3.3. Reuse, garbage avoidance, environmental protection:
Free software does not require costly marketing via glazed packaging, picture books, use-once data media and watermark certificates. No software change requires hardware change. Used hardware can be reused for reasonable tasks eg for clustering PCs to super computers or the internet access of schools.
Justification: Commercial software can have the same environmental advantages, if it is delivered electronically and is written to work on older equipment. This statement has been cited as proof that the FFII promotes free software, which is, we believe, inaccurate, even if many individual members do invest considerably in free software.
