CVSROOT: /web/www Module name: www Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 11/09/23 08:00:30
Modified files: philosophy : android-and-users-freedom.html Log message: Use — consistently CVSWeb URLs: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4 Patches: Index: android-and-users-freedom.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4 --- android-and-users-freedom.html 22 Sep 2011 14:52:24 -0000 1.3 +++ android-and-users-freedom.html 23 Sep 2011 07:59:34 -0000 1.4 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Torvalds' version of Linux), some of which are really used in some Android devices. Android platforms use other nonfree firmware, too, and nonfree libraries. Aside from those, the source code of Android -versions 1 and 2, as released by Google, is free software — but this +versions 1 and 2, as released by Google, is free software—but this code is insufficient to run the device. Some of the applications that generally come with Android are nonfree, too.</p> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ handle the phone network radio, WiFi, bluetooth, GPS, 3D graphics, the camera, the speaker, and in some cases the microphone too. On some models, a few of these drivers are free, and there are some that you -can do without -- but you can't do without the microphone or the phone +can do without—but you can't do without the microphone or the phone network radio.</p> <p>The phone network firmware comes preinstalled. If all it did was sit @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ <p>In any case, the phone network firmware in an Android device is not equivalent to a circuit, because the hardware allows installation of new versions and this is actually done. Since it is proprietary -firmware, in practice only the manufacturer can make new versions — -users can't.</p> +firmware, in practice only the manufacturer can make new +versions—users can't.</p> <p>Putting these points together, we can tolerate nonfree phone network firmware provided new versions of it won't be loaded, it can't take @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ <p>Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2011/09/22 14:52:24 $ +$Date: 2011/09/23 07:59:34 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div>