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SAY SOMETHING CLEVER ABOUT GIVING GUIDE 2014

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Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or - gifts which put someone else in control?

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- Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but people often overlook - the restrictions that manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper. - Companies like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital - Restrictions Management (DRM) to prevent your loved ones from - sharing apps on the laptop you got them or remixing the songs on - their expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift is as - unlucky as one woman last year, - - Amazon might even block all the books on their Kindle and refuse to explain why. - Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive control, - but when you think about, it's unethical (and annoying!). -

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- The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or has a remote - "kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical companies have made a better - one that doesn't, one that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however - they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts, compared with their - more well-known, but more restrictive alternatives. While you're - reading, please remember that donating to a charity in your friend - or family member's name is at least as meaningful as buying them - an electronic device. Some of our favorite charities are the - Electronic Frontier Foundation, - Creative Commons, - Wikimedia Foundation, - Software Freedom Conservancy, - Software Freedom Law Center, - GNOME Foundation - and Free Software Foundation. -

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The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide -

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- The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much more than those in the right column. -

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- - Please share the Giving Guide - with your friends and family members, especially those that might give you - presents! (We're using the hashtag #givefreely.) - -

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- To make a really big splash, get some friends together, print the PDF - version of the Giving Guide and hand it out near a local store that - sells DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos! Send us photos - and any questions at campaigns@fsf.org. -

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Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or gifts which put someone else in control?

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Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but people often overlook the restrictions that manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper. From remote deletion of files to harsh rules about copying and sharing, some gifts take more + than they give. The good news is that there are ethical companies making better devices that your loved ones can enjoy with freedom and privacy. This is the Free Software Foundation (FSF) guide to smarter gifts, compared with their restrictive + counterparts. +

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Like this guide? Download the printable version (translations welcome!) and organize a Giving + Guide Giveaway to share it with your community. And remember: donating to a charity in someone's name is at least as meaningful as buying them an electronic device.

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3D Printers

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Lulzbot TAZ 4.0

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  • + Supports tetherless printing, optional Dual Extruder upgrade, and exotic filaments including wood-, rubber- and stone-like materials. +
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  • Hardware designs available to make modification and improvement easy.
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  • + Recently announced an increasingly proprietary approach, further distancing itself from the free software community. +
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  • All of the ebooks are gratis, including classics like Peter Pan and Huck Finn.
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  • The original purveyor of eBooks free of DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), inspiring many others.
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  • + Apple's App Store uses DRM to restrict what you can do with your purchases. +
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  • Designed for free formats, but can also open files created in other programs.
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  • Wide variety of plugins grants limitless features.
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  • + Break the cycle of forced upgrades and planned obsolescence. +
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  • + Comes with all the software you need and an easy software manager to find more. +
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  • + Invades privacy and exposes personal data to Microsoft, the NSA, and other malicious attackers. +
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  • + Dependent on mandatory upgrades and devices that don't support older versions of Windows. +
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  • + Fully free software, based on Android. +
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  • + + Supported devices + include both phones and tablets. +
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  • + Works on used devices, so your dollars won't go to proprietary OS companies. (All commercially + available Android devices ship with some proprietary software.) +
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  • + Decentralized infrastructure protects from attacks and give you flexibility in how your data is stored. +
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  • + Client side encryption to prevent snooping, unlike Google Drive, Dropbox, Apple iCloud, Microsoft SkyDrive, and Ubuntu One. +
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More Recommended Products

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+ Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter +

Tehnoetic dongle Wi-Fi adapter

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Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. Certified to Respect Your Freedom. Discount code: FSFGIVING.

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+ ThinkPenguin Wi-Fi N router +

ThinkPenguin Wi-Fi N router

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High speed wireless router running FSF-endorsed LibreCMC operating system. Certified to Respects Your Freedom. Discount code: FSFGIVING.

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ThinkPenguin dongle Wi-Fi adapter

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Great for all-free-software installations on laptops with incompatible Wi-Fi hardware. Certified to Respect Your Freedom.

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If you have ideas for more gifts that can be given freely, submit your recommendations to our + growing page. +

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Recommended charities for holiday donations

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Electronic Frontier Foundation, + Creative Commons, + Wikimedia Foundation, + Software Freedom Conservancy, + Software Freedom Law Center, + GNOME Foundation and + Free Software Foundation.

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