diff --git a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Preface/overview.docbook b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Preface/overview.docbook index c8f5cc3..027aef8 100755 --- a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Preface/overview.docbook +++ b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Preface/overview.docbook @@ -65,67 +65,68 @@ I've experimented faith in free software and the philosophy - behind it, but no possible way to manifest it independently - from cuban State. The cuban State controls all the - communication media and very few possibilities are available - for cubans to build up independent collaborative networks - using computers inside the island for sharing information - apart from cuban State restrictions and conditions. One of - these possibilities is the telepohne network the cuban State - provides, which has national scope. Generally, cubans use the - telephone network to talk among themselves, but it is also - possible to use this network to transmit information that - cannot be communicated using the regular method of human - talking. It is possible to attach computers to the telephone - network the cuban State provides to transmit whatever - information a computer can produce (e.g., images, documents, - programs, etc.) from one location in the island to another and - encrypting the information traveling along the wire to - garantee its privacy (e.g., the source computer protects the - information in a way that only the target computer is able to - unprotect. If the information is intercepted by a computer in - the transmission middle, it would be useless for that computer - since only the target can unprotect it). We'll see more about + behind it by mean of &TCP;, but no possible way to manifest it + independently from cuban State. The cuban State controls all + the communication media and very few possibilities are + available for cubans to build up independent collaborative + networks using computers inside the island for sharing + information apart from cuban State restrictions and + conditions. One of these possibilities is the telepohne + network the cuban State provides, which has national scope. + Generally, cubans use the telephone network to talk among + themselves, but it is also possible to use this network to + transmit information that cannot be communicated using the + regular method of human talking. It is possible to attach + computers to the telephone network the cuban State provides to + transmit whatever information a computer can produce (e.g., + images, documents, programs, etc.) from one location in the + island to another and encrypting the information traveling + along the wire to garantee its privacy (e.g., the source + computer protects the information in a way that only the + target computer is able to unprotect. If the information is + intercepted by a computer located in the transmission middle, + it would be useless for that computer since only the target + can use it once it has been unprotected). We'll see more about this later. In these last years (2009-2011), the cuban State has shown signs to start using free software with the idea of - reaching a technology independency which is + reaching a technological independency which is quiet contradictory to me. What independency we are talking about here? Independency for whom, and from whom? Based on - the meaning of the word, independency is the lack of + the meaning of the word, independency is the lack of any dependency, so the only way I see the cuban State will be able - to reach such independency would be creating and maintaining - an entire technical infrastructure (e.g., computers, - communication devices, operating systems written from scratch, - etc.) inside its political boundaries without any intervention - from the outside world. Otherwise, the cuban State would be - inevitably dependent from someone else that can differ at some - point of the production string and that would be something - unacceptable, because it would compromise the idea the cuban - State had about independency in first place (i.e., no - dependency). + to reach such technological independency would be creating and + maintaining an entire technological infrastructure (e.g., + computers, communication devices, operating systems written + from scratch, etc.) inside its political boundaries without + any intervention from the outside world. Otherwise, the cuban + State would be inevitably dependent from someone else that can + differ at some point of the production string and that would + be something unacceptable, because it would compromise the + idea the cuban State had about independency in first place + (i.e., no dependency). If the vision described above about what the cuban State tries to mean by reaching a technological - independency sounds correct to you, the cuban State is - misunderstanding or trying to distort the real meaning of free - software and the philosophy behind it. The free software is - built from people and dedicated to people who might be in need - of it, with the hope of being useful and garantee the freedom - of computer users paying or not a monetary price for it. The - cuban State, on the other hand, introduces free software at - convenience because there are entire operating systems free of - charge which the cuban State can study and change as needed, - not in the sense of guaranteeing the freedom it provides to - people, but as a way to control what software does cubans use - and the way they do that. It is another impositions cubans - should comply with, no matter what they think about - it. + independency sounds appropriate to you, the cuban + State is misunderstanding or trying to distort the real + meaning of free software and the philosophy behind it. The + free software is built from people and dedicated to people who + might be in need of it, with the hope of being useful and + garantee the freedom of computer users paying or not a + monetary price for it. The cuban State, on the other hand, + introduces free software at convenience because there are + entire operating systems free of charge which the cuban State + can study and change as needed, not in the sense of + guaranteeing the freedom it provides to people, but as a way + to control what software does cubans use and the way they do + that. It is another impositions cubans should comply with, no + matter what they think about it. When I was working in the health sector of cuban State (2003-2007), my superior told me once that I couldn't keep