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www/philosophy compromise.html
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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy compromise.html |
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Date: |
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:35:16 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 09/09/27 02:35:16
Modified files:
philosophy : compromise.html
Log message:
Remove spaces around —.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/compromise.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12
Patches:
Index: compromise.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/compromise.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -b -r1.11 -r1.12
--- compromise.html 27 Sep 2009 02:29:55 -0000 1.11
+++ compromise.html 27 Sep 2009 02:35:06 -0000 1.12
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
margin-top: 4em;"><p><em>“Twenty-five years
ago <a href="/gnu/initial-announcement.html">on September 27, 1983, I
announced a plan</a> to create a completely free operating system
-called GNU — for ‘GNU is not Unix’. As part of the
+called GNU—for ‘GNU is not Unix’. As part of the
25th anniversary of the GNU system, I have written this article on how
our community can avoid ruinous compromises. In addition to avoiding
such compromises, there are many ways you can <a href="/help/">help
GNU</a> and free software. One basic way is
to <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=4052";>
join the Free Software Foundation</a> as an Associate
-Member.”</em> — <b>Richard Stallman</b></p></div>
+Member.”</em>—<b>Richard Stallman</b></p></div>
<h2>Avoiding Ruinous Compromises</h2>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
if we make compromises with people that have different goals.</p>
<p>Thus, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software
-Foundation</a> makes compromises — even major ones. For
+Foundation</a> makes compromises—even major ones. For
instance, we made compromises in the patent provisions of version 3 of
the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a> (GNU GPL) so
that major companies would contribute to and distribute GPLv3-covered
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
compromise that would influence their actions by endorsing their
consumer values.</p>
-<p>This is not to say we cannot cite practical advantage at all — we can
+<p>This is not to say we cannot cite practical advantage at all—we can
and we do. It becomes a problem only when the practical advantage steals
the scene and pushes freedom into the background. Therefore,
when we cite the practical advantages of free software, we reiterate
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/09/27 02:29:55 $
+$Date: 2009/09/27 02:35:06 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>