[Facil] [Fwd: iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them]

[Nicolas Marchildon]

Je trouve que le communiqué de presse est bien écrit: il décrit bien les
enjeux et je parierais qu'un néophyte en logiciel libre y comprendrait
l'essentiel. L'explication du terme "Tivoization" exprime clairement
l'intention de la GPL 3.

Enfin, la référence à la sortie du iPhone peut sembler opportuniste,
mais je crois que le communiqué réussit bien à illustrer la vision
radicalement différente de ce que doit être la technologie. D'un côté on
a un bidule au look très cool et qui peut faire plein de choses, et de
l'autre on déplore le lock-in de ses utilisateurs.

La FSF a dû travailler très fort là-dessus, et je les remercie. Reste à
voir comment cette nouvelle version sera acceptée par la communauté.
J'ai l'impression que la majorité des projets va l'adopter, mais que
certaines entreprises auront des réticences.


Fabian Rodriguez a écrit :
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them
> Date:     Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:28:38 -0400
> From:     Peter Brown <peterb at fsf.org>
> Reply-To:     membership at fsf.org
> To:     info-fsf at gnu.org, info-member at gnu.org, info-press at gnu.org
>
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>
> iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them
>
> BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, June 28, 2007 -- On Friday, June
> 29, not everyone in the continental U.S. will be waiting in line to
> purchase a $500 iPhone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of digital
> aficionados around the globe won't be standing in line at all, for June
> 29 marks the release of version 3 of the GNU General Public License
> (GPL). Version 2 of the GPL governs the world's largest body of free
> software -- software that is radically reshaping the industry and
> threatening the proprietary technology model represented by the iPhone.
>
> The author of the the GPL is Professor Richard M. Stallman, president
> and founder of the Free Software Foundation, and creator of the GNU
> Project. With his first revision of the license in sixteen years,
> version 3 of the GPL fights the most recent attempts to take the freedom
> out of free software -- most notably, version 3 attacks "Tivoization" --
> and that could be a problem for Apple and the iPhone.
>
> Now, from China to India, from Venezuela to Brazil, from Tivos to cell
> phones: Free software is everywhere and it is slowly building a
> worldwide movement of users demanding that they have control over the
> computers and electronic devices they own.
>
> Tivoization and the iPhone?
>
> "Tivoization" is a term coined by the FSF to describe devices that are
> built with free software, but that use technical measures to prevent the
> user from making modifications to the software -- a fundamental freedom
> for free software users -- and an attack on free software that the GPLv3
> will put a stop to.
>
> The iPhone is leaving people questioning: Does it contain GPLed
> software? What impact will the GPLv3 have on the long-term prospects for
> devices like the iPhone that are built to keep their owners frustrated?
>
> Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF said, "Tomorrow, Steve Jobs
> and Apple release a product crippled with proprietary software and
> digital restrictions: crippled, because a device that isn't under the
> control of its owner works against the interests of its owner. We know
> that Apple has built its operating system, OS X, and its web browser
> Safari, using GPL-covered work -- it will be interesting to see to what
> extent the iPhone uses GPLed software."
>
> The GNU GPL version 3 will be released at 12:00pm (EDT) -- six hours
> before the release of the iPhone -- bringing to a close eighteen months
> of public outreach and comment, in revision of the world's most popular
> free software license.
>
>
> ----
>
> About the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL)
> The GNU GPL is the most widely used free software license worldwide:
> almost three quarters of all free software packages are distributed
> under this license. It is not, however, the only free software license.
>
> Richard Stallman wrote the version 1 and 2 of the GNU GPL with legal
> advice from Perkins, Smith & Cohen. Version 1 was released in 1989, and
> version 2 in 1991. Since 1991, free software use has increased
> tremendously, and computing practices have changed, introducing new
> opportunities and new threats. In 2005, Stallman began revising the GPL
> for version 3. In January 2006, the FSF began a systematic process of
> public review and feedback, with legal advice and organizational support
> from the Software Freedom Law Center.
>
>
> About the GNU Operating System and Linux
> Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free
> software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only
> operating system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom.
> See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html.
>
> In 1992, the essential components of GNU were complete, except for one,
> the kernel. When in 1992 the kernel Linux was re-released under the GNU
> GPL, making it free software, the combination of GNU and Linux formed a
> complete free operating system, which made it possible for the first
> time to run a PC without non-free software. This combination is the
> GNU/Linux system. For more explanation, see
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
>
> The GNU GPL is used by developers with various views, but it was written
> to serve the ethical goals of the free software movement. Says Stallman,
> "The GNU GPL makes sense in terms of its purpose: freedom and social
> solidarity. Trying to understand it in terms of the goals and values of
> open source is like trying understand a CD drive's retractable drawer as
> a cupholder. You can use it for that, but that is not what it was
> designed for."
>
>
> About The Free Software Foundation
> The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
> computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
> computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
> in freedom) software—particularly the GNU operating system and its
> GNU/Linux variants—and free documentation for free software. The FSF
> also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
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> an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support
> the FSF's work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters
> are in Boston, MA, USA.
>
>
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