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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/gnu thegnuproject.html
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:59:16 +0000

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/11/15 01:59:16

Modified files:
        gnu            : thegnuproject.html 

Log message:
        Add new link.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.73&r2=1.74

Patches:
Index: thegnuproject.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html,v
retrieving revision 1.73
retrieving revision 1.74
diff -u -b -r1.73 -r1.74
--- thegnuproject.html  19 Apr 2013 22:02:19 -0000      1.73
+++ thegnuproject.html  15 Nov 2013 01:59:16 -0000      1.74
@@ -124,9 +124,12 @@
 software, because helping other people is the basis of society.</p>
 <p>
 There is no room here for an extensive statement of the reasoning
-behind this conclusion, so I refer the reader to the web page,
+behind this conclusion, so I refer the reader to the web pages
 <a href="/philosophy/why-free.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html</a>.</p>
+http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html</a> and
+<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
+http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html</a> 
+</p>
 
 <h3>A stark moral choice</h3>
 <p>
@@ -716,16 +719,21 @@
 clear whether solutions exist.</p>
 
 <p>
-Fortunately, another
-kernel is available.  In 1991, Linus Torvalds developed a
-Unix-compatible kernel and called it Linux.  In 1992, he made Linux
-free software; combining Linux with the not-quite-complete GNU system
-resulted in a complete free operating system.  (Combining them was a
-substantial job in itself, of course.)  It is due to Linux that we can
-actually run a version of the GNU system today.</p>
-<p>
-We call this system version GNU/Linux, to express its composition as a
-combination of the GNU system with Linux as the kernel.</p>
+Fortunately, another kernel is available.  In 1991, Linus Torvalds
+developed a Unix-compatible kernel and called it Linux.  It was
+proprietary at first, but in 1992, he made it free software; combining
+Linux with the not-quite-complete GNU system resulted in a complete
+free operating system.  (Combining them was a substantial job in
+itself, of course.)  It is due to Linux that we can actually run a
+version of the GNU system today.</p>
+<p>
+We call this system version <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">
+GNU/Linux</a>, to express its composition as a combination of the GNU
+system with Linux as the kernel.  Please don't fall into the practice
+of calling the whole system &ldquo;Linux&rdquo;, since that means
+attributing our work to someone else.
+Please <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html"> give us equal
+mention</a>.</p>
 
 <h3>Challenges in our future</h3>
 <p>
@@ -1041,7 +1049,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/04/19 22:02:19 $
+$Date: 2013/11/15 01:59:16 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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