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From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/philosophy selling.html |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:57:14 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 06/11/15 23:57:14
Modified files:
philosophy : selling.html
Log message:
ldquo/rdquo
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/selling.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
Patches:
Index: selling.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/selling.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- selling.html 26 Oct 2006 19:56:09 -0000 1.17
+++ selling.html 15 Nov 2006 23:57:10 -0000 1.18
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
<li><a href="#HigherPriceNoDiscourage"
id="TOCHigherPriceNoDiscourage">Will a higher distribution price
discourage use of free software?</a></li>
<li><a href="#ConfusingTerm"
- id="TOCConfusingTerm">The term ``selling software'' can be confusing
too</a></li>
+ id="TOCConfusingTerm">The term “selling software” can be
confusing too</a></li>
<li><a href="#HighOrLowFeesAndGPL"
id="TOCHighOrLowFeesAndGPL">High or low fees, and the GNU GPL</a></li>
<li><a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a></li>
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
you, please read on.</p>
<p>
-The word ``free'' has two legitimate general meanings; it can refer
-either to freedom or to price. When we speak of ``free software'',
-we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of ``free speech'',
-not ``free beer''.) Specifically, it means that a user is free to run
+The word “free” has two legitimate general meanings; it can refer
+either to freedom or to price. When we speak of “free software”,
+we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of “free speech”,
+not “free beer”.) Specifically, it means that a user is free to
run
the program, change the program, and redistribute the program with or
without changes.</p>
@@ -162,23 +162,23 @@
<h4><a href="#TOCConfusingTerm"
- id="ConfusingTerm">The term ``selling software'' can be confusing
too</a></h4>
+ id="ConfusingTerm">The term “selling software” can be
confusing too</a></h4>
<p>
-Strictly speaking, ``selling'' means trading goods for money. Selling
+Strictly speaking, “selling” means trading goods for money.
Selling
a copy of a free program is legitimate, and we encourage it.</p>
<p>
However, when people think of
-<a href="words-to-avoid.html#SellSoftware">``selling software''</a>,
+<a href="words-to-avoid.html#SellSoftware">“selling software”</a>,
they usually imagine doing it the way most companies do it: making the
software proprietary rather than free.</p>
<p>
So unless you're going to draw distinctions carefully, the way this
article does, we suggest it is better to avoid using the term
-``selling software'' and choose some other wording instead. For
-example, you could say ``distributing free software for a fee''--that
+“selling software” and choose some other wording instead. For
+example, you could say “distributing free software for a fee”--that
is unambiguous.</p>
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
<p>
Sometimes companies whose activities cross the line of what the GNU
-GPL permits plead for permission, saying that they ``won't charge
-money for the GNU software'' or such like. They don't get anywhere
+GPL permits plead for permission, saying that they “won't charge
+money for the GNU software” or such like. They don't get anywhere
this way. Free software is about freedom, and enforcing the GPL is
defending freedom. When we defend users' freedom, we are not
distracted by side issues such as how much of a distribution fee is
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/10/26 19:56:09 $ $Author: johnsu01 $
+$Date: 2006/11/15 23:57:10 $ $Author: karl $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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