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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy open-source-misses-the-point.html |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:26:47 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 08/04/04 00:26:47
Modified files:
philosophy : open-source-misses-the-point.html
Log message:
Minor change.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.21&r2=1.22
Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -b -r1.21 -r1.22
--- open-source-misses-the-point.html 21 Mar 2008 20:13:29 -0000 1.21
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html 23 Mar 2008 16:50:36 -0000 1.22
@@ -136,14 +136,15 @@
“official” definition. I think he simply applied the
conventions of the English language to come up with a meaning for the
term. The state of Kansas published a similar definition:</p>
-<!-- It may be from http://da.state.ks.us/itec/TechArchPt6ver80.pdf -->
+<!-- It was from http://da.state.ks.us/itec/TechArchPt6ver80.pdf,
+but that page is no longer available. -->
<blockquote><p>Make use of open-source software (OSS). OSS is
software for which the source code is freely and publicly available,
though the specific licensing agreements vary as to what one is
allowed to do with that code.</p></blockquote>
-<p>The open source people try to deal with this by pointing to their
+<p>Open source supporters try to deal with this by pointing to their
official definition, but that corrective approach is less effective
for them than it is for us. The term “free software” has
two natural meanings, one of which is the intended meaning, so a
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/03/21 20:13:29 $
+$Date: 2008/03/23 16:50:36 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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