www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/05/01 20:59:11

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Move commas and periods before &rdquo;.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.159&r2=1.160

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
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--- words-to-avoid.html 1 May 2013 20:57:21 -0000       1.159
+++ words-to-avoid.html 1 May 2013 20:59:09 -0000       1.160
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 <h4 id="Alternative">&ldquo;Alternative&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
-We don't present free software as an &ldquo;alternative&rdquo;, because it
+We don't present free software as an &ldquo;alternative,&rdquo; because it
 presents a goal of having free software alongside proprietary
 software.  That presupposes that proprietary software is
 legitimate.</p>
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@
 <h4 id="Closed">&ldquo;Closed&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Describing nonfree software as &ldquo;closed&rdquo; clearly refers to
-the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo;.  In the free software movement,
+the term &ldquo;open source.&rdquo;  In the free software movement,
 <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html"> we do not want to
 be confused with the open source camp</a>, so we
 are careful to avoid saying things that would encourage people to lump us in
 with them.  For instance, we avoid describing nonfree software as
-&ldquo;closed&rdquo;.  We call it &ldquo;nonfree&rdquo; or
+&ldquo;closed.&rdquo;  We call it &ldquo;nonfree&rdquo; or
 <a href="/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware">
 &ldquo;proprietary&rdquo;</a>.</p>
 
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@
 biased and confusing</a>.)</p>
 <p>
 However, as long as other people use the term &ldquo;content
-provider&rdquo;, political dissidents can well call themselves
-&ldquo;malcontent providers&rdquo;.</p>
+provider,&rdquo; political dissidents can well call themselves
+&ldquo;malcontent providers.&rdquo;</p>
 <p>
 The term &ldquo;content management&rdquo; takes the prize for vacuity.
 &ldquo;Content&rdquo; means &ldquo;some sort of information,&rdquo;
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@
 <p>
 DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to
 give you the key&mdash;in other words, like handcuffs.  Therefore,
-we call them &ldquo;digital handcuffs&rdquo;, not &ldquo;digital
-locks&rdquo;.</p>
+we call them &ldquo;digital handcuffs,&rdquo; not &ldquo;digital
+locks.&rdquo;</p>
 <p>
 A number of opposition campaigns have chosen the unwise term
 &ldquo;digital locks&rdquo;; to get things back on the right track, we
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 <h4 id="Monetize">&ldquo;Monetize&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 The natural meaning of &ldquo;monetize&rdquo; is &ldquo;convert into
-money&rdquo;.  If you make something and then convert it into money,
+money.&rdquo;  If you make something and then convert it into money,
 that means there is nothing left except money, so nobody but you has
 gained anything, and you contribute nothing to the world.</p>
 <p>
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 <h4 id="Open">&ldquo;Open&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Please avoid using the term &ldquo;open&rdquo; or &ldquo;open
-source&rdquo; as a substitute for &ldquo;free software&rdquo;.  Those terms
+source&rdquo; as a substitute for &ldquo;free software.&rdquo;  Those terms
 refer to a <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
 different position</a> based on different values.  Free software is
 a political movement; open source is a development model.
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/05/01 20:57:21 $
+$Date: 2013/05/01 20:59:09 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>