www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/05/23 00:32:00

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

Log message:
        (Source model): Added.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.183&r2=1.184

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.183
retrieving revision 1.184
diff -u -b -r1.183 -r1.184
--- words-to-avoid.html 24 Apr 2014 15:18:10 -0000      1.183
+++ words-to-avoid.html 23 May 2014 00:31:59 -0000      1.184
@@ -814,6 +814,18 @@
 define &ldquo;industry&rdquo; as &ldquo;automated production of
 material goods.&rdquo;</a></p>
 
+<h4 id="SourceModel">&ldquo;Source model&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+Wikipedia uses the term &ldquo;source model&rdquo; in a confused and
+ambiguous way.  Ostensibly it refers to how a program's source is
+distributed, but the text confuses this with the development
+methodology.  It distinguishes &ldquo;open source&rdquo; and
+&rdquo;shared source&rdquo; as answers, but they overlap &mdash;
+Microsoft uses that marketing term to cover a range of practices, some
+of which are &ldquo;open source&rdquo;.  Thus, this term seems to
+convey no coherent information, but it provides an opportunity to say
+&ldquo;open source&rdquo; in pages describing free software
+programs.</p>
 
 <h4 id="Theft">&ldquo;Theft&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
@@ -938,7 +950,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/24 15:18:10 $
+$Date: 2014/05/23 00:31:59 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>