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From: |
Yavor Doganov |
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Subject: |
www/philosophy lest-codeplex-perplex.html |
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Date: |
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:04:04 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 09/11/11 16:04:03
Modified files:
philosophy : lest-codeplex-perplex.html
Log message:
Trivial boilerplate-compliance formatting changes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Patches:
Index: lest-codeplex-perplex.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- lest-codeplex-perplex.html 10 Nov 2009 17:51:28 -0000 1.2
+++ lest-codeplex-perplex.html 11 Nov 2009 16:03:56 -0000 1.3
@@ -18,45 +18,50 @@
what it will do, based on its statements and Microsoft's statements.</p>
<p>The first thing we see is that the organization ducks the issue of
-users' freedom; it uses the term "open source" and does not speak of
-"free software". These two terms stand for different philosophies
-which are based on different values: free software's values are
-freedom and social solidarity, whereas open source cites only
-practical convenience values such as powerful, reliable software. See
-<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a>
for
-more explanation.</p>
-
-<p>Evidently Microsoft would rather confront the practical competition of
-open source than the free software movement's ethical criticism. Its
-long standing practice of criticizing only "open source" does double
-duty: attacking one opponent while distracting attention from the
-other.</p>
+users' freedom; it uses the term “open source” and does
+not speak of “free software”. These two terms stand for
+different philosophies which are based on different values: free
+software's values are freedom and social solidarity, whereas open
+source cites only practical convenience values such as powerful,
+reliable software.
+See <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
+http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a>
+for more explanation.</p>
+
+<p>Evidently Microsoft would rather confront the practical competition
+of open source than the free software movement's ethical criticism.
+Its long standing practice of criticizing only “open
+source” does double duty: attacking one opponent while
+distracting attention from the other.</p>
<p>CodePlex follows the same practice. Its stated goal is to convince
-"commercial software companies" to contribute more to "open source".
-Since nearly all open source programs are also free software, these
-programs will probably be free, but the "open source" philosophy doesn't
-teach developers to defend their freedom. If they don't understand the
-importance of this freedom, developers may succumb to Microsoft's ploys
-encouraging them to use weaker licenses that are vulnerable to "embrace
-and extend" or patent co-optation, and to make free software dependent
-on proprietary platforms.</p>
+“commercial software companies” to contribute more to
+“open source”. Since nearly all open source programs are
+also free software, these programs will probably be free, but the
+“open source” philosophy doesn't teach developers to
+defend their freedom. If they don't understand the importance of this
+freedom, developers may succumb to Microsoft's ploys encouraging them
+to use weaker licenses that are vulnerable to “embrace and
+extend” or patent co-optation, and to make free software
+dependent on proprietary platforms.</p>
<p>This foundation is not the first Microsoft project to bear the name
-"CodePlex". There is also codeplex.com, a project hosting site, whose
-list of allowed licenses excludes GNU GPL version 3. Perhaps this
-reflects the fact that GPL version 3 is designed to protect a
-program's free software status from being subverted by Microsoft's
-patents through deals like the Novell-Microsoft pact. We don't know
-that the CodePlex Foundation will try to discourage GPL version 3, but
-it would fit Microsoft's pattern.</p>
-
-<p>The term "commercial software companies" embodies a peculiar
-confusion. Every business is by definition commercial, so all software
-developed by a business—whether free or proprietary—is
automatically
-commercial software. But there is a widespread public confusion
-between "commercial software" and "proprietary software". (See
-<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html</a>.)</p>
+“CodePlex”. There is also codeplex.com, a project hosting
+site, whose list of allowed licenses excludes GNU GPL version 3.
+Perhaps this reflects the fact that GPL version 3 is designed to
+protect a program's free software status from being subverted by
+Microsoft's patents through deals like the Novell-Microsoft pact. We
+don't know that the CodePlex Foundation will try to discourage GPL
+version 3, but it would fit Microsoft's pattern.</p>
+
+<p>The term “commercial software companies” embodies a
+peculiar confusion. Every business is by definition commercial, so
+all software developed by a business—whether free or
+proprietary—is automatically commercial software. But there is
+a widespread public confusion between “commercial
+software” and “proprietary software”. (See
+<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">
+http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html</a>.)</p>
<p>This confusion is a serious problem because it falsely claims free
software business to be impossible. Many software companies already
@@ -78,13 +83,14 @@
<p>Sam Ramji, now president of CodePlex, said a few months ago that
Microsoft (then his employer) wanted to promote development of free
applications that encourage use of Microsoft Windows
-(<a
href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941";>http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941</a>).
Perhaps
-the aim of CodePlex is to suborn free software application developers
-into making Windows their main platform. Many of the projects hosted
-now on codeplex.com are add-ons for proprietary software. These
-programs are caught in a trap similar to the former Java Trap (see
-
-<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html</a>).</p>
+(<a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941";>
+http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941</a>).
+Perhaps the aim of CodePlex is to suborn free software application
+developers into making Windows their main platform. Many of the
+projects hosted now on codeplex.com are add-ons for proprietary
+software. These programs are caught in a trap similar to the former
+Java Trap (see <a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html">
+http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html</a>).</p>
<p>That would be harmful if it succeeds, because a program that
doesn't run (or doesn't run well) in the Free World does not
@@ -92,16 +98,16 @@
freedom. To avoid being harmed in that way, we need to reject
proprietary system platforms as well as proprietary applications.
CodePlex free add-ons to a proprietary base increase society's
-dependence on that base — the opposite of what we need.</p>
+dependence on that base—the opposite of what we need.</p>
<p>Will free software application developers resist this attempt to
undermine our progress towards freedom? Here is where their values
-become crucial. Developers that adhere to the "open source"
-philosophy, which does not value freedom, may not care whether their
-software's users run it on a free operating system or a proprietary
-one. But developers who demand freedom, for themselves and for
-others, can recognize the trap and keep out of it. To remain free, we
-must make freedom our goal.</p>
+become crucial. Developers that adhere to the “open
+source” philosophy, which does not value freedom, may not care
+whether their software's users run it on a free operating system or a
+proprietary one. But developers who demand freedom, for themselves
+and for others, can recognize the trap and keep out of it. To remain
+free, we must make freedom our goal.</p>
<p>If the CodePlex Foundation wishes to be a real contributor to the
free software community, it must not aim at free add-ons to non-free
@@ -133,26 +139,45 @@
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
</p>
-<p>Copyright © 2009 Richard Stallman
-<br />
-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted
-in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
+<p>Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<p>Copyright © 2009 Richard Stallman</p>
+<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
+permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
</p>
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/11/10 17:51:28 $
+$Date: 2009/11/11 16:03:56 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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