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From: |
Mike Clarke |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy bsd.html |
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Date: |
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:05:57 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Mike Clarke <clarkema> 07/03/30 17:05:57
Modified files:
philosophy : bsd.html
Log message:
Typography improvements with quotes and em-dashes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/bsd.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
Patches:
Index: bsd.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/bsd.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- bsd.html 30 Mar 2007 16:44:37 -0000 1.17
+++ bsd.html 30 Mar 2007 17:05:53 -0000 1.18
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@
</p>
<p>
If other developers who used BSD-like licenses had copied the BSD
- advertising clause verbatim--including the sentence that refers to
- the University of California--then they would not have made the
+ advertising clause verbatim—including the sentence that refers to
+ the University of California—then they would not have made the
problem any bigger.
</p>
<p>
But, as you might expect, other developers did not copy the clause
- verbatim. They changed it, replacing ``University of California''
+ verbatim. They changed it, replacing “University of
California”
with their own institution or their own names. The result is a
plethora of licenses, requiring a plethora of different sentences.
</p>
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@
surprised if the list has grown by now.
</p>
<p>
- To address this problem, in my ``spare time'' I talk with developers
- who have used BSD-style licenses, asking them if they would please
- remove the advertising clause. Around 1996 I spoke with the
+ To address this problem, in my “spare time” I talk with
+ developers who have used BSD-style licenses, asking them if they would
+ please remove the advertising clause. Around 1996 I spoke with the
developers of FreeBSD about this, and they decided to remove the
- advertising clause from all of their own code. In May 1998 the
- developers of Flick, at the University of Utah, removed this clause.
+ advertising clause from all of their own code. In May 1998 the developers
+ of Flick, at the University of Utah, removed this clause.
</p>
<p>
Dean Hal Varian at the University of California took up the cause,
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@
change them.
</p>
<p>
- But if they followed Berkeley's lead before, maybe Berkeley's change
- in policy will convince some of them to change. It's worth asking.
+ But if they followed Berkeley’s lead before, maybe Berkeley’s
+ change in policy will convince some of them to change. It’s worth
+ asking.
</p>
<p>
So if you have a favorite package which still uses the BSD license
@@ -113,34 +114,34 @@
</p>
<p>
And if you want to release a program as non-copylefted free
- software, please don't use the advertising clause. Instead of
- copying the BSD license from some released package--which might
- still have the old version of the license in it--please copy the
+ software, please don’t use the advertising clause. Instead of
+ copying the BSD license from some released package—which might
+ still have the old version of the license in it—please copy the
license from X11.
</p>
<p>
You can also help spread awareness of the issue by not using the
- term ``BSD-style'', and not saying ``the BSD license'' which implies
- there is only one. You see, when people refer to all non-copyleft
- free software licenses as ``BSD-style licenses'', some new free
- software developer who wants to use a non-copyleft free software
- license might take for granted that the place to get it is from BSD.
- He or she might copy the license with the advertising clause, not by
+ term “BSD-style”, and not saying “the BSD license”
+ which implies there is only one. You see, when people refer to all
+ non-copyleft free software licenses as “BSD-style licenses”,
+ some new free software developer who wants to use a non-copyleft free
+ software license might take for granted that the place to get it is from
+ BSD. He or she might copy the license with the advertising clause, not by
specific intention, just by chance.
</p>
<p>
If you would like to cite one specific example of a non-copyleft
license, and you have no particular preference, please pick an
example which has no particular problem. For instance, if you talk
- about ``X11-style licenses'', you will encourage people to copy the
+ about “X11-style licenses”, you will encourage people to copy
the
license from X11, which avoids the advertising clause for certain,
rather than take a risk by randomly chosing one of the two BSD
licenses.
</p>
<p>
When you want to refer specifically to one of the BSD licenses,
- please always state which one: the ``original BSD license'' or the
- ``revised BSD license''.
+ please always state which one: the “original BSD license” or
the
+ “revised BSD license”.
</p>
<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, -->
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/03/30 16:44:37 $ $Author: clarkema $
+$Date: 2007/03/30 17:05:53 $ $Author: clarkema $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>