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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:40:07 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/11/30 09:40:06

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

Log message:
        Minor clarifications.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.196&r2=1.197

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.196
retrieving revision 1.197
diff -u -b -r1.196 -r1.197
--- words-to-avoid.html 25 Nov 2014 01:12:12 -0000      1.196
+++ words-to-avoid.html 30 Nov 2014 09:40:06 -0000      1.197
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@
 <p>
 If you want to describe a feeling of comfort and satisfaction, by all
 means say you are &ldquo;content,&rdquo; but using the word as a
-noun to describe written and other works of authorship adopts an
-attitude you might rather avoid.  It regards these works as a
+noun to describe publications and works of authorship adopts an
+attitude you might rather avoid: it treats them as a
 commodity whose purpose is to fill a box and make money.  In effect,
 it disparages the works themselves.  If you don't agree with that
 attitude, you can call them &ldquo;works&rdquo; or &ldquo;publications.&rdquo;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 (CC BY, CC BY-SA and CC0) and the rest are nonfree.  Thus, to
 describe a work as &ldquo;Creative Commons licensed&rdquo; fails to
 say whether it is free, and suggests that the question is not
-important.  The statement may be accurate, but its omission is
+important.  The statement may be accurate, but the omission is
 harmful.
 </p>
 
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/11/25 01:12:12 $
+$Date: 2014/11/30 09:40:06 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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