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From: Yavor Doganov
Subject: www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:09:30 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   07/05/17 21:09:30

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Fixed a typo and unified the spacing between the different
        explanations.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.76&r2=1.77

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.76
retrieving revision 1.77
diff -u -b -r1.76 -r1.77
--- words-to-avoid.html 17 May 2007 21:04:33 -0000      1.76
+++ words-to-avoid.html 17 May 2007 21:09:23 -0000      1.77
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
 &hellip; or computer users' freedom.
 </p>
 
+
 <h4 id="ForFree">&ldquo;For free&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 If you want to say that a program is free software, please don't say
@@ -244,9 +245,7 @@
 &ldquo;as free software.&rdquo;</p>
 
 
-
 <h4 id="FreelyAvailable">&ldquo;Freely Available&rdquo;</h4>
-
 <p>
 Don't use &ldquo;freely available&rdquo; as a synonym for &ldquo;free
 software.&rdquo; They are not equivalent.  &ldquo;Freely
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@
 
 
 <h4 id="Freeware">&ldquo;Freeware&rdquo;</h4>
-
 <p>
 Please don't use the term &ldquo;freeware&rdquo; as a synonym for
 &ldquo;free software.&rdquo; The term &ldquo;freeware&rdquo; was used
@@ -280,6 +278,7 @@
 it says, they will really understand what the issue is.
 </p>
        
+       
 <h4 id="GiveAwaySoftware">&ldquo;Give away software&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 It's misleading to use the term &ldquo;give away&rdquo; to mean
@@ -288,8 +287,8 @@
 freedom.  One way to avoid the confusion is to say &ldquo;release as
 free software.&rdquo;</p>
 
-<h4 id="Hacker">Hacker</h4>
 
+<h4 id="Hacker">Hacker</h4>
 <p>
 A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness&mdash;not
 necessarily with computers.  The programmers in the old
@@ -331,6 +330,7 @@
 <a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html">
 starting to make WIPO embarassed</a>.</p>
 
+
 <h4 id="LAMP">&ldquo;LAMP system&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 &ldquo;LAMP&rdquo; stands for &ldquo;Linux, Apache, MySQL and
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@
 &ldquo;GLAMP&rdquo;: &ldquo;GNU, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP&rdquo;
 </p>
 
-<h4 id="Linux">Linux system</h4>
 
+<h4 id="Linux">Linux system</h4>
 <p>
 Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting
 in 1991.  The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@
 kernel alone.
 </p>
 
-<h4 id="Market">&ldquo;Market&rdquo;</h4>
 
+<h4 id="Market">&ldquo;Market&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the
 software users in general, as a &ldquo;market&rdquo;.</p>
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
 obstruction.  So we call that malicious feature &ldquo;copy
 obstruction&rdquo;.</p>
 
+
 <h4 id="RAND">&ldquo;RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory)&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Standards bodies that promulgate patent-restricted standards that
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@
 define &ldquo;industry&rdquo; as &ldquo;automated production of
 material goods&rdquo;.</a></p>
 
-2
+
 <h4 id="Theft">&ldquo;Theft&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Copyright apologists often use words like &ldquo;stolen&rdquo; and
@@ -521,6 +522,7 @@
 say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things
 upside down.</p>
 
+
 <h4 id="TrustedComputing">&ldquo;Trusted Computing&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 <a href="can-you-trust.html">&ldquo;Trusted computing&rdquo;</a> is
@@ -530,8 +532,8 @@
 point of view, it is &ldquo;treacherous&rdquo;.
 </p>
 
-<h4 id="Vendor">&ldquo;Vendor&rdquo;</h4>
 
+<h4 id="Vendor">&ldquo;Vendor&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Please don't use the term &ldquo;vendor&rdquo; to refer generally to
 anyone that develops or packages a software package.  Many programs
@@ -585,7 +587,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/05/17 21:04:33 $
+$Date: 2007/05/17 21:09:23 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>




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