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www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html
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 @@
… or computer users' freedom.
</p>
+
<h4 id="ForFree">“For free”</h4>
<p>
If you want to say that a program is free software, please don't say
@@ -244,9 +245,7 @@
“as free software.”</p>
-
<h4 id="FreelyAvailable">“Freely Available”</h4>
-
<p>
Don't use “freely available” as a synonym for “free
software.” They are not equivalent. “Freely
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@
<h4 id="Freeware">“Freeware”</h4>
-
<p>
Please don't use the term “freeware” as a synonym for
“free software.” The term “freeware” was used
@@ -280,6 +278,7 @@
it says, they will really understand what the issue is.
</p>
+
<h4 id="GiveAwaySoftware">“Give away software”</h4>
<p>
It's misleading to use the term “give away” to mean
@@ -288,8 +287,8 @@
freedom. One way to avoid the confusion is to say “release as
free software.”</p>
-<h4 id="Hacker">Hacker</h4>
+<h4 id="Hacker">Hacker</h4>
<p>
A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness—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">“LAMP system”</h4>
<p>
“LAMP” stands for “Linux, Apache, MySQL and
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@
“GLAMP”: “GNU, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP”
</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">“Market”</h4>
+<h4 id="Market">“Market”</h4>
<p>
It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the
software users in general, as a “market”.</p>
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
obstruction. So we call that malicious feature “copy
obstruction”.</p>
+
<h4 id="RAND">“RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory)”</h4>
<p>
Standards bodies that promulgate patent-restricted standards that
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@
define “industry” as “automated production of
material goods”.</a></p>
-2
+
<h4 id="Theft">“Theft”</h4>
<p>
Copyright apologists often use words like “stolen” and
@@ -521,6 +522,7 @@
say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things
upside down.</p>
+
<h4 id="TrustedComputing">“Trusted Computing”</h4>
<p>
<a href="can-you-trust.html">“Trusted computing”</a> is
@@ -530,8 +532,8 @@
point of view, it is “treacherous”.
</p>
-<h4 id="Vendor">“Vendor”</h4>
+<h4 id="Vendor">“Vendor”</h4>
<p>
Please don't use the term “vendor” 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>