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Index: 2001-05-04-GPL.html
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--- 2001-05-04-GPL.html 13 Jul 2011 17:31:33 -0000 1.5
+++ 2001-05-04-GPL.html 28 Jan 2013 06:56:42 -0000 1.6
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>The GNU General Public License Protects Software Freedoms - GNU Project
- Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords"
- CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.72 -->
+<title>The GNU General Public License Protects Software Freedoms
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords"
+ content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
public, license, freedom, software, microsoft, remarks, craig,
mundie, senior, vice president, commercial, software, model, shared,
- source, open">
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Description"
- CONTENT="This press release, The GNU General Public License Protects
+ source, open" />
+<meta http-equiv="Description"
+ content="This press release, The GNU General Public License Protects
Software Freedoms, responds to Microsoft's comments made on 3 May 2001
- against free software and the GPL.">
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
+ against free software and the GPL." />
+<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/press/2001-05-04-GPL" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<h2>The GNU General Public License Protects Software Freedoms</h2>
+<blockquote><p>
<a href="/press/2001-05-04-GPL.txt">A plain text version</a>, <a
href="/press/2001-05-04-GPL.pdf">a PDF version</a>, and <a
href="/press/2001-05-04-GPL.ps">a Postscript version</a> are also
available.
+</p>
<p>
<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong>
-<br>
-Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br>
-Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>
-Phone: +1-617-542-5942<br>
-<br>
-<h1>The GNU General Public License Protects Software Freedoms</H1>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br />
+Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br
/>
+Phone: +1-617-542-5942
+</p></blockquote>
+
<p>
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - May 4, 2001 - Richard M. Stallman, president
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@
software users and programmers, how the GPL protects those freedoms, and
Microsoft's attempt to cast such freedoms in an unfavorable light.
+</p>
<p>
Stallman, author of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), stated:
@@ -46,6 +53,7 @@
designed for open source. The ideas and logic of the GPL stem from the
deeper goals and values of the Free Software Movement".
+</p>
<p>
Stallman explained further: "The Free Software Movement was founded in
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@
current version of the GPL was released in 1991, and today is used by
thousands of software projects.
+</p>
<p>
Moglen noted that Microsoft's confusion about the GPL's origins is not
@@ -67,6 +76,7 @@
"they're simply trying to scare people out of dealing with a competitor
they can't buy, can't intimidate, and can't stop."
+</p>
<p>
Stallman also addressed the propagating nature of the GPL, saying:
@@ -75,7 +85,8 @@
club, but those who wish to participate must offer us the same cooperation
they receive from us. That makes the system fair."
-<P>
+</p>
+<p>
"Microsoft surely would like to have the benefit of our code without the
responsibilities. But it has another, more specific purpose in attacking
@@ -83,6 +94,7 @@
innovation. Its purpose is strategic--not to improve computing for its
users, but to close off alternatives for them."
+</p>
<p>
"Hence their campaign to persuade us to abandon the license that protects
@@ -91,6 +103,7 @@
want, without ever giving anything back. They want us to abandon our
defenses," concluded Stallman.
+</p>
<p>
Finally, Moglen added that Microsoft is threatened by the power of free
@@ -99,6 +112,7 @@
whose model of production and distribution is so much better that
Microsoft stands no chance of prevailing in the long run."
+</p>
<p>
Stallman's essay about Microsoft's attacks on the GPL is available online
@@ -109,10 +123,10 @@
of Moglen's essays on the Free Software Movement is available online at <a
href="http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/publications/anarchism.html";>http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/publications/anarchism.html</a>.
-<p>
-<hr>
+</p>
+
<h3>About Richard M. Stallman:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU project, launched in 1984 to
develop the free operating system GNU (an acronym for "GNU's Not Unix"),
@@ -120,6 +134,7 @@
lost. GNU is free software: everyone is free to copy it and redistribute
it, as well as to make changes either large or small.
+</p>
<p>
Today, Linux-based variants of the GNU system, based on the kernel Linux
@@ -128,6 +143,7 @@
often mistakenly called just "Linux"; calling them "GNU/Linux" corrects
this confusion.
+</p>
<p>
Stallman received the Grace Hopper Award from the Association for
@@ -138,20 +154,20 @@
Pioneer award along with Linus Torvalds; in 1999 he received the Yuri
Rubinski memorial award.
-<p>
+</p>
<h3>About Eben Moglen:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
Eben Moglen holds a PhD. in history and a J.D. from Yale
University. Moglen is currently a professor of law and legal history at
Columbia University Law School, and serves as general counsel for the Free
Software Foundation.
-<p>
+</p>
<h3>About the Free Software Foundation:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
@@ -163,21 +179,68 @@
href="http://www.gnu.org";>http://www.gnu.org</a>, is an important source
of information about GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
-<p>
-<HR>
+</p>
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+ replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+ We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+ translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+ Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+ to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
+ <address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ our web pages, see <a
+ href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+ README</a>. -->
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<P>
-Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
-<P>
-This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+<p>Copyright (C) 2001, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-<P>
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 17:31:33 $
+$Date: 2013/01/28 06:56:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
-<HR>
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
Index: 2001-05-25-NYU.html
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--- 2001-05-25-NYU.html 13 Jul 2011 17:31:33 -0000 1.4
+++ 2001-05-25-NYU.html 28 Jan 2013 06:56:44 -0000 1.5
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-<TITLE>Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on
-Free Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Keywords"
- CONTENT="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.72 -->
+<title>Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on
+Free Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords"
+ content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, Linux, press, GPL, general,
public, license, freedom, software, microsoft, remarks, craig,
mundie, senior, vice president, commercial, software, model, shared,
- source, open">
-<META HTTP-EQUIV="Description"
- CONTENT="This press release, Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU,
Countering Mundie's Attack on Free Software, announce a speech by Stallman at
NYU that counterbalances to Microsoft's comments made on 3 May 2001 at NYU
against free software and the GPL.">
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
-</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000"
VLINK="#9900DD">
+ source, open" />
+<meta http-equiv="Description"
+ content="This press release, Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU,
Countering Mundie's Attack on Free Software, announce a speech by Stallman at
NYU that counterbalances to Microsoft's comments made on 3 May 2001 at NYU
against free software and the GPL." />
+<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/press/2001-05-25-NYU" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<h2>Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on
+Free Software</h2>
+<blockquote><p>
<a href="/press/2001-05-25-NYU.txt">A plain text version of this press
- release is available</a>.
+ release is available</a>.</p>
<p>
<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong>
-<br>
-Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br>
-Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br>
-Phone: +1-617-542-5942<br>
-<br>
-<h1>Richard Stallman Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on
-Free Software</H1>
+</p>
+<p>
+Media Contact: Free Software Foundation<br />
+Bradley M. Kuhn <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a><br
/>
+Phone: +1-617-542-5942
+</p></blockquote>
<p>
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - May 25, 2001 - Richard M. Stallman, president
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
has asked him to deliver a talk that will counterbalance the speech made
on May 3, 2001 at NYU by Craig Mundie of Microsoft.
+</p>
<p>
Stallman, author of the GNU General Public License, will deliver this
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@
a press conference will immediately follow the speech at 12:15 PM. The
press is also invited to a reception at 09:30 AM at the same location.
+</p>
<p>
Stallman's speech will cover the importance of software freedom and
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@
the GNU General Public License to facilitate sharing, cooperation and
freedom.
+</p>
<p>
To help correct the myths propagated by Mundie's statements, the Free
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@
many misconceptions about the GNU GPL. That FAQ list is available at: <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html";>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html</a>.
+</p>
<p>
In Microsoft's first attack against the GNU GPL earlier this year, Jim
@@ -64,10 +70,9 @@
embodies the American spirit. That essay is available at: <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html</a>.
-<p>
-<hr>
+</p>
<h3>About Richard M. Stallman:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU project, launched in 1984 to
develop the free operating system GNU (an acronym for "GNU's Not Unix"),
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@
GNU is free software: everyone is free to copy it and redistribute it, as
well as to make changes either large or small.
+</p>
<p>
Stallman received the Grace Hopper Award from the Association for
@@ -85,11 +91,11 @@
Pioneer award along with Linus Torvalds; in 1999 he received the Yuri
Rubinski memorial award.
-<p>
+</p>
<h3>About the Free Software Foundation:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in
@@ -101,14 +107,15 @@
of information about GNU/Linux. The FSF is headquartered in Boston, MA,
USA.
-<p>
+</p>
<h3>About GNU:</h3>
-<br>
+<p>
GNU is a Free Software Unix-like operating system. Development of GNU
began in 1984. GNU is used most commonly today as GNU/Linux.
+</p>
<p>
GNU/Linux is the combination of the GNU system and the kernel named Linux,
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@
counting them, this combination has millions of users, probably over
twenty million.
+</p>
<p>
The GNU/Linux combination is often confusingly called "Linux", which leads
@@ -123,20 +131,68 @@
Distinguishing between GNU/Linux, the complete system, and Linux, the
kernel, helps correct the confusion.
-<HR>
+</p>
-<P>
-Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
-<P>
-This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+ replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+ We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
+ translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection.
+ Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard
+ to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
+ <address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
+ <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ our web pages, see <a
+ href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+ README</a>. -->
+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright (C) 2001, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-<P>
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/07/13 17:31:33 $
+$Date: 2013/01/28 06:56:44 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
-<HR>
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
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