"Fight to Repair" is an animated video from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) about two free software engineers rushing to fix a life-threatening problem in a vehicle's autopilot code. Coming up with a fix for the bug is only the first step in their journey, which has them facing off against the malicious proprietary software corporation DeceptiCor, and culminates in a high-speed motorcycle chase.

This video is the newest addition to the series of animated videos created by the FSF on the subject of free software. Safety regulations on the operation of vehicles and other potentially dangerous devices may be necessary, but we know this can be accomplished without denying users the right to repair. Fight to Repair dramatizes something we see happening more and more frequently -- companies giving themselves and their software unjust control over users, often also leaving those users in unsafe situations in order to maximize profit.

As part of the video launch, the FSF has dedicated a new campaign and a collaborative resource page to the right to repair movement to help spread global awareness of this issue and to highlight how, when devices are powered by software, having a right to repair requires having the four freedoms that define free software.

Mirrored from: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/watch-fight-to-repair-demand-the-right-to-repair

Video credits: Fight to Repair created for the Free Software Foundation LENGTH: 3:11 PRODUCER & DIRECTOR: Brad Burkhart STORY: Brad Burkhart ANIMATOR: Zygis Luksas Fight to Repair by the Free Software Foundation Copyright © 2021 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.