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www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html
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 “content,” 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 “works” or “publications.”
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
(CC BY, CC BY-SA and CC0) and the rest are nonfree. Thus, to
describe a work as “Creative Commons licensed” 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>