www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       16/10/03 20:13:38

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Access): Clarify wording.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.232&r2=1.233

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.232
retrieving revision 1.233
diff -u -b -r1.232 -r1.233
--- words-to-avoid.html 3 Oct 2016 20:10:49 -0000       1.232
+++ words-to-avoid.html 3 Oct 2016 20:13:37 -0000       1.233
@@ -149,19 +149,19 @@
 The <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">criterion for free software</a>
 is not about who has &ldquo;access&rdquo; to the program; the four
 essential freedoms concern what a user that has a copy of the program
-can do with it.  For instance, freedom 2 says that that user is free
-to make another copy and give or sell it to you.  But no user
+is allowed to do with it.  For instance, freedom 2 says that that user
+is free to make another copy and give or sell it to you.  But no user
 is <em>obligated</em> to do that for you; you do not have
 a <em>right</em> to demand a copy of that program from any user.</p>
 <p>
 In particular, if you write a program yourself and never offer a copy
-to anyone else, that program is free software (in a trivial way)
-because you (the sole user that has it) have the four essential
-freedoms.</p>
+to anyone else, that program is free software albeit in a trivial way,
+because every user that has a copy has the four essential freedoms
+(since the only such user is you).</p>
 <p>
 In practice, when many users have copies of a program, someone is sure
 to post it on the internet, giving everyone access to it.  We think
-people ought to do that, if the program is useful.  But this isn't a
+people ought to do that, if the program is useful.  But that isn't a
 requirement of free software.</p>
 <p>
 There is one specific point in which a question of having access is
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/10/03 20:10:49 $
+$Date: 2016/10/03 20:13:37 $
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 </p>
 </div>