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Say that tivoization is unacceptable


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<ul>
  <li>The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li>
  <li>The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt change it to
      your needs make
      it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
      precondition for this.
  </li>
  <li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
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<p>
Freedom 1 includes the freedom to use your changed version in place of
the original.  If the program is delivered in a product designed to
run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours &—
a practice known as “tivoization” or (through
blackwhiting) as “secure boot” — freedom 1 become a
theoretical fiction rather than a practical freedom.  This is not
sufficient.
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<p>
One important way to modify a program is by merging in available free
subroutines and modules.  If the program's license says that you
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<li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.79&r2=1.80">Version
1.80</a>: Freedom 1 must be practical, not just theoretical;
i.e., no tivoization.</li>

<li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.76&r2=1.77">Version
1.77</a>: Clarify that all retroactive changes to the license are
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