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From: |
Ineiev |
Subject: |
www/philosophy kind-communication.html |
Date: |
Sun, 14 Oct 2018 05:14:53 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Ineiev <ineiev> 18/10/14 05:14:53
Modified files:
philosophy : kind-communication.html
Log message:
Add Parent-Version; adjust spaces.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: kind-communication.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- kind-communication.html 13 Oct 2018 06:44:13 -0000 1.3
+++ kind-communication.html 14 Oct 2018 09:14:52 -0000 1.4
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 -->
<title>GNU Kind Communications Guidelines
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
@@ -12,13 +13,13 @@
religion, cultural background, and any other demographic
characteristics, as well as personal political views.</p>
- <p>People are sometimes discouraged from participating in GNU
+<p>People are sometimes discouraged from participating in GNU
development because of certain patterns of communication that strike
them as unfriendly, unwelcoming, rejecting, or harsh. This
discouragement particularly affects members of disprivileged
demographics, but it is not limited to them. Therefore, we ask all
contributors to make a conscious effort, in GNU Project discussions,
-to communicate in ways that avoid that outcome — to avoid
+to communicate in ways that avoid that outcome—to avoid
practices that will predictably and unnecessarily risk putting some
contributors off.</p>
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
<p>Please be especially kind to other contributors when saying they
made a mistake. Programming means making lots of mistakes, and we all
-do so — this is why regression tests are useful. Conscientious
+do so—this is why regression tests are useful. Conscientious
programmers make mistakes, and then fix them. It is helpful to show
contributors that being imperfect is normal, so we don't hold it
against them, and that we appreciate their imperfect contributions
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
should stop using certain nonfree software. For their own sake, they
ought to free themselves, but we welcome their contributions to our
software packages even if they don't do that. So these reminders
-should be gentle and not too frequent — don't nag.</p>
+should be gentle and not too frequent—don't nag.</p>
<p>By contrast, to suggest that others use nonfree software opposes
the basic principles of GNU, so it is not allowed in GNU Project
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
<p>If in a discussion someone brings up a tangent to the topic at
hand, please keep the discussion on track by focusing on the current
topic rather than the tangent. This is not to say that the tangent is
-bad, or not interesting to discuss — only that it shouldn't
+bad, or not interesting to discuss—only that it shouldn't
interfere with discussion of the issue at hand. In most cases, it is
also off-topic, so those interested ought to discuss it somewhere
else.</p>
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
<li id="f1">
<p>There are various ways to express gender neutrality in
third-person singular pronouns in English; you do not have to
- use “they”. One other method is described in
+ use “they.” One other method is described in
<a href="https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html">
https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html</a>.</p>
</li>
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/13 06:44:13 $
+$Date: 2018/10/14 09:14:52 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, rsiddharth, 2018/10/12
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, rsiddharth, 2018/10/12
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, Therese Godefroy, 2018/10/13
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html,
Ineiev <=
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2018/10/24
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2018/10/25
- www/philosophy kind-communication.html, Richard M. Stallman, 2018/10/31