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42 <h1 class=
"intro_phrase">SAY SOMETHING CLEVER ABOUT GIVING GUIDE
2014</h1>
44 <h2>Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or
45 gifts which put someone else in control?
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48 Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but people often overlook
49 the restrictions that manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper.
50 Companies like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital
51 Restrictions Management (DRM) to prevent your loved ones from
52 sharing apps on the laptop you got them or remixing the songs on
53 their expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift is as
54 unlucky as one woman last year,
55 <a href=
"http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
56 Amazon might even block all the books on their Kindle and refuse to explain why
</a>.
57 Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive control,
58 but when you think about, it's unethical (and annoying!).
64 The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or has a remote
65 "kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical companies have made a better
66 one that doesn't, one that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however
67 they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts, compared with their
68 more well-known, but more restrictive alternatives. While you're
69 reading, please remember that donating to a charity in your friend
70 or family member's name is at least as meaningful as buying them
71 an electronic device. Some of our favorite charities are the
72 <a href=
"http://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation
</a>,
73 <a href=
"http://www.creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons
</a>,
74 <a href=
"http://wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Foundation
</a>,
75 <a href=
"http://www.sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy
</a>,
76 <a href=
"http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law Center
</a>,
77 <a href=
"http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Foundation
</a>
78 and Free Software Foundation.
80 <h2>The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide
84 The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much more than those in the right column.
89 Please share
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90 Give%20tech%20gifts%20that%20support%20user%20freedom%20">the Giving Guide
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91 with your friends and family members, especially those that might give you
92 presents! (We're using the hashtag #givefreely.)
97 To make a really big splash, get some friends together, print the PDF
98 version of the Giving Guide and hand it out near a local store that
99 sells DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos! Send us photos
100 and any questions at
<a href=
"mailto:campaigns@fsf.org">campaigns@fsf.org
</a>.
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114 <h3 class="main_title">Operating System: Give the gift of free, flexible, and ethical computing</h3>
117 <img class="product" src="images/linux.png" alt="Windows"/>
119 <h4 class="title">Linux</h4>
121 <li>Completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable</li>
122 <li>Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence</li>
123 <li>Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.</li>
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130 <img class="separator" src="images/separator.png" alt="separator"/>
133 <div id="proprietary">
134 <img class="product" src="images/windows.png" alt="Windows"/>
136 <h4 class="title">Windows</h4>
138 <li>Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer</li>
139 <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>
140 <li>Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows</li>
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150 <h3 class="main_title">Operating System: Give the gift of free, flexible, and ethical computing</h3>
153 <img class="product" src="images/linux.png" alt="Windows"/>
155 <h4 class="title">Linux</h4>
157 <li>Completely free operating system: transparent and modifiable</li>
158 <li>Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence</li>
159 <li>Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more.</li>
165 <img class="sign" src="images/sign.png" alt="compared"/>
166 <img class="separator" src="images/separator.png" alt="separator"/>
169 <div id="proprietary">
170 <img class="product" src="images/windows.png" alt="Windows"/>
172 <h4 class="title">Windows</h4>
174 <li>Proprietary software that profits from controlling how you use your computer</li>
175 <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>
176 <li>Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows</li>