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author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2011-11-20 20:13:46 (EST) |
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committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2011-11-20 20:13:46 (EST) |
commit | 5b3fa1c2a486c34a5d4bdf822b65e94d6580f2ff (patch) | |
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Add basic notes on importance of software freedom.
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diff --git a/basic-outline.txt b/basic-outline.txt index d31d3da..0f80938 100644 --- a/basic-outline.txt +++ b/basic-outline.txt @@ -29,21 +29,25 @@ FSD Linux open source, Netscape -one or both: +importance of software freedom + "code is law" + restrictions + limitations of freedom 0 + software obeys developer, controls user + trial versions + screen shots in MS Windows Media Player + printing DRM-enabled PDF files in Adobe Reader + features of MS Windows locked away in "Home" editions + backdoors and tracking + list of all installed software sent to MSFT on Windows update + NSAKEY + Nintendo 3DS logs + Amazon.com Inc. deleting books from Kindle libraries + Apple iPhone location tracking file + proprietary software kills people! commercial free software many believe that money can't be made in open source and free software logical fallacy, false exclusionary disjunct if a license said that software can't be offered for a price it would be non-free ... -copyright law and free software and open source licenses - freedom 0 isn't affected by copyright law - free sw licenses work only on copyright law, never on e.g. contract law - licenses must authorize (in U.S. law): - reproduction of copies of work - preparation of derivative works based upon work - distribution of copies of work - "public domain" troubles - license examples - copyleft vs. permissive - GPL licenses, BSD licences, Expat and X11 licenses, Apache license, etc. |