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So why is it partly? Are you saying that Free Software Movement isn't also about having ownership over your own devices? Because it absolutely is about that -
by SomeGoon 5y ago
So why is it partly? Are you saying that Free Software Movement isn't also about having ownership over your own devices?
Because it absolutely is about that - no manufacturer should be able to tell what you can and cannot do with your own device. That includes what kind of OS you're able to run, what kind of programs, how much data you're sending to them, etc. Controlling your software is still stealing ownership from you because when you can't control what software are you running, you can't control what your device is doing.
- em-bee 5y agowhat he means with partly is that a part of the right to repair movement is about restoring a right that was already define in law, namely that when you buy something, you own it, and you can do whatever you want with it (including repairing or modifying it) the Free Software movement is about the same, but a right to repair and modify software was never defined as a law. so the difference is that the Free Software movement is about gaining new rights, that we didn't have, while right to repair is about restoring rights that we already had, and that have been taken away.
- SomeGoon 5y agoOk - I get it now, fair point.