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www/copyleft .cvsignore copyleft.last


From: Yavor Doganov
Subject: www/copyleft .cvsignore copyleft.last
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:16:33 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   08/08/11 12:16:33

Removed files:
        copyleft       : .cvsignore copyleft.last 

Log message:
        Delete redundant files.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/copyleft/.cvsignore?cvsroot=www&r1=1.1&r2=0
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/copyleft/copyleft.last?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=0

Patches:
Index: .cvsignore
===================================================================
RCS file: .cvsignore
diff -N .cvsignore
--- .cvsignore  25 Feb 2001 22:25:56 -0000      1.1
+++ /dev/null   1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gcc-2.95

Index: copyleft.last
===================================================================
RCS file: copyleft.last
diff -N copyleft.last
--- copyleft.last       13 Oct 2006 19:23:24 -0000      1.3
+++ /dev/null   1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
@@ -1,254 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>What is the Copyleft? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation 
(FSF)</TITLE>
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords"
- CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Copyleft">
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" 
VLINK="#9900DD">
-
-<H3>What Is Copyleft?</H3>
-
-<P>
-
-<A HREF="/graphics/philosophical-gnu-sm.jpg"><IMG 
SRC="/graphics/philosophical-gnu-sm.jpg"
-   ALT=" [image of a Philosophical Gnu] "
-   WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="200">&#32;(jpeg 7k)</A>
-<A HREF="/graphics/philosophical-gnu.jpg">(jpeg 141k)</A>
-
-
-<P>
-
-<HR>
-
-<P>
-
-<H4>Table of Contents</H4>
-<UL>
-  <LI><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#WhatIsCopyleft"
-       NAME="TOCWhatIsCopyleft">What Is Copyleft?</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#translations"
-       NAME="TOCtranslations">Translations of the GPL</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#OtherTextsToRead"
-       NAME="TOCOtherTextsToRead">Other Texts to Read</A>
-</UL>
-
-<P>
-
-<HR>
-
-<P>
-
-<H3><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#TOCWhatIsCopyleft"
-       NAME="WhatIsCopyleft">What Is Copyleft?</A></H3>
-
-
-<P>
-
-The simplest way to make a program free is to put it in the
-
-<A HREF="/philosophy/categories.html#PublicDomainSoftware">public
-domain (18k characters)</A>, uncopyrighted.  This allows people to
-share the program and their improvements, if they are so minded.  But
-it also allows uncooperative people to convert the program into
-
-<A HREF="/philosophy/categories.html#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary
-software (18k characters)</A>.  They can make changes, many or few,
-and distribute the result as a proprietary product.  People who
-receive the program in that modified form do not have the freedom that
-the original author gave them; the middleman has stripped it away.
-
-<P>
-In the GNU project, our aim is to give <em>all</em> users the freedom
-to redistribute and change GNU software.  If middlemen could strip off
-the freedom, we might have many users, but those users would not have
-freedom.  So instead of putting GNU software in the public domain, we
-``copyleft'' it.  Copyleft says that anyone who redistributes the
-software, with or without changes, must pass along the freedom to
-further copy and change it.  Copyleft guarantees that every user has
-freedom.
-
-<P>
-
-Copyleft provides another benefit as well.  People who write
-<A HREF="/software/software.html#HelpWriteSoftware">improvements</A>
-in
-<A HREF="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</A>
-often work for companies or universities
-that would do almost anything to get money.  A programmer may want to
-contribute her changes to the community, but her employer may ``see
-green'' and insist on turning the changes into a commercial product.
-
-<P>
-When we explain to the employer that it is illegal to distribute the
-improved version except as free software, the employer usually decides
-to release it as free software rather than throw it away.
-
-<P>
-To copyleft a program, first we copyright it; then we add distribution
-terms, which are a legal instrument that gives everyone the rights to
-use, modify, and redistribute the program's code <em>or any program
-derived from it</em> but only if the distribution terms are unchanged.
-Thus, the code and the freedoms become legally inseparable.
-
-<P>
-Proprietary software developers use copyright to take away the users'
-freedom; we use copyright to guarantee their freedom.  That's why we
-reverse the name, changing ``copyright'' into ``copyleft.''
-
-<P>
-Copyleft is a general concept; there are many ways to fill in the
-details.  In the GNU Project, the specific distribution terms that we
-use are contained in the
-
-<A HREF="/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License (20k
-characters)</A> (GNU GPL).  An alternate form, the
-
-<A HREF="/copyleft/lgpl.html">GNU Library General Public License (27k
-characters)</A> (GNU LGPL), applies to a few (but not all) GNU
-libraries.  The library license permits linking the libraries into
-proprietary executables under certain conditions.
-
-<P>
-The appropriate license is included in many manuals and in each GNU
-source code distribution (usually in files named
-<A HREF="/copyleft/gpl.html">COPYING (20k characters)</A>
-and
-<A HREF="/copyleft/lgpl.html">COPYING.LIB (27k characters)</A>).
-
-<P>
-The GNU GPL is designed so that you can easily apply it to your own
-program if you are the copyright holder.  You don't have to modify the
-GNU GPL to do this, just add notices to your program which refer
-properly to the GNU GPL.
-
-<P>
-If you would like to copyleft your program with the GNU GPL, please
-see the instructions at the
-<A HREF="/copyleft/gpl.html#SEC4">end (20k characters)</A> of the GPL text.
-If you would like to copyleft your library with the GNU LGPL, please
-see the instructions at the
-<A HREF="/copyleft/lgpl.html#SEC4">end (27k characters)</A> of the LGPL text
-(note you can also use the <A HREF="/copyleft/gpl.html">ordinary GPL</A>
-for libraries).
-
-<P>
-Using the same distribution terms for many different programs makes it
-easy to copy code between various different programs.  Since they all
-have the same distribution terms, there is no need to think about
-whether the terms are compatible.  The Library GPL includes a
-provision that lets you alter the distribution terms to the ordinary
-GPL, so that you can copy code into another program covered by the
-GPL.
-
-<HR>
-<P>
-<H4><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#TOCtranslations"
-       NAME="translations">Translations of the GPL</A></H4>
-<P>
-Here are some translations of the GNU GPL done by others.
-
-<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.sra.co.jp/pub/gnu/local-fix/GPL2-j";>A Japanese
-       translation</A> of the GPL.
-<LI><A HREF="http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~gnu-pascal/gpl-ger.html";>A
-     German translation</A> of the GPL.
-</UL>
-
-<P>
-These versions are not official.  Legally speaking, the original
-(English) version of the GPL is what specifies the actual distribution
-terms for GNU programs.
-
-<P>
-The reason the FSF does not approve these translations as officially
-valid is that checking them would be difficult and expensive (needing
-the help of bilingual lawyers in other countries).  Even worse, if an
-error did slip through, the results could be disastrous for the whole
-free software community.  As long as the translations are unofficial,
-they can't do any harm, and we hope they help more people understand
-the GPL.
-
-<HR>
-
-<H4><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html#TOCOtherTextsToRead"
-       NAME="OtherTextsToRead">Other Texts to Read</A></H4>
-<P>
-
-This first group of articles directly address the philosophy of the
-GNU project and free software:
-
-<P>
-
-<UL>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/free-sw.html">What is Free Software?</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/why-free.html">Why
-       Software Should Not Have Owners</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/selling.html">Selling Free Software</A> Can Be Ok!
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free Software
-       (18k characters)</A>
-  <LI>Free software is more
-       <A HREF="/software/reliability.html">reliable</A>!
-  <LI><A HREF="/fsf/fsf.html">What is the Free Software Foundation?</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/copyleft/copyleft.html">What is Copyleft?</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Confusing Words</A>
-       which You Might Want to Avoid
-  <LI><A HREF="/gnu/gnu-history.html">History of the GNU Project</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/gnu/manifesto.html">The GNU Manifesto (31k characters)</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/gif.html">Why there are no GIF files on
-       GNU web pages</A>
-</UL>
-
-<P>
-
-This second group of articles deal with related topics but are not
-directly about the GNU project:
-
-<P>
-
-<UL>
-  <LI>How to Protect the <A HREF="/philosophy/protecting.html">Right to Write
-       Software</A> (independent of whether it's free or not)
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/right-to-read.html">Where the Copyright System
-       and Government Plans are Leading Us</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/dat.html">The Right Way to Tax DAT (22k
-       characters)</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/motivation.html">Studies Find 
-       Reward Often No Motivator</A>
-  <LI><A HREF="/philosophy/stallman-kth.html">A speech that Richard
-       Stallman gave in 1986 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden</A>
-  <LI>How to Protect the
-       <A HREF="/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html">Freedoms
-       of Speech, Press, and Association</A>
-       on the Internet
-</UL>
-
-<P>
-
-<HR>
-
-Return to <A HREF="/home.html">GNU's home page</A>.
-<P>
-FSF &amp; GNU inquiries &amp; questions to
-<A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>.
-Other <A HREF="/home.html#ContactInfo">ways to contact</A> the FSF.
-<P>
-Comments on these web pages to
-<A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>,
-send other questions to
-<A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>.
-<P>
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110,  USA
-<P>
-Verbatim copying and distribution is permitted
-in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
-<P>
-Updated:
-<!-- hhmts start -->
- 4 Aug 1997 tower
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