msgid "Why We Must Fight UCITA - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h2> msgid "Why We Must Fight UCITA" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA is a proposed law, designed by the proprietary software developers, " "who are now asking all 50 states of the US to adopt it. If UCITA is " "adopted, it will threaten the free software community <a " "href=\"#Note1\">(1)</a> with disaster. To understand why, please read on." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "We generally believe that big companies ought to be held to a strict " "standard of liability to their customers, because they can afford it and " "because it will keep them honest. On the other hand, individuals, amateurs, " "and good samaritans should be treated more favorably." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA does exactly the opposite. It makes individuals, amateurs, and good " "samaritans liable, but not big companies." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "You see, UCITA says that by default a software developer or distributor is " "completely liable for flaws in a program; but it also allows a shrink-wrap " "license to override the default. Sophisticated software companies that make " "proprietary software will use shrink-wrap licenses to avoid liability " "entirely. But amateurs, and self-employed contractors who develop software " "for others, will often be shafted because they didn't know about this " "problem. And we free software developers won't have any reliable way to " "avoid the problem." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "What could we do about this? We could try to change our licenses to avoid " "it. But since we don't use shrink-wrap licenses, we cannot override the " "UCITA default. Perhaps we can prohibit distribution in the states that " "adopt UCITA. That might solve the problem—for the software we release " "in the future. But we can't do this retroactively for software we have " "already released. Those versions are already available, people are already " "licensed to distribute them in these states—and when they do so, under " "UCITA, they would make us liable. We are powerless to change this situation " "by changing our licenses now; we will have to make complex legal arguments " "that may or may not work." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA has another indirect consequence that would hamstring free software " "development in the long term—it gives proprietary software developers " "the power to prohibit reverse engineering. This would make it easy for them " "to establish secret file formats and protocols, which there would be no " "lawful way for us to figure out." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "That could be a disastrous obstacle for development of free software that " "can serve users' practical needs, because communicating with users of " "nonfree software is one of those needs. Many users today feel that they " "must run Windows, simply so they can read and write files in Word format. " "Microsoft's “Halloween documents” announced a plan to use secret " "formats and protocols as a weapon to obstruct the development of the " "GNU/Linux system <a href=\"#Note2\">(2)</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Precisely this kind of restriction is now being used in Norway to prosecute " "16-year-old Jon Johansen, who figured out the format of DVDs to make it " "possible to write free software to play them on free operating systems. " "(The Electronic Frontier Foundation is helping with his defense; see <a " "href=\"https://www.eff.org/\">eff.org</a> for further information.)" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Some friends of free software have argued that UCITA would benefit our " "community, by making nonfree software intolerably restrictive, and thus " "driving users to us. Realistically speaking, this is unlikely, because it " "assumes that proprietary software developers will act against their own " "interests. They may be greedy and ruthless, but they are not stupid." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Proprietary software developers intend to use the additional power UCITA " "would give them to increase their profits. Rather than using this power at " "full throttle all the time, they will make an effort to find the most " "profitable way to use it. Those applications of UCITA power that make users " "stop buying will be abandoned; those that most users tolerate will become " "the norm. UCITA will not help us." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA does not apply only to software. It applies to any sort of " "computer-readable information. Even if you use only free software, you are " "likely to read articles on your computer, and access data bases. UCITA will " "allow the publishers to impose the most outrageous restrictions on you. " "They could change the license retroactively at any time, and force you to " "delete the material if you don't accept the change. They could even " "prohibit you from describing what you see as flaws in the material." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "This is too outrageous an injustice to wish on anyone, even if it would " "indirectly benefit a good cause. As ethical beings, we must not favor the " "infliction of hardship and injustice on others on the grounds that it will " "drive them to join our cause. We must not be Machiavellian. The point of " "free software is concern for each other." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "Our only smart plan, our only ethical plan, is…to defeat UCITA!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "If you want to help the fight against UCITA, by meeting with state " "legislators in your state, send mail to Skip Lockwood <a " "href=\"mailto:dfc@dfc.org\"><dfc@dfc.org></a>. He can tell you how to " "contribute effectively." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Volunteers are needed most urgently in Virginia and Maryland <a " "href=\"#Note3\">(3)</a>, but California and Oklahoma are coming soon. There " "will probably be a battle in every state sooner or later." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "For more information about UCITA, see <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20000520080750/http://www.badsoftware.com/uccindex.htm\"> " "badsoftware.com [Archived Page]</a> or read the <a " "href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act\"> " "UCITA page on Wikipedia</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h3> msgid "Notes" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "Other people have been using the term “open source” to describe " "a similar category of software. I use the term “free software” " "to show that the Free Software Movement still exists—that the Open " "Source Movement has not replaced or absorbed us." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you value your freedom as well as your convenience, I suggest you use the " "term “free software,” not “open source,” to describe " "your own work, so as to stand up clearly for your values." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you value accuracy, please use the term “free software,” not " "“open source,” to describe the work of the Free Software " "Movement. The GNU operating system, its GNU/Linux variant, the many GNU " "software packages, and the GNU GPL, are all primarily the work of the Free " "Software Movement. The supporters of the Open Source Movement have the " "right to promote their views, but they should not do so on the basis of our " "achievements." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "See <a href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> " "gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a> for more " "explanation." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "The system is often called “Linux,” but properly speaking Linux " "is actually the kernel, one major component of the system (see <a " "href=\"/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html\">gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>)." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "The Maryland lower house has approved UCITA; there is a push to get the " "state senate to approve it before the end of the legislative session, on " "April 10." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "To rush the consideration of this bill is even more obviously foolish than " "the bill itself. So if you live in Maryland, please phone or write to your " "state senator, saying the senate should at least defer UCITA for summer " "study, if it is not rejected outright." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you know anyone in Maryland who works with computers, please forward this " "message to that person and ask for per support." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "If you support the anti UCITA campaign, <em>please make prominent links to " "this page, http://www.4cite.org [closed].</em>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h3> msgid "Links to other articles" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20160322150920/http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/UCITA\">IEEE " "supports the movement to oppose UCITA [Archived Page]</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593115/cios-join-fight-to-kill-ucita.html\">CIOs " "join fight to kill UCITA</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20010818101424/http://interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews7.htm\">Anti " "UCITA, and other interesting links maintained by Citizens on the Web " "[Archived Page]</a>" msgstr "" #. 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# LANGUAGE translation of https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ucita.html # Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This file is distributed under the same license as the original article. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: ucita.html\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2021-10-01 10:56+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "Language: \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #. type: Content of: msgid "Why We Must Fight UCITA - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h2> msgid "Why We Must Fight UCITA" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA is a proposed law, designed by the proprietary software developers, " "who are now asking all 50 states of the US to adopt it. If UCITA is " "adopted, it will threaten the free software community <a " "href=\"#Note1\">(1)</a> with disaster. To understand why, please read on." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "We generally believe that big companies ought to be held to a strict " "standard of liability to their customers, because they can afford it and " "because it will keep them honest. On the other hand, individuals, amateurs, " "and good samaritans should be treated more favorably." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA does exactly the opposite. It makes individuals, amateurs, and good " "samaritans liable, but not big companies." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "You see, UCITA says that by default a software developer or distributor is " "completely liable for flaws in a program; but it also allows a shrink-wrap " "license to override the default. Sophisticated software companies that make " "proprietary software will use shrink-wrap licenses to avoid liability " "entirely. But amateurs, and self-employed contractors who develop software " "for others, will often be shafted because they didn't know about this " "problem. And we free software developers won't have any reliable way to " "avoid the problem." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "What could we do about this? We could try to change our licenses to avoid " "it. But since we don't use shrink-wrap licenses, we cannot override the " "UCITA default. Perhaps we can prohibit distribution in the states that " "adopt UCITA. That might solve the problem—for the software we release " "in the future. But we can't do this retroactively for software we have " "already released. Those versions are already available, people are already " "licensed to distribute them in these states—and when they do so, under " "UCITA, they would make us liable. We are powerless to change this situation " "by changing our licenses now; we will have to make complex legal arguments " "that may or may not work." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA has another indirect consequence that would hamstring free software " "development in the long term—it gives proprietary software developers " "the power to prohibit reverse engineering. This would make it easy for them " "to establish secret file formats and protocols, which there would be no " "lawful way for us to figure out." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "That could be a disastrous obstacle for development of free software that " "can serve users' practical needs, because communicating with users of " "nonfree software is one of those needs. Many users today feel that they " "must run Windows, simply so they can read and write files in Word format. " "Microsoft's “Halloween documents” announced a plan to use secret " "formats and protocols as a weapon to obstruct the development of the " "GNU/Linux system <a href=\"#Note2\">(2)</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Precisely this kind of restriction is now being used in Norway to prosecute " "16-year-old Jon Johansen, who figured out the format of DVDs to make it " "possible to write free software to play them on free operating systems. " "(The Electronic Frontier Foundation is helping with his defense; see <a " "href=\"https://www.eff.org/\">eff.org</a> for further information.)" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Some friends of free software have argued that UCITA would benefit our " "community, by making nonfree software intolerably restrictive, and thus " "driving users to us. Realistically speaking, this is unlikely, because it " "assumes that proprietary software developers will act against their own " "interests. They may be greedy and ruthless, but they are not stupid." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Proprietary software developers intend to use the additional power UCITA " "would give them to increase their profits. Rather than using this power at " "full throttle all the time, they will make an effort to find the most " "profitable way to use it. Those applications of UCITA power that make users " "stop buying will be abandoned; those that most users tolerate will become " "the norm. UCITA will not help us." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "UCITA does not apply only to software. It applies to any sort of " "computer-readable information. Even if you use only free software, you are " "likely to read articles on your computer, and access data bases. UCITA will " "allow the publishers to impose the most outrageous restrictions on you. " "They could change the license retroactively at any time, and force you to " "delete the material if you don't accept the change. They could even " "prohibit you from describing what you see as flaws in the material." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "This is too outrageous an injustice to wish on anyone, even if it would " "indirectly benefit a good cause. As ethical beings, we must not favor the " "infliction of hardship and injustice on others on the grounds that it will " "drive them to join our cause. We must not be Machiavellian. The point of " "free software is concern for each other." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "Our only smart plan, our only ethical plan, is…to defeat UCITA!" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "If you want to help the fight against UCITA, by meeting with state " "legislators in your state, send mail to Skip Lockwood <a " "href=\"mailto:dfc@dfc.org\"><dfc@dfc.org></a>. He can tell you how to " "contribute effectively." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "Volunteers are needed most urgently in Virginia and Maryland <a " "href=\"#Note3\">(3)</a>, but California and Oklahoma are coming soon. There " "will probably be a battle in every state sooner or later." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "For more information about UCITA, see <a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20000520080750/http://www.badsoftware.com/uccindex.htm\"> " "badsoftware.com [Archived Page]</a> or read the <a " "href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Computer_Information_Transactions_Act\"> " "UCITA page on Wikipedia</a>." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h3> msgid "Notes" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "Other people have been using the term “open source” to describe " "a similar category of software. I use the term “free software” " "to show that the Free Software Movement still exists—that the Open " "Source Movement has not replaced or absorbed us." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you value your freedom as well as your convenience, I suggest you use the " "term “free software,” not “open source,” to describe " "your own work, so as to stand up clearly for your values." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you value accuracy, please use the term “free software,” not " "“open source,” to describe the work of the Free Software " "Movement. The GNU operating system, its GNU/Linux variant, the many GNU " "software packages, and the GNU GPL, are all primarily the work of the Free " "Software Movement. The supporters of the Open Source Movement have the " "right to promote their views, but they should not do so on the basis of our " "achievements." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "See <a href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> " "gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a> for more " "explanation." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "The system is often called “Linux,” but properly speaking Linux " "is actually the kernel, one major component of the system (see <a " "href=\"/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html\">gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>)." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li> msgid "" "The Maryland lower house has approved UCITA; there is a push to get the " "state senate to approve it before the end of the legislative session, on " "April 10." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "To rush the consideration of this bill is even more obviously foolish than " "the bill itself. So if you live in Maryland, please phone or write to your " "state senator, saying the senate should at least defer UCITA for summer " "study, if it is not rejected outright." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ol><li><p> msgid "" "If you know anyone in Maryland who works with computers, please forward this " "message to that person and ask for per support." msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><p> msgid "" "If you support the anti UCITA campaign, <em>please make prominent links to " "this page, http://www.4cite.org [closed].</em>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><h3> msgid "Links to other articles" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20160322150920/http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/issues/UCITA\">IEEE " "supports the movement to oppose UCITA [Archived Page]</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://www.computerworld.com/article/2593115/cios-join-fight-to-kill-ucita.html\">CIOs " "join fight to kill UCITA</a>" msgstr "" #. type: Content of: <div><ul><li> msgid "" "<a " "href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20010818101424/http://interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews7.htm\">Anti " "UCITA, and other interesting links maintained by Citizens on the Web " "[Archived Page]</a>" msgstr "" #. 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