www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       08/01/31 04:35:40

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Compensation): New item.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.85&r2=1.86

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.85
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -b -r1.85 -r1.86
--- words-to-avoid.html 16 Dec 2007 20:11:14 -0000      1.85
+++ words-to-avoid.html 31 Jan 2008 04:35:26 -0000      1.86
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@
 to use the word &ldquo;commercial&rdquo; in that way.</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="Compensation">&ldquo;Compensation&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+To speak of &ldquo;compensation for authors&rdquo; in connection with
+copyright carries the assumptions that (1) copyright exists for the
+sake of authors and (2) whenever we read something, we owe the author
+money.  The first assumption is simply
+<a href="misinterpreting-copyright.html">false</a>, and the second is
+rather outrageous.
+
 <h4 id="Consumer">&ldquo;Consumer&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 The term &ldquo;consumer&rdquo;, when used to refer to computer users,
@@ -603,7 +612,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/12/16 20:11:14 $
+$Date: 2008/01/31 04:35:26 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>