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“As our society grows more dependent on computers, the software we run is of critical importance to securing the future of a free society. Free software is about having control over the technology we use in our homes, schools and businesses, where computers work for our individual and communal benefit, not for proprietary software companies or governments who might seek to restrict and monitor us.”

-Richard Stallman

…as the world changes, the importance of the ability to check what the code in your devices is doing - by someone else in case you lack the skills - becomes increasingly apparent. If we lose the ability to check what our own computers are doing, we’re boned.

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Recent news is that eBook at Amazon are outselling Printed books. While I found that eBooks were a more convenient option to buying printed books, especially with good handy eBook readers around, Free Software guru Richard Stallman has called on consumers to reject eBooks until they “respect our freedom”.

And here is the link to the PCPro News article

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Internet Freedom & Where India Stands
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“The moment the “net neutrality” debate began was the moment the net neutrality debate was lost. For once the fate of a network -  its fairness, its rule set, its capacity for social or economic reformation - is in the hands of policymakers and the corporations funding them - that network loses its power to effect change. The mere fact that lawmakers and lobbyists now control the future of the net should be enough to turn us elsewhere.”

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