It is now 30 years since I launched the campaign for freedom in computing, that is, for software to be free or “libre” (we use that word to emphasize that we’re talking about freedom, not price). Some proprietary programs, such as Photoshop, are very expensive; others, such as Flash Player, are available gratis — either way, they subject their users to someone else’s power. […]
If you use a program to carry out activities in your life, your freedom depends on your having control over the program. You deserve to have control over the programs you use, and all the more so when you use them for something important in your life. […]
Life without freedom is oppression, and that applies to computing as well as every other activity in our lives.
We must win control of all the software we use. How can we win this control? By rejecting SaaSS, and non-free software on the computers we own or regularly use. By developing free software (for those of us who are programmers). By refusing to develop or promote non-free software or SaaSS. By spreading these ideas to others. Let’s make all computer users free.
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/why-free-software-is-more-important-now-than-ever-before/
Cet article a été traduit en français par les bénévoles de Framasoft et de l’April : Pourquoi le logiciel libre est plus important que jamais