-<p>Google, Facebook, and other titans of the web economy have built their businesses on free software. And they are not merely free riders in their usage of this resource; in many cases, these firms freely share at least some of the code that runs on their services and invest substantial resources in creating or enhancing that code. Each user of a “free software” network service can have a copy of software that allows the FSD’s four freedoms. But unless these users run the web service themselves – something that may be technically or economically infeasible – the users remain at the whim of the firm who does run their copy. “Software as a Service” (SaaS) – or software provided via “the cloud” – is entirely compatible with the idea of software that is free. But in that users of the service cannot change the software or use it as they wish without the permission, and oversight, of their service provider, SaaS users are as at least as dependent and vulnerable as they would be if the code were closed.</p>
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-<p>Google’s Chrome OS is an attempt to build an operating system designed that gets users online and connected to services like Google Docs for users to do most of their computing. When Google announced Chrome OS, many in the free software community celebrated; Chrome OS is based on GNU/Linux, is almost entirely free software, and has Google’s backing. But the goal of Chrome OS is to change where users’ computing happens, by replacing applications a user might run on their own computer with SaaS. Every move from a piece of “desktop” free software to a SaaS service is a move from a situation where a user had control over his or her software to a situation where users have very little control at all. For example, Google's use of free software in its SaaS services enables it to monitor all uses and add or remove features at will. By focusing on the freedom of the software and not the users, many free software supporters failed to appreciate this troubling dynamic.</p>
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-<p>The TiVo – the pioneering digital video recorder – presented a different challenge. Its software was based on GNU/Linux and, in compliance with the “copyleft” license that most free software is distributed under, the TiVo corporation distributed full access to its source code. But TiVo used encryption to lock down its device so that it would run only approved versions of Linux. TiVo users could study and modify the TiVo software, but they could not use the modified software on their TiVo. The software was free, but the users were not.</p>
+<p>El TiVo – el pionero grabador de vídeo digital – presentaba un reto diferente. Su software estaba basado en GNU/Linux y, de acuerdo con la licencia “copyleft” bajo la cual se distribuía la mayor parte del software libre, la empresa TiVo distribuía acceso total a su código fuente. Pero TiVo usaba cifrado para cerrar su dispositivo de tal manera que sólo funcionaría con sus versiones aprobadas de Linux. Los usuarios de TiVo podían estudiar y modificar el software TiVo, pero no podían usar el software modificado en su TiVo. El software era libre, pero los usuarios no.</p>