<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> <!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Essays and Articles - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/essays-and-articles.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> <div id="education-content"> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/philosophy-menu.html" --> </div> <!-- id="education-content" --> <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> <!--#if expr="$OUTDATED_SINCE" --><!--#else --> <!--#if expr="$LANGUAGE_SUFFIX" --> <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="no" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> <!--#endif --> <!--#endif --> <h2>Essays and Articles</h2> <p>This page lists a series of articles describing the philosophy of the free software movement, which is the motivation for our development of the free software operating system GNU.</p> <p>A <a href="/philosophy/latest-articles.html">list of the latest published articles</a> is also available.</p> <p> <!-- please leave both these ID attributes here. ... --> <a id="TOCFreedomOrganizations">We</a> <a id="FreedomOrganizations">also</a> <!-- ... we removed this as an H$ section as it was duplicating the --> <!-- same information on links.html, but it's possible that some users --> <!-- have the URLs bookmarked or on their pages. -len --> keep a list of <a href="/links/links.html#FreedomOrganizations">Organizations that Work for Freedom in Computer Development and Electronic Communications</a>.</p> <h3 id="aboutfs">About Free Software</h3> <p> Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use software in all the ways that are socially useful. Software differs from material objects—such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline—in that it can be copied and changed much more easily. These possibilities make software as useful as it is; we believe software users should be able to make use of them.</p> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">What is Free Software?</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/why-free.html">Why Software Should Not Have Owners</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/shouldbefree.html">Why Software Should Be Free</a> (This is an older and longer essay about the same topic as the previous one)</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</a> is OK!</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free and Non-Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html"> FLOSS and FOSS</a></li> <li><a href="/software/reliability.html">Free Software is More Reliable!</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/when-free-software-isnt-practically-superior.html"> When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html">How Free Software and Open Source Relate as Categories of Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html">Linux, GNU, and Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/gnutella.html" id="Gnutella">Regarding Gnutella</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.html">Why Schools Should Use Exclusively Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/my_doom.html">MyDoom and You</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/15-years-of-free-software.html"> 15 Years of Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-intro.html">Free Software movement</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html"> Your Freedom Needs Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-motives.html"> Motives For Writing Free Software</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/gov-promote.html"> How Shouldhref="/philosophy/government-free-software.html">Measures Governments Can Use to Promote FreeSoftware?</a></li>Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/uruguay.html">Lesson from Uruguay</a>. The FSF learned something from a bill presented in Uruguay.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html"> Why programs must not limit the freedom to run them</a> — Freedom 0 must not be limited.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/imperfection-isnt-oppression.html"> Imperfection is not the same as oppression</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.html"> Applying the Free Software Criteria</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="aboutgnu">About the GNU Operating System</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/gnu/initial-announcement.html">Initial announcement of the GNU Operating System</a></li> <li><a href="/gnu/manifesto.html">The GNU Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/gnu/gnu-history.html">Brief history of the GNU Project</a></li> <li><a href="/gnu/thegnuproject.html">The GNU Project</a>, a longer and more complete description of the project and its history.</li> <li><a href="/fsf/fsf.html">What is the Free Software Foundation?</a></li> <li><a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">Why GNU/Linux?</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="LicensingFreeSoftware">Licensing Free Software</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/licenses/licenses.html">General information on licensing and copyleft</a></li> <li><a href="/licenses/license-list.html">A list ofspecificfreesoftware licenses</a></li>and nonfree licenses, with comments</a>.</li> <li><a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions About the GNU Licenses</a></li> <li><a href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">Why You Shouldn't Use the Lesser GPL for Your Next Library</a></li> <li><ahref="/copyleft/copyleft.html">Copyleft</a></li>href="/licenses/copyleft.html">Copyleft</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.html">Why Copyleft?</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/university.html">Releasing Free Software if You Work at a University</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">JavascriptTrap</a> —YouTrap</a>. You may be runningnon-freenonfree programs on your computer every day without realizingit — throughit—through your web browser.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/vaccination.html">Viral Code and Vaccination</a>, an article by Robert J. Chassell</li> <li><ahref="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/20050211.html"> Censorship envy and licensing</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/x.html">The X Window System Trap</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/apsl.html">The Problems of the Apple License</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/bsd.html">Thehref="/licenses/bsd.html">The BSD License Problem</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl.html">The Netscape Public License Has SeriousProblems</a></li>Problems</a>. An <a href="/philosophy/netscape-npl-old.html"> earlier version of this article</a> is also available.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/udi.html">The Free Software Movement and UDI</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/gates.html">It's not the Gates, it's the bars</a>, an article by Richard Stallman published in BBC News in2008</li>2008.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft.html">Is Microsoft the Great Satan?</a> (An <a href="/philosophy/microsoft-old.html">older version</a> of this article is also available.)</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-antitrust.html">The Microsoft Antitrust Trial and Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-verdict.html">On the Microsoft Verdict</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html"> Microsoft's New Monopoly</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html"> Lest CodePlex perplex</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/plan-nine.html" id="PlanNineLicense"> The Problems of the Plan 9 License</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/motif.html" id="MotifLicense"> The New Motif License</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/using-gfdl.html" id="UsingGFDL">Using the GNU FDL</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html" id="GPLAmericanWay"> The GNU GPL and the American Way</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-dream.html" id="GPLAmericanDream"> The GNU GPL and the American Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html" id="EnforcingGPL"> Enforcing the GNU GPL</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html"> On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html" id="FreedomOrPower"> Freedom or Power?</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" id="NoWordAttachments"> We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html" id="JavaTrap"> Free But Shackled - The Java Trap</a> (Although Sun has <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html"> relicensed</a> most of its Java platform reference implementation under the GNU General Public License, the issue described in this article still remainsimportant)</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html" id="FightingSoftwarePatents"> Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html" id="SoftwareLiteraryPatents"> Software Patents and Literary Patents</a>, by Richard M. Stallman, speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954) covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close to the hypothetical examples cited in this article. </li>important.)</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/rtlinux-patent.html">GPL-compliant version of RTLinux Open Patent License in Works</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="Laws">Laws and Issues</h3> <p><a href="/philosophy/stallmans-law.html">Stallman's Law</a></p> <h4id="copyright">Copyright</h4>id="patents">Patents</h4> <ul> <li><ahref="/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html">Why I Will Not Signhref="/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html">Giving thePublic Domain Manifesto</a></li>Software Field Protection from Patents</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/pirate-party.html">How the Swedish Pirate Party Platform Backfireshref="/philosophy/w3c-patent.html">FSF's Position onFree Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">Misinterpreting Copyright</a> is another essay byW3 Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy</a> rewritten</li> <li>How to Protect the <ahref="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a> abouthref="/philosophy/protecting.html">Right to Write Software</a> (whether it's free or not).</li> <li>In <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/princeton-scientists-sue-over-squelched-research"> Felten v. RIAA</a>, scientists are asking a court to rule that theflaws in popular defensesDigital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not prohibit them from publishing their research.</li> <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/search/site/dvd cases/">EFF “Intellectual Property”: MPAA (Motion Picture Association ofcopyright law.</li>America) DVD Cases Archive</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html">FSF's Brief Amicus Curiae in the Eldred v. Ashcroft Supreme Court case</a></li>href="/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html">Patent Reform Is Not Enough</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html">Science must “push copyright aside”</a>, another work of <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a> that appeared in the <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/stallman.html"> Nature Webdebates</a> in 2001, explains how copyright is impeding progress in scientific research. You may also be interested in <a href="https://www.plos.org/">The Public Library of Science</a>, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely available to all on the Internet.</li>href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">Saving Europe from Software Patents</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">Reevaluating Copyright: The Public must prevail</a></li>href="/philosophy/europes-unitary-patent.html">Europe's “unitary patent” could mean unlimited software patents</a></li> <li><ahref="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html"> Eldred v. Reno</a> is abouthref="/philosophy/amazon.html">Boycott Amazon!</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/amazon-nat.html">Amazon Boycott Success!</a>, alawsuitletter from Nat Friedman tooverturn a law that extends copyright by 20 extra years.</li>Richard Stallman.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html">Freedom-Or Copyright?</a>,href="/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html">Letter from RMS to Tim O'Reilly</a> in regard to a statement by<a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a> (an <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html">older version</a>Jeff Bezos, CEO ofthis essay remains online as well).</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/copyright-versus-community.html" id="StallmanTalkLSM"> Copyright versus community inAmazon, on theageduration ofcomputer networks</a>: issoftware patents.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/amazonpatent.html">Amazon's patent on atranscript ofsystem for placing akeynotepurchase order over the internet</a>, with notes by<a href="http://www.stallman.org">RichardStallman</a> at the LIANZA conferenceStallman.</li> <li><a href="http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf" id="SequentialIPandI">Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation</a> is a paper that presents a mathematical model showing how patents can impede progress inChristchurch, New Zealand, on October 12, 2009.</li>fields like software.</li> <li><ahref="http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/resources/feedback/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf"> An English translation</a> ofhref="/philosophy/hague.html">Harm from thefamous decisionHague</a>.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/guardian-article.html">Opposing The European Software Patent Directive</a>, a slightly modified version of theDistrict Courtarticle originally published in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"> The Guardian</a> ofMunich (Germany) regarding the enforceabilityLondon, by Richard Stallman andvalidityNick Hill.</li> <li><a href="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1540984,00.html"> Soft sell</a>. Richard Stallman's comments on the defeat of theGPL. The translation was doneEU software patenting directive. Published in <i>The Guardian</i> in 2005.</li> <li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit"> Patent absurdity</a>, an article bythe Oxford Internet Institute.</li> <!-- This link is brokenRichard M. Stallman published in <i>The Guardian</i> in 2005.</li> <li><ahref="http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm">Examples of Excellent Copyright Policies</a></li> -->href="/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html">Bill Gates and Other Communists</a>. An article by Richard Stallman published in CNET News.com in 2005.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html"> Is It Ever a Good Thing to Usehref="/philosophy/trivial-patent.html">The Anatomy of aNonfree Program?</a> By <a href="http://www.stallman.org"> Richard Stallman</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="drm">Digital Restrictions Management</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html"> Correcting My Mistake about French Law</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html">The problem is software controlled by its developer</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/computing-progress.html">Computing “progress”: good and bad</a>,Trivial Patent</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/why-audio-format-matters.html">Why Audio Format matters</a> by Karl Fogel</li>href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html" id="FightingSoftwarePatents"> Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/opposing-drm.html">Opposing Digital Rights Mismanagement</a>,href="/philosophy/software-patents.html">Software patents — Obstacles to software development</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html" id="SoftwareLiteraryPatents"> Software Patents and Literary Patents</a>, by Richard M. Stallman,answers a few common questions about DRM.</li>speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954) covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close to the hypothetical examples cited in this article.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/ebooks.html">Ebooks: Freedom Or Copyright</a>href="/philosophy/gif.html">Why there are no GIF files on GNU web pages</a>, While this story is aslightly modified versionhistorical illustration of thearticle, originally published in Technology Review in 2000, bydanger of software patents, these particular patents are now no longer a concern. For details of our website <ahref="http://www.stallman.org"> Richard Stallman</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html"> Ebooks must increasehref="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html#UseofGraphics"> policies regarding GIFs</a>, see ourfreedom, not decrease it</a></li>web <a href="/server/standards/"> web guidelines</a>.</li> </ul> <h4 id="copyright">Copyright</h4> <ul> <li><ahref="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Can you trust your computer?</a>,href="/philosophy/assigning-copyright.html">When aworkCompany Asks For Your Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html">Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/pirate-party.html">How the Swedish Pirate Party Platform Backfires on Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html">Misinterpreting Copyright</a> is another essay by Richard Stallman about the flaws in popular defenses of copyright law.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html">FSF's Brief Amicus Curiae in the Eldred v. Ashcroft Supreme Court case</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html">Science must “push copyright aside”</a>, another work of <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a>aboutthat appeared in theso-called “trusted computing” initiatives.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story</a> by<ahref="http://www.stallman.org/"> Richard Stallman</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="noip">The propaganda termhref="http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/stallman.html"> Nature Webdebates</a> in 2001, explains how copyright is impeding progress in scientific research. You may also be interested in <ahref="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty"> “Intellectual Property”</a></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/komongistan.html">The Curious Historyhref="https://www.plos.org/">The Public Library ofKomongistan (BustingScience</a>, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely available to all on theterm “intellectual property”)</a></li>Internet.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html">Don't Let “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</a>,href="/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html">Reevaluating Copyright: The Public must prevail</a></li> <li><a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html"> Eldred v. Reno</a> is about a lawsuit to overturn a law that extends copyright by 20 extra years.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html">Freedom-Or Copyright?</a>, byRichard M. Stallman.</li> <li>Comments fromRichard Stallmanon(an <ahref="/philosophy/ipjustice.html">the ICLC's rejectionhref="/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html">older version</a> of this essay remains online as well.)</li> <li>An English translation of theIP Enforcement Directive</a></li> <li>Richard Stallman has writtenfamous <ahref="/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html">a reviewhref="http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/resources/feedback/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf"> decision ofBoldrin and Levine's “The case against intellectual property.”</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage</a>. An essay onthetrue meaningDistrict Court of Munich regarding the enforceability and validity of thephrase “Intellectual Property”,GPL</a>. The translation was done byRichard M. Stallman</li>the Oxford Internet Institute.</li> <!-- This link is broken <li><a href="http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm">Examples of Excellent Copyright Policies</a></li> --> </ul> <h4id="patents">Patents</h4>id="drm">Digital Restrictions Management</h4> <ul> <li><ahref="/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html">Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents</a></li>href="/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html"> Correcting My Mistake about French Law</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/w3c-patent.html">FSF's Position on W3 Consortium “Royalty-Free” Patent Policy</a> rewritten</li>href="/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html">The problem is software controlled by its developer</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/guardian-article.html">Opposing The European Software Patent Directive</a>,href="/philosophy/computing-progress.html">Computing “progress”: good and bad</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/opposing-drm.html">Opposing Digital Rights Mismanagement</a>, by Richard M. Stallman, answers a few common questions about DRM.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">Ebooks: Freedom Or Copyright</a> a slightly modified version of the article, originally published in<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"> The Guardian</a> of London by <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a> and Nick Hill.</li> <li>How to Protect the <a href="/philosophy/protecting.html">Right to Write Software</a> (independent of whether it's free or not)</li> <li>In <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/princeton-scientists-sue-over-squelched-research"> Felten v. RIAA</a>, scientists are asking a court to rule that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not prohibit them from publishing their research.</li> <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/search/site/dvd cases/">EFF “Intellectual Property”: MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) DVD Cases Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html">Patent Reform Is Not Enough</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">Saving Europe from Software Patents</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/amazon.html">Boycott Amazon!</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf" id="SequentialIPandI">Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation</a> is a paper that presents a mathematical model showing how patents can impede progressTechnology Review infields like software.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/hague.html">Harm from the Hague</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1540984,00.html"> Soft sell</a>. An article2000, by RichardM. Stallman published in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">The Guardian</a>.</li>Stallman</li> <li><ahref="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit"> Patent absurdity</a>, an articlehref="/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html"> Ebooks must increase our freedom, not decrease it</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">Can you trust your computer?</a>, a work by RichardM.Stallmanpublished inabout the so-called “trusted computing” initiatives.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story</a> by Richard Stallman.</li> </ul> <h4 id="noip">The propaganda term <ahref="http://www.guardian.co.uk">The Guardian</a>.</li>href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty"> “Intellectual Property”</a></h4> <ul> <li><ahref="/philosophy/trivial-patent.html">The Anatomyhref="/philosophy/komongistan.html">The Curious History ofa Trivial Patent</a>,Komongistan (Busting the term “intellectual property”)</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html">Don't Let “Intellectual Property” Twist Your Ethos</a>, by RichardM.Stallman.</li><li><a href="/philosophy/gif.html">Why there are no GIF files<li>Comments from Richard Stallman onGNU web pages</a>, While this story is a historical illustration<a href="/philosophy/ipjustice.html">the ICLC's rejection of thedangerIP Enforcement Directive</a></li> <li>Richard Stallman has written <a href="/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html">a review ofsoftware patents, these particular patents are now no longerBoldrin and Levine's “The case against intellectual property.”</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's aconcern. For detailsSeductive Mirage</a>. An essay on the true meaning ofour website <a href="/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html#UseofGraphics"> policies regarding GIFs</a>, see our web <a href="/server/standards/"> web guidelines</a>.</li>the phrase “Intellectual Property”, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> </ul> <h4 id="ns">Network Services</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html"> Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a> an article by Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Who does that server really serve?</a> by Richard Stallman published in <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/richard-stallman-free-software-DRM"> Boston Review.</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="cultural">Cultural and Social Issues</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html"> Technological Neutrality and Free Software</a> by Richard Stallman</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?</a> by Richard Stallman</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/nonfree-games.html">Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?</a> by RichardStallman</li>Stallman.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman"> Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown takethaway</a>away</a>, by<a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a></li>Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html"> Is Digital Inclusion A Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is?</a>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a></li>By Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/wsis.html">World Summit on the Information Society</a></li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/lessig-fsfs-intro.html">The introduction by Lawrence Lessig</a> to <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/"><i> Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman</i></a> is available for reading.</li> <li><ahref="/philosophy/wassenaar.html">Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without export control</a>.</li> <li>How to Protect the <a href="/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html"> Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Association</a> on theInternet</li>Internet.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/privacyaction.html">Protect Postal Privacy</a>, a campaign to resist the proposed rule by the United States Postal Service to collect private information from customers.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/ucita.html">Why We Must Fight UCITA</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/second-sight.html">Free Software and (e-)Government</a> — an article from The Guardian, by Richard Stallman (originally published under the title “Second Sight”).</li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070806183422/http://www.insnet.org/ins_headlines.rxml?cust=212&id=967"> Free Software and Sustainable Development</a> — A short article by Richard Stallman regarding the use of proprietary software in cultural development.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html"> Keep control of your computing, so it doesn't control you!</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/judge-internet-usage.html"> A wise user judges each Internet usage scenario carefully</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html">The Danger of E-Books</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html"> Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</a> By Richard Stallman.</li> </ul> <h4 id="misc">Misc</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/proprietary.html">Clearly established cases of proprietary software that does nasty things to the users</a>.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/practical.html">The advantages of free software</a>.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html">The Bug Nobody is Allowed to Understand</a>, By Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</a>, by Richard M. Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/sco/sco-gnu-linux.html">SCO, GNU, and Linux</a>, by Richard Stallman, discusses how SCO's lawsuit against IBM pertains to the work of the GNU project. Please see the <a href="/philosophy/sco/sco.html">FSF SCO Response Page</a> for more details on this subject.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/ms-doj-tunney.html">FSF's Statement in Response to Proposed Revised Final Judgment in Microsoft vs. United States, submitted to the US Department of Justice under the Tunney Act</a>.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/new-monopoly.html">U.S. Congress Threatens to Establish a New Kind of Monopoly</a>, an attempt of the Congress to create a private monopoly over repeating publicly known information.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/dat.html">The Right Way to Tax DAT</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">Censoring My Software</a>, by<a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a></li>Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-software.html">Funding Art vs Funding Software</a>, by<a href="http://www.stallman.org">Richard Stallman</a></li>Richard Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html"> Android and Users' Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html">Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.html">What's Wrong with YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/netscape.html">Netscape and Free Software</a>, an old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an announcement by Netscape.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html">Comments on Roderick Long's Article</a>.</li> </ul> <h3 id="terminology">Terminology and Definitions</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html"> Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Confusing Words</a> which You Might Want to Avoid</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html"> Public Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002</a>. On how WIPO recognizes that their system is designed to restrict the public, and how they propose to modify terminology so that people won't notice.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">“Open Source Software” or “Free Software”?</a> (This is an older essay about the same topic as the previous one.)</li> <li>Richard Stallman wrote <a href="/philosophy/drdobbs-letter.html"> letter to the editor</a> of Dr. Dobb's Journal in June 2001 which further explains the distinction between the Free Software and Open Source movements.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free and Non-Free Software</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/loyal-computers.html"> What Does It Mean for Your Computer to Be Loyal?</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/fs-translations.html">Translations of the term “free software”</a> into variouslanguages</li>languages.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">Why call it the Swindle</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="upholding">Upholding Software Freedom</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/philosophy/use-free-software.html">The Free Software Community After 20 Years</a>, With great but incomplete success, what now?</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/mcvoy.html">Thank You, LarryMcVoy</a>McVoy</a>, by Richard M.Stallman</li>Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/social-inertia.html"> Overcoming Social Inertia</a>, by Richard M.Stallman</li>Stallman.</li> <li><a href="/philosophy/compromise.html">Avoiding Ruinous Compromises</a></li> <li><a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html"> Free Software Is Even More Important Now</a></li> </ul> <h3>Philosophical humor</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/fun/humor.html#Philosophy">Philosophy Humor</a>. 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