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From: |
Yavor Doganov |
Subject: |
www/philosophy why-copyleft.html |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:27:02 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 08/02/27 09:27:02
Modified files:
philosophy : why-copyleft.html
Log message:
Trivial boilerplate compliance fixes. Restore the original copyright
year.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/why-copyleft.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
Patches:
Index: why-copyleft.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/why-copyleft.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- why-copyleft.html 19 Jun 2007 00:02:57 -0000 1.19
+++ why-copyleft.html 27 Feb 2008 09:26:23 -0000 1.20
@@ -12,44 +12,45 @@
<!-- language, where necessary. -->
<p>
-<cite>"When it comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie
- down and do nothing is an act of weakness, not humility."</cite>
+<cite>“When it comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie
+down and do nothing is an act of weakness, not humility.”</cite>
</p>
<p>
- In the GNU Project we usually recommend people use <a
- href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> licenses like GNU
- GPL, rather than permissive non-copyleft free software licenses. We
- don't argue harshly against the non-copyleft licenses—in fact, we
- occasionally recommend them in special circumstances—but the
- advocates of those licenses show a pattern of arguing harshly against
- the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym>.
+In the GNU Project we usually recommend people
+use <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> licenses like GNU
+GPL, rather than permissive non-copyleft free software licenses. We
+don't argue harshly against the non-copyleft licenses—in fact,
+we occasionally recommend them in special circumstances—but the
+advocates of those licenses show a pattern of arguing harshly against
+the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym>.
</p>
<p>
- In one such argument, a person stated that his use of one of the
- BSD licenses was an "act of humility": "I ask nothing of those who
- use my code, except to credit me." It is rather a stretch to
- describe a legal demand for credit as "humility", but there is a
- deeper point to be considered here.
+In one such argument, a person stated that his use of one of the BSD
+licenses was an “act of humility”: “I ask nothing of
+those who use my code, except to credit me.” It is rather a
+stretch to describe a legal demand for credit as
+“humility”, but there is a deeper point to be considered
+here.
</p>
<p>
- Humility is abnegating your own self interest, but you and the one
- who uses your code are not the only ones affected by your choice of
- which free software license to use for your code. Someone who uses
- your code in a non-free program is trying to deny freedom to
- others, and if you let him do it, you're failing to defend their
- freedom. When it comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie
- down and do nothing is an act of weakness, not humility.
+Humility is abnegating your own self interest, but you and the one who
+uses your code are not the only ones affected by your choice of which
+free software license to use for your code. Someone who uses your
+code in a non-free program is trying to deny freedom to others, and if
+you let him do it, you're failing to defend their freedom. When it
+comes to defending the freedom of others, to lie down and do nothing
+is an act of weakness, not humility.
</p>
<p>
- Releasing your code under one of the BSD licenses, or some other
- permissive non-copyleft license, is not doing wrong; the program is
- still free software, and still a contribution to our community.
- But it is weak, and in most cases it is not the best way to
- promote users' freedom to share and change software.
+Releasing your code under one of the BSD licenses, or some other
+permissive non-copyleft license, is not doing wrong; the program is
+still free software, and still a contribution to our community. But
+it is weak, and in most cases it is not the best way to promote users'
+freedom to share and change software.
</p>
<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, -->
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
the FSF.
<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>.
</p>
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright © 2003, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
</p>
<address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA</address>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/06/19 00:02:57 $ $Author: karl $
+$Date: 2008/02/27 09:26:23 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
@@ -113,15 +114,24 @@
<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities -->
<ul class="translations-list">
-<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.ca.html">Català</a> [ca]</li> <!--
Catalan -->
+<!-- Catalan -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.ca.html">Català</a> [ca]</li>
+<!-- German -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.de.html">Deutsch</a> [de]</li>
+<!-- English -->
<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.html">English</a> [en]</li>
-<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.de.html">Deutsch</a> [de]</li>
<!-- German -->
-<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.es.html">Español</a> [es]</li>
<!-- Spanish -->
-<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.fr.html">Français</a> [fr]</li>
<!-- French -->
-<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.he.html">עברית</a> [he]</li>
<!-- Hebrew -->
-<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.ko.html">한국어</a> [ko]</li>
<!-- Korean -->
-<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.nl.html">Nederlands</a> [nl]</li>
<!-- Dutch -->
-<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.pl.html">Polski</a> [pl]</li>
<!-- Polish -->
+<!-- Spanish -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.es.html">Español</a> [es]</li>
+<!-- French -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.fr.html">Français</a> [fr]</li>
+<!-- Hebrew -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.he.html">עברית</a> [he]</li>
+<!-- Korean -->
+<li><a
href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.ko.html">한국어</a> [ko]</li>
+<!-- Dutch -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.nl.html">Nederlands</a> [nl]</li>
+<!-- Polish -->
+<li><a href="/philosophy/why-copyleft.pl.html">Polski</a> [pl]</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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