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Yavor Doganov |
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www/gnu fs-user-groups.html gnu-linux-faq.html |
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:38:40 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 08/06/14 15:38:40
Modified files:
gnu : fs-user-groups.html gnu-linux-faq.html
Log message:
Validation and boilerplate compliance fixes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/fs-user-groups.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.36&r2=1.37
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.87&r2=1.88
Patches:
Index: fs-user-groups.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/fs-user-groups.html,v
retrieving revision 1.36
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -b -r1.36 -r1.37
--- fs-user-groups.html 31 May 2008 12:19:41 -0000 1.36
+++ fs-user-groups.html 14 Jun 2008 15:38:25 -0000 1.37
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
del Software Libre</a></li>
</ul>
- <h4 id="Chile">Colombia</h4>
+ <h4 id="Colombia">Colombia</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://pulpa.utp.edu.co";>Pulpa - Grupo de Usuarios
GNU/Linux de Pereira</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
<h4 id="Peru">Peru</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.apesol.org/";>Asociación Peruana de
Software Libre</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.somoslibres.org";>Grupo de Usuarios de Software
Libre SomosLibres.org</a><li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.somoslibres.org";>Grupo de Usuarios de Software
Libre SomosLibres.org</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="Spain">Spain</h4>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/05/31 12:19:41 $
+$Date: 2008/06/14 15:38:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.87
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -u -b -r1.87 -r1.88
--- gnu-linux-faq.html 30 May 2008 21:33:47 -0000 1.87
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html 14 Jun 2008 15:38:25 -0000 1.88
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
<li><a href="#whycare" id="TOCwhycare">Why is the name important?</a></li>
<li><a href="#howerror" id="TOChowerror">How did it come about that most
- people call the system "Linux"?</a></li>
+ people call the system “Linux”?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#always" id="TOCalways">Should we always say "GNU/Linux" instead
-of "Linux"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#always" id="TOCalways">Should we always say
+“GNU/Linux” instead of “Linux”?</a></li>
<li><a href="#linuxalone" id="TOClinuxalone">Would Linux have achieved
the same success if there had been no GNU?</a></li>
@@ -41,15 +41,17 @@
support an individual's free speech rights to call the system by
any name that individual chooses?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#everyoneknows" id="TOCeveryoneknows">Since everyone knows
- the role of GNU in developing the system, doesn't the "GNU/" in the
- name go without saying?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#everyoneknows" id="TOCeveryoneknows">Since everyone
+ knows the role of GNU in developing the system, doesn't the
+ “GNU/” in the name go without saying?</a></li>
<li><a href="#everyoneknows2" id="TOCeveryoneknows2">Since I know the role of
GNU in this system, why does it matter what name I use?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#windows" id="TOCwindows">Isn't shortening "GNU/Linux"
- to "Linux" just like shortening "Microsoft Windows" to "Windows"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#windows" id="TOCwindows">Isn't shortening
+ “GNU/Linux” to “Linux” just like
+ shortening “Microsoft Windows” to
+ “Windows”?</a></li>
<li><a href="#tools" id="TOCtools">Isn't GNU a collection of programming
tools that were included in Linux?</a></li>
@@ -65,17 +67,19 @@
system after the kernel, Linux. Isn't it normal to name an
operating system after a kernel?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#long" id="TOClong">The problem with "GNU/Linux" is that it
- is too long. How about recommending a shorter name?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#long" id="TOClong">The problem with
+ “GNU/Linux” is that it is too long. How about
+ recommending a shorter name?</a></li>
<li><a href="#justgnu" id="TOCjustgnu">Since Linux is a secondary
contribution, would it be false to the facts to call the system
simply "GNU"?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#trademarkfee" id="TOCtrademarkfee">I would have
- to pay a fee if I use "Linux" in the name of a product, and that
- would also apply if I say "GNU/Linux". Is it wrong if I use "GNU"
- without "Linux", to save the fee?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#trademarkfee" id="TOCtrademarkfee">I would have to pay a
+ fee if I use “Linux” in the name of a product, and
+ that would also apply if I say “GNU/Linux”. Is it
+ wrong if I use “GNU” without “Linux”, to
+ save the fee?</a></li>
<li><a href="#many" id="TOCmany">Many other projects contributed to the
system as it is today; it includes TeX, X11, Apache, Perl, and many
@@ -94,34 +98,37 @@
contributed to the system as it is today; doesn't that mean
we ought to call it GNU/Redhat/Novell/Linux?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#whyslash" id="TOCwhyslash">Why do you write "GNU/Linux"
- instead of "GNU Linux"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#whyslash" id="TOCwhyslash">Why do you write
+ “GNU/Linux” instead of “GNU
+ Linux”?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#whyorder" id="TOCwhyorder">Why "GNU/Linux" rather than
-"Linux/GNU"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#whyorder" id="TOCwhyorder">Why “GNU/Linux”
+rather than “Linux/GNU”?</a></li>
<li><a href="#distronames" id="TOCdistronames">My distro is called
- "Foobar Linux"; doesn't that show it's really Linux?</a></li>
+ “Foobar Linux”; doesn't that show it's really
+ Linux?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#distronames1" id="TOCdistronames1">My distro's
- official name is "Foobar Linux"; isn't it wrong to call the distro
- anything but "Linux"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#distronames1" id="TOCdistronames1">My distro's official
+ name is “Foobar Linux”; isn't it wrong to call the
+ distro anything but “Linux”?</a></li>
<li><a href="#companies" id="TOCcompanies">Wouldn't it be more
effective to ask companies such as Mandrake, Red Hat and IBM to
- call their distributions "GNU/Linux" rather than asking
- individuals?</a></li>
+ call their distributions “GNU/Linux” rather than
+ asking individuals?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#reserve" id="TOCreserve">Wouldn't it be better to reserve
- the name "GNU/Linux" for distributions that are purely free
- software? After all, that is the ideal of GNU.</a></li>
+<li><a href="#reserve" id="TOCreserve">Wouldn't it be better to
+ reserve the name “GNU/Linux” for distributions that
+ are purely free software? After all, that is the ideal of
+ GNU.</a></li>
<li><a href="#gnudist" id="TOCgnudist">Why not make a GNU distribution of
Linux (sic) and call that GNU/Linux?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#linuxgnu" id="TOClinuxgnu">Why not just say "Linux is
- the GNU kernel" and release some existing version of GNU/Linux
- under the name "GNU"?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#linuxgnu" id="TOClinuxgnu">Why not just say “Linux
+ is the GNU kernel” and release some existing version of
+ GNU/Linux under the name “GNU”?</a></li>
<li><a href="#condemn" id="TOCcondemn">Did the GNU Project condemn and
oppose use of Linux in the early days?</a></li>
@@ -133,9 +140,11 @@
be applied to all programs that are GPL'ed?</a></li>
<li><a href="#unix" id="TOCunix">Since much of GNU comes from Unix,
- shouldn't GNU give credit to Unix by using "Unix" in its name?</a></li>
+ shouldn't GNU give credit to Unix by using “Unix” in
+ its name?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#bsd" id="TOCbsd">Should we say "GNU/BSD" too?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#bsd" id="TOCbsd">Should we say “GNU/BSD”
+too?</a></li>
<li><a href="#othersys" id="TOCothersys">If I install the GNU tools on
Windows, does that mean I am running a GNU/Windows system?</a></li>
@@ -144,8 +153,8 @@
without GNU?</a></li>
<li><a href="#helplinus" id="TOChelplinus">Why not call the system
- "Linux" anyway, and strengthen Linus Torvalds' role as posterboy for our
- community?</a></li>
+ “Linux” anyway, and strengthen Linus Torvalds' role as
+ posterboy for our community?</a></li>
<li><a href="#claimlinux" id="TOCclaimlinux">Isn't it wrong for us to label
Linus
Torvalds' work as GNU?</a></li>
@@ -153,17 +162,17 @@
<li><a href="#linusagreed" id="TOClinusagreed">Does Linus Torvalds
agree that Linux is just the kernel?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#lost" id="TOClost">The battle is already lost--society has
- made its decision and we can't change it, so why even think about
- it?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#lost" id="TOClost">The battle is already
+ lost—society has made its decision and we can't change it,
+ so why even think about it?</a></li>
<li><a href="#whatgood" id="TOCwhatgood">Society has made its decision
and we can't change it, so what good does it do if I say
- "GNU/Linux"?</a></li>
+ “GNU/Linux”?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#explain" id="TOCexplain">Wouldn't it be better to call the
- system "Linux" and teach people its real origin with a ten-minute
- explanation?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#explain" id="TOCexplain">Wouldn't it be better to call
+ the system “Linux” and teach people its real origin
+ with a ten-minute explanation?</a></li>
<li><a href="#treatment" id="TOCtreatment">Some people laugh at you when
you ask them to call the system GNU/Linux. Why do you subject yourself
@@ -180,18 +189,20 @@
BSD license's advertising requirement to give credit to the University of
California, isn't it hypocritical to demand credit for the GNU
project?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#require" id="TOCrequire">Shouldn't you put something in the GNU
GPL to
- require people to call the system "GNU"?</a></li>
-
-<li><a href="#deserve" id="TOCdeserve">Since you failed to put something in
the GNU GPL
- to require people to call the system "GNU", you deserve what
- happened; why are you complaining now?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#require" id="TOCrequire">Shouldn't you put something in
+ the GNU GPL to require people to call the system
+ “GNU”?</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="#deserve" id="TOCdeserve">Since you failed to put
+ something in the GNU GPL to require people to call the system
+ “GNU”, you deserve what happened; why are you
+ complaining now?</a></li>
<li><a href="#contradict" id="TOCcontradict">Wouldn't you be better off
not contradicting what so many people believe?</a></li>
<li><a href="#somanyright" id="TOCsomanyright">Since many people call it
- "Linux", doesn't that make it right?</a></li>
+ “Linux”, doesn't that make it right?</a></li>
<li><a href="#winning" id="TOCwinning">Many people care about what's
convenient or
who's winning, not about arguments of right or wrong. Couldn't you
@@ -720,10 +731,11 @@
It isn't a choice of one or the other—we ask companies and
organizations and individuals to help spread the word. In fact, we
have asked all three of those companies. Mandrake uses the term
-“GNU/Linux” some of the time, but IBM and Red Hat were unwilling to
-help. One executive said, “This is a pure commercial decision; we
-expect to make more money calling it `Linux'.” In other words, that
-company did not care what was right.
+“GNU/Linux” some of the time, but IBM and Red Hat were
+unwilling to help. One executive said, “This is a pure
+commercial decision; we expect to make more money calling it
+‘Linux’.” In other words, that company did not care
+what was right.
<p>
We can't make them change, but we're not the sort to give up just
because the road isn't easy. You may not have as much influence at
@@ -1287,7 +1299,7 @@
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";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
</p>
@@ -1299,7 +1311,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Copyright © 2001, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright © 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
</p>
<address>51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA</address>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
@@ -1310,7 +1322,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/05/30 21:33:47 $
+$Date: 2008/06/14 15:38:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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