CVSROOT: /webcvs/www Module name: www Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 11/08/03 19:27:45
Modified files: philosophy : free-sw.html Log message: Reflect, in the brief statement of freedom 1, the point that tivoization violates it. CVSWeb URLs: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.104&r2=1.105 Patches: Index: free-sw.html =================================================================== RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v retrieving revision 1.104 retrieving revision 1.105 diff -u -b -r1.104 -r1.105 --- free-sw.html 13 Jul 2011 17:30:48 -0000 1.104 +++ free-sw.html 3 Aug 2011 19:27:40 -0000 1.105 @@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ <ul> <li>The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li> - <li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make - it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a - precondition for this. + <li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it + does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source + code is a precondition for this. </li> <li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). @@ -97,12 +97,13 @@ <p> Freedom 1 includes the freedom to use your changed version in place of the original. If the program is delivered in a product designed to -run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours — -a practice known as “tivoization” or (in its practitioners' -perverse terminology) as “secure boot” — freedom 1 becomes a -theoretical fiction rather than a practical freedom. This is not -sufficient. In other words, these binaries are not free software -even if the source code they are compiled from is free. +run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours — a +practice known as “tivoization” or “lockdown”, +or (in its practitioners' perverse terminology) as “secure +boot” — freedom 1 becomes a theoretical fiction rather +than a practical freedom. This is not sufficient. In other words, +these binaries are not free software even if the source code they are +compiled from is free. </p> <p> @@ -311,6 +312,11 @@ <ul> +<li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.103&r2=1.104">Version +1.104</a>: Reflect, in the brief statement of freedom 1, the point +(already stated in version 1.80) that it includes really using your modified +version for your computing.</li> + <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.91&r2=1.92">Version 1.92</a>: Clarify that obfuscated code does not qualify as source code.</li> @@ -425,7 +431,7 @@ <p> Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2011/07/13 17:30:48 $ +$Date: 2011/08/03 19:27:40 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div>