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[Joakim Olsson]

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        Fixed broken code.

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--- words-to-avoid.html 29 Mar 2007 19:11:08 -0000      1.66
+++ words-to-avoid.html 30 Mar 2007 16:49:26 -0000      1.67
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 <h2>Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding</h2>
 
 <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>
 There are a number of words and phrases which we recommend avoiding,
 or avoiding in certain contexts and usages.  The reason is either that
 they are ambiguous, or that they imply an opinion that we hope you may
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@
 Also note <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories
 of Free Software</a>.</p>
 
-<h4>"<a name="BSD-style">BSD-style</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="BSD-style">"BSD-style"</h4>
 <p>
 The expression "BSD-style license" leads to confusion because it
 <a href="/philosophy/bsd.html">lumps together licenses that have
@@ -28,7 +35,7 @@
 the specific license in question</a> and avoid the vague term "BSD-style."</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Closed">Closed</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Closed">"Closed"</h4>
 <p>
 Describing non-free software as "closed" clearly refers to the term
 "open source".  In the Free Software Movement,
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@
 "proprietary"</a>.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Commercial">Commercial</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Commercial">"Commercial"</h4>
 <p>
 Please don't use "commercial" as a synonym for "non-free."
 That confuses two entirely different issues.</p>
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@
 be careful not to use the word "commercial" in that way.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Consumer">Consumer</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Consumer">"Consumer"</h4>
 <p>
 The term "consumer", when used to refer to computer users,
 carries unfortunate assumptions.</p>
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@
 computers, we suggest terms such as "individuals" and "citizens".</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Content">Content</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Content">"Content"</h4>
 <p>
 If you want to describe a feeling of comfort and satisfaction, by all
 means say you are "content", but using it as a noun to describe
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@
 providers".</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Creator">Creator</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Creator">"Creator"</h4>
 <p>
 The term "creator" as applied to authors implicitly compares them to
 a deity ("the creator").  The term is used by publishers to elevate
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@
 many cases "copyright holder" is what you really mean.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="DigitalRightsManagement">Digital Rights Management</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="DigitalRightsManagement">"Digital Rights Management"</h4>
 <p>
 "Digital Rights Management" software is actually designed to impose
 restrictions on computer users.  The use of the word "rights" in
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@
 Restrictions Malware", and "handcuffware".</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Ecosystem">Ecosystem</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Ecosystem">"Ecosystem"</h4>
 <p>
 It is a mistake to describe our community (or any community) as an
 "ecosystem", because that word implies the absence of (1) intension
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@
 computer users' freedom.
 </p>
 
-<h4>"<a name="ForFree">For free</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="ForFree">"For free"</h4>
 <p>
 If you want to say that a program is free software, please don't say
 that it is available "for free."  That term specifically means "for
@@ -172,10 +179,7 @@
 
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="FreelyAvailable">Freely Available</a>"</h4>
-
-<h4>"<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCFreelyAvailable"
-     name="FreelyAvailable">Freely available</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="FreelyAvailable">"Freely Available"</h4>
 
 <p>
 Don't use "freely available" as a synonym for "free software."  They
@@ -185,11 +189,7 @@
 </p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Freeware">Freeware</a>"</h4>
-
-
-<h4>"<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCFreeware"
-     name="Freeware">Freeware</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Freeware">"Freeware"</h4>
 
 <p>
 Please don't use the term "freeware" as a synonym for "free software."
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 it says, they will really understand what the issue is.
 </p>
        
-<h4>"<a name="GiveAwaySoftware">Give away software</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="GiveAwaySoftware">"Give away software"</h4>
 <p>
 It's misleading to use the term "give away" to mean "distribute a
 program as free software."  It has the same problem as "for free":
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 the confusion is to say "release as free software."</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="IntellectualProperty">Intellectual property</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="IntellectualProperty">"Intellectual property"</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers and lawyers like to describe copyright as "intellectual
 property"&mdash;a term that also includes patents, trademarks, and other
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 <a href="/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html">
 starting to make WIPO embarassed</a>.</p>
 
-<h4>"<a name="LAMP">LAMP system</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="LAMP">"LAMP system"</h4>
 
 <p>
 "LAMP" stands for "Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP"&mdash;a common
@@ -255,24 +255,7 @@
 </p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Market">Market</a>"</h4>
-
-
-<h4>"<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCMP3Player"
-     name="MP3Player">MP3 player</a>"</h4>
-<p>
-In the late 1990's it became feasible to make portable, solid-state
-digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all.
-Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and may
-not even support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid the
-patents.  To call such players "MP3 players" is not only confusing, it
-also puts MP3 in an undeserved position of privilege which helps the
-patent holders continue to attack our community.  We suggest the terms
-"digital audio player", or simply "audio player" if context permits.</p>
-
-
-<h4>"<a name="Market">Market</a>"</h4>
-
+<h4 id="Market">"Market"</h4>
 
 <p>
 It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the
@@ -289,7 +272,19 @@
 away from a rival.  To equate this campaign for freedom to a business'
 campaign for mere success is to diminish the significance of freedom.</p>
 
-<h4>"<a name="Open">Open</a>"</h4>
+
+<h4 id="MP3Player">"MP3 player"</h4>
+<p>
+In the late 1990's it became feasible to make portable, solid-state
+digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all.
+Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and may
+not even support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid the
+patents.  To call such players "MP3 players" is not only confusing, it
+also puts MP3 in an undeserved position of privilege which helps the
+patent holders continue to attack our community.  We suggest the terms
+"digital audio player", or simply "audio player" if context permits.</p>
+
+<h4 id="Open">"Open"</h4>
 <p>
 Please avoid using the word "open" as a substitute for "free
 software".  A <a href="/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">
@@ -300,7 +295,7 @@
 we are their supporters.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Piracy">Piracy</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Piracy">"Piracy"</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as "piracy."  In this
 way, they imply that illegal copying is ethically equivalent to
@@ -315,7 +310,7 @@
 neighbor."</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Protection">Protection</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Protection">"Protection"</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers' lawyers love to use the term "protection" to describe
 copyright.  This word carries the implication of preventing
@@ -332,7 +327,7 @@
 restrictions last a very long time."</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="RAND">RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory)</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="RAND">RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory)"</h4>
 <p>
 Standards bodies that promulgate patent-restricted standards that
 prohibit free software typically have a policy of obtaining patent
@@ -360,7 +355,7 @@
 licenses is a uniform royalty fee.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="SellSoftware">Sell software</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="SellSoftware">"Sell software"</h4>
 <p>
 The term "sell software" is ambiguous.  Strictly speaking,
 exchanging a copy of a free program for a sum of money is "selling";
@@ -374,7 +369,7 @@
 more discussion of this issue.</p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="SoftwareIndustry">Software Industry</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="SoftwareIndustry">"Software Industry"</h4>
 <p>
 The term "software industry" encourages people to imagine
 that software is always developed by a sort of factory
@@ -392,7 +387,7 @@
 of material goods".</a></p>
 
 
-<h4>"<a name="Theft">Theft</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Theft">"Theft"</h4>
 <p>
 Copyright apologists often use words like "stolen" and "theft" to
 describe copyright infringement.  At the same time, they ask us to
@@ -409,11 +404,7 @@
 say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things
 upside down.</p>
 
-
-
-<h4>"<a name="Vendor">Vendor</a>"</h4>
-
-<h4>"<a name="TrustedComputing">Trusted Computing</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="TrustedComputing">Trusted Computing"</h4>
 <p>
 <a href="can-you-trust.html">"Trusted computing"</a> is the proponents
 name for a scheme to redesign computers so that application developers
@@ -422,8 +413,7 @@
 "treacherous".  
 </p>
 
-<h4>"<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCVendor"
-     name="Vendor">Vendor</a>"</h4>
+<h4 id="Vendor">"Vendor"</h4>
 
 <p>
 Please don't use the term "vendor" to refer generally to anyone that
@@ -437,9 +427,9 @@
 
 <hr />
 
-<p>
+<div class="announcement">
 Also note <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories
-of Free Software</a>.</p>
+of Free Software</a>.</div>
 
 <hr />
 <h4>This essay is published in <a href="/doc/book13.html"><cite>Free Software,
@@ -479,7 +469,7 @@
   <p>
     Updated:
     <!-- timestamp start -->
-    $Date: 2007/03/29 19:11:08 $
+    $Date: 2007/03/30 16:49:26 $
     <!-- timestamp end -->
   </p>
 </div>