www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/02/20 07:46:53

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Clarify 1.77 by saying that only retroactive _restrictions_ are 
unacceptable.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.110&r2=1.111

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.110
retrieving revision 1.111
diff -u -b -r1.110 -r1.111
--- free-sw.html        20 Feb 2012 07:41:23 -0000      1.110
+++ free-sw.html        20 Feb 2012 07:46:37 -0000      1.111
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@
 <p>
 In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be permanent and
 irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the
-software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively change
-its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give cause, the
-software is not free.
+software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively add
+restrictions to its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give
+cause, the software is not free.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.110&amp;r2=1.111";>Version
+1.111</a>: Clarify 1.77 by saying that only
+retroactive <em>restrictions</em> are unacceptable.  The copyright
+holders can always grant additional <em>permission</em> for use of the
+work by releasing the work in another way in parallel.</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.104&amp;r2=1.105";>Version
 1.105</a>: Reflect, in the brief statement of freedom 1, the point
 (already stated in version 1.80) that it includes really using your modified
@@ -457,7 +463,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/02/20 07:41:23 $
+$Date: 2012/02/20 07:46:37 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>