www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Brett Smith]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Brett Smith <brett>     08/12/19 15:25:52

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Clarify that all retroactive license changes are bad.  Approved by RMS.
        
        This was inspired by a suggestion by Michael Fötsch; thanks.

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

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.76
retrieving revision 1.77
diff -u -b -r1.76 -r1.77
--- free-sw.html        10 Dec 2008 20:42:41 -0000      1.76
+++ free-sw.html        19 Dec 2008 15:25:03 -0000      1.77
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@
 <p>
 In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be irrevocable as
 long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the software has the
-power to revoke the license, or replace it with a different license
-(since this implies revoking the old license),
+power to revoke the license, or retroactively change its terms,
 without your doing anything wrong to give cause, the software is not
 free.
 </p>
@@ -286,6 +285,11 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.76&amp;r2=1.77";>Version
+1.77</a>: Clarify that all retroactive changes to the license are
+unacceptable, even if it's not described as a complete
+replacement.</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.73&amp;r2=1.74";>Version
 1.74</a>: Four clarifications of points not explicit enough, or stated
 in some places but not reflected everywhere:
@@ -380,7 +384,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/12/10 20:42:41 $
+$Date: 2008/12/19 15:25:03 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>