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&ldquo;Software today can control the way the world lives, communicates and does business,&rdquo; Dr. Stallman continues. &ldquo;Proprietary software is typically secret&mdash;you can't change it, or even see what it really does. You can't tell if it has back doors, or sends your personal information to a server on the net. You cannot even prevent changes that are detrimental, such as a future version unable to access the files you are saving today.