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From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/philosophy digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:25:53 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 09/11/10 00:25:53
Modified files:
philosophy : digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html
Log message:
typos
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html 17 Oct 2009 19:29:31 -0000 1.2
+++ digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html 10 Nov 2009 00:25:44 -0000 1.3
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<p>False accusations of “terrorism” are standard practice
for suppressing political opposition. In the US, protesters who
smashed windows at the 2008 Republican National Convention were
-charged with of “terrorism.”<a name="tex2html9"
+charged with “terrorism.”<a name="tex2html9"
href="#foot104"><sup>5</sup></a> More recently, Iran described
protesters demanding a new election as
“terrorists.”<a name="tex2html11"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
whether it be marketing, infiltration, or arrest of dissidents.
Because this endangers the people's control over the state, we must
fight against surveillance whether or not we oppose current government
-policies. Given of the surveillance and tracking cell phones do, I
+policies. Given the surveillance and tracking which cell phones do, I
have concluded it is my duty to refuse to have one, despite the
convenience it would offer. I have few secrets about my own travels,
most of which are for publicly announced speeches, but we need to
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
<p>When software is free/libre, the users control what it does. A
non-free or <em>proprietary</em> program is under the control of its
developer, and functions as an instrument to give the developer
-control over the the users. It may be convenient, or it may not, but
+control over the users. It may be convenient, or it may not, but
in either case it imposes on its users a social system that keeps them
divided and helpless. Avoiding this injustice and giving users
control over their computing requires the four freedoms. Freedoms 0
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@
write free software. I do not know even approximately how many paid
free software developers there are; studying the question would be
useful. Alexandre Zapolsky of the free software business event Paris
-Capitale du Libre (<a href="http://www.paris-libre.org">
-http://www.paris-libre.org</a>) said in 2007 that the free software
-companies of France had over 10,000 employees.</p>
+Capitale du Libre (<a
+href="http://www.paris-libre.org">http://www.paris-libre.org</a>) said
+in 2007 that the free software companies of France had over 10,000
+employees.</p>
<p>Most computer users use proprietary software, and are accustomed to
letting a few companies control their computing. If you are one of
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@
scribes know how to read. Italian public television (RAI) distributes
video in VC-1 format, whose specifications are available only under
nondisclosure agreement from the Society of Motion Picture and
-Television Engineers. Ironically, the SMPTE states this in Word file,
+Television Engineers. Ironically, the SMPTE states this in a Word file,
which is not suitable to cite as a reference.<a name="tex2html51"
href="#foot123"><sup>26</sup></a> This standard has been partly
decoded through reverse engineering.</p>
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@
management</h4>
<p>The publishers aim to do more than punish sharing. They have
-realized that by publishing works in encrypted format, which can be
+realized that by publishing works in encrypted formats, which can be
viewed only with software designed to control the users, they could
gain unprecedented power over all use of these works. They could
compel people to pay, and also to identify themselves, every time they
@@ -1025,7 +1026,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/10/17 19:29:31 $
+$Date: 2009/11/10 00:25:44 $
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</p>
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