www/philosophy your-freedom-needs-free-software...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/09/22 03:26:29

Modified files:
        philosophy     : your-freedom-needs-free-software.html 

Log message:
        Update the references, standardize quotes, uncapitalize free/libre
        (OK with RMS www-discuss 2021-09-21).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31

Patches:
Index: your-freedom-needs-free-software.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html,v
retrieving revision 1.30
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -b -r1.30 -r1.31
--- your-freedom-needs-free-software.html       5 Sep 2021 10:10:14 -0000       
1.30
+++ your-freedom-needs-free-software.html       22 Sep 2021 07:26:29 -0000      
1.31
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 
 <address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
 
+<div class="introduction">
 <p>Many of us know that governments can threaten the human rights of
 software users through censorship and surveillance of the Internet.
 Many do not realize that the software they run on their home or work
 computers can be an even worse threat.  Thinking of software as
-&lsquo;just a tool&rsquo;, they suppose that it obeys them, when in
+&ldquo;just a tool,&rdquo; they suppose that it obeys them, when in
 fact it often obeys others instead.</p>
+</div>
 
 <p>The software running in most computers is <a
 href="/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware">nonfree,
@@ -37,23 +39,25 @@
 own files, and what other programs are installed.  RealPlayer spies
 too; it reports what the user plays.  Cell phones are full of nonfree
 software, which spies.  Cell phones send out localizing signals even
-when &lsquo;off&rsquo;, many can send out your precise GPS location
+when &ldquo;off,&rdquo; many can send out your precise GPS location
 whether you wish or not, and some models can be switched on remotely
 as listening devices.  Users can't fix these malicious features
 because they don't have control.</p>
 
-<p>Some proprietary software is designed to restrict and attack its
-users.  <a href="http://badvista.org/";>Windows Vista</a> is a big
-advance in this field; the reason it requires replacement of old
-hardware is that the new models are designed to support unbreakable
-restrictions.  Microsoft thus requires users to pay for shiny new
-shackles.  It is also designed to permit forced updating by corporate
-authority.  Hence the <a href="http://badvista.org/";>BadVista.org</a>
-campaign, which urges Windows users not to &lsquo;upgrade&rsquo; to
-Vista.  (For the equally malicious Windows 7 and Windows 8, we now have
-<a href="http://windows7sins.org/";>Windows7Sins.org</a> and
-<a href="http://upgradefromwindows8.org/";>UpgradeFromWindows8.org</a>.)
-Mac OS also contains features designed to restrict its users.</p>
+<p>Some proprietary software is <a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">
+designed to restrict and attack its users</a>.
+<a href="https://badvista.fsf.org/";>Windows Vista</a> was a big
+advance in this field; the reason it required replacement of old
+hardware is that the new models were designed to support unbreakable
+restrictions.  Microsoft thus required users to pay for shiny new
+shackles.  Vista was also designed to permit forced updating by corporate
+authority.  Hence the <a href="https://badvista.fsf.org/";>Bad Vista</a>
+campaign, which urged Windows users not to &ldquo;upgrade&rdquo; to
+Vista.  For later Windows versions, which are <a
+href="/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html">even more malicious</a>, we
+now have <a href="https://www.fsf.org/windows";>Upgrade from Windows</a>.
+Mac&nbsp;OS also contains features designed to <a
+href="/proprietary/malware-apple.html">restrict its users</a>.</p>
 
 <p>Microsoft has installed back doors for the US government's use in
 the past (<a
@@ -63,14 +67,14 @@
 we cannot check them, we cannot trust them.</p>
 
 <p>The only way to assure that your software is working for you is to
-insist on Free/Libre software.  This means users get the source code,
+insist on free/libre software.  This means users get the source code,
 are free to study and change it, and are free to redistribute it with
 or without changes.  The <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux
 system</a>, developed <a href="/gnu/gnu.html">specifically for users'
 freedom</a>, includes office applications, multimedia, games, and
 everything you really need to run a computer.
-See <a href="https://www.gnewsense.org/";>gNewSense.org</a> for
-a <a href="/distros/distros.html">totally Free/Libre version of 
GNU/Linux</a>.</p>
+See our list of <a href="/distros/distros.html">totally free/libre
+versions of GNU/Linux</a>.</p>
 
 <p>A special problem occurs when activists for social change use
 proprietary software, because its developers, who control it, may be
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@
 
 <p>The US is not the only state that doesn't respect human rights, so
 keep your data on your own computer, and your backups under your own
-custody&mdash;and run your computer with Free/Libre software.</p>
+custody&mdash;and run your computer with free/libre software.</p>
 </div>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/05 10:10:14 $
+$Date: 2021/09/22 07:26:29 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>