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44 <h2>Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely,
45 or gifts which put someone else in control?
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68 <h1 class="intro_phrase">SAY SOMETHING CLEVER ABOUT GIVING GUIDE 2014</h1>
70 <h2>Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or
71 gifts which put someone else in control?</h2>
74 Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but people often overlook
75 the restrictions that manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper.
76 Companies like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital
77 Restrictions Management (DRM) to prevent your loved ones from
78 sharing apps on the laptop you got them or remixing the songs on
79 their expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift is as
80 unlucky as one woman last year,
81 <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
82 Amazon might even block all the books on their Kindle and refuse to explain why</a>.
83 Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive control,
84 but when you think about, it's unethical (and annoying!).
90 The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or has a remote
91 "kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical companies have made a better
92 one that doesn't, one that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however
93 they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts, compared with their
94 more well-known, but more restrictive alternatives. While you're
95 reading, please remember that donating to a charity in your friend
96 or family member's name is at least as meaningful as buying them
97 an electronic device. Some of our favorite charities are the
98 <a href="http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>,
99 <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a>,
100 <a href="http://wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Foundation</a>,
101 <a href="http://www.sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>,
102 <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law Center</a>,
103 <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Foundation</a>
104 and Free Software Foundation.
106 <h2>The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide</h2>
109 The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much more than those in the right column.
114 Please share <a href="#">the Giving Guide</a>
115 with your friends and family members, especially those that might give you
116 presents! (We're using the hashtag #givefreely.)
121 To make a really big splash, get some friends together, print the PDF
122 version of the Giving Guide and hand it out near a local store that
123 sells DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos! Send us photos
124 and any questions at <a href="mailto:campaigns@fsf.org">campaigns@fsf.org</a>.
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136 <h3 class=
"main_title">Operating System: Give the gift of free, flexible, and ethical computing
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139 <div class=
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140 <img class=
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"Windows"/>
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144 <h4 class=
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146 <li>Completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable
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147 <li>Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence
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148 <li>Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.
</li>
153 <a href=
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"images/download.png" alt=
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167 <li>Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer
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168 <li>Invades privacy and exposes personal data to Microsoft,
<a href=
"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance">the NSA
</a>, and other malicious attackers
</li>
169 <li>Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows
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183 <h3 class=
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187 <img class=
"good" src=
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"Windows"/>
188 <img class=
"product_img" src=
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"Linux"/>
191 <h4 class=
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193 <li>Completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable
</li>
194 <li>Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence
</li>
195 <li>Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.
</li>
200 <a href=
"http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src=
"images/download.png" alt=
"download" /></a>
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214 <li>Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer
</li>
215 <li>Invades privacy and exposes personal data to Microsoft,
<a href=
"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance">the NSA
</a>, and other malicious attackers
</li>
216 <li>Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows
</li>
221 <img src=
"images/avoid.png" alt=
"avoid" />
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230 <h3 class=
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234 <img class=
"good" src=
"images/good.png" alt=
"Windows"/>
235 <img class=
"product_img" src=
"images/linux.png" alt=
"Linux"/>
238 <h4 class=
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240 <li>Completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable
</li>
241 <li>Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence
</li>
242 <li>Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.
</li>
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"http://fedoraproject.org/"><img src=
"images/download.png" alt=
"download" /></a>
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261 <li>Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer
</li>
262 <li>Invades privacy and exposes personal data to Microsoft,
<a href=
"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance">the NSA
</a>, and other malicious attackers
</li>
263 <li>Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows
</li>
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"images/avoid.png" alt=
"avoid" />