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## freedom











## -respecting















## .soft











## ware




















					[
						Twitter


					](https://twitter.com/fsf)



















## Proprietary
software







## (software that controls the user)














							-


										Power is given to the developer


								-
											[



										Often turns into malware due to power corruption
											](https://www.gnu.org/malware)


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										Can force you to upgrade, even if it will cause harm


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										Can spy on you without you knowing


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										Can be rife with malicious functionality


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											[



										Developer has incentive to make it addicting, controlling and manipulative
											](https://observer.com/2016/06/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds%E2%80%8A-%E2%80%8Afrom-a-magician-and-googles-design-ethicist/)


								-
											[



										Can be designed to censor, restrict, and abuse you
											](https://www.gnu.org/malware)


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										Can stop working forever


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										Cannot be verifiably secure














## VS.











## freedom-respecting software







## (software that the user controls)














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										Power is given to the user


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										Can be used forever


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										Can be used however you want


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										Can be fixed and improved by anyone in the world


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										Can have any malicious functionality removed


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										Does not require you to trust the developer


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										Don't code? You can hire someone you trust to check it for you


								-
											[



										Like a recipe, helps everyone and has no "owner"
											](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html)


								-
											[



										More reliable than proprietary software
											](https://www.gnu.org/software/reliability.html)


















## Which world do YOU want to live in?













									Easy to share







### The TED talk by the original philosopher.







Thirteen minutes covering the world of software freedom, [found in many formats here](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/).




















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