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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 “Linux”, 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>
- www/gnu thegnuproject.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=