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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-hardware-designs.html |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:14:49 +0000 (UTC) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 16/12/27 16:14:49
Modified files:
philosophy : free-hardware-designs.html
Log message:
Minor corrections.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
Patches:
Index: free-hardware-designs.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- free-hardware-designs.html 18 Nov 2016 06:31:39 -0000 1.14
+++ free-hardware-designs.html 27 Dec 2016 16:14:48 -0000 1.15
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
hardware costs money to produce, so commercially made hardware won't
be gratis (unless it is a loss-leader or a tie-in), but that does not
prevent its design from being free/libre. Things you make in your own
-3D printer can be quite cheap, but not exactly gratis since you will
-have to pay for the raw materials. In ethical terms, the freedom
-issue trumps the price issue totally, since a device that denies
-freedom to its users is worth less than nothing.</p>
+3D printer can be quite cheap to make, but not exactly gratis since
+the raw materials will typically cost something. In ethical terms, the
+freedom issue trumps the price issue totally, since a device that
+denies freedom to its users is worth less than nothing.</p>
<p>The terms “open hardware” and “open source
hardware” are used by some with the same concrete meaning as
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
<p>Hardware and software are fundamentally different. A program, even
in compiled executable form, is a collection of data which can be
-interpreted as instruction for a computer. Like any other digital
+interpreted as instructions for a computer. Like any other digital
work, it can be copied and changed using a computer. A copy of a
-program has no inherent physical form or embodiment.</p>
+program has no inherent preferred physical form or embodiment.</p>
<p>By contrast, hardware is a physical structure and its physicality
is crucial. While the hardware's design might be represented as data,
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2016/11/18 06:31:39 $
+$Date: 2016/12/27 16:14:48 $
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