Z:gnu-www-ja-government-free-software--238359-Therefore, it should be illega/en

Therefore, it should be illegal, or at least substantially discouraged through heavy taxation, to sell, import or distribute in quantity a new computer (that is, not second-hand) or computer-based product for which secrecy about hardware interfaces or intentional restrictions prevent users from developing, installing and using replacements for any and all of the installed software that the manufacturer could upgrade. This would apply, in particular, to any device on which &ldquo;jailbreaking&rdquo; is needed to install a different operating system, or in which the interfaces for some peripherals are secret.