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Yavor Doganov |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy freedom-or-power.html |
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Date: |
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:14:24 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 07/04/11 21:14:24
Modified files:
philosophy : freedom-or-power.html
Log message:
* Templated.
* Added link to the Indonesian translation.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.15&r2=1.16
Patches:
Index: freedom-or-power.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -b -r1.15 -r1.16
--- freedom-or-power.html 26 Dec 2006 09:25:48 -0000 1.15
+++ freedom-or-power.html 11 Apr 2007 21:14:18 -0000 1.16
@@ -1,41 +1,20 @@
-<?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>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
<title>Freedom Or Power? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
-<meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
+
<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation,
Linux, general, public, license, gpl, general public license, freedom,
software, power, rights" />
<meta http-equiv="Description" content="In this essay, Freedom or Power?,
Bradley M. Kuhn and Richard M. Stallman discuss the reasons that the Free
Software Movement doesn't advocate the so-called freedom to choose any license
you want for software you write." />
-<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>
-
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Freedom or Power?</h2>
-<p>
-by <strong>Bradley M. Kuhn</strong> and <strong>Richard M.
Stallman</strong></p>
<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>
+by <strong>Bradley M. Kuhn</strong> and <strong>Richard
+M. Stallman</strong></p>
-<div style="text-align:center">
-<cite>"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the
- love of ourselves." -- William Hazlitt</cite>
-</div>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the
+love of ourselves.<br />
+-- William Hazlitt</p>
+</blockquote>
<p>
In the Free Software Movement, we stand for freedom for the users of
@@ -55,9 +34,10 @@
occasionally, or not at all.</p>
<p>
-However, one so-called freedom that we do not advocate is the "freedom to
-choose any license you want for software you write". We reject this
-because it is really a form of power, not a freedom.</p>
+However, one so-called freedom that we do not advocate is the
+“freedom to choose any license you want for software you
+write”. We reject this because it is really a form of power,
+not a freedom.</p>
<p>
This oft-overlooked distinction is crucial. Freedom is being able to make
@@ -68,7 +48,7 @@
<p>
Proprietary software is an exercise of power. Copyright law today grants
software developers that power, so they and only they choose the rules to
-impose on everyone else--a relatively few people make the basic software
+impose on everyone else—a relatively few people make the basic software
decisions for everyone, typically by denying their freedom. When users
lack the freedoms that define Free Software, they can't tell what the
software is doing, can't check for back doors, can't monitor possible
@@ -81,27 +61,29 @@
<p>
Proprietary software developers are often businesses. We in the Free
Software Movement are not opposed to business, but we have seen what
-happens when a software business has the "freedom" to impose arbitrary
-rules on the users of software. Microsoft is an egregious example of how
-denying users' freedoms can lead to direct harm, but it is not the only
-example. Even when there is no monopoly, proprietary software harms
-society. A choice of masters is not freedom.</p>
-
-<p>
-Discussions of rights and rules for software have often concentrated on
-the interests of programmers alone. Few people in the world program
-regularly, and fewer still are owners of proprietary software businesses.
-But the entire developed world now needs and uses software, so software
-developers now control the way the world lives, does business,
-communicates and is entertained. The ethical and political issues are not
-addressed by the slogan of "freedom of choice (for developers only)".</p>
-
-<p>
-If code is law, as Professor Lawrence Lessig (of Stanford Law School) has
-stated, then the real question we face is: who should control the code you
-use--you, or an elite few? We believe you are entitled to control the
-software you use, and giving you that control is the goal of Free
-Software.</p>
+happens when a software business has the “freedom” to
+impose arbitrary rules on the users of software. Microsoft is an
+egregious example of how denying users' freedoms can lead to direct
+harm, but it is not the only example. Even when there is no monopoly,
+proprietary software harms society. A choice of masters is not
+freedom.</p>
+
+<p>
+Discussions of rights and rules for software have often concentrated
+on the interests of programmers alone. Few people in the world
+program regularly, and fewer still are owners of proprietary software
+businesses. But the entire developed world now needs and uses
+software, so software developers now control the way the world lives,
+does business, communicates and is entertained. The ethical and
+political issues are not addressed by the slogan of “freedom of
+choice (for developers only)”.</p>
+
+<p>
+If code is law, as Professor Lawrence Lessig (of Stanford Law School)
+has stated, then the real question we face is: who should control the
+code you use—you, or an elite few? We believe you are entitled
+to control the software you use, and giving you that control is the
+goal of Free Software.</p>
<p>
We believe you should decide what to do with the software you use;
@@ -121,60 +103,19 @@
we stand for, just as more and more users have come to appreciate the
practical value of the Free Software we have developed.</p>
-
<hr />
<h4>This essay is published in <a href="/doc/book13.html"><cite>Free Software,
Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman</cite></a></h4>
-<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/freedom-or-power.cs.html">Česky</a> <!--
Czech -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.de.html">Deutsch</a> <!-- German -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html">English</a>
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.es.html">Español</a> <!--
Spanish -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.fr.html">Français</a> <!--
French -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.it.html">Italiano</a> <!-- Italian -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.ko.html">한국어</a>
<!-- Korean -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.pl.html">Polski</a> <!-- Polish -->
-| <a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.pt.html">Português</a> <!--
Portuguese -->
-]
-</p>
</div>
-<div class="copyright">
-<p>
-Return to the <a href="/home.html">GNU Project home page</a>.
-</p>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
<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>
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
the FSF.
<br />
Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
@@ -183,7 +124,7 @@
<p>
Please see the
-<a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+<a href="/server/standards/README.translations">Translations
README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
translations of this article.
</p>
@@ -198,10 +139,50 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/12/26 09:25:48 $ $Author: chsong $
+$Date: 2007/04/11 21:14:18 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
+<div id="translations">
+<h4>Translations of this page</h4>
+
+<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical. -->
+<!-- Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. de is Deutsch.-->
+<!-- If you add a new language here, please -->
+<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
+<!-- - /home/www/bin/nightly-vars either TAGSLANG or WEBLANG -->
+<!-- - /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 -->
+<!-- <URL:http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ert/iso639.htm> -->
+<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities -->
+
+<ul class="translations-list">
+<!-- Czech -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.cs.html">Česky</a> [cs]</li>
+<!-- German -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.de.html">Deutsch</a> [de]</li>
+<!-- English -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html">English</a> [en]</li>
+<!-- Spanish -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.es.html">Español</a> [es]</li>
+<!-- French -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.fr.html">Français</a> [fr]</li>
+<!-- Indonesian -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.id.html">Bahasa
Indonesia</a> [id]</li>
+<!-- Italian -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.it.html">Italiano</a> [it]</li>
+<!-- Korean -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.ko.html">한국어</a> [ko]</li>
+<!-- Polish -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.pl.html">Polski</a> [pl]</li>
+<!-- Portuguese -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/freedom-or-power.pt.html">Português</a> [pt]</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
</body>
</html>
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