www/education edu-why.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   12/01/07 20:33:08

Modified files:
        education      : edu-why.html 

Log message:
        Make it clearer that graduates and their employers won't get gratis 
copies.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/education/edu-why.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.7&r2=1.8

Patches:
Index: edu-why.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/education/edu-why.html,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- edu-why.html        1 Oct 2011 00:40:33 -0000       1.7
+++ edu-why.html        7 Jan 2012 20:33:01 -0000       1.8
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@
 tools:</p>
 
 <ul>
-<li>Knowledge. Many young students have a talent for programing; they 
-are fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their systems work. 
-With proprietary software, this information is a secret so teachers have 
-no way of making it available to their students. But if it is Free 
-Software, the teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out 
+<li><strong>Knowledge</strong>. Many young students have a talent for 
+programing; they are fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their 
+systems work. With proprietary software, this information is a secret so 
+teachers have no way of making it available to their students. But if it is 
+Free Software, the teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out 
 the source code for the student to read and learn.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <ul>
-<li>Tools. Teachers can hand out to students copies of the programs they 
-use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With Free 
-Software, coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
+<li><strong>Tools</strong>. Teachers can hand out to students copies of the 
+programs they use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With 
+Free Software, coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h3>Social Responsibility</h3>
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@
 <ul>
 <li>Proprietary software companies use schools and universities as a 
 springboard to reach users and thus impose their software on society as
-a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their 
-proprietary programs to educational institutions; afterwards it is not 
-gratis, either for them or their employers. Essentially, what these 
-companies are doing is they are recruiting  schools and universities 
-into agents to lead people into permanent lifelong dependency.</li>
+a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their proprietary 
+programs to educational institutions, so that students will learn to use 
+them and become dependent on them. After these students graduate, neither 
+them nor their future employers will be offered discounted copies.
+Essentially, what these companies are doing is they are recruiting schools 
+and universities into agents to lead people to permanent lifelong 
+dependency.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <ul>
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/10/01 00:40:33 $
+$Date: 2012/01/07 20:33:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>