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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy pragmatic.html |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:39:04 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 09/10/27 11:39:04
Modified files:
philosophy : pragmatic.html
Log message:
Correction in definition of "idealism".
Add link on "copyleft".
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/pragmatic.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.32&r2=1.33
Patches:
Index: pragmatic.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/pragmatic.html,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -b -r1.32 -r1.33
--- pragmatic.html 18 Oct 2009 07:35:29 -0000 1.32
+++ pragmatic.html 27 Oct 2009 11:38:59 -0000 1.33
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and
goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit,
love, survival, fun, and freedom, are just some of the goals that a
-good person might have. When the goal is to help others as well as
-oneself, we call that idealism.</p>
+good person might have. When the goal is a matter of principle, we
+call that idealism.</p>
<p>
My work on free software is motivated by an idealistic goal: spreading
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
and thus make our society better.</p>
<p>
That's the basic reason why the GNU General Public License is written
-the way it is—as a copyleft. All code added to a GPL-covered program
+the way it is—as a <a href="/copyleft"> copyleft</a>.
+All code added to a GPL-covered program
must be free software, even if it is put in a separate file. I make
my code available for use in free software, and not for use in
proprietary software, in order to encourage other people who write
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
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-$Date: 2009/10/18 07:35:29 $
+$Date: 2009/10/27 11:38:59 $
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</p>
</div>