www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       08/12/09 18:23:09

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Move the text about "free commercial software".
        
        Other minor cleanups.
        
        Fix history change in 1.74.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.74&r2=1.75

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.74
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -b -r1.74 -r1.75
--- free-sw.html        9 Dec 2008 18:16:53 -0000       1.74
+++ free-sw.html        9 Dec 2008 18:22:18 -0000       1.75
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+<q>Free software</q> does not mean <q>non-commercial.</q>  A free
+program must be available for commercial use, commercial development,
+and commercial distribution.  Commercial development of free software
+is no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important.
 You may have paid money to get copies of free software, or you may have
 obtained copies at no charge.  But regardless of how you got your copies,
 you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to 
@@ -132,15 +136,8 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-<q>Free software</q> does not mean <q>non-commercial.</q>  A free
-program must be available for commercial use, commercial development,
-and commercial distribution.  Commercial development of free software
-is no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they
-don't substantively block your freedom to release modified versions, or
+However, rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they
+don't substantively limit your freedom to release modified versions, or
 your freedom to make and use modified versions privately.  Rules that <q>if
 you make your version available in this way, you must make it available in
 that way also</q> can be acceptable too, on the same condition.  (Note that
@@ -159,8 +156,8 @@
 <a href="/philosophy/categories.html#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware">non-copylefted
 free software</a> also exists.  We believe there are important reasons why
 <a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html"> it is better to use copyleft</a>,
-but if your program is non-copylefted free software, we can still
-use it.
+but if your program is non-copylefted free software, it is still basically
+ethical.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -290,7 +287,7 @@
 <ul>
 
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.73&amp;r2=1.74";>Version
-1.74</a>: Three clarifications of points not explicit enough, or stated
+1.74</a>: Four clarifications of points not explicit enough, or stated
 in some places but not reflected everywhere:
 <ul>
 <li>"Improvements" does not mean the license can
@@ -299,6 +296,7 @@
 <li>The right to merge in existing modules
 refers to those that are suitably licensed.</li>
 <li>Explicitly state the conclusion of the point about export controls.</li>
+<li>Imposing a license change constitutes revoking the old license.</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 
@@ -382,7 +380,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/12/09 18:16:53 $
+$Date: 2008/12/09 18:22:18 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>