www/philosophy plan-nine.html

[Yavor Doganov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   07/06/09 11:19:18

Modified files:
        philosophy     : plan-nine.html 

Log message:
        Minor formatting changes.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/plan-nine.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15

Patches:
Index: plan-nine.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/plan-nine.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- plan-nine.html      10 Apr 2007 11:38:10 -0000      1.14
+++ plan-nine.html      9 Jun 2007 11:18:54 -0000       1.15
@@ -16,20 +16,21 @@
 <hr />
 
 <p>
-When I saw the announcement that the Plan 9 software had been
-released as "open source", I wondered whether it might be free
+When I saw the announcement that the Plan 9 software had been released
+as &ldquo;open source&rdquo;, I wondered whether it might be free
 software as well.  After studying the license, my conclusion was that
 it is not free; the license contains several restrictions that are
 totally unacceptable for the Free Software Movement.  (See
-<a 
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.)</a></p>
+<a 
href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>.)</p>
 
 <p>
 I am not a supporter of the Open Source Movement, but I was glad when
 one of their leaders told me they don't consider the license
 acceptable either.  When the developers of Plan 9 describe it as
-"open source", they are altering the meaning of that term and thus
-spreading confusion.  (The term "open source" is widely misunderstood;
-see <a 
href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html</a></p>
+&ldquo;open source&rdquo;, they are altering the meaning of that term
+and thus spreading confusion.  (The term &ldquo;open source&rdquo; is
+widely misunderstood;
+see <a 
href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html</a>.)</p>
 
 <p>
 Here is a list of the problems that I found in the Plan 9 license.
@@ -50,17 +51,17 @@
 basic right.</p>
 <p>
 <strong>
-             and may, at Your option, include a reasonable charge for
-   the cost of any media.
+   and may, at Your option, include a reasonable charge for the cost
+   of any media.
 </strong></p>
 <p>
 This seems to limit the price that may be charged for an initial
 distribution, prohibiting selling copies for a profit.</p>
 <p>
-<strong>    Distribution
-   of Licensed Software to third parties pursuant to this grant shall be
-   subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in this
-   Agreement,
+<strong>
+   Distribution of Licensed Software to third parties pursuant to this
+   grant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as set
+   forth in this Agreement,
 </strong></p>
 <p>
 This seems to say that when you redistribute you must insist on a contract
@@ -109,18 +110,19 @@
    Typewriter83), identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/postscript/font.
 </strong></p>
 <p>
-One part of this collection is free--the Ghostscript fonts that are
-covered by the GNU GPL.  All the rest does not even come close.</p>
+One part of this collection is free&mdash;the Ghostscript fonts that
+are covered by the GNU GPL.  All the rest does not even come
+close.</p>
 <p>
 Aside from those fatal flaws, the license has other obnoxious
 provisions:</p>
 <p>
 <strong>       
-...As
-   such, if You or any Contributor include Licensed Software in a
-   commercial offering ("Commercial Contributor"), such Commercial
-   Contributor agrees to defend and indemnify Original Contributor and
-   all other Contributors (collectively "Indemnified Contributors")
+   &hellipAs such, if You or any Contributor include Licensed
+   Software in a commercial offering (&ldquo;Commercial
+   Contributor&rdquo;), such Commercial Contributor agrees to defend
+   and indemnify Original Contributor and all other Contributors
+   (collectively &ldquo;Indemnified Contributors&rdquo;)
 </strong></p>
 <p>
 Requiring indemnities from users is quite obnoxious.</p>
@@ -133,11 +135,12 @@
    part of or with the Licensed Software;
 </strong></p>
 <p>
-This is a variant of the <a 
href="/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses">NPL</a>
- asymmetry: you get limited rights to use
-their code, but they get unlimited rights to use your changes.  While
-this does not by itself disqualify the license as a free software
-license (if the other problems were corrected), it is unfortunate.</p>
+This is a variant of
+the <a href="/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses">NPL</a>
+asymmetry: you get limited rights to use their code, but they get
+unlimited rights to use your changes.  While this does not by itself
+disqualify the license as a free software license (if the other
+problems were corrected), it is unfortunate.</p>
 
 </div>
 
@@ -147,10 +150,10 @@
 <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>
 
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/04/10 11:38:10 $
+$Date: 2007/06/09 11:18:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>