Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
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Re: Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
#2> users of the proprietary software app LibreLink
Bit of a misnomer.
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#4Great article. Real life horror stories of life-critical software gore, with some good news at the end.
It should be illegal to sell software that someones life depends upon without giving the user the right to inspect and modify the code.
Re: Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
#5Software that your life depends on should be required to respect the four software freedoms (run, study, copy, modify). If the four freedoms don't apply in the context of your own bodily autonomy, where else could they be more important?
(Consider the inverse: Parts of your own body are not your property but are merely licensed to you, and the license can be modified or withdrawn at the pleasure of the licensor)
Legislation might be required.
(edit: this would not be without precedent. Copyright and Patents are very limited when it comes to life essentials in general, such as recipes for food or designs for clothing.)
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#6God forbid I ever need to rely on software to live. But if I do you can guarantee I won't have anything connected to the internet that I need a smartphone to use!
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#7God forbid I ever need to rely on software to live. But if I do you can guarantee I won't have anything connected to the internet that I need a smartphone to use!
At that point you may have no choice if you want to live.
Re: Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
#8> users of the proprietary software app LibreLink Bit of a misnomer.
It keeps happening. From the very beginning "free" software has been plagued with overloaded language.
Re: Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
#9> users of the proprietary software app LibreLink Bit of a misnomer.
Why? The vendor is free to do whatever it wants with it, right? /s
Re: Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
#10Great article. Real life horror stories of life-critical software gore, with some good news at the end. It should be illegal to sell software that someones life depends upon without giving the user the right to inspect and modify the code.
Quality of life critical software should be ensured by FDA certification. Homebrew modifications of that software, even in the name of “freedom”, risks the patient’s life and health and should be illegal if uncertified.