www/philosophy rms-kernel-trap-interview.html

[Ineiev]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ineiev <ineiev> 17/07/29 02:41:58

Modified files:
        philosophy     : rms-kernel-trap-interview.html 

Log message:
        Typographical improvements.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/rms-kernel-trap-interview.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.83 -->
 
 <title>Interview with Richard Stallman, KernelTrap.org, 2005
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 <h3>Life In The AI Lab</h3>
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: What tasks occupied your time at the AI Lab
-through the 1970s?</p>
+through the 1970's?</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: Mostly operating system
 development, but I did one AI research project with Professor Sussman;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: You regularly have to explain the differences
 between &ldquo;free software&rdquo; and &ldquo;open source
-software&rdquo;, and yet the media continues to confuse these
+software,&rdquo; and yet the media continues to confuse these
 terms. For our readers that may therefor be confused themselves, can
 you explain the differences, and why it is important to get it
 right?</p>
@@ -193,14 +193,15 @@
 GNU Project that set out to develop a complete free operating
 system. The combined system we use today is founded on GNU.</p>
 
-<p><strong>JA</strong>: In talking about GNU Linux&#8230;</p>
+<p><strong>JA</strong>: In talking about GNU Linux&hellip;</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: I prefer to pronounce it
-GNU-slash-Linux, or GNU-plus-Linux. The reason is that when you say
-GNU-Linux it is very much prone to suggest a misleading
-interpretation. After all, we have GNU Emacs which is the version of
+&ldquo;GNU slash Linux,&rdquo; or &ldquo;GNU plus Linux.&rdquo; The
+reason is that when you say &ldquo;GNU Linux&rdquo; it is very much
+prone to suggest a misleading interpretation. After all, we have GNU
+Emacs which is the version of
 Emacs which was developed for GNU. If you say &ldquo;GNU
-Linux&rdquo;q, people will think it means a version of Linux that was
+Linux,&rdquo; people will think it means a version of Linux that was
 developed for GNU. Which is not the fact.</p>
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: You're trying to point out instead that it's a
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@
 the commercial distributors put in nonfree software. And then there's
 Debian which keeps all the nonfree software clearly separated, but
 does distribute it. And those who sell Debian GNU/Linux often add a
-few nonfree programs as a &ldquo;bonus&rdquo;&#8230; They invite you
+few nonfree programs as a &ldquo;bonus&rdquo;&hellip; They invite you
 to think it's a bonus you're getting that your freedom is no longer
 complete.</p>
 
@@ -359,8 +360,8 @@
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: Many of the programs you were the original
 author for are key components of much software development today (free
-and nonfree alike), such as the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc), the
-GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), and GNU Emacs. All of these projects have
+and nonfree alike), such as the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), the
+GNU symbolic debugger (GDB), and GNU Emacs. All of these projects have
 remained under constant development over the years. How closely have
 you followed the many projects you've started, and how do you feel
 about the directions they've taken?</p>
@@ -388,14 +389,14 @@
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: I'm sorry to hear about your arm, and I wish
 you a speedy recovery.</p>
 
-<p>I recently reread Cliff Stoll's &ldquo;The Cuckoo's Egg&rdquo;. Are
+<p>I recently reread Cliff Stoll's &ldquo;The Cuckoo's Egg.&rdquo; Are
 you familiar with the book?</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: I have a vague memory of it.</p>
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: A quick summary, he talks about a spy that
 breaks into a university computer system, initially using a security
-hole in GNU Emacs&#8230;</p>
+hole in GNU Emacs&hellip;</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: Well, whether it's really a
 security hole, or whether he had made a mistake by installing a
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@
 what your reaction would have been to the book when it came out.</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: His book made it sound like
-Emacs, or actually movemail I think it was... His book made it sound
+Emacs, or actually movemail I think it was&hellip; His book made it sound
 like it was normal to install movemail setuid. I think some people
 sometimes did that, as there was a certain problem you could get
 around by doing that, but that wasn't the normal way to install it. So
@@ -420,8 +421,8 @@
 
 <h3>Nonfree Software</h3>
 
-<p><strong>JA</strong>: What is your reaction to tools such as gcc,
-gdb and GNU Emacs being used for the development of nonfree
+<p><strong>JA</strong>: What is your reaction to tools such as GCC,
+GDB and GNU Emacs being used for the development of nonfree
 software?</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: Any development of nonfree
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@
 something else instead. We can wait till someone else has the chance
 to develop a free program to do the same job.</p>
 
-<p><strong>JA</strong>: What about the programmers&#8230;</p>
+<p><strong>JA</strong>: What about the programmers&hellip;</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: What about them? The programmers
 writing nonfree software? They are doing something antisocial. They
@@ -522,8 +523,8 @@
 
 <p>The book No Logo explains that the Philippines have laws that
 protect labor standards, but these laws count for nothing any
-more. They decided to set up &ldquo;enterprise zones&rdquo; - that's
-the euphemism they used for &ldquo;sweat shop zones&rdquo; - where
+more. They decided to set up &ldquo;enterprise zones&rdquo;&mdash;that's
+the euphemism they used for &ldquo;sweat shop zones&rdquo;&mdash;where
 companies are exempt from these rules for the first two years. And as
 a result, no company lasts for more than two years. When their
 exemption runs out, the owners shut it down and they start
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: To speak of a free software
 &ldquo;model&rdquo; is somewhat misleading. The open source movement
-speaks of a &ldquo;development model&rdquo;, but our concern is for
+speaks of a &ldquo;development model,&rdquo; but our concern is for
 the user's freedom, not how the program is developed.</p>
 
 <p>Free software doesn't always imitate, but often it does. There's a
@@ -601,7 +602,7 @@
 question.</p>
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: Software not only runs on personal computers,
-but also the computers that comprise the Internet&#8230;</p>
+but also the computers that comprise the Internet&hellip;</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: That may mean your computer. If
 your computer is on the Internet, then that's one of the computers
@@ -619,7 +620,7 @@
 of their freedom. That's a problem.</p>
 
 <p><strong>JA</strong>: Do you consider it proper for people who are
-trying to only use free software to utilize&#8230;</p>
+trying to only use free software to utilize&hellip;</p>
 
 <p><strong>Richard Stallman</strong>: To connect to a server that's
 running nonfree software?</p>
@@ -824,7 +825,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/07/28 12:59:12 $
+$Date: 2017/07/29 06:41:58 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
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