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From: Joakim Olsson
Subject: www/kids what-is-an-operating-system.html
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 18:21:20 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Joakim Olsson <jocke>   07/05/07 18:21:20

Modified files:
        kids           : what-is-an-operating-system.html 

Log message:
        Added stuff. :-)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/kids/what-is-an-operating-system.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3

Patches:
Index: what-is-an-operating-system.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/kids/what-is-an-operating-system.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- what-is-an-operating-system.html    7 May 2007 17:57:31 -0000       1.2
+++ what-is-an-operating-system.html    7 May 2007 18:21:16 -0000       1.3
@@ -26,17 +26,22 @@
 operating system, to be complete, ought to handle all the jobs that many users 
 may want to do. For example, if you want to download a file from the Internet, 
 you need to have an operating system which contains a program that can dowload 
-files from the Internet.
+files from the Internet. Software, programs and operating systems are not 
+physical. They are just data. They are codes. You could compare it to feelings,
+musical compositions or literary works. Of course, if you have a book and 
+someone steals it, that is wrong but the text itself (not the inc in the book, 
+the story or information itself) has no material value and can therefore 
+normally not be stealed. It can be copied though.
 </p>
 <p>
 There are many different operating systems. You have maybe heard about 
Windows, 
-DOS or Mac OS. These are all proprietary (non-free) operating systems. You are 
-not allowed to use, change, share or study them freely. You do not have the 
-freedom you deserve when using them. There are free operating systems though. 
-One of them is the GNU operating system. You may use GNU for whatever purpose 
-you want to, change it, share it with others (including changed versions) and 
-study it. This is basic freedoms that every computer user in the world should 
-have.
+DOS or Mac OS. These are all proprietary (non-free) operating systems. The 
+authors of them thinks that information can be owned. You are not allowed to 
+use, change, share or study them freely. You do not have the freedom you 
deserve
+ when using them. There are free operating systems though. One of them is the 
+GNU operating system. You may use GNU for whatever purpose you want to, change 
+it, share it with others (including changed versions) and study it. These are 
+all basic freedoms that every computer user in the world should have.
 </p>
 </div>
 
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/05/07 17:57:31 $
+$Date: 2007/05/07 18:21:16 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>




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