www/philosophy push-copyright-aside.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/10/17 10:33:13

Modified files:
        philosophy     : push-copyright-aside.html 

Log message:
        Punctuation edits.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.7&r2=1.8

Patches:
Index: push-copyright-aside.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- push-copyright-aside.html   16 Feb 2009 21:46:05 -0000      1.7
+++ push-copyright-aside.html   17 Oct 2009 10:33:09 -0000      1.8
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Science must &lsquo;push copyright aside&rsquo; - GNU Project - Free 
Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
+<title>Science must &ldquo;push copyright aside&rdquo; - GNU Project - Free 
Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2>Science must &lsquo;push copyright aside&rsquo;</h2>
+<h2>Science must &ldquo;push copyright aside&rdquo;</h2>
 
 <p>by <strong>Richard M. Stallman</strong></p>
 
-<p><em>This article appeared in the Nature Webdebates in 2001</em></p>
+<p><em>This article appeared in <em>Nature Webdebates</em> in 2001</em></p>
 
 <p>It should be a truism that the scientific literature exists to
 disseminate scientific knowledge, and that scientific journals exist
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 <p>The modern technology for scientific publishing, however, is the
 World Wide Web.  What rules would best ensure the maximum
 dissemination of scientific articles, and knowledge, on the Web?
-Articles should be distributed in non-proprietary formats, with open
+Articles should be distributed in nonproprietary formats, with open
 access for all. And everyone should have the right to
-&lsquo;mirror&rsquo; articles; that is, to republish them verbatim
+&ldquo;mirror&rdquo; articles&mdash;that is, to republish them verbatim
 with proper attribution.</p>
 
 <p>These rules should apply to past as well as future articles, when
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 that began this article. Many journal publishers appear to believe
 that the purpose of scientific literature is to enable them to publish
 journals so as to collect subscriptions from scientists and
-students. Such thinking is known as &lsquo;confusion of the means with
-the ends&rsquo;.</p>
+students. Such thinking is known as &ldquo;confusion of the means with
+the ends&rdquo;.</p>
 
 <p>Their approach has been to restrict access even to read the
 scientific literature to those who can and will pay for it. They use
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
 new rules.</p>
 
 <p>For the sake of scientific cooperation and humanity's future, we
-must reject that approach at its root &mdash; not merely the
+must reject that approach at its root&mdash;not merely the
 obstructive systems that have been instituted, but the mistaken
 priorities that inspired them.</p>
 
-<p>Journal publishers sometimes claim that on-line access requires
+<p>Journal publishers sometimes claim that online access requires
 expensive high-powered server machines, and that they must charge
-access fees to pay for these servers. This &lsquo;problem&rsquo; is a
-consequence of its own &lsquo;solution&rsquo;. Give everyone the
+access fees to pay for these servers. This &ldquo;problem&rdquo; is a
+consequence of its own &ldquo;solution.&rdquo; Give everyone the
 freedom to mirror, and libraries around the world will set up mirror
 sites to meet the demand. This decentralized solution will reduce
 network bandwidth needs and provide faster access, all the while
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 <p>Instead, the cost of editing could be recovered, for example,
 through page charges to the authors, who can pass these on to the
 research sponsors.  The sponsors should not mind, given that they
-currently pay for publication in a more cumbersome way through
+currently pay for publication in a more cumbersome way, through
 overhead fees for the university library's subscription to the
 journal. By changing the economic model to charge editing costs to the
 research sponsors, we can eliminate the apparent need to restrict
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@
 authors.</p>
 
 <p>Another justification for access fees to online publications is to
-fund conversion of the print archives of a journal into on-line
+fund conversion of the print archives of a journal into online
 form. That work needs to be done, but we should seek alternative ways
 of funding it that do not involve obstructing access to the
 result. The work itself will not be any more difficult, or cost any
 more. It is self-defeating to digitize the archives and waste the
 results by restricting access.</p>
 
-<p>The US Constitution says that copyright exists &lsquo;to promote
-the progress of science&rsquo;. When copyright impedes the progress of
+<p>The US Constitution says that copyright exists &ldquo;to promote
+the progress of science&rdquo;. When copyright impedes the progress of
 science, science must push copyright out of the way.</p>
 </div>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/02/16 21:46:05 $
+$Date: 2009/10/17 10:33:09 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>