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Pavel Kharitonov |
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www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html |
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Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:31:44 +0000 (UTC) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev> 16/07/16 17:31:44
Modified files:
philosophy : words-to-avoid.html
Log message:
Use sorted lists; remove duplicate div.announcement at the bottom;
merge "Other Texts to Read" to div.announcement.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.223&r2=1.224
Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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retrieving revision 1.223
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--- words-to-avoid.html 26 Mar 2016 15:31:09 -0000 1.223
+++ words-to-avoid.html 16 Jul 2016 17:31:44 -0000 1.224
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
<title>Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/words-to-avoid.translist" -->
@@ -14,116 +14,120 @@
<div class="announcement">
<blockquote><p>Also note <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of
Free
-Software</a>
-and <a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">Why Call It The
-Swindle?</a></p></blockquote>
+Software</a>,
+<a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">Why Call It The
+Swindle?</a>, and
+<a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a></p></blockquote>
</div>
-<p>
- <a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a>
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+<p><span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-START --> “<a
href="#Ad-blocker">Ad-blocker</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Access">Access</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Alternative">Alternative</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#BSD-style">BSD-style</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Closed">Closed</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#CloudComputing">Cloud Computing</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Commercial">Commercial</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Compensation">Compensation</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Consume">Consume</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Consumer">Consumer</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Content">Content</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#CreativeCommonsLicensed">Creative Commons licensed</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Creator">Creator</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#DigitalGoods">Digital Goods</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#DigitalLocks">Digital Locks</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#DigitalRightsManagement">Digital Rights Management</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Ecosystem">Ecosystem</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#FLOSS">FLOSS</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#ForFree">For free</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#FOSS">FOSS</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#FreelyAvailable">Freely available</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Freeware">Freeware</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#GiveAwaySoftware">Give away software</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Google">Google</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Hacker">Hacker</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#IntellectualProperty">Intellectual property</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#LAMP">LAMP system</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Linux">Linux system</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Market">Market</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Monetize">Monetize</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#MP3Player">MP3 player</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Open">Open</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#PC">PC</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Photoshop">Photoshop</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Piracy">Piracy</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#PowerPoint">PowerPoint</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Protection">Protection</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#RAND">RAND</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#SaaS">SaaS</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#SellSoftware">Sell software</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#SharingEconomy">Sharing economy</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Skype">Skype</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#SoftwareIndustry">Software Industry</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#SourceModel">Source model</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#if expr="$LANGUAGE_SUFFIX =
/^.(es)$/" -->
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!--#if expr="$LANGUAGE_SUFFIX = /^.(es)$/" -->
<!-- TRANSLATORS: translate if this word is used often in your
language to refer to mobile computers; otherwise,
fill the translation with a space. -->
-“<a
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->“<a
href="#Terminal">Terminal</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!--#endif --> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY --><!--#endif
+ --><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Theft">Theft</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#TrustedComputing">Trusted Computing</a>”
-|<span class="gnun-split"></span> “<a
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a
href="#Vendor">Vendor</a>”
-</p>
+</p><!-- GNUN-SORT-STOP -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-START -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Ad-blocker">“Ad-blocker”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
When the purpose of some program is to block advertisements,
“ad-blocker” is a good term for it. However, the GNU
@@ -132,7 +136,10 @@
This is not an “ad-blocker,” this is
<em>surveillance protection</em>.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Access">“Access”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
It is a common misunderstanding to think free software means that the
public has “access” to a program. That is not what free
@@ -163,7 +170,10 @@
applies to the special case in which the user already has a copy of
the program in non-source form.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Alternative">“Alternative”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
We don't describe free software as an “alternative” to
proprietary, because that word presumes all the “alternatives” are
@@ -181,7 +191,10 @@
software.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="BSD-style">“BSD-style”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The expression “BSD-style license” leads to confusion because it
<a href="/licenses/bsd.html">lumps together licenses that have
@@ -194,8 +207,10 @@
name <a href="/licenses/license-list.html"> the specific license in
question</a> and avoid the vague term “BSD-style.”</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Closed">“Closed”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to
the term “open source.” In the free software movement,
@@ -207,8 +222,10 @@
<a href="/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware">
“proprietary”</a>.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="CloudComputing">“Cloud Computing”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “cloud computing” (or
just <a name="Cloud">“cloud”</a>, in the context of
@@ -280,7 +297,10 @@
developer, he isn't motivated by the same ideals as we are.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Commercial">“Commercial”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please don't use “commercial” as a synonym for
“nonfree.” That confuses two entirely different
@@ -307,7 +327,10 @@
to use the word “commercial” in that way.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Compensation">“Compensation”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
To speak of “compensation for authors” in connection with
copyright carries the assumptions that (1) copyright exists for the
@@ -324,7 +347,10 @@
same publishing companies that are pushing unjust laws on us.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Consume">“Consume”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
“Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it,
after which the food as such no longer exists. By analogy, we employ
@@ -378,7 +404,10 @@
<p>See also the following entry.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Consumer">“Consumer”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of
computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Some come
@@ -403,7 +432,10 @@
been <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/11/capitalism-language-raymond-williams";>noted
before</a>.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Content">“Content”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<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
@@ -441,8 +473,10 @@
on a web site. For that, we recommend the term “web site revision
system” (WRS).</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="CreativeCommonsLicensed">“Creative Commons licensed”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The most important licensing characteristic of a work is whether it is
free. Creative Commons publishes seven licenses; three are free
@@ -461,7 +495,10 @@
statement.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Creator">“Creator”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “creator” as applied to authors implicitly
compares them to a deity (“the creator”). The term is
@@ -473,8 +510,10 @@
terms are not equivalent: often the copyright holder is not the
author.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="DigitalGoods">“Digital Goods”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “digital goods,” as applied to copies of works of
authorship, identifies them with physical goods—which cannot be
@@ -484,8 +523,10 @@
physical goods. It also frames issues in terms of economics, whose
shallow and limited values don't include freedom and community.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="DigitalLocks">“Digital Locks”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
“Digital locks” is used to refer to Digital Restrictions
Management by some who criticize it. The problem with this term is
@@ -512,8 +553,10 @@
substance; however, when we state our support, we conspicuously
replace the term with “digital handcuffs” and say why.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="DigitalRightsManagement">“Digital Rights Management”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
“Digital Rights Management” (abbreviated
“DRM”) refers to technical mechanisms designed to impose
@@ -529,7 +572,10 @@
Please sign up to support our <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";>
campaign to abolish DRM</a>.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Ecosystem">“Ecosystem”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
It is inadvisable to describe the free software community, or any human
community, as an “ecosystem,” because that word implies
@@ -555,7 +601,10 @@
freedom.
</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="FLOSS">“FLOSS”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “FLOSS,” meaning “Free/Libre and Open
Source Software,” was coined as a way
@@ -564,7 +613,10 @@
“FLOSS” is the best way to be neutral. But if you want to
show you stand for freedom, don't use a neutral term.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="ForFree">“For free”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
If you want to say that a program is free software, please don't say
that it is available “for free.” That term specifically
@@ -580,7 +632,10 @@
To avoid confusion, you can say that the program is available
“as free software.”</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="FOSS">“FOSS”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “FOSS,” meaning “Free and Open Source
Software,” was coined as a way
@@ -589,7 +644,10 @@
neutrality is your goal, “FLOSS” is better. But if you
want to show you stand for freedom, don't use a neutral term.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="FreelyAvailable">“Freely available”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Don't use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free
software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely
@@ -598,8 +656,10 @@
a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.
</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Freeware">“Freeware”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please don't use the term “freeware” as a synonym for
“free software.” The term “freeware” was used
@@ -622,8 +682,10 @@
it says, they will really understand what the issue is.
</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="GiveAwaySoftware">“Give away software”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
It's misleading to use the term “give away” to mean
“distribute a program as free software.”
@@ -632,8 +694,10 @@
freedom. One way to avoid the confusion is to say “release as
free software.”</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Google">“Google”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please avoid using the term “google” as a verb, meaning to
search for something on the internet. “Google” is just the
@@ -643,8 +707,10 @@
privacy; <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/";>DuckDuckGo</a> claims not
to track its users, although we cannot confirm.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Hacker">“Hacker”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
A hacker is someone
who <a href="http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html";> enjoys
@@ -659,8 +725,10 @@
Please don't spread this mistake.
People who break security are “crackers.”</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="IntellectualProperty">“Intellectual property”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Publishers and lawyers like to describe copyright as
“intellectual property”—a term also applied to
@@ -689,8 +757,10 @@
starting to make the World “Intellectual Property”
Organization embarrassed</a>.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="LAMP">“LAMP system”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
“LAMP” stands for “Linux, Apache, MySQL and
PHP”—a common combination of software to use on a web
@@ -700,8 +770,10 @@
PHP.”
</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Linux">“Linux system”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting
in 1991. The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU
@@ -712,8 +784,10 @@
kernel alone.
</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Market">“Market”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the
software users in general, as a “market.”</p>
@@ -731,8 +805,10 @@
efforts for mere success is to deny the importance of freedom
and legitimize proprietary software.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Monetize">“Monetize”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The proper definition of “monetize” is “to use
something as currency.” For instance, human societies have
@@ -751,8 +827,10 @@
subordinates all else to profit, it is not likely to remain
ethical.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="MP3Player">“MP3 Player”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state
digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not
@@ -763,8 +841,10 @@
We suggest the terms “digital audio player,”
or simply “audio player” if context permits.</p>
-
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Open">“Open”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please avoid using the term “open” or “open
source” as a substitute for “free software.” Those terms
@@ -779,7 +859,10 @@
software, or our views—that leads people to suppose our views
are similar to theirs.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="PC">“PC”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
It's OK to use the abbreviation “PC” to refer to a certain
kind of computer hardware, but please don't use it with the
@@ -790,7 +873,10 @@
The term “WC” has been suggested for a computer running
Windows.</p>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
<h3 id="Photoshop">“Photoshop”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please avoid using the term “photoshop” as a verb, meaning
any kind of photo manipulation or image editing in general. Photoshop
@@ -798,7 +884,10 @@
be avoided since it is proprietary. There are plenty of free programs
for editing images, such as the <a href="/software/gimp">GIMP</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="Piracy">“Piracy”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Publishers often refer to copying they don't approve of as
“piracy.” In this way, they imply that it is ethically
@@ -823,7 +912,10 @@
<a
href="http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-banned-from-using-piracy-and-theft-terms-in-hotfile-trial-131129/";>“piracy”
and “theft” are smear words.</a></p>
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<h3 id="PowerPoint">“PowerPoint”</h3>
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<p>
Please avoid using the term “PowerPoint” to mean any kind
of slide presentation. “PowerPoint” is just the name of
@@ -832,8 +924,10 @@
presentations. Recommended options include TeX's <tt>beamer</tt>
class and LibreOffice.org's Impress.</p>
-
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<h3 id="Protection">“Protection”</h3>
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<p>
Publishers' lawyers love to use the term “protection” to
describe copyright. This word carries the implication of preventing
@@ -864,7 +958,10 @@
<a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org";> Defective by Design</a>
campaign.</p>
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<h3 id="RAND">“RAND (Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory)”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Standards bodies that promulgate patent-restricted standards that
prohibit free software typically have a policy of obtaining patent
@@ -891,8 +988,10 @@
“UFO” for short, as a replacement. It is accurate because
the only condition in these licenses is a uniform royalty fee.</p>
-
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<h3 id="SaaS">“SaaS” or “Software as a Service”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
We used to say that SaaS (short for “Software as a
Service”) is an injustice, but then we found that there was a
@@ -911,8 +1010,10 @@
vicio” (“software, as being pernicious”) is too good
to give up.</p>
-
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<h3 id="SellSoftware">“Sell software”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “sell software” is ambiguous. Strictly speaking,
exchanging a copy of a free program for a sum of money
@@ -927,8 +1028,10 @@
See <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</a> for
further discussion of this issue.</p>
-
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<h3 id="SharingEconomy">“Sharing economy”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “sharing economy” is not a good way to refer to
services such as Uber and Airbnb that arrange business transactions
@@ -941,8 +1044,10 @@
A more suitable term for businesses like Uber is the
“piecework service economy.”</p>
-
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<h3 id="Skype">“Skype”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please avoid using the term “skype” as a verb, meaning any
kind of video communication or telephony over the Internet in general.
@@ -954,8 +1059,10 @@
one of the <a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement";>
numerous free Skype replacements</a>.</p>
-
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<h3 id="SoftwareIndustry">“Software Industry”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The term “software industry” encourages people to imagine
that software is always developed by a sort of factory and then
@@ -974,7 +1081,10 @@
define “industry” as “automated production of
material goods.”</a></p>
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<h3 id="SourceModel">“Source model”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Wikipedia uses the term “source model” in a confused and
ambiguous way. Ostensibly it refers to how a program's source is
@@ -987,12 +1097,15 @@
opportunity to say “open source” in pages describing free
software programs.</p>
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<!--#if expr="$LANGUAGE_SUFFIX = /^.(es)$/" -->
<!-- TRANSLATORS: translate if this word is used often in your
language to refer to mobile computers; otherwise,
fill the translation with a space. -->
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<h3 id="Terminal">“Terminal”</h3>
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<p>Mobile phones and tablets are computers, and people should be
able to do their computing on them using free software.
@@ -1000,7 +1113,10 @@
is to connect to servers, which is a bad way to do your own computing.</p>
<!--#endif -->
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<h3 id="Theft">“Theft”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
The supporters of a too-strict, repressive form of copyright often use
words like “stolen” and “theft” to refer to
@@ -1030,7 +1146,10 @@
<a
href="http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-banned-from-using-piracy-and-theft-terms-in-hotfile-trial-131129/";>“piracy”
and “theft” are smear-words.</a></p>
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<h3 id="TrustedComputing">“Trusted Computing”</h3>
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<p>
<a href="/philosophy/can-you-trust.html">“Trusted computing”</a> is
the proponents' name for a scheme to redesign computers so that
@@ -1039,8 +1158,10 @@
point of view, it is “treacherous.”
</p>
-
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<h3 id="Vendor">“Vendor”</h3>
+<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
<p>
Please don't use the term “vendor” to refer generally to
anyone that develops or packages software. Many programs
@@ -1051,13 +1172,7 @@
Likewise, only some of the packagers of GNU/Linux distributions are
vendors. We recommend the general term “supplier” instead.
</p>
-
-<div class="announcement">
-<blockquote><p>Also note <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of
Free
-Software</a>
-and <a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html">Why Call It The
-Swindle?</a></p></blockquote>
-</div>
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<hr />
<blockquote id="fsfs"><p class="big">This essay is published
@@ -1123,7 +1238,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/03/26 15:31:09 $
+$Date: 2016/07/16 17:31:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html,
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