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FSF is SOLVING a problem that did not exist 10 years ago

FSF is SOLVING a problem that did not exist 10 years ago

Posted Oct 4, 2006 14:27 UTC (Wed) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270)
In reply to: FSF is SOLVING a problem that did not exist 10 years ago by nim-nim
Parent article: Busy busy busybox

While the specific restrictions are written in terms of software distribution, the result is the same, a requirement for the right to update a particular device, if that device is updatable. There's no way to look at that without seeing it as extending some degree of control over the particular device. It's not enough that the user be able to run the software on some hardware device, she has to be able to run it on the particular device in question.


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