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www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html
From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:45:15 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 08/06/10 18:45:15
Modified files:
philosophy : words-to-avoid.html
Log message:
add Photoshop (#364005) and PowerPoint (rms)
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.92&r2=1.93
Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.92
retrieving revision 1.93
diff -u -b -r1.92 -r1.93
--- words-to-avoid.html 26 Apr 2008 13:37:17 -0000 1.92
+++ words-to-avoid.html 10 Jun 2008 18:44:30 -0000 1.93
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@
name="TOCOpen">Open</a>”
| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PC"
name="TOCPC">PC</a>”
+| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Photoshop"
+ name="TOCPC">Photoshop</a>”
| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Piracy"
name="TOCPiracy">Piracy</a>”
+| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PowerPoint"
+ name="TOCPC">PowerPoint</a>”
| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Protection"
name="TOCProtection">Protection</a>”
| “<a href="words-to-avoid.html#RAND"
@@ -431,6 +435,15 @@
install GNU/Linux on the same computer, it is still a PC.</p>
+<h4 id="Photoshop">“Photoshop”</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term “Photoshop” as a verb, meaning
+any kind of photo manipulation or image editing in general. Photoshop
+is just the name of one particular proprietary image editing program, and
+there are plenty of free alternatives, such as <a
+href="/software/gimp">GIMP</a>.</p>
+
+
<h4 id="Piracy">“Piracy”</h4>
<p>
Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as “piracy.”
@@ -446,6 +459,15 @@
“sharing information with your neighbor.”</p>
+<h4 id="PowerPoint">“Powerpoint”</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term “PowerPoint” to mean any kind of
+slide presentation. PowerPoint is just the name of one particular
+proprietary program to make presentations, and there are plenty of free
+alternatives, such as the <tt>beamer</tt> class available with any
+(La)TeX distribution.</p>
+
+
<h4 id="Protection">“Protection”</h4>
<p>
Publishers' lawyers love to use the term “protection” to
@@ -615,7 +637,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/04/26 13:37:17 $
+$Date: 2008/06/10 18:44:30 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html,
Karl Berry <=