www/philosophy motif.html

[Yavor Doganov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   07/05/17 21:22:11

Modified files:
        philosophy     : motif.html 

Log message:
        * Use footer-short.
        * Minor formatting changes.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/motif.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.13&r2=1.14

Patches:
Index: motif.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/motif.html,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
--- motif.html  11 Apr 2007 11:27:28 -0000      1.13
+++ motif.html  17 May 2007 21:22:05 -0000      1.14
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
 license does not fit either the definition of free software, or the
 looser definition of open source software.</p>
 <p>
-Their announcement says they have released Motif to "the open source
-community", but this is true only in an unnatural interpretation of
-the words.  They have not made Motif available within the free
-software community; instead, they have invited the people in the free
-software community to leave the community by using Motif.</p>
+Their announcement says they have released Motif to &ldquo;the open
+source community&rdquo;, but this is true only in an unnatural
+interpretation of the words.  They have not made Motif available
+within the free software community; instead, they have invited the
+people in the free software community to leave the community by using
+Motif.</p>
 <p>
 I've written to the Open Group about this, asking them to change the
 license.  We can hope they will, but we can't assume it.  In the
@@ -36,27 +37,28 @@
 <p>
 Here are some of the problems of the Motif license:</p>
 <ul>
-  <li>It claims that you accept the license merely by "using" Motif.  Only
-       a shrink-wrap license or something similar can do that, and
-       shrink-wrap licenses are a bad thing.
+  <li>It claims that you accept the license merely by
+      &ldquo;using&rdquo; Motif.  Only a shrink-wrap license or
+      something similar can do that, and shrink-wrap licenses are a
+      bad thing.
        </li>
 
-  <li>The license is restricted to use on certain operating systems, those
-       which fit a category they call "open source".  Both the Free Software
-       Movement and the Open Source Movement consider use restrictions
-       unacceptable.
+  <li>The license is restricted to use on certain operating systems,
+      those which fit a category they call &ldquo;open source&rdquo;.
+      Both the Free Software Movement and the Open Source Movement
+      consider use restrictions unacceptable.
        </li>
        
   <li>Ironically, that restriction excludes nearly all the commercial
        GNU/Linux distributions.  They typically include some non-free
-       software--an unfortunate policy--and hardly any of them fits the
-       criterion specified in the Motif license.
+      software&mdash;an unfortunate policy&mdash;and hardly any of
+      them fits the criterion specified in the Motif license.
        </li>
 
-  <li>Their definition of the term "open source" is very different from
-       the one used by the Open Source Movement, thus causing confusion.
+  <li>Their definition of the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo; is very
+      different from the one used by the Open Source Movement, thus
+      causing confusion.
        </li>
-      
 </ul>
 <p>
 In the Free Software Movement, we disagree with the Open Source
@@ -69,16 +71,16 @@
 
 </div>
 
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-short.html" -->
 
 <div id="footer">
 <p>
 Please send FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to 
 <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-There are also <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html";>other ways to 
contact</a> 
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> 
 the FSF.
 <br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
 <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
 </p>
 
@@ -90,10 +92,10 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110,  USA
-<br />
-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
+Copyright &copy; 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc.,</p>
+<address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA</address>
+<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is 
 preserved.
 </p>
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/04/11 11:27:28 $
+$Date: 2007/05/17 21:22:05 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>