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106 <h1>2014 Holiday Giving Guide
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110 Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can
111 use freely, or gifts which put someone else in
116 Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but
117 people often overlook the restrictions that
118 manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper. Companies
119 like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital
120 Restrictions Management (DRM) to
121 prevent your loved ones from sharing apps on the
122 laptop you got them or remixing the songs on their
123 expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift
124 is as unlucky as one woman last year,
126 <a href=
"http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
127 Amazon might even block all the books on their
128 Kindle and refuse to explain why
131 Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive
132 control, but when you think about, it's unethical
139 The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or
140 has a remote
"kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical
141 companies have made a better one that doesn't, one
142 that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however
143 they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts,
144 compared with their more well-known, but more
145 restrictive alternatives. While you're reading, please
146 remember that donating to a charity in your friend or
147 family member's name is at least as meaningful as
148 buying them an electronic device. Some of our favorite
151 <a href=
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152 Electronic Frontier Foundation
154 <a href=
"http://www.creativecommons.org/">
157 <a href=
"http://wikimedia.org/">
160 <a href=
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161 Software Freedom Conservancy
163 <a href=
"http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">
164 Software Freedom Law Center
</a>,
165 <a href=
"http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Foundation
</a>
167 <a href=
"http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation
</a>.
170 <h2>The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide
</h2>
173 The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much
174 more than those in the right column.
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181 share the Giving Guide
184 with your friends and family members, especially
185 those that might give you presents! (We're using the hashtag
191 To make a really big splash, get some friends
193 <a href=
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194 PDF version of the Giving Guide
196 and hand it out near a local store that sells
197 DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos!
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206 Operating System: Give the gift of free, flexible, and
210 <table class=
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215 src=
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224 <img alt=
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225 src=
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232 <strong>Trisquel GNU/Linux
</strong>
236 Completely free operating system:
237 transparent and modifiable
241 Break the cycle of forced upgrades and
246 Comes with all the software you need and an
247 easy software manager to find more. You can
248 also give the gift of
249 <a href=
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252 in general, without an entirely new
258 <a href=
"http://trisquel.info/">
261 to download the gift of GNU/Linux and help
262 your friends and family set up their new
263 OS. If you know someone who wants to run a
264 fully free GNU/Linux distribution, but
265 depends on proprietary wifi, one of the
267 <a href=
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268 Respects Your Freedom
270 certification program can help.
278 <strong>Windows
8</strong>
282 Proprietary software that profits from
283 controlling how you use your computer
287 Invades privacy and exposes personal data to
289 <a href=
"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance">
291 </a> and other malicious attackers
295 Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices
296 that don't support older versions of Windows
305 3D Printing: Give the maker in your life a
3D printer
306 that promotes innovation, or buy one for yourself and
307 3D print all your presents this year!
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314 <img alt=
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324 <img alt=
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325 src=
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332 <strong>Lulzbot TAZ
2.0 3D printer
</strong>
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337 Respects Your Freedom
340 certified by the Free Software Foundation
344 Powered by free software, making
3D printing
345 more accessible and encouraging innovation
349 Learn more about the Lulzbot at
350 <a href=
"http://www.lulzbot.com/">
360 <strong>Makerbot Replicator
2</strong>
364 MakerWare software is proprietary,
365 restricting freedom and stifling innovation
369 Hardware patents threaten free printers like
374 Recently announced an increasingly
375 proprietary approach, further distancing
376 itself from the free software community
385 Gift Cards: Giving a gift card this season? Give one
386 that has benefits the recipient can keep.
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412 <strong>FSF Membership Card
</strong>
416 Join with over
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000 active members and
417 become part of a community working to make a
418 better world built on free software
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426 including free admission to the
427 <a href=
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428 LibrePlanet conference
433 Membership donations are tax-deductible in
438 Get your gift membership today at
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440 www.fsf.org/associate
445 For a smaller gift, donate in a friend's name at
446 <a href=
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456 <strong>iTunes Card
</strong>
460 The iTunes store uses DRM (Digital
461 Restrictions Management) on everything it
462 sells except music to control what you can
463 do with your purchases
467 Apple claims (wrongly) that you don't
468 actually own anything you buy from the
473 Requires proprietary software to use,
474 including to download DRM-free music
483 Laptops: Give a top-of-the-line laptop that comes with
484 fewer strings attached
487 <table class=
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510 <strong>ThinkPenguin GNU/Linux Notebook
</strong>
514 Free software compatible wifi and
515 3D-accelerated graphics chipsets--run any
516 <a href=
"http://www.gnu.org/distros/">
517 fully free GNU/Linux distribution
519 you choose. While not fully free (using
520 <a href=
"https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html">
521 proprietary boot firmware
523 ) this laptop is one of the most freedom
524 supporting models currently available.
528 Comes preinstalled with free software for a
529 no-hassle experience. Visit
530 <a href=
"http://libre.thinkpenguin.com/">
531 libre.thinkpenguin.com
534 <a href=
"http://www.gnu.org/links/companies">
535 www.gnu.org/links/companies
537 to shop for fully free GNU/Linux
546 <strong>Macbook Pro
</strong>
550 Runs on proprietary software that restricts
555 Apple's App Store uses DRM (Digital
556 Restrictions Management) to restrict what
557 you can do with your purchases
561 Planned obsolescence: business model forces
562 you to buy new devices frequently
571 Ebooks: The readers in your life deserve digital
572 libraries that won't disappear on them
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579 <img alt=
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597 <strong>Project Gutenberg
</strong>
601 The original purveyor of DRM-free eBooks
605 Enjoy the freedom to read your ebooks on any
610 All of the ebooks on Project Gutenberg,
611 including classics like Peter Pan and Huck
616 Pick out the perfect books for the whole
618 <a href=
"http://www.gutenberg.org/">
622 <a href=
"http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/ebooks">
623 DRM-free ebooks sites
632 <strong>Amazon
</strong>
636 Amazon can remotely block or delete
637 individual ebooks or your entire library
638 with no warning or explanation (they've done
639 it before--read about it
640 <a href=
"http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
646 DRM prevents you from sharing your favorite
647 books with friends, and Amazon uses DRM to
648 <a href=
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649 maintain their monopoly
655 <a href=
"http://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon-kindle-swindle">
656 you don't actually own or control your
662 Thanks to DRM, you won't be able to transfer
663 your books to any other reader
672 Mobile OS: You should have control over the computer
676 <table class=
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686 <img alt=
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691 <img alt=
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"imgright"
699 <strong>Replicant
</strong>
703 Fully free software mobile OS based on
708 <a href=
"http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantImages">
711 include both phones and tablets
715 Used devices can be purchased, so your
716 dollars won't go to proprietary OS
722 iOS is a fully proprietary operating system,
723 giving Apple ultimate control over devices
728 Apple uses DRM to block competing software.
732 The company claims to take away your freedom
733 <a href=
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743 <h3>Online storage: Who owns your personal files?
</h3>
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749 <img alt=
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750 src=
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755 <img alt=
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760 <img alt=
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761 src=
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768 <strong>Least Authority
</strong>
772 Based on Tahoe-LAFS, a free software,
773 verifiably secure, decentralized,
774 fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed
775 data store
& file system
779 Guarantees that only those you grant access
780 to may view your data
784 Client side encryption to prevent snooping
785 unlike Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple iCloud,
786 Microsoft SkyDrive, and Ubuntu One.
791 <a href=
"https://leastauthority.com/">
792 https://leastauthority.com/
802 <strong>Google Drive
</strong>
806 Requires granting Google a virtually
807 unlimited license to any public data, and
808 also having your public and personal data
813 Data may be accessed by Google and
814 <a href=
"http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/how-the-nsas-muscular-tapped-googles-and-yahoos-private-networks/">
815 intelligence agencies
820 Puts a
3rd party company in charge of your
829 <h3>Media hosting: Who owns your personal files?
</h3>
831 <table class=
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835 <img title=
"GNU MediaGoblin offers what you've been missing in an Internet media-sharing system"
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842 <img alt=
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848 class=
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849 src=
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856 <strong>MediaGoblin
</strong>
860 Soon-to-be federated to allow decentralized
864 <li>Supports free video formats
</li>
866 <li>Ability to choose a copyleft license
</li>
868 <li>Source files can be attached to an upload
</li>
872 <a href=
"http://mediagoblin.org/">
873 http://mediagoblin.org/
875 to learn how to use it and see a list of
884 <strong>YouTube
</strong>
888 Uses proprietary Adobe Flash player and
889 patent-encumbered H
.264
893 Implements DRM to control access to videos
898 Imposes advertising on your uploads and
899 polices copyright harshly
909 If you have ideas for more gifts that can be given
910 freely, submit your recommendations to our growing
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