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From: Patrice Dumas
Subject: [Texi2html-cvs] Changes to texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:52:56 -0400

Index: texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html
diff -u texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.21 
texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.22
--- texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.21      Tue Aug  9 17:19:27 2005
+++ texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html   Tue Aug 23 23:51:18 2005
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@
 </tr></table>
 <h2 class="unnumberedsec"> Some Easily Rebutted Objections to GNU's Goals </h2>
 
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Nobody will use it if it is free, because that means they 
can't rely
-on any support.&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Nobody will use it if it is free, because that means 
they can't rely
+on any support.&rdquo;
 </p>
-<p>&quot;You have to charge for the program to pay for providing the
-support.&quot;
+<p>&ldquo;You have to charge for the program to pay for providing the
+support.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>If people would rather pay for GNU plus service than get GNU free without
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@
 of us who don't need the service should be able to use the program without
 paying for the service.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;You cannot reach many people without advertising,
-and you must charge for the program to support that.&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;You cannot reach many people without advertising,
+and you must charge for the program to support that.&rdquo;
 </p>
-<p>&quot;It's no use advertising a program people can get free.&quot;
+<p>&ldquo;It's no use advertising a program people can get free.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>There are various forms of free or very cheap publicity that can be used to
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@
 necessary to spread GNU.  Why is it that free market advocates don't want
 to let the free market decide this?
 
-</p><blockquote><p>&quot;My company needs a proprietary operating system
-to get a competitive edge.&quot;
+</p><blockquote><p>&ldquo;My company needs a proprietary operating system
+to get a competitive edge.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>GNU will remove operating system software from the realm of competition.
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 <p>I would like to see GNU development supported by gifts from many
 manufacturers and users, reducing the cost to each.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Don't programmers deserve a reward for their 
creativity?&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Don't programmers deserve a reward for their 
creativity?&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution.  Creativity can
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict
 the use of these programs.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Shouldn't a programmer be able to ask for a reward for 
his creativity?&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Shouldn't a programmer be able to ask for a reward for 
his creativity?&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 Specifically, the desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not
 justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Won't programmers starve?&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Won't programmers starve?&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>I could answer that nobody is forced to be a programmer.  Most of us cannot
@@ -500,10 +500,10 @@
 programmers made the same, that would not be an injustice either.  (In
 practice they would still make considerably more than that.)
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Don't people have a right to control how their creativity 
is used?&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Don't people have a right to control how their 
creativity is used?&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
-<p>&quot;Control over the use of one's ideas&quot; really constitutes control 
over
+<p>&ldquo;Control over the use of one's ideas&rdquo; really constitutes 
control over
 other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more
 difficult.
 </p>
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@
 practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived
 even in part.  The copyright system was created expressly for the purpose
 of encouraging authorship.  In the domain for which it was
-invented--books, which could be copied economically only on a printing
-press--it did little harm, and did not obstruct most of the individuals
+invented&mdash;books, which could be copied economically only on a printing
+press&mdash;it did little harm, and did not obstruct most of the individuals
 who read the books.
 </p>
 <p>All intellectual property rights are just licenses granted by society
@@ -546,24 +546,24 @@
 spiritually; in which a person should not do so regardless of whether the
 law enables him to.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Competition makes things get done better.&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Competition makes things get done better.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we
 encourage everyone to run faster.  When capitalism really works this way,
 it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works
 this way.  If the runners forget why the reward is offered and become
-intent on winning, no matter how, they may find other strategies--such as,
+intent on winning, no matter how, they may find other strategies&mdash;such as,
 attacking other runners.  If the runners get into a fist fight, they will
 all finish late.
 </p>
 <p>Proprietary and secret software is the moral equivalent of runners in a
 fist fight.  Sad to say, the only referee we've got does not seem to
-object to fights; he just regulates them (&quot;For every ten yards you run,
-you can fire one shot&quot;).  He really ought to break them up, and penalize
+object to fights; he just regulates them (&ldquo;For every ten yards you run,
+you can fire one shot&rdquo;).  He really ought to break them up, and penalize
 runners for even trying to fight.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Won't everyone stop programming without a monetary 
incentive?&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Won't everyone stop programming without a monetary 
incentive?&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>Actually, many people will program with absolutely no monetary incentive.
@@ -590,14 +590,14 @@
 competition with high-paying ones, but they do not have to do badly if the
 high-paying ones are banned.
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;We need the programmers desperately.  If they demand that 
we
-stop helping our neighbors, we have to obey.&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;We need the programmers desperately.  If they demand 
that we
+stop helping our neighbors, we have to obey.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>You're never so desperate that you have to obey this sort of demand.
 Remember: millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute!
 </p>
-<blockquote><p>&quot;Programmers need to make a living somehow.&quot;
+<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Programmers need to make a living somehow.&rdquo;
 </p></blockquote>
 
 <p>In the short run, this is true.  However, there are plenty of ways that
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
 </p>
 <p>But if the computer buyer makes a donation to software development
 himself, he can take a credit against the tax.  He can donate to
-the project of his own choosing--often, chosen because he hopes to
+the project of his own choosing&mdash;often, chosen because he hopes to
 use the results when
  
 it is done.  He can take a credit for any amount




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