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Pavel Kharitonov |
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www/philosophy when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html |
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CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 16/04/09 05:28:20
Modified files:
philosophy : when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html
Log message:
Consistently use — and &{l,r}dquo;, s/non-free/nonfree/, other
minor fixes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html
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--- when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html 8 Apr 2016 21:25:13 -0000 1.3
+++ when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html 9 Apr 2016 05:28:20 -0000 1.4
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 $ -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
-<title>When Free Software Depends On Non-Free - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation</title>
+<title>When Free Software Depends on Nonfree - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2>When Free Software Depends On Non-Free</h2>
+<h2>When Free Software Depends on Nonfree</h2>
<p>by <strong>Richard Stallman</strong></p>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
upgrading the free program requires using a nonfree program.</p>
<p>If the free program's use depends unavoidably on another program which
-is nonfree, we say that the free program is "trapped". Its code is
+is nonfree, we say that the free program is “trapped.” Its code is
free software, and you may be able to copy pieces of its code into
other free programs with good, ethical results. But you shouldn't
<em>run</em> the trapped program, because that entails surrendering
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
<p>This kind of dependence is conceptually simple because it stems from
the situation at one given instant in time. At time T, free program P
won't run without nonfree programming platform Q. To borrow a term
-from linguistics, this relationship is "synchronic".</p>
+from linguistics, this relationship is “synchronic.”</p>
<p>More recently, we have seen another kind of dependence in database
programs, where you can build and run any given version of the program
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@
<p>If the way you are supposed to do this is by running a proprietary
database reformat program, or using the developer's service which is
-SaaSS, the database software is trapped — but in a more subtle
+SaaSS, the database software is trapped—but in a more subtle
way. Any single version of the database program can be used without
nonfree software or SaaSS. The problem arises when you try to keep
using the program for the long-term, which entails upgrading it from
time to time; you can't use it this way without some nonfree software
-or equivalent. This database program is trapped across time -- we
-could call it "diachronically trapped," borrowing another term from
+or equivalent. This database program is trapped across time—we
+could call it “diachronically trapped,” borrowing another term from
linguistics.</p>
<p>For example, the program OpenERP, though free, is diachronically
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@
intelligence agencies of various countries</a> or security-breaking
crackers <a
href="http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html";>(please don't call
-them "hackers")</a>.</p>
+them “hackers”)</a>.</p>
<p>When a program is diachronically trapped, releasing it from the trap
requires more than a one-time job of programming. Rather, the job has
to be done continually, each time there is a change in the data
format. Launching a project with a long-term commitment to continue
doing this is not easy. It may be easier to pressure the company to
-stop trying to trap users -- by rejecting the trapped program until it
+stop trying to trap users—by rejecting the trapped program until it
does so. Given how difficult it is to free the program, you had
better stay away from it.</p>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/04/08 21:25:13 $
+$Date: 2016/04/09 05:28:20 $
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</p>
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