Software owners might interpret their violation of freedom 0 as an excuse to
violate your privacy. Microsoft's TOS for Vista and later demands the
ability to inspect and delete your files for licensing, law enforcement, and
to protect the safety of Microsoft employees. If some of the software
> Can you give an example of software that doesn't respect freedom 0?
> ("The freedom to run the program, for any purpose")
Yet another example. Mots computer science departments at Universities have
proprietary development systems such as MS Visual Studio. The academic
license is much cheaper (
Yoni Rabkin writes:
> mtsio writes:
>
>> Can they really check for what purpose do you use them? I mean, do these
>> programs have anti-features that prevent you from using them for any
>> purpose?
>
> Yes, there are such anti-features, but that is irrelevant to the
> original question since mos
mtsio writes:
> Can they really check for what purpose do you use them? I mean, do these
> programs have anti-features that prevent you from using them for any
> purpose?
Yes, there are such anti-features, but that is irrelevant to the
original question since most of the terms of a typical soft
Can they really check for what purpose do you use them? I mean, do these
programs have anti-features that prevent you from using them for any
purpose?
Yoni Rabkin:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Can you give an example of software that doesn't respect freedom 0?
>> ("The freedom to run the program, for any purp
Have a look at Apple's licence at
https://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/MacOSX.htm, in particular section
2.B. That basically says that if you use their "Open source" you may make
one copy only and that must run on an Apple computer. Of course, all their
proprietary software may only run on App
On 01/06/2015 19:43, klez wrote:
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Most proprietary software made in the US forbids its use for military
purpose, or if you are a citizen of a "foe" country (North Korea, Cuba,
Iran and others, IIRC). See the end of this[0] (section g) for example.
> Hey,
>
> Can you give an example of software that doesn't respect freedom 0?
> ("The freedom to run the program, for any purpose")
For instance, if you purchase the "student edition" of the bureaucracy
suit Microsoft sells you will not be allowed to run it for "commercial,
nonprofit, or revenue
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Most proprietary software made in the US forbids its use for military
purpose, or if you are a citizen of a "foe" country (North Korea, Cuba,
Iran and others, IIRC). See the end of this[0] (section g) for example.
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https://www.apple.com/legal/int
Hey,
Can you give an example of software that doesn't respect freedom 0?
("The freedom to run the program, for any purpose")
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