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Дата 10.04.2013 17:38:30
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Фонд свободного ПО ведёт сбор подписей

Фонд свободного ПО начал сбор подписей против введения "Ограниченной загрузки".

Stand up for your freedom to install free software

http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement/thank-you

Я подписал, желающие могут присоединиться. После подписания на почту приходит письмо со ссылкой для подтверждения подписи.
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В Испании группа пользователей Linux подала жалобу на Майкрософт в Еврокомиссию
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The 8,000-member Hispalinux, which represents users and developers of the Linux operating system in Spain, said Microsoft had made it difficult for users of computers sold with its Windows 8 platform to switch to Linux and other operating systems.

Lawyer and Hispalinux head Jose Maria Lancho said he delivered the complaint to the Madrid office of the European Commission at 0900 GMT (4 a.m. EST) on Tuesday.

In its 14-page complaint, Hispalinux said Windows 8 contained an "obstruction mechanism" called UEFI Secure Boot that controls the start-up of the computer and means users must seek keys from Microsoft to install another operating system.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/26/us-microsoft-eu-idUSBRE92P0E120130326

Один из разработчиков Федоры прокомментировал ситуацию . Борьба предстоит тяжёлая. Поскольку сама система безопасной загрузки формально не запрещает установку своего софта, к ней трудно придраться. Ограничения вводятся через практику применения.
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I gave a presentation at Libreplanet this weekend on the topic of Secure Boot and Restricted Boot. There's a copy of the video here - it should be up on the conference site at some point. It turned out to be excellent timing, in that a group in Spain filed a complaint with the European Commission this morning arguing that Microsoft's imposition of Secure Boot on the x86 client PC market is anticompetitive. I suspect that this is unlikely to succeed (the Commission has already stated that the current implementation appears to conform to EU law), and I fear that it's going to make it harder to fight the real battle we face.
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http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/23817.html