www/philosophy free-software-intro.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/09/11 21:11:25

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-software-intro.html 

Log message:
        Mention tivoization and lack of source code as making programs non-free.
        Minor cleanup in talking about open source.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-software-intro.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: free-software-intro.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-software-intro.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- free-software-intro.html    9 Sep 2009 10:54:39 -0000       1.12
+++ free-software-intro.html    11 Sep 2009 21:11:20 -0000      1.13
@@ -27,14 +27,20 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Whether a program is free software depends on its license.  Our <a
-href="/philosophy/free-sw.html"> detailed definition </a> of free
-software shows how we evaluate a license to see if it makes programs
-free software.  We also have articles about <a
-href="/philosophy/philosophy.html#LicensingFreeSoftware"> certain
-specific licenses</a> explaining the advantages and disadvantages of
-some licenses that do qualify, and why some other licenses are too
-restrictive to qualify.
+Whether a program is free software depends mainly on its license.
+However, a program can also be non-free because you don't have access
+to its source code, or because hardware won't let you put a modified
+version into use (this is called &ldquo;tivoization&rdquo;).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Our <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html"> detailed definition </a> of
+free software shows how we evaluate a license to see if it makes
+programs free software.  We also have articles
+about <a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html#LicensingFreeSoftware">
+certain specific licenses</a> explaining the advantages and
+disadvantages of some licenses that do qualify, and why some other
+licenses are too restrictive to qualify.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -43,11 +49,11 @@
 considerably different from ours</a>.  These views cite only the
 practical advantages of free software, and carefully avoid the deeper
 issues of freedom and social solidarity that the Free Software
-Movement raises.  Open source is good as far as it goes, but it only
-scratches the surface of the issue.  We don't mind working with
-supporters of open source on practical activities such as software
-development, but we do not agree with their views, and we decline to
-operate under their name.</p>
+Movement raises.  The idea of open source is good as far as it goes,
+but it only scratches the surface of the issue.  We don't mind working
+with supporters of open source on practical activities such as
+software development, but we do not agree with their views, and we
+decline to operate under their name.</p>
 
 <p>
 If you think that freedom and community are important for their own
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/09/09 10:54:39 $
+$Date: 2009/09/11 21:11:20 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>