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From: |
Miguel Vazquez Gocobachi |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy sun-in-night-time.html |
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Date: |
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:27:12 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Miguel Vazquez Gocobachi <demrit> 06/06/26 19:27:12
Modified files:
philosophy : sun-in-night-time.html
Log message:
* Code cleanup.
* Added "translations-list" CSS style class
and changed to list the language translations.
* Added Spanish tranlation
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: sun-in-night-time.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- sun-in-night-time.html 7 Jun 2006 07:35:40 -0000 1.2
+++ sun-in-night-time.html 26 Jun 2006 19:27:10 -0000 1.3
@@ -1,90 +1,89 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en">
-
-<head>
-<title>The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</title>
-<meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gnu.css" />
-<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
-</head>
-
-<!-- This document is in XML, and xhtml 1.0 -->
-<!-- Please make sure to properly nest your tags -->
-<!-- and ensure that your final document validates -->
-<!-- consistent with W3C xhtml 1.0 and CSS standards -->
-<!-- See validator.w3.org -->
-
-<body>
-
-<p><a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page</p>
-
-<h3>The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</h3>
-
-<p>
-<a href="/graphics/philosophicalgnu.html"><img
src="/graphics/philosophical-gnu-sm.jpg"
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+ <!--
+ This document is in XML, and XHTML 1.0.
+ Please make sure to properly nest your tags
+ and ensure that your final document validates
+ consistent with W3C XHTML 1.0 and CSS standards.
+ See validator.w3.org
+ -->
+ <head>
+ <title>The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</title>
+ <meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gnu.css" />
+ <link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+ </head>
+
+ <body>
+
+ <p>
+ <a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page
+ </p>
+
+ <h3>The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time</h3>
+
+ <p>
+ <a href="/graphics/philosophicalgnu.html">
+ <img src="/graphics/philosophical-gnu-sm.jpg"
alt=" [image of a Philosophical Gnu] "
- width="160" height="200" /></a>
-</p>
-
-<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard M. Stallman</a>
-<br />
-May 24, 2006
-</p>
-
-<!--<p><a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page</p>-->
+ width="160" height="200" />
+ </a>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard M. Stallman</a><br />
+ May 24, 2006.
+ </p>
-<p>
-<hr />
-</p>
+ <hr />
-<p>
+ <p>
Our community has been abuzz with the rumor that Sun has made its
implementation Java free software (or "open source"). Community leaders
even publicly thanked Sun for its contribution. What is Sun's new
contribution
to the FLOSS community?
-</p>
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
Nothing. Absolutely nothing--and that's what makes the response to this
non-incident so curious.
-</p>
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
Sun's Java implementation remains proprietary software, just as before. It
doesn't come close to meeting the criteria for
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html";>free software</a>, or
- the similar but slightly looser criteria for open source. Its source code is
- available only under an NDA.
-</p>
+ the similar but slightly looser criteria for open source. Its source
code
+ is available only under an NDA.
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
So what did Sun actually do? It allowed more convenient redistribution of
the
- binaries of its Java platform. With this change, GNU/Linux distros can
- include the non-free Sun Java platform, just as some now include the
non-free
- nVidia driver. But they do so only at the cost of being non-free.
-</p>
+ binaries of its Java platform. With this change, GNU/Linux distros
can include
+ the non-free Sun Java platform, just as some now include the non-free
nVidia
+ driver. But they do so only at the cost of being non-free.
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
The Sun license has one restriction that may ironically reduce the tendency
for users to accept non-free software without thinking twice: it insists
that
the operating system distributor get the user's explicit agreement to the
license before letting the user install the code. This means the system
cannot silently install Sun's Java platform without warning users they have
- non-free software, as some GNU/Linux systems silently install the nVidia
- driver.
-</p>
+ non-free software, as some GNU/Linux systems silently install the
nVidia driver.
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
If you look closely at Sun's announcement, you will see that it accurately
represents these facts. It does not say that Sun's Java platform is free
software, or even open source. It only predicts that the platform will be
"widely available" on "leading open source platforms". Available, that is,
as proprietary software, on terms that deny your freedom.
-</p>
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
Why did this non-incident generate a large and confused reaction? Perhaps
because people do not read these announcements carefully. Ever since the
term "open source" was coined, we have seen companies find ways to use it
@@ -92,9 +91,9 @@
with "free software", though they could if they wanted to.) The careless
reader may note the two terms in proximity and falsely assume that one
talks about the other.
-</p>
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
Some believe that this non-incident represents Sun's exploratory steps
towards eventually releasing its Java platform as free software. Let's hope
Sun does that some day. We would welcome that, but we should save our
@@ -102,79 +101,86 @@
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html";>Java Trap</a>
still lies in wait for the work of programmers who don't take precautions
to avoid it.
-</p>
+ </p>
-<p>
+ <p>
We in the GNU Project continue developing the
<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/";>GNU Compiler for Java and GNU
Classpath</a>;
we made great progress in the past year, so our free platform for Java is
included in many major GNU/Linux distros. If you want to run Java and have
freedom, please join in and help.
-</p>
+ </p>
-<hr />
-<h4><a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a></h4>
+ <hr />
-<!-- All pages on the GNU web server should have the section about -->
-<!-- verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking -->
-<!-- with the webmasters first. -->
-<!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document -->
-<!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
-
-<div class="translations">
-<p><a id="translations"></a>
-<b>Translations of this page</b>:<br />
-
-<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical, and in the original -->
-
-<!-- language if possible, otherwise default to English -->
-<!-- If you do not have it English, please comment what the -->
-<!-- English is. If you add a new language here, please -->
-<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
-<!-- - in /home/www/bin/nightly-vars either TAGSLANG or WEBLANG -->
-<!-- - in /home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html -->
-<!-- one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
-<!-- - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an alias -->
-<!-- to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
-<!-- Please also check you have the 2 letter language code right versus -->
-<!-- http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm -->
-
-[
- <a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">English</a>
-| <a href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.pl.html">Polski</a> <!-- Polish -->
-]
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<div class="copyright">
-<p>
-Return to the <a href="/home.html">GNU Project home page</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-There are also <a href="/home.html#ContactInfo">other ways to contact</a>
-the FSF.
-<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Copyright © 2006 Richard M. Stallman
-<br />
-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
-permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Updated:
-<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/06/07 07:35:40 $ $Author: wkotwica $
-<!-- timestamp end -->
-</p>
-</div>
+ <h4><a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a></h4>
+ <!--
+ All pages on the GNU web server should have the section about
+ verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking
+ with the webmasters first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document
+ and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002."
+ -->
+
+ <div class="translations">
+ <p>
+ <a id="translations"></a><b>Translations of this page</b>:<br />
+
+ <!-- Please keep this list alphabetical, and in the original -->
+
+ <!--
+ Please keep this list alphabetical, and in the original
+ language if possible, otherwise default to English.
+ If you do not have it English, please comment what the
+ English is. If you add a new language here, please
+ advise address@hidden and add it to
+ - in /home/www/bin/nightly-vars either TAGSLANG or WEBLANG
+ - in
/home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html
+ one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway"
+ - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an
alias
+ to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases
+ Please also check you have the 2 letter language code right
versus
+ http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm
+ -->
+
+ <ul class="translations-list">
+ <!-- English -->
+ <li><a
href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html">English</a></li>
+ <!-- Spanish -->
+ <li><a
href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.es.html">Español</a></li>
+ <!-- Polski -->
+ <li><a
href="/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.pl.html">Polski</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="copyright">
+ <p>
+ Return to the <a href="/home.html">GNU Project home page</a>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
+ <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+ There are also <a href="/home.html#ContactInfo">other ways to
contact</a>
+ the FSF.<br />
+ Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
+ <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Copyright © 2006 Richard M. Stallman<br />
+ Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
+ permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Updated:
+ <!-- timestamp start -->
+ $Date: 2006/06/26 19:27:10 $ $Author: demrit $
+ <!-- timestamp end -->
+ </p>
+ </div>
</body>
</html>