www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       16/08/20 14:28:58

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Minor clarifications.  Fix misleading summary in history section
        to clearly reflect the actual change.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.147&r2=1.148

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.147
retrieving revision 1.148
diff -u -b -r1.147 -r1.148
--- free-sw.html        1 Jan 2016 10:25:11 -0000       1.147
+++ free-sw.html        20 Aug 2016 14:28:57 -0000      1.148
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 liberty, not price.  To understand the concept, you should think of
 &ldquo;free&rdquo; as in &ldquo;free speech,&rdquo; not as in
 &ldquo;free beer&rdquo;.  We sometimes call it &ldquo;libre
-software&rdquo; to show we do not mean it is gratis.
+software,&rdquo; borrowing the French or Spanish word for
+&ldquo;free&rdquo; as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software
+is gratis.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@
 handle some cases.  If we plan to distribute A as it stands, that
 implies users will need B, so we need to judge whether both A and B
 are free.  However, if we plan to modify A so that it doesn't use B,
-only A needs to be free; we can ignore B.</p>
+only A needs to be free; B is not pertinent to that plan.</p>
 
 <p>The rest of this page clarifies certain points about what makes
 specific freedoms adequate or not.</p>
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@
 
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.10&amp;r2=1.11";>Version
 1.11</a>: Note that a free license may require you to send a copy of
-versions you distribute to the author.</li>
+versions you distribute to previous developers on request.</li>
 
 </ul>
 
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/01/01 10:25:11 $
+$Date: 2016/08/20 14:28:57 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>