www/philosophy free-doc.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/12/15 14:59:10

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-doc.html 

Log message:
        Minor changes.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-doc.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Patches:
Index: free-doc.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-doc.html,v
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- free-doc.html       9 Sep 2009 10:54:39 -0000       1.26
+++ free-doc.html       15 Dec 2009 14:59:03 -0000      1.27
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 manual publishers have enticed a great many authors to restrict their
 manuals since then.  Many times I have heard a GNU user eagerly tell
 me about a manual that he is writing, with which he expects to help
-the GNU project&mdash;and then had my hopes dashed, as he proceeded to
+the GNU Project&mdash;and then had my hopes dashed, as he proceeded to
 explain that he had signed a contract with a publisher that would
 restrict it so that we cannot use it.</p>
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 software: it is a matter of giving all users certain freedoms.
 Redistribution (including commercial redistribution) must be
 permitted, so that the manual can accompany every copy of the program,
-on-line or on paper.  Permission for modification is crucial too.</p>
+on line or on paper.  Permission for modification is crucial too.</p>
 
 <p>
 As a general rule, I don't believe that it is essential for people to
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 to modify the software, and add or change its features, if they are
 conscientious they will change the manual too&mdash;so they can provide
 accurate and usable documentation with the modified program.  A manual
-which forbids programmers to be conscientious and finish the job, or
+which forbids programmers from being conscientious and finishing the job, or
 more precisely requires them to write a new manual from scratch if
 they change the program, does not fill our community's needs.</p>
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 While a blanket prohibition on modification is unacceptable, some
 kinds of limits on the method of modification pose no problem.  For
 example, requirements to preserve the original author's copyright
-notice, the distribution terms, or the list of authors, are ok.  It is
+notice, the distribution terms, or the list of authors, are OK.  It is
 also no problem to require modified versions to include notice that
 they were modified, even to have entire sections that may not be
 deleted or changed, as long as these sections deal with nontechnical
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 <p>
 However, it must be possible to modify all the <em>technical</em>
-content of the manual, and then distribute the result in all the usual
+content of the manual, and then distribute the result through all the usual
 media, through all the usual channels; otherwise, the restrictions do
 block the community, the manual is not free, and so we need another
 manual.</p>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 check the distribution terms of a manual before you buy it, and
 prefer copylefted manuals to non-copylefted ones.</p>
 <p>
-[Note: We now maintain a <a href="/doc/other-free-books.html">web page
+[Note: We maintain a <a href="/doc/other-free-books.html">page
 that lists free books available from other publishers</a>].</p>
 
 </div>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/09/09 10:54:39 $
+$Date: 2009/12/15 14:59:03 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>