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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>