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Index: 2002-03-19-Affero.html
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@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
-<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=UTF-8"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords" CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software
Foundation, Linux, Affero, license, GNU General Public License, GPL, Affero
General Public License, AGPL, online, ASP, donation">
- <title>Free Software Foundation Announces Support of the Affero General
-Public License, the First Copyleft License for Web Services</title><LINK
rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden";></head><body>
-
-<center>
-[
- English | <a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.fr.html">French</a>
- | <a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.pt-br.html">Brazilian Portuguese</a>
-]
-</center>
-
-<p><br>
-
-<a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.txt"> [ A plain text version of this press
release is available ].</a><p><br>
- Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br>Bradley M. Kuhn <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>Phone:+1-617-542-5942<br><p><br>
- Media Contact: Affero<br>Henri Poole <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>Phone:+1-415-371-9900<br><p><h1>Free
Software Foundation Announces Support of the Affero General
-Public License, the First Copyleft License for Web
Services</h1><h2></h2><strong>Boston, Massachusetts, USA</strong> - <i>Tuesday,
March 19th, 2002</i> -
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.72 -->
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords"
+ content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Affero, license, GNU
General Public License, GPL, Affero General Public License, AGPL, online, ASP,
donation" />
+<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<title>FSF Announces Support of the AGPL
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/press/2002-03-19-Affero" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<h2>Free Software Foundation Announces Support of the Affero General
+Public License, the First Copyleft License for Web Services</h2>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p><a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.txt"> [ A plain text version of
+this press release is available ]</a></p>
+<p>Media Contact: Free Software Foundation
+<br />
+Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";> <address@hidden></a>
+<br />
+Phone:+1-617-542-5942</p>
+<p>Media Contact: Affero
+<br />
+Henri Poole <a
+href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br />
+Phone:+1-415-371-9900</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+<strong>Boston, Massachusetts, USA</strong>
+- <em>Tuesday, March 19th, 2002</em> -
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announces support for and invites
public comment on the first public license designed to protect software
@@ -25,6 +39,7 @@
have the right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute that
software, by providing a mechanism for downloading the source and
restricting the removal of the mechanism.
+</p>
<p>
@@ -33,6 +48,7 @@
released the GNU GPL Version 1. It empowered free software developers by
providing a mechanism which ensured that all users be entitled to use,
study, copy, modify, and redistribute the software.
+</p>
<p>
@@ -40,13 +56,15 @@
business, with the goal to continue the protection of users' freedoms.
The license has since been adopted by thousands of software developers,
from individuals to large organizations such as IBM (NYSE: IBM).
+</p>
<p>
Eben Moglen, board member and general legal counsel to the Free Software
-Foundation, said: "We are eager to solve problems experienced by free
+Foundation, said: “We are eager to solve problems experienced by free
software companies, like Affero, who are exploring new business models and
-meeting new challenges that threaten the freedom of software."
+meeting new challenges that threaten the freedom of software.”
+</p>
<p>
@@ -60,6 +78,7 @@
Affero to address the licensing requirements for their business model and
is considering including this additional provision in the upcoming version
of the GNU GPL 3.0 and is inviting public comment.
+</p>
<p>
@@ -67,41 +86,41 @@
any screen in the user interface. The new licensing provision protects
the removal of this feature, ensuring that the existing software and any
derivative works continue to be available to the general public under the
-same terms as the original work. "As an advocate for the individual, full
-access to Affero's source code is essential to our service" comments Henri
-Poole, President of Affero. "We are building tools to reward sharing and
+same terms as the original work. “As an advocate for the individual,
full
+access to Affero's source code is essential to our service” comments
Henri
+Poole, President of Affero. “We are building tools to reward sharing and
enable more effective community dialogue, and these communities and their
members should be fully empowered to run, copy, distribute, study, change
and improve the software. With new web-delivered services, we need a
-license which will weld the virtual door open."
+license which will weld the virtual door open.”
+</p>
<p>
For full text of the Affero General Public License, please visit:
<a href="http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html";>http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html</a>
+</p>
<p>
Public comments about the Affero General Public License can be sent to:
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>
-<p>
+</p>
-<hr><h3>About Free Software Foundation: </h3><p>
+<hr /><h3>About Free Software Foundation: </h3><p>
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
-in freedom) software---particularly the GNU operating system and its
-GNU/Linux variants---and free documentation for free software. The FSF
+in freedom) software—particularly the GNU operating system and its
+GNU/Linux variants—and free documentation for free software. The FSF
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
freedom in the use of software. Their web site, located at
<a href="http://www.gnu.org";>http://www.gnu.org</a>, is an important source of
information about
GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
-<p>
-
+</p>
-
-<hr><h3>About Affero: </h3><p>
+<hr /><h3>About Affero: </h3><p>
Affero, Inc., founded in 2001, was established to empower individuals
to introduce their communities to non-profit organizations, projects
@@ -113,19 +132,67 @@
development and use of Free Software and their web site can be found
at http://www.affero.org. They are headquartered in San Francisco,
CA, USA.
-<p>
+</p>
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+ replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+ We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+ translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+ Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+ to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
+ <address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ our web pages, see <a
+ href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+ README</a>. -->
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+<p>Copyright © 2002, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
-<p><hr>Copyright © 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA<p>
- This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 17:31:33 $
- <!-- timestamp end -->
- <hr></body></html>
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p>Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2013/02/16 06:30:42 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
Index: 2001-07-20-FSF-India.html
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+++ 2001-07-20-FSF-India.html 16 Feb 2013 06:30:42 -0000 1.8
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//PT">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Richard Stallman Inaugurates Free Software Foundation-India, First
Affiliate in Asia of the Free Software Foundation</TITLE>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords"
- CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, freedom,
- software, free, India, FSF-India, Free Software Foundation India">
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Description" CONTENT="The Free Software Foundation
- announces the inauguration of Free Software Foundation-India.">
-
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
-
-<a href="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.txt">A plain text version of this press
release is available.</a>.
-<p>
-<strong>FOR RELEASE: JULY 20, 2001</strong>
-<br>
-Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br>
-Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>
-Phone: +1-617-542-5942<br>
-<br>
-<h1>Richard Stallman Inaugurates Free Software Foundation-India, First
-Affiliate in Asia of the Free Software Foundation</h1><br>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.72 -->
+<title>Richard Stallman Inaugurates FSF-India
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords"
+ content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, freedom, software,
free, India, FSF-India, Free Software Foundation India" />
+<meta http-equiv="Description"
+ content="The Free Software Foundation announces the inauguration of Free
Software Foundation-India." />
+<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<h2>Richard Stallman Inaugurates Free Software Foundation-India, First
+Affiliate in Asia of the Free Software Foundation</h2>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p><a href="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.txt">A plain text version of
+this press release is available.</a>.</p>
+<p><strong>FOR RELEASE: JULY 20, 2001</strong>
+<br />
+Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br />
+Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>
+<br />
+Phone: +1-617-542-5942</p>
+</blockquote>
+
<p>
Richard M. Stallman today officially launched the Free Software Foundation
@@ -33,9 +35,10 @@
alternative for government, educational institutions, and businesses, as
well as for all the people of India.
+</p>
<p>
-"You are entitled to the freedom that free software gives you." Stallman
+“You are entitled to the freedom that free software gives you.”
Stallman
said. It isn't just in India that people are entitled to an alternative
to proprietary software. The inauguration of FSF-India is a step forward
in the expansion of the Free Software Foundation. Free software
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@
now done, with a goal of better assisting businesses, governments, and
educators everywhere to understand the philosophical ideals behind free
software and how these ideals directly create practical advantages to
-those who use and create it. Stallman continued "Computer users in India,
+those who use and create it. Stallman continued “Computer users in India,
as elsewhere, deserve the freedom to share and change software, the way
cooks share and change recipes. So I am pleased to inaugurate the Free
Software Foundation of India, which will promote the use and the
@@ -51,13 +54,14 @@
help individuals, communities, schools, governments and enterprises in
India make use of the free software that the rest of the world has
already developed. Over time, FSF-India will lead Indian programmers to
-contribute to the human knowledge that free software represents."
+contribute to the human knowledge that free software represents.”
+</p>
<p>
-"We feel a developing country like India has a special stake in promoting
-and encouraging the use of free software," said Satish Babu, of FSF-India.
-"It also is a plus, of course, that there are no software license fees to
+“We feel a developing country like India has a special stake in promoting
+and encouraging the use of free software,” said Satish Babu, of
FSF-India.
+“It also is a plus, of course, that there are no software license fees to
pay. This is of great importance now that proprietary software companies
are switching to a licensing business model for software, meaning you must
in effect rent the software and continue to pay for it forever. With free
@@ -72,19 +76,21 @@
literacy levels. Free software can help level the playing field for
emerging nations like India and bridge this divide by encouraging
solidarity, collaboration and voluntary community work amongst programmers
-and computer users and invigorate an indigenous software industry."
+and computer users and invigorate an indigenous software industry.”
+</p>
<p>
-"Schools in India can benefit by redistributing free software to save on
-license fees", Stallman said. "But free software offers a deeper benefit
+“Schools in India can benefit by redistributing free software to save on
+license fees”, Stallman said. “But free software offers a deeper
benefit
for education: the knowledge in free software is public knowledge, not
secret. The sealed black box of a proprietary software system is designed
to keep people in the dark. With free software, students can study the
software they use, to learn how it works. They can write improvements to
-the software, and thus learn the craft of software development--which
-usually consists of improving existing programs."
+the software, and thus learn the craft of software development—which
+usually consists of improving existing programs.”
+</p>
<p>
Dr. Stallman is President and founder of the Free Software Foundation,
@@ -92,82 +98,139 @@
the development of the GNU operating system, which today in its
GNU/Linux variants is used by an estimated 20 million people worldwide.
-<p>
+</p>
+
+<h3>Contacts:</h3>
+
+<p>For more information about FSF, contact Bradley Kuhn, email: <a
+href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a></p>
-Contacts:<br>
-For more information about FSF, contact Bradley Kuhn, email: <a
-href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>
-For more information about FSF-India, contact K G Kumar , email:
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a> <br>
-GNU homepage: <a href="http://www.gnu.org";>http://www.gnu.org</a><br>
-FSF-India homepage: <a
-href="http://www.fsf.org.in";>http://www.fsf.org.in</a><br>
-For more information about the Freedom First! Conference, including
-other scheduled speakers and events:
-<a
-href="http://gnu.org.in/news/freedomfirst.html";>http://gnu.org.in/news/freedomfirst.html</a>
+<p>For more information about FSF-India, contact K G Kumar, email:
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a> </p>
+
+<p>GNU homepage: <a href="http://www.gnu.org";>
+http://www.gnu.org</a></p>
+
+<p>FSF-India homepage: <a
+href="http://www.fsf.org.in";>http://www.fsf.org.in</a></p>
+
+<p>For more information about the Freedom First! Conference, including
+other scheduled speakers and events: <a
+href="http://gnu.org.in/news/freedomfirst.html";>
+http://gnu.org.in/news/freedomfirst.html</a></p>
<p>
About GNU: GNU is a Free Software Unix-like operating system. Development
of GNU began in 1984. <a
-href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html";>http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html</a>
+href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html";>
+http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html</a>
gives more information about GNU and its history.
+</p>
<p>
GNU/Linux is the integrated combination of the GNU operating system with
the kernel, Linux, written by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The various
versions of GNU/Linux have an estimated 20 million users.
+</p>
<p>
-Some people call the GNU/Linux system "Linux", but this misnomer leads to
+Some people call the GNU/Linux system “Linux”, but this misnomer
leads to
confusion (people cannot tell whether you mean the whole system or the
kernel, one part), and spreads an inaccurate picture of how, when and where
the system was developed. Making a consistent distinction between
GNU/Linux, the whole operating system, and Linux, the kernel, is the best
way to clear up the confusion. See <a
-href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html";>http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>
+href="http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html";>
+http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html</a>
for more explanation.
+</p>
<p>
About the Free Software Foundation: The Free Software Foundation, founded
in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study,
copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the
-development and use of free (as in freedom) software---particularly the GNU
-operating system and its GNU/Linux variants---and free documentation for
+development and use of free (as in freedom) software—particularly the GNU
+operating system and its GNU/Linux variants—and free documentation for
free software. Their web site, located at <a
href="http://www.gnu.org";>http://www.gnu.org</a>, is an important source of
information about GNU/Linux. They are head quartered in Boston, MA, USA.
+</p>
<p>
About the Free Software Foundation of India: FSF-India is head quartered in
Trivandrum, Kerala, India, and is dedicated to eliminating restrictions on
copying, redistribution, understanding, and modification of computer
programs by promoting the development and use of free software in all areas
-of computing---but most particularly, by helping to develop the GNU
+of computing—but most particularly, by helping to develop the GNU
operating system. Their homepage is <a
href="http://www.fsf.org.in";>http://www.fsf.org.in</a>.
-<p>
+</p>
-<hr>
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+ replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+ We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+ translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+ Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+ to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
+ <address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ our web pages, see <a
+ href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+ README</a>. -->
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
-<p>
-Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
-<p>
-This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright © 2001, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-<p>
-Updated:
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 17:31:33 $ $Author: jturner $
+$Date: 2013/02/16 06:30:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
-<hr>
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
</body>
</html>
Index: 2001-09-18-RTLinux.html
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+++ 2001-09-18-RTLinux.html 16 Feb 2013 06:30:42 -0000 1.11
@@ -1,38 +1,31 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Status of Violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) by RTLinux
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords"
- CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
public, license, freedom, software, free, patent, Yodaiken, RTLinux, FSMLabs,
finite, state, machine, labs, violation, license">
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Description"
- CONTENT="The Free Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs (FSMLAbs)
have come to an agreement on a fully GPL-compliant version of FSMLabs RTLinux
Open Patent License.">
-
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
-
-
-<a href="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.txt">A plain text version of this press
- release is available</a>.
-<p>
-<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong>
-<br>
-Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br>
-Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>
-Phone: +1-617-542-5942<br>
-<br>
-
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-| <A HREF="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.pt-br.html">Brazilian Portuguese</A>
-]
-
-<P>
-<h1> FSF and FSMLabs come to agreement on a GPL-compliant version of
- RTLinux Open Patent License</h1>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.72 -->
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords"
+ content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
public, license, freedom, software, free, patent, Yodaiken, RTLinux, FSMLabs,
finite, state, machine, labs, violation, license" />
+<meta http-equiv="Description"
+ content="The Free Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs (FSMLAbs)
have come to an agreement on a fully GPL-compliant version of FSMLabs RTLinux
Open Patent License." />
+<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<title>Status of Violation of the GNU GPL by RTLinux
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<h2> FSF and FSMLabs come to agreement on a GPL-compliant version of
+ RTLinux Open Patent License</h2>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p><a href="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.txt">A plain text version of this press
+release is available</a>.</p>
+<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></p>
+<p>Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br />
+Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>
+<br />
+Phone: +1-617-542-5942
+</p>
+</blockquote>
<p>
-<strong>Update</strong> - <i>Friday, October 12, 2001</i> - The Free
+<strong>Update</strong> - <em>Friday, October 12, 2001</em> - The Free
Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs Inc. (FSMLabs) have
announced the release of the <a
href="http://www.fsmlabs.com/openpatentlicense.html";>Open RTLinux patent
@@ -40,6 +33,7 @@
General Public License (GPL). The Open Patent License grants the right to
use U.S. Patent No. 5,995,745 in GPL free software without payment of a
royalty. This license protects GPL use of the RTLinux process.
+</p>
<p>
FSMLabs and FSF expect the release of this license to accelerate the rate
of the free software revolution in the fields of embedded and realtime
@@ -50,6 +44,7 @@
innovative projects from large corporations thousands of individuals and
small companies all over the world. FSF thanks FSMLabs for its continuing
contributions to the free software community.
+</p>
<p>
<strong>Boston, Massachusetts, USA</strong> - <i> Tuesday, September 18,
@@ -60,6 +55,7 @@
the text of that license, with a statement by FSF confirming its
GPL-compliant status, in the very near future.
+</p>
<p>
The FSF has already withdrawn its press statement (issued Friday, 14
@@ -69,21 +65,23 @@
continue their cooperation to secure availability of FSMLabs patented
technology for use in GNU/Linux systems.
+</p>
<p>
The FSF thanks FSMLabs for its contribution of this patent license to the
free software community, and for its longstanding support and publication
of free software under the GPL.
-<p>
-<hr>
+</p>
+<hr />
<h3>About GNU/Linux:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
GNU is a Free Software Unix-like operating system. GNU/Linux is the
integrated combination of the GNU operating system with the kernel,
Linux.
+</p>
<p>
Calling the GNU/Linux system just "Linux" leads to confusion. Making
@@ -91,10 +89,10 @@
Linux, the kernel, clears up the confusion.
-<p>
+</p>
<h3>About the Free Software Foundation:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
@@ -103,19 +101,67 @@
site is located at http://www.gnu.org/. They are head quartered in
Boston, MA.
-<p>
-<HR>
-Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
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+</p>
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