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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/philosophy when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:53:50 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 17/09/12 15:53:50
Modified files:
philosophy : when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html
Log message:
Move SaaSS definition to the first occurrence.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.9&r2=1.10
Patches:
Index: when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html 18 Jan 2017 17:25:56 -0000 1.9
+++ when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html 12 Sep 2017 19:53:48 -0000 1.10
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@
<p>If the way you are supposed to do this is by running a proprietary
database reformat program, or using the developer's service which is
-SaaSS, the database software is trapped—but in a more subtle
+SaaSS (<a
+href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Service as
+a Software Substitute</a>),
+the database software is trapped—but in a more subtle
way. Any single version of the database program can be used without
nonfree software or SaaSS. The problem arises when you try to keep
using the program for the long term, which entails upgrading it from
@@ -77,9 +80,8 @@
for running a medical clinic, initially used OpenERP. In 2011, GNU
Health developer Luis Falcón discovered that upgrading to the next
version of OpenERP required sending the database (full of patients'
-medical data) to OpenERP's server for reformatting. This is SaaSS (<a
-href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Service as a
-Software Substitute</a>): it requires the user of GNU Health (a
+medical data) to OpenERP's server for reformatting. This is SaaSS:
+it requires the user of GNU Health (a
clinic) to entrust its own computing and its data to the company
developer of OpenERP. Rather than bow down, Falcón rewrote GNU Health
to use <a href="http://www.tryton.org">Tryton</a> instead.</p>
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/01/18 17:25:56 $
+$Date: 2017/09/12 19:53:48 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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