www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/03/10 15:26:39

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Add section "beyond software".
        Link to open-source-misses-the-point.html.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.56&r2=1.57

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.56
retrieving revision 1.57
diff -u -b -r1.56 -r1.57
--- free-sw.html        8 Mar 2007 22:19:23 -0000       1.56
+++ free-sw.html        10 Mar 2007 15:26:30 -0000      1.57
@@ -234,14 +234,39 @@
 and avoid various practical problems.
 </p>
 
+<h2 id="open-source">Beyond Software</h2>
+
+<h2>Beyond Software</h2>
+
+<p>
+<a href="free-doc.html">Software manuals must be free</a>, for the same
+reasons that software must be free, and because the manuals are in effect
+part of the software.</p>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The same arguments also make sense for other kinds of works of
+practical use -- that is to say, works that embody useful knowledge,
+such as educational works and reference
+works.  <a href="http://wikipedia.org";> Wikipedia </a> is the best known
+example.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Any kind of work <em>can</em> be free, and the definition of free software
+has been extended to a definition of <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/";>
+free cultural works</a> applicable to any kind of works.
+</p>
+
 <h2 id="open-source">Open Source?</h2>
 
 <p>
 Another group has started using the term <q>open source</q> to mean
-something close (but not identical) to <q>free software.</q>  We prefer
-the term <q>free software</q> because, once you have heard it refers to
-freedom rather than price, <a href="free-software-for-freedom.html">it
-calls to mind freedom</a>.  The word <q>open</q> never does that.
+something close (but not identical) to <q>free software.</q>  We
+prefer the term <q>free software</q> because, once you have heard that
+it refers to freedom rather than price, it calls to mind freedom.
+The word <q>open</q> <a href="open-source-misses-the-point.html">
+never refers to freedom </a>.
 </p>
 
 <p><a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a></p>
@@ -283,7 +308,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/03/08 22:19:23 $ $Author: karl $
+$Date: 2007/03/10 15:26:30 $ $Author: rms $
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 </p>
 </div>