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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-hardware-designs.html |
Date: |
Thu, 28 May 2015 18:04:10 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 15/05/28 18:04:10
Modified files:
philosophy : free-hardware-designs.html
Log message:
Mention the term "free design hardware".
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: free-hardware-designs.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- free-hardware-designs.html 14 Apr 2015 06:36:54 -0000 1.3
+++ free-hardware-designs.html 28 May 2015 18:04:09 -0000 1.4
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@
design</em>. That's simple: it means a design that permits users to
use the design (i.e., fabricate hardware from it) and to copy and
redistribute it, with or without changes. The design must provide the
-same four freedoms that define free software. Then “free
-hardware” means hardware with an available free design.</p>
+same four freedoms that define free software.</p>
+
+<p>Then we can refer to hardware made from a free design as
+“free hardware,” or “free design hardware”
+to avoid possible misunderstanding.</p>
<p>People first encountering the idea of free software often think it
means you can get a copy gratis. Many free programs are available for
@@ -500,7 +503,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/04/14 06:36:54 $
+$Date: 2015/05/28 18:04:09 $
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</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy free-hardware-designs.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=