</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#LicensingFreeSoftware">Licensing Free Software</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="/licenses/licenses.html">General information</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#copyleft">Copyleft</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#non-copyleft">Non-copyleft</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#traps">Licensing traps</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#Laws">Legal Issues</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#patents">Patents</a></li>
<li><a href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li>
- <li><a href="#drm">Digital Restrictions Management</a></li>
- <li><a href="#noip">The propaganda term “Intellectual
Property”</a></li>
- <li><a href="#ns">Network Services</a></li>
- <li><a href="#cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</a></li>
- </ul></li>
+ <li><a href="#noip">The propaganda term “Intellectual
+ Property”</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#sco">Response to SCO's attacks</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#society">Digital society</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#drm">Digital restrictions management</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#ns">Network services</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#access">Accessing culture</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#funding">Funding cultural works</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#evils">Surveillance, censorship, lock-in, etc.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Proprietary malware</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Definitions</a></li>
- <li><a href="#upholding">Upholding Software Freedom</a></li>
- <li><a href="#misc">Misc</a></li>
- <li><a href="#humor">Philosophical Humor</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/fun/humor.html#Philosophy">Philosophical Humor</a></li>
</ul>
<hr class="no-display" />
</div>
-<div style="width: 47em; max-width: 100%">
<h3 id="aboutfs">About Free Software</h3>
<p>
Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use
@@ -66,550 +94,974 @@
These possibilities make software as useful as it is; we believe
software users should be able to make use of them.</p>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">What is Free Software?</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/why-free.html">Why
- Software Should Not Have Owners</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/shouldbefree.html">Why
- Software Should Be Free</a> (This is an older and longer
- essay about the same topic as the previous one)</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Why Free Software Needs
- Free Documentation</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html">
- When Free Software Depends on Nonfree</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</a> is OK!</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free and
- Non-Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html"> FLOSS and FOSS</a></li>
- <li><a href="/software/reliability.html">Free Software is More
Reliable!</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/when-free-software-isnt-practically-superior.html">
- When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Why
- “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html">How Free Software and
- Open Source Relate as Categories of Programs</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html">Linux, GNU, and
- Freedom</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/gnutella.html"
- id="Gnutella">Regarding Gnutella</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.html">Why Schools Should Use
- Exclusively Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/my_doom.html">MyDoom and You</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/15-years-of-free-software.html">
- 15 Years of Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-intro.html">Free Software
movement</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html">
- Your Freedom Needs Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-motives.html">
- Motives For Writing Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/government-free-software.html">Measures
- Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/uruguay.html">Lesson from Uruguay</a>. The FSF
- learned something from a bill presented in Uruguay.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html">
- Why programs must not limit the freedom to run them</a> —
- Freedom 0 must not be limited.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/imperfection-isnt-oppression.html">
- Imperfection is not the same as oppression</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.html">
- Applying the Free Software Criteria</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="aboutgnu">About the GNU Operating System</h3>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/gnu/initial-announcement.html">Initial announcement of
- the GNU Operating System</a></li>
- <li><a href="/gnu/manifesto.html">The GNU Manifesto</a></li>
- <li><a href="/gnu/gnu-history.html">Brief history of the GNU Project</a></li>
- <li><a href="/gnu/thegnuproject.html">The GNU Project</a>,
- a longer and more complete description of the project and its
- history.</li>
- <li><a href="/fsf/fsf.html">The official website of the Free Software
Foundation</a></li>
- <li><a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">Why GNU/Linux?</a></li>
+<h4 id="principles">Principles</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span
class="date-tag">*[1996… ]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">
+ What is Free Software?</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
+ Free Software Is Even More Important Now</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">
+ Selling Free Software</a>
+ — This is OK!</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html">
+ Why programs must not limit the freedom to run them</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — Freedom 0 must not be limited.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2007]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html">
+ Your Freedom Needs Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1994]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/why-free.html">
+ Why Software Should Not Have Owners</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1991]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/shouldbefree.html">
+ Why Software Should Be Free</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — An older and longer essay about the same topic as the
+ previous one.</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="LicensingFreeSoftware">Licensing Free Software</h3>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/licenses/licenses.html">General information on licensing
- and copyleft</a></li>
- <li><a href="/licenses/license-list.html">A list of free and nonfree
- licenses, with comments</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions About
- the GNU Licenses</a></li>
- <li><a href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">Why You Shouldn't Use the
- Lesser GPL for Your Next Library</a></li>
- <li><a href="/licenses/copyleft.html">Copyleft</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.html">Why Copyleft?</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/university.html">Releasing Free Software if
- You Work at a University</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">Copyleft: Pragmatic
Idealism</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">Javascript Trap</a>.
- You may be running nonfree programs on your computer
- every day without realizing it—through your web browser.</li>
- <li><a href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/20050211.html";>
- Censorship envy and licensing</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/x.html">The X Window System Trap</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/apsl.html">The Problems of the Apple
License</a></li>
- <li><a href="/licenses/bsd.html">The BSD License Problem</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl.html">The Netscape Public License
- Has Serious Problems</a>. An <a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl-old.html">
- earlier version of this article</a> is also available.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/udi.html">The Free Software Movement and
UDI</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/gates.html">It's not the Gates, it's the
- bars</a>, an article by Richard Stallman published in BBC News in
- 2008.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft.html">Is Microsoft the Great Satan?</a>
- (An <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-old.html">older version</a> of
- this article is also available.)</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-antitrust.html">The Microsoft
- Antitrust Trial and Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-verdict.html">On the Microsoft
Verdict</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html">
- Microsoft's New Monopoly</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html">
- Lest CodePlex perplex</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/plan-nine.html" id="PlanNineLicense">
- The Problems of the Plan 9 License</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/motif.html" id="MotifLicense">
- The New Motif License</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/using-gfdl.html" id="UsingGFDL">Using the GNU
FDL</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html" id="GPLAmericanWay">
- The GNU GPL and the American Way</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-dream.html" id="GPLAmericanDream">
- The GNU GPL and the American Dream</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html" id="EnforcingGPL">
- Enforcing the GNU GPL</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html">
- On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html" id="FreedomOrPower">
- Freedom or Power?</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" id="NoWordAttachments">
- We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html" id="JavaTrap">
- Free But Shackled - The Java Trap</a> (Although Sun has
- <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html";>
- relicensed</a> most of its Java platform reference implementation
- under the GNU General Public License, the issue described in this
- article still remains important.)</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/rtlinux-patent.html">GPL-compliant version
- of RTLinux Open Patent License in Works</a></li>
+<h4 id="practice">Practice</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1999-2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/when-free-software-isnt-practically-superior.html">
+ When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior</a>
+ (by Benjamin Mako Hill)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.html">
+ Applying the Free Software Criteria</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/imperfection-isnt-oppression.html">
+ Imperfection is not the same as oppression</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">
+ Android and Users' Freedom</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1997-2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/software/reliability.html">
+ Free Software is More Reliable!</a></li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="Laws">Laws and Issues</h3>
-
-<h4 id="patents">Patents</h4>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html">Giving the Software
- Field Protection from Patents</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/w3c-patent.html">FSF's Position on W3
- Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy</a>
- rewritten</li>
-
- <li>How to Protect the <a href="/philosophy/protecting.html">Right
- to Write Software</a> (whether it's free or not).</li>
-
- <li>In <a
href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/princeton-scientists-sue-over-squelched-research";>
- Felten v. RIAA</a>, scientists are asking a court to rule that the
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not prohibit them from
- publishing their research.</li>
-
- <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/search/site/dvd cases/">EFF
- “Intellectual Property”: MPAA (Motion Picture Association of
- America) DVD Cases Archive</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html">Patent
- Reform Is Not Enough</a></li>
+<h4 id="extension">Extension to other areas</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">
+ Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2020]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-software-rocket.html">
+ Should Rockets Have Only Free Software? Free Software and Appliances</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html">
+ Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/loyal-computers.html">
+ What Does It Mean for Your Computer to Be Loyal?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html">
+ Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/gnutella.html" id="Gnutella">
+ Regarding Gnutella</a></li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">Saving Europe from
- Software Patents</a></li>
+<h4 id="mix">Mixing free and nonfree</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2016]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html">
+ When Free Software Depends on Nonfree</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html">
+ Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/mcvoy.html">
+ Thank You, Larry McVoy</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1998]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/udi.html">
+ The Free Software Movement and UDI</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/europes-unitary-patent.html">Europe's
- “unitary patent” could mean unlimited software patents</a></li>
+<h4 id="free-open">Free software and open source</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2007-2021]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
+ Why “Open Source” Misses the Point of Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html">
+ How Free Software and Open Source Relate as Categories of Programs</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html">
+ FLOSS and FOSS</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html">
+ Linux, GNU, and Freedom</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/drdobbs-letter.html">
+ Letter from RMS to the Editor of Dr. Dobb's Journal</a>
+ on the distinction between the free software and open source movements.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1998]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">
+ “Open Source Software” or “Free Software”?</a>
+ (replaced by <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
+ Why “Open Source” Misses the Point of Free Software</a>)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/amazon.html">Boycott Amazon!</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/amazon-nat.html">Amazon Boycott Success!</a>, a
- letter from Nat Friedman to Richard Stallman.</li>
+<h3 id="upholding">Upholding Software Freedom</h3>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html">Letter from RMS to Tim
- O'Reilly</a> in regard to a statement by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, on
- the duration of software patents.</li>
+<h4>The GNU Project</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a href="/gnu/gnu.html">The GNU Operating System</a>
+ — History, relationship with Linux, etc.</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/amazonpatent.html">Amazon's patent on a system
- for placing a purchase order over the internet</a>, with notes by Richard
- Stallman.</li>
+<h4 id="fsmovement">The free software movement</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a href="https://www.fsf.org/";>
+ The official website of the Free Software Foundation</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/use-free-software.html">
+ The Free Software Community After 20 Years</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — With great but incomplete success, what now?</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/15-years-of-free-software.html">
+ 15 Years of Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-software-intro.html">
+ Free Software Movement</a></li>
+</ul>
- <li><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064858/http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf";
- id="SequentialIPandI">Sequential Innovation, Patents, and
- Imitation</a> is a paper that presents a mathematical model showing
- how patents can impede progress in fields like software.</li>
+<h4 id="need">The need for free software</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2011-2017]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/government-free-software.html">
+ Measures Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2009-2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/education/edu-schools.html">
+ Why Schools Should Use Exclusively Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html">
+ Technological Neutrality and Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/uruguay.html">
+ Lesson from Uruguay</a>
+ — The FSF learned something from a bill presented in Uruguay.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/second-sight.html">
+ Free Software and (e-)Government</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/fs-and-sustainable-development.html">
+ Free Software and Sustainable Development</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — A short article regarding the use of proprietary software in
+ cultural development.</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/hague.html">Harm from the Hague</a>.</li>
+<h4 id="action">Guide for action</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2020]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html">
+ Saying No to unjust computing even once is help</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/fs-motives.html">
+ Motives For Writing Free Software</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002-2020]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" id="NoWordAttachments">
+ We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2019]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/install-fest-devil.html">
+ Install Fests: What to Do about the Deal with the Devil</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2019]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/upgrade-windows.html">
+ What Is the Right Way to Upgrade an Installation of Windows?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2018]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/kind-communication.html">
+ GNU Kind Communications Guidelines</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2017]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/hackathons.html">
+ Why Hackathons Should Insist on Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/contradictory-support.html">
+ Beware of Contradictory “Support”</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/devils-advocate.html">
+ Why the Devil's Advocate Doesn't Help Reach the Truth</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2010]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/practical.html">
+ The Advantages of Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/pirate-party.html">
+ How the Swedish Pirate Party Platform Backfires on Free Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html">
+ Lest CodePlex perplex</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2008]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ucita.html">
+ Why We Must Fight UCITA</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2008]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/compromise.html">
+ Avoiding Ruinous Compromises</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2007]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/social-inertia.html">
+ Overcoming Social Inertia</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/my_doom.html">
+ MyDoom and You</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/guardian-article.html">Opposing The European
- Software Patent Directive</a>, a slightly modified version of the
- article originally published in <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/international";>
- The Guardian</a> of London, by Richard Stallman and Nick Hill.</li>
- <li><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/02/comment.business";>
- Soft sell</a>. Richard Stallman's comments on the defeat of the EU
- software patenting directive. Published in <i>The Guardian</i> in 2005.</li>
+<h3 id="LicensingFreeSoftware">Licensing Free Software</h3>
- <li><a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit";>
- Patent absurdity</a>, an article by Richard M. Stallman published in
- <i>The Guardian</i> in 2005.</li>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><a href="/licenses/licenses.html">
+ Licenses</a>
+ — General information on licensing and copyleft</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html">Bill Gates
- and Other Communists</a>. An article by Richard Stallman published
- in CNET News.com in 2005.</li>
+<h4 id="copyleft">Copyleft</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.html">
+ Why Copyleft?</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1998]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">
+ Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2009-2017]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html">
+ On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/20050211.html";>
+ Censorship envy and licensing</a>
+ (by David “Novalis” Turner, on <i>fsf.org</i>)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/downloads/research/gpl/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf";>
+ English translation of the famous decision of the District Court of
+ Munich</a> regarding the enforceability and validity of the GPL (by
+ the translators of the Oxford Internet Institute, on
+ <i>oii.ox.ac.uk</i>)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/university.html">
+ Releasing Free Software if You Work at a University</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html" id="GPLAmericanWay">
+ The GNU GPL and the American Way</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-dream.html" id="GPLAmericanDream">
+ The GNU GPL and the American Dream</a>
+ (by Bradley M. Kuhn)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html" id="FreedomOrPower">
+ Freedom or Power?</a>
+ (by Bradley M. Kuhn and RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/rtlinux-patent.html">
+ GPL-compliant version of RTLinux Open Patent License in Works</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html" id="EnforcingGPL">
+ Enforcing the GNU GPL</a>
+ (by Eben Moglen)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/using-gfdl.html" id="UsingGFDL">
+ Using the GNU FDL</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/trivial-patent.html">The Anatomy of a
- Trivial Patent</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
+<h4 id="non-copyleft">Non-copyleft</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/apsl.html">
+ FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source License (APSL) 2.0</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/plan-nine.html" id="PlanNineLicense">
+ The Problems of the (Earlier) Plan 9 License</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1998]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl.html">
+ On the Netscape Public License</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ [<a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl-old.html">older version</a>]</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1998]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/netscape.html">
+ Netscape and Free Software</a>
+ — An old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an
+ announcement by Netscape.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1997]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/motif.html" id="MotifLicense">
+ The New Motif License</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html"
id="FightingSoftwarePatents">
- Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together</a></li>
+<h4 id="traps">Licensing traps</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2009-2019]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">
+ JavaScript Trap</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — You may be running nonfree programs on your computer every day
+ without realizing it—through your web browser.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004-2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html" id="JavaTrap">
+ Free But Shackled - The Java Trap</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — Although Sun has
+ <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html";>
+ relicensed</a> most of its Java platform reference implementation under
+ the GNU General Public License, the issue described in this article
+ still remains important.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1998-2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/x.html">
+ The X Window System Trap</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2006]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">
+ The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/software-patents.html">Software patents —
- Obstacles to software development</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html"
id="SoftwareLiteraryPatents">
- Software Patents and Literary Patents</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.
- Speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954)
- covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to
- the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close
- to the hypothetical examples cited in this article.</li>
+<h3 id="Laws">Legal issues</h3>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/gif.html">Why there are no GIF files on GNU web
- pages</a>. While this story is a historical illustration of the danger of
+<h4 id="patents">Patents</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html">
+ Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/europes-unitary-patent.html">
+ Europe's “unitary patent” could mean unlimited software
+ patents</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000-2007]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="https://www.eff.org/search/site/dvd%20cases/";>
+ EFF “Intellectual Property”: MPAA (Motion Picture
+ Association of America) DVD Cases Archive</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2006]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/trivial-patent.html">
+ The Anatomy of a Trivial Patent</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html">
+ Microsoft's New Monopoly</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/02/comment.business";>
+ Soft sell</a>
+ (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)
+ — Comments on the defeat of the EU software patenting directive.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html">
+ Bill Gates and Other Communists</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html"
id="SoftwareLiteraryPatents">
+ Software Patents and Literary Patents</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — Speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954)
+ covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to the
+ game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close to the
+ hypothetical examples cited in this article.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html"
id="FightingSoftwarePatents">
+ Fighting Software Patents—Singly and Together</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2005]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit";>
+ Patent absurdity</a>
+ (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/w3c-patent.html">
+ FSF's Position on W3 Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy</a>
+ (rewritten)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/guardian-article.html">
+ Opposing The European Software Patent Directive</a>
+ (by RMS and Nick Hill)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/princeton-scientists-sue-over-squelched-research";>
+ Princeton Scientists Sue Over Squelched Research</a>
+ (press release on <i>eff.org</i>)
+ — In <cite>Felten v. RIAA</cite>, scientists ask a court to rule that
the
+ Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not prohibit them from
+ publishing their research.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/hague.html">
+ Harm from the Hague</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064858/http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf";
+ id="SequentialIPandI">
+ Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation</a>
+ (by James Bessen and Eric Maskin, on <i>researchoninnovation.org</i>,
archived)
+ — This paper presents a mathematical model showing how patents can
+ impede progress in fields like software.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html">
+ Letter from RMS to Tim O'Reilly</a>
+ in regard to a statement by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, on the duration of
+ software patents.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/amazon-nat.html">
+ Amazon Boycott Success!</a>
+ (a letter from Nat Friedman to RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/amazon.html">
+ (Formerly) Boycott Amazon!</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/amazonpatent.html">
+ Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications
+ network</a>
+ — Amazon patent with notes by RMS</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1997]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/gif.html">
+ Why There Are No GIF Files on GNU Web Pages</a>
+ — While this story is a historical illustration of the danger of
software patents, these particular patents are now no longer a concern.
- For details of our website
- <a href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html#UseofGraphics">
- policies regarding GIFs</a>, see our <a href="/server/standards/">
- web guidelines</a>.</li>
+ For details of our website policies regarding GIFs, see our <a
+ href="/server/gnu-website-guidelines.html#UseofGraphics">web
+ guidelines</a>.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">
+ Saving Europe from Software Patents</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/protecting.html">
+ Help Protect the Rights to Write Both Nonfree and Free Software</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html">
+ Patent Reform Is Not Enough</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="copyright">Copyright</h4>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/assigning-copyright.html">When a Company Asks
- For Your Copyright</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html">Why I Will Not Sign
- the Public Domain Manifesto</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/pirate-party.html">How the Swedish Pirate Party
- Platform Backfires on Free Software</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">Misinterpreting
- Copyright</a> is another essay by Richard Stallman about the
- flaws in popular defenses of copyright law.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html">FSF's Brief Amicus
- Curiae in the Eldred v. Ashcroft Supreme Court case</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html">Science must
- “push copyright aside”</a>, another work of <a
- href="http://www.stallman.org";>Richard Stallman</a> that appeared in
- the <a
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">
+ Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — About the flaws in popular defenses of copyright law.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">
+ Reevaluating Copyright: The Public Must Prevail</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/assigning-copyright.html">
+ When a Company Asks For Your Copyright</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2010]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html">
+ Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2008]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html">
+ Freedom—or Copyright?</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ [<a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html">older version</a>]</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html">
+ FSF's Brief Amicus Curiae in the <cite>Eldred v. Ashcroft</cite> Supreme
Court case</a>
+ (by Eben Moglen)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html">
+ Science must “push copyright aside”</a>
+ (by RMS, first published in <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050729110347/http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/stallman.html";>
- Nature Webdebates</a> in 2001, explains how copyright is impeding
- progress in scientific research. You may also be interested in <a
- href="https://www.plos.org/";>The Public Library of
- Science</a>, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely
- available to all on the Internet.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">Reevaluating
- Copyright: The Public must prevail</a></li>
-
- <li><a
href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html";>
- Eldred v. Reno</a> is about a lawsuit to overturn a law that extends
- copyright by 20 extra years.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html">Freedom-Or
- Copyright?</a>, by Richard Stallman (an <a
- href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html">older version</a> of
- this essay remains online as well.)</li>
-
- <li>An <a
href="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/downloads/research/gpl/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf";>
- English translation of the famous
- decision of the District Court of Munich</a> regarding the enforceability
and
- validity of the GPL. The translation was done by the Oxford Internet
- Institute.</li>
- <!-- This link is broken
- <li><a href="http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm";>Examples of
- Excellent Copyright Policies</a></li>
- -->
-</ul>
-
-<h4 id="drm">Digital Restrictions Management</h4>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html">
- Correcting My Mistake about French Law</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html">The problem is
- software controlled by its developer</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/computing-progress.html">Computing
- “progress”: good and bad</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/opposing-drm.html">Opposing Digital Rights
- Mismanagement</a>, by Richard M. Stallman, answers a few common
- questions about DRM.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">Ebooks: Freedom Or
- Copyright</a> a slightly modified version of the article, originally
- published in Technology Review in 2000, by Richard Stallman</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html">
- Ebooks must increase our freedom, not decrease it</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Can you trust your
- computer?</a>, a work by Richard Stallman about the so-called
- “trusted computing” initiatives.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">The Right to Read: A
- Dystopian Short Story</a> by Richard Stallman.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4 id="noip">The propaganda
-term <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty">
-“Intellectual Property”</a></h4>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/komongistan.html">The Curious History of
- Komongistan (Busting the term “intellectual property”)</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html">Don't Let
- “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</a>, by
- Richard Stallman.</li>
-
- <li>Comments from Richard Stallman
- on <a href="/philosophy/ipjustice.html">the ICLC's rejection of the
- IP Enforcement Directive</a></li>
-
- <li>Richard Stallman has
- written <a href="/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html">a review of
- Boldrin and Levine's “The case against intellectual
- property.”</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Did You Say
- “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>.
- An essay on the true meaning of the phrase “Intellectual
- Property”, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
+ <cite>Nature WebDebates</cite></a> in 2001)
+ — This article explains how copyright is impeding progress in
+ scientific research. You may also be interested
+ in <a href="https://www.plos.org/";>The Public Library of Science</a>,
+ which is dedicated to making scientific research freely available to all
+ on the Internet.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2001]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030604075825/http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm";>
+ Examples of Excellent Copyright Policies</a>
+ (on <i>humaninfo.org</i>, archived)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html";>
+ Original complaint in <cite>Eldred v. Reno</cite></a>
+ (on <i>harvard.edu</i>)
+ — A lawsuit to overturn a law that extends copyright by 20 extra
+ years.</li>
</ul>
-<h4 id="ns">Network Services</h4>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html">
- Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a> an
- article by Richard Stallman.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Who
- does that server really serve?</a> by Richard Stallman published
- in <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/richard-stallman-free-software-DRM";>
- Boston Review.</a></li>
+<h4 id="noip">The propaganda term “<a
+href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty">Intellectual
+Property</a>”</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">
+ Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/komongistan.html">
+ The Curious History of Komongistan (Busting the term “intellectual
+ property”)</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2006]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html">
+ Don't Let “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">
+ Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ipjustice.html">
+ Reject IP Enforcement Directive</a>
+ — Comments on the rejection of this directive by the International
+ Civil Liberties Coalition.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html">
+ Review: Boldrin and Levine, “The Case Against Intellectual
+ Property”</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
</ul>
-<h4 id="cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</h4>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/stallmans-law.html">Stallman's Law</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/phone-anonymous-payment.html">Anonymous
- Payment by Phone</a></li>
-
- <li><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/facebook-abusing-data-law-privacy-big-tech-surveillance";>
- A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe</a>, by Richard
- Stallman</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/surveillance-testimony.html">Surveillance
- Testimony</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/devils-advocate.html">
- Why the Devil's Advocate Doesn't Help Reach the Truth</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/hackathons.html">
- Why Hackathons Should Insist on Free Software</a>
- by Richard Stallman</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html">
- Technological Neutrality and Free Software</a>
- by Richard Stallman</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">How Much
- Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?</a> by Richard Stallman</li>
+<h4 id="sco">Response to SCO's attacks</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003-2004]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/sco/sco.html">
+ FSF's Position regarding SCO's attacks on Free Software</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/sco/sco-gnu-linux.html">
+ SCO, GNU, and Linux</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — How SCO's lawsuit against IBM pertains to the work of the
+ GNU project.</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/nonfree-games.html">Nonfree DRM'd Games on
- GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?</a> by Richard Stallman.</li>
- <li> <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman";>
- Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh
- away</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li>
+<h3 id="cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</h3>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html">
+<h4 id="society">Digital society</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/stallmans-law.html">
+ Stallman's Law</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html">
Is Digital Inclusion A Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is?</a>
- By Richard Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/wsis.html">World Summit on the Information
- Society</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/wassenaar.html">Encryption software
- volunteers needed in countries without export control</a>.</li>
-
- <li>How to Protect the <a href="/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html">
- Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Association</a> on the Internet.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/privacyaction.html">Protect Postal
- Privacy</a>, a campaign to resist the proposed rule by the United
- States Postal Service to collect private information from
- customers.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/ucita.html">Why We Must Fight UCITA</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/second-sight.html">Free Software and
- (e-)Government</a> — an article from The Guardian, by Richard
- Stallman (originally published under the title “Second
- Sight”).</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-and-sustainable-development.html">
- Free Software and Sustainable Development</a> — A short
- article by Richard Stallman regarding the use of proprietary
- software in cultural development.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html">
- Keep control of your computing, so it doesn't control you!</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/judge-internet-usage.html">
- A wise user judges each Internet usage scenario carefully</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html">The Danger of
E-Books</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html">
- Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</a> By
- Richard Stallman.</li>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2007]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/computing-progress.html">
+ Computing “progress”: good and bad</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2003]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/wsis.html">
+ World Summit on the Information Society</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/contradictory-support.html">
- Beware of Contradictory “Support”</a></li>
+<h4 id="drm">Digital restrictions management</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2006]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/opposing-drm.html">
+ Opposing Digital Rights Mismanagement</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — Answers to a few common questions about DRM.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">
+ Can You Trust Your Computer?</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — About the so-called “trusted computing” initiatives.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/nonfree-games.html">
+ Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html">
+ Correcting My Mistake about French Law</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="terminology">Terminology and Definitions</h3>
+<h4 id="ns">Network Services</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2010-2020]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">
+ Who does that server really serve?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2020]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/posting-videos.html">
+ Posting Videos</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2015]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.html">
+ What's Wrong with YouTube</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2014]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html">
+ The Bug Nobody is Allowed to Understand</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/judge-internet-usage.html">
+ A wise user judges each Internet usage scenario carefully</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html">
+ Keep control of your computing, so it doesn't control you!</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html">
- Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Confusing Words</a>
- which You Might Want to Avoid</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html">
- Public Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002</a>. On how WIPO
- recognizes that their system is designed to restrict the public, and
- how they propose to modify terminology so that people won't notice.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Why
- “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">“Open
- Source Software” or “Free Software”?</a>
- (This is an older essay about the same topic as the previous one.)</li>
- <li>Richard Stallman wrote <a href="/philosophy/drdobbs-letter.html">
- letter to the editor</a> of Dr. Dobb's Journal in June 2001 which
further
- explains the distinction between the Free Software and Open Source
- movements.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free and
- Non-Free Software</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/loyal-computers.html">
- What Does It Mean for Your Computer to Be Loyal?</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-translations.html">Translations of the
- term “free software”</a> into various languages.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">Why call it the
- Swindle</a></li>
+<h4 id="access">Accessing culture</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[1996-2016]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">
+ The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html">
+ Ebooks must increase our freedom, not decrease it</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2011]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html">
+ The Danger of E-Books</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2010]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman";>
+ Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away</a>
+ (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">
+ Ebooks: Freedom Or Copyright</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/encyclopedia/free-encyclopedia.html">
+ The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/new-monopoly.html">
+ U.S. Congress Threatens to Establish a New Kind of Monopoly</a>
+ — An attempt of the Congress to create a private monopoly over
+ repeating publicly known information.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/stophr3028.html">
+ Stop H.R. 3028 - Protect the Net - Stop the Trademark Monopolists</a>
+ (by Marc Rotenberg)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html">
+ Comments on Roderick Long's Article</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
</ul>
-<h3 id="upholding">Upholding Software Freedom</h3>
+<h4 id="funding">Funding cultural works</h4>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-software.html">
+ Funding Art vs Funding Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1992]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/dat.html">
+ The Right Way to Tax DAT</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html">Saying No to unjust
- computing even once is help</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/install-fest-devil.html">Install Fests:
- What to Do about the Deal with the Devil</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/upgrade-windows.html">What Is the Right Way to
- Upgrade an Installation of Windows?</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/use-free-software.html">The Free Software
- Community After 20 Years</a>, With great but incomplete success,
- what now?</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/mcvoy.html">Thank You, Larry McVoy</a>,
- by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/social-inertia.html">
- Overcoming Social Inertia</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/compromise.html">Avoiding Ruinous
Compromises</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
- Free Software Is Even More Important Now</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-<h3 id="misc">Misc</h3>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/posting-videos.html">Posting Videos</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary.html">Clearly established
- cases of proprietary software that does nasty things to the
- users</a>.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/practical.html">The advantages of free
- software</a>.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html">The
- Bug Nobody is Allowed to Understand</a>, By Richard Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">The Curious
- Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/sco/sco-gnu-linux.html">SCO, GNU, and
- Linux</a>, by Richard Stallman, discusses how SCO's lawsuit against
- IBM pertains to the work of the GNU project. Please see
- the <a href="/philosophy/sco/sco.html">FSF SCO Response Page</a> for
- more details on this subject.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/ms-doj-tunney.html">FSF's Statement in
- Response to Proposed Revised Final Judgment in Microsoft vs. United
- States, submitted to the US Department of Justice under the Tunney
- Act</a>.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/new-monopoly.html">U.S. Congress Threatens
- to Establish a New Kind of Monopoly</a>, an attempt of the Congress
- to create a private monopoly over repeating publicly known
- information.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/dat.html">The Right Way to Tax DAT</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">Censoring My
- Software</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-software.html">Funding
- Art vs Funding Software</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html">
- Android and Users' Freedom</a></li>
+<h4 id="evils">Surveillance, censorship, lock-in, etc.</h4>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html">Ubuntu Spyware: What to
Do?</a></li>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span
class="date-tag">*[2013… ]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">
+ Proprietary Software Is Often Malware</a>
+ — Clearly established cases of proprietary software that does
+ nasty things to the users.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">*[2015-2019]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">
+ How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2021]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/wwworst-app-store.html">
+ The WWWorst App Store</a>
+ (by Alexandre Oliva)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2018]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/phone-anonymous-payment.html">
+ Anonymous Payment by Phone</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2018]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/facebook-abusing-data-law-privacy-big-tech-surveillance";>
+ A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe</a>
+ (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2018]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/surveillance-testimony.html">
+ Surveillance Testimony</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2012]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html">
+ Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2009]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/microsoft.html">
+ Is Microsoft the Great Satan?</a>
+ [<a href="/philosophy/microsoft-old.html">older version</a>]</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2008]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html">
+ The Problem Is Software Controlled By Its Developer</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2008]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/gates.html">
+ It's not the Gates, it's the bars</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/wassenaar.html">
+ The Wassenaar Arrangement</a>
+ — Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without
+ export control.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/ms-doj-tunney.html">
+ FSF's Statement in Response to Proposed Revised Final Judgment in
+ <cite>Microsoft v. United States</cite></a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2000]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-verdict.html">
+ On the Microsoft Verdict</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1999]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-antitrust.html">
+ The Microsoft Antitrust Trial and Free Software</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/privacyaction.html">
+ Protect Postal Privacy</a>
+ (by Kathleen Ellis)
+ — A campaign to resist the proposed rule by the United States
+ Postal Service to collect private information from customers.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html">
+ Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Association</a>
+ — How to protect these freedoms on the Internet.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">
+ Censoring My Software</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+</ul>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.html">What's Wrong with
- YouTube</a></li>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/netscape.html">Netscape and Free Software</a>,
- an old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an
- announcement by Netscape.</li>
+<h3 id="terminology">Terminology and Definitions</h3>
- <li><a href="/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html">Comments on
- Roderick Long's Article</a>.</li>
+<ul class="no-bullet">
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span
class="date-tag">*[1996… ]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">
+ Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or
Confusing</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span
class="date-tag">[1999… ]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/fs-translations.html">
+ Translations of the term “free software”</a>
+ into various languages.</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[1996-2019]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">
+ Categories of Free and Nonfree Software</a></li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2013]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">
+ Why Call It The Swindle?</a>
+ (by RMS)</li>
+ <li><!--#set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">[2002]</span>'
+ --><!--#echo encoding='none' var='DATE' -->
+ <a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html">
+ Public Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002</a>
+ (by RMS)
+ — How WIPO recognizes that their system is designed to restrict
+ the public, and how they propose to modify terminology so that people
+ won't notice.</li>
</ul>
+
<h3 id="humor">Philosophical humor</h3>
-<ul>
-<li><a href="/fun/humor.html#Philosophy">Philosophy Humor</a>.
- We don't have to be serious <i>all</i> the time.</li>
-</ul>
+<p><a href="/fun/humor.html#Philosophy">Laugh along with GNU (Philosophy)</a>
+— We don't have to be serious <i>all</i> the time.</p>
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