Comment RMS not boycotting e-books (Score 5, Informative) 221
While he states "We must reject e-books until they respect our freedom." He also outlines 7 things amazon's e-books do that violate this freedom. Fortunately epub is the most widely accepted e-book format and it has none of these 7.
- Available anonymously.
- Standard ownership applies.
- License determined by vendor, but many have very liberal licenses including CC and public domain.
- Open format based on html.
- Lending rules same as physical book.
- No inherent DRM (though Adobe has a version compatible with DRM).
- No one can remotely delete it any more than any other file on your computer.
RMS isn't against e-books. He's against amazon's approach to e-books.