I got mad at Windows Vista copy protection, and decided to write this up.
A Declaration of the Rights of Users
- Computers are tools. Computing hardware belongs to its owner. It does not belong to the creator of the hardware. It does not belong to those who have an interest in the manner in which the hardware operates, or in what the hardware is used for.
- No computer program is capable of making judgments about what is right and what is wrong, what is legal or illegal, what the intentions of humans are, or what constitutes fair use. No computer program should attempt to enforce any such judgments.
- Computer programs are the agents of the people who ordered their execution. They are not the agents of their programmers, or of any third party which may have an interest in their operation.
- The owner of a computer or electronic device has the right to determine how they will use that device. This includes, but is not limited to, the right to modify the device in question, and the right to control what computer code is executed by that device.
- Any program that, by design, acts against the intent of its user is a malicious program. Any program which interferes with a user's use of their own computer is a malicious program.
- These rights are the inalienable rights of computer owners and software users. They cannot be waived, signed away, or otherwise interfered with by any license agreement.
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