2014 Holiday Giving Guide

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

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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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Give freely

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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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