www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/03/11 16:37:30

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Add "alternative".

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.139&r2=1.140

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.139
retrieving revision 1.140
diff -u -b -r1.139 -r1.140
--- words-to-avoid.html 31 Jan 2012 02:04:27 -0000      1.139
+++ words-to-avoid.html 11 Mar 2012 16:37:15 -0000      1.140
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 <p>
   <a href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Other Texts to Read</a>
 | &ldquo;<a
+       href="#Alternative">Alternative</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a
        href="#BSD-style">BSD-style</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a
        href="#Closed">Closed</a>&rdquo;
@@ -92,6 +94,20 @@
        href="#Vendor">Vendor</a>&rdquo;
 </p>
 
+<h4 id="Alternative">&ldquo;Alternative&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+We don't present free software as an "alternative", because it
+presents a goal of having free software alongside proprietary
+software.  That presupposes that proprietary software is
+legitimate.</p>
+
+<p>
+We believe that the only ethical way to distribute software is as free
+software.  Thus, we aim to make free software more than an
+alternative.  Our goal is a world where all programs are free, so that
+all their users are free.
+</p>
+
 <h4 id="BSD-style">&ldquo;BSD-style&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 The expression &ldquo;BSD-style license&rdquo; leads to confusion because it
@@ -738,7 +754,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/01/31 02:04:27 $
+$Date: 2012/03/11 16:37:15 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>