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<li><a href="#aboutfs">About Free Software</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</a> is OK!</li> |
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Non-Free Software</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html"> FLOSS and FOSS</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/software/reliability.html">Free Software is More Reliable!</a></li> |
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Motives For Writing Free Software</a></li> |
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Why programs must not limit the freedom to run them</a> — |
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<li><a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">Why GNU/Linux?</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-verdict.html">On the Microsoft Verdict</a></li> |
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The New Motif License</a></li> |
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The GNU GPL and the American Way</a></li> |
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The GNU GPL and the American Dream</a></li> |
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Enforcing the GNU GPL</a></li> |
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On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL</a></li> |
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Freedom or Power?</a></li> |
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Felten v. RIAA</a>, scientists are asking a court to rule that the |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/amazon-nat.html">Amazon Boycott Success!</a>, a |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/software-patents.html">Software patents — |
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Obstacles to software development</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html" id="SoftwareLiteraryPatents"> |
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Software Patents and Literary Patents</a>, by Richard M. Stallman. |
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Speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954) |
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robmyers |
1.1 |
covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to |
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the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close |
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to the hypothetical examples cited in this article.</li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/gif.html">Why there are no GIF files on GNU web |
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pages</a>. While this story is a historical illustration of the danger of |
297 |
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software patents, these particular patents are now no longer a concern. |
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For details of our website |
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<a href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html#UseofGraphics"> |
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policies regarding GIFs</a>, see our <a href="/server/standards/"> |
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web guidelines</a>.</li> |
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</ul> |
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<h4 id="copyright">Copyright</h4> |
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|
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<ul> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/assigning-copyright.html">When a Company Asks |
308 |
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For Your Copyright</a></li> |
309 |
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|
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robmyers |
1.7 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html">Why I Will Not Sign |
311 |
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the Public Domain Manifesto</a></li> |
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robmyers |
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|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/pirate-party.html">How the Swedish Pirate Party |
314 |
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Platform Backfires on Free Software</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">Misinterpreting |
317 |
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Copyright</a> is another essay by Richard Stallman about the |
318 |
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1.1 |
flaws in popular defenses of copyright law.</li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html">FSF's Brief Amicus |
321 |
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Curiae in the Eldred v. Ashcroft Supreme Court case</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html">Science must |
324 |
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“push copyright aside”</a>, another work of <a |
325 |
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href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a> that appeared in |
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the <a |
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1.98 |
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050729110347/http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/stallman.html"> |
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robmyers |
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Nature Webdebates</a> in 2001, explains how copyright is impeding |
329 |
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progress in scientific research. You may also be interested in <a |
330 |
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1.68 |
href="https://www.plos.org/">The Public Library of |
331 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
Science</a>, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely |
332 |
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available to all on the Internet.</li> |
333 |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">Reevaluating |
335 |
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Copyright: The Public must prevail</a></li> |
336 |
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|
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<li><a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html"> |
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Eldred v. Reno</a> is about a lawsuit to overturn a law that extends |
339 |
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copyright by 20 extra years.</li> |
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|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html">Freedom-Or |
342 |
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1.75 |
Copyright?</a>, by Richard Stallman (an <a |
343 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html">older version</a> of |
344 |
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this essay remains online as well.)</li> |
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robmyers |
1.1 |
|
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<li>An <a href="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/downloads/research/gpl/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf"> |
347 |
th_g |
1.90 |
English translation of the famous |
348 |
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decision of the District Court of Munich</a> regarding the enforceability and |
349 |
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1.89 |
validity of the GPL. The translation was done by the Oxford Internet |
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robmyers |
1.1 |
Institute.</li> |
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<li><a href="http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm">Examples of |
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Excellent Copyright Policies</a></li> |
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--> |
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</ul> |
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|
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josh |
1.25 |
<h4 id="drm">Digital Restrictions Management</h4> |
358 |
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1.62 |
|
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robmyers |
1.1 |
<ul> |
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dora |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html"> |
361 |
|
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Correcting My Mistake about French Law</a></li> |
362 |
jxself |
1.11 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html">The problem is |
363 |
dora |
1.62 |
software controlled by its developer</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> |
364 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
365 |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/computing-progress.html">Computing |
366 |
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“progress”: good and bad</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> |
367 |
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|
368 |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/opposing-drm.html">Opposing Digital Rights |
369 |
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Mismanagement</a>, by Richard M. Stallman, answers a few common |
370 |
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questions about DRM.</li> |
371 |
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|
372 |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">Ebooks: Freedom Or |
373 |
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Copyright</a> a slightly modified version of the article, originally |
374 |
dora |
1.75 |
published in Technology Review in 2000, by Richard Stallman</li> |
375 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
376 |
jxself |
1.26 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html"> |
377 |
dora |
1.62 |
Ebooks must increase our freedom, not decrease it</a></li> |
378 |
jxself |
1.26 |
|
379 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Can you trust your |
380 |
dora |
1.75 |
computer?</a>, a work by Richard Stallman about the so-called |
381 |
|
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“trusted computing” initiatives.</li> |
382 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
383 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">The Right to Read: A |
384 |
dora |
1.75 |
Dystopian Short Story</a> by Richard Stallman.</li> |
385 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
</ul> |
386 |
|
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|
387 |
josh |
1.25 |
<h4 id="noip">The propaganda |
388 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
term <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty"> |
389 |
|
|
“Intellectual Property”</a></h4> |
390 |
dora |
1.62 |
|
391 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<ul> |
392 |
dora |
1.67 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/komongistan.html">The Curious History of |
393 |
|
|
Komongistan (Busting the term “intellectual property”)</a></li> |
394 |
|
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|
395 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html">Don't Let |
396 |
|
|
“Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</a>, by |
397 |
dora |
1.75 |
Richard Stallman.</li> |
398 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
399 |
|
|
<li>Comments from Richard Stallman |
400 |
|
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on <a href="/philosophy/ipjustice.html">the ICLC's rejection of the |
401 |
|
|
IP Enforcement Directive</a></li> |
402 |
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|
403 |
|
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<li>Richard Stallman has |
404 |
|
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written <a href="/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html">a review of |
405 |
|
|
Boldrin and Levine's “The case against intellectual |
406 |
|
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property.”</a></li> |
407 |
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|
408 |
|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Did You Say |
409 |
|
|
“Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>. |
410 |
|
|
An essay on the true meaning of the phrase “Intellectual |
411 |
dora |
1.75 |
Property”, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> |
412 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
</ul> |
413 |
|
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|
414 |
josh |
1.25 |
<h4 id="ns">Network Services</h4> |
415 |
josh |
1.21 |
<ul> |
416 |
dora |
1.62 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html"> |
417 |
|
|
Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a> an |
418 |
rsd |
1.44 |
article by Richard Stallman.</li> |
419 |
josh |
1.21 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Who |
420 |
rsd |
1.44 |
does that server really serve?</a> by Richard Stallman published |
421 |
dora |
1.62 |
in <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/richard-stallman-free-software-DRM"> |
422 |
|
|
Boston Review.</a></li> |
423 |
josh |
1.21 |
</ul> |
424 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
425 |
josh |
1.25 |
<h4 id="cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</h4> |
426 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
427 |
|
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<ul> |
428 |
th_g |
1.102 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/phone-anonymous-payment.html">Anonymous |
429 |
|
|
Payment by Phone</a></li> |
430 |
|
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|
431 |
th_g |
1.101 |
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/facebook-abusing-data-law-privacy-big-tech-surveillance"> |
432 |
|
|
A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe</a>, by Richard |
433 |
|
|
Stallman</li> |
434 |
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|
435 |
ineiev |
1.100 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/surveillance-testimony.html">Surveillance |
436 |
|
|
Testimony</a></li> |
437 |
|
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|
438 |
ineiev |
1.97 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/devils-advocate.html"> |
439 |
|
|
Why the Devil's Advocate Doesn't Help Reach the Truth</a></li> |
440 |
|
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|
441 |
ineiev |
1.96 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/hackathons.html"> |
442 |
|
|
Why Hackathons Should Insist on Free Software</a> |
443 |
|
|
by Richard Stallman</li> |
444 |
|
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|
445 |
ineiev |
1.60 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html"> |
446 |
dora |
1.75 |
Technological Neutrality and Free Software</a> |
447 |
|
|
by Richard Stallman</li> |
448 |
|
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|
449 |
ineiev |
1.53 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">How Much |
450 |
dora |
1.75 |
Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?</a> by Richard Stallman</li> |
451 |
|
|
|
452 |
ineiev |
1.27 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/nonfree-games.html">Nonfree DRM'd Games on |
453 |
dora |
1.75 |
GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?</a> by Richard Stallman.</li> |
454 |
|
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|
455 |
ineiev |
1.83 |
<li> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman"> |
456 |
dora |
1.75 |
Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh |
457 |
|
|
away</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li> |
458 |
dora |
1.62 |
|
459 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html"> |
460 |
|
|
Is Digital Inclusion A Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is?</a> |
461 |
dora |
1.75 |
By Richard Stallman.</li> |
462 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
463 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/wsis.html">World Summit on the Information |
464 |
|
|
Society</a></li> |
465 |
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|
466 |
|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/wassenaar.html">Encryption software |
467 |
|
|
volunteers needed in countries without export control</a>.</li> |
468 |
|
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|
469 |
|
|
<li>How to Protect the <a href="/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html"> |
470 |
dora |
1.75 |
Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Association</a> on the Internet.</li> |
471 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
|
472 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/privacyaction.html">Protect Postal |
473 |
|
|
Privacy</a>, a campaign to resist the proposed rule by the United |
474 |
|
|
States Postal Service to collect private information from |
475 |
|
|
customers.</li> |
476 |
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|
477 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/ucita.html">Why We Must Fight UCITA</a></li> |
478 |
|
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|
479 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/second-sight.html">Free Software and |
480 |
|
|
(e-)Government</a> — an article from The Guardian, by Richard |
481 |
|
|
Stallman (originally published under the title “Second |
482 |
|
|
Sight”).</li> |
483 |
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|
484 |
ineiev |
1.92 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/fs-and-sustainable-development.html"> |
485 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
Free Software and Sustainable Development</a> — A short |
486 |
|
|
article by Richard Stallman regarding the use of proprietary |
487 |
|
|
software in cultural development.</li> |
488 |
|
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|
489 |
dora |
1.71 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html"> |
490 |
|
|
Keep control of your computing, so it doesn't control you!</a></li> |
491 |
|
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|
492 |
|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/judge-internet-usage.html"> |
493 |
|
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A wise user judges each Internet usage scenario carefully</a></li> |
494 |
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|
495 |
|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html">The Danger of E-Books</a></li> |
496 |
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|
497 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html"> |
498 |
|
|
Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</a> By |
499 |
dora |
1.75 |
Richard Stallman.</li> |
500 |
ineiev |
1.88 |
|
501 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/contradictory-support.html"> |
502 |
|
|
Beware of Contradictory “Support”</a></li> |
503 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
</ul> |
504 |
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|
505 |
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|
506 |
josh |
1.25 |
<h4 id="misc">Misc</h4> |
507 |
dora |
1.75 |
|
508 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<ul> |
509 |
th_g |
1.109 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/posting-videos.html">Posting Videos</a></li> |
510 |
|
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|
511 |
ineiev |
1.49 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary.html">Clearly established |
512 |
ineiev |
1.50 |
cases of proprietary software that does nasty things to the |
513 |
ineiev |
1.49 |
users</a>.</li> |
514 |
jxself |
1.35 |
|
515 |
dora |
1.71 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/practical.html">The advantages of free |
516 |
|
|
software</a>.</li> |
517 |
|
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|
518 |
jturner |
1.30 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html">The |
519 |
|
|
Bug Nobody is Allowed to Understand</a>, By Richard Stallman.</li> |
520 |
jturner |
1.29 |
|
521 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">The Curious |
522 |
|
|
Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> |
523 |
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|
524 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/sco/sco-gnu-linux.html">SCO, GNU, and |
525 |
|
|
Linux</a>, by Richard Stallman, discusses how SCO's lawsuit against |
526 |
|
|
IBM pertains to the work of the GNU project. Please see |
527 |
|
|
the <a href="/philosophy/sco/sco.html">FSF SCO Response Page</a> for |
528 |
|
|
more details on this subject.</li> |
529 |
|
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|
530 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/ms-doj-tunney.html">FSF's Statement in |
531 |
|
|
Response to Proposed Revised Final Judgment in Microsoft vs. United |
532 |
|
|
States, submitted to the US Department of Justice under the Tunney |
533 |
|
|
Act</a>.</li> |
534 |
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|
535 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/new-monopoly.html">U.S. Congress Threatens |
536 |
|
|
to Establish a New Kind of Monopoly</a>, an attempt of the Congress |
537 |
|
|
to create a private monopoly over repeating publicly known |
538 |
|
|
information.</li> |
539 |
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|
540 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/dat.html">The Right Way to Tax DAT</a></li> |
541 |
|
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|
542 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">Censoring My |
543 |
dora |
1.75 |
Software</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li> |
544 |
musial |
1.36 |
|
545 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-software.html">Funding |
546 |
dora |
1.75 |
Art vs Funding Software</a>, by Richard Stallman.</li> |
547 |
dora |
1.71 |
|
548 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html"> |
549 |
|
|
Android and Users' Freedom</a></li> |
550 |
|
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|
551 |
|
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<li><a href="/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html">Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</a></li> |
552 |
|
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|
553 |
dora |
1.72 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.html">What's Wrong with |
554 |
|
|
YouTube</a></li> |
555 |
|
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|
556 |
dora |
1.75 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/netscape.html">Netscape and Free Software</a>, |
557 |
|
|
an old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an |
558 |
|
|
announcement by Netscape.</li> |
559 |
|
|
|
560 |
|
|
<li><a href="/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html">Comments on |
561 |
|
|
Roderick Long's Article</a>.</li> |
562 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
</ul> |
563 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
<h3 id="terminology">Terminology and Definitions</h3> |
565 |
|
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|
566 |
|
|
<ul> |
567 |
ineiev |
1.66 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html"> |
568 |
|
|
Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs</a></li> |
569 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Confusing Words</a> |
570 |
dora |
1.62 |
which You Might Want to Avoid</li> |
571 |
dora |
1.75 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html"> |
572 |
|
|
Public Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002</a>. On how WIPO |
573 |
|
|
recognizes that their system is designed to restrict the public, and |
574 |
|
|
how they propose to modify terminology so that people won't notice.</li> |
575 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Why |
576 |
dora |
1.62 |
“Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a></li> |
577 |
robmyers |
1.1 |
<li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">“Open |
578 |
dora |
1.62 |
Source Software” or “Free Software”?</a> |
579 |
|
|
(This is an older essay about the same topic as the previous one.)</li> |
580 |
|
|
<li>Richard Stallman wrote <a href="/philosophy/drdobbs-letter.html"> |
581 |
ineiev |
1.68 |
letter to the editor</a> of Dr. Dobb's Journal in June 2001 which further |
582 |
dora |
1.62 |
explains the distinction between the Free Software and Open Source |
583 |
|
|
movements.</li> |
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What Does It Mean for Your Computer to Be Loyal?</a></li> |
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What to Do about the Deal with the Devil</a></li> |
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Upgrade an Installation of Windows?</a></li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/use-free-software.html">The Free Software |
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Community After 20 Years</a>, With great but incomplete success, |
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Overcoming Social Inertia</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> |
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<li><a href="/philosophy/compromise.html">Avoiding Ruinous Compromises</a></li> |
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Free Software Is Even More Important Now</a></li> |
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<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a |
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