www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/01/03 16:57:28

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Improve the wording of the introduction.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.126&r2=1.127

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.126
retrieving revision 1.127
diff -u -b -r1.126 -r1.127
--- free-sw.html        20 Dec 2013 09:31:03 -0000      1.126
+++ free-sw.html        3 Jan 2014 16:57:27 -0000       1.127
@@ -26,24 +26,23 @@
 
 <p>
 &ldquo;Free software&rdquo; means software that respects users'
-freedom and community.  Roughly, <b>the users have the freedom to run,
-copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software</b>.
+freedom and community.  Roughly, it means that <b>the users have the
+freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the
+software</b>.  Thus, &ldquo;free software&rdquo; is a matter of
+liberty, not price.  To understand the concept, you should think of
+&ldquo;free&rdquo; as in &ldquo;free speech,&rdquo; not as in
+&ldquo;free beer&rdquo;.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Thus, &ldquo;free software&rdquo; is a matter of liberty, not price.
-To understand the concept, you should think of &ldquo;free&rdquo; as
-in &ldquo;free speech,&rdquo; not as in &ldquo;free beer&rdquo;.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-With these freedoms, the users (both individually and collectively)
-control the program and what it does for them.  When users don't
-control the program, the program controls the users.  The developer
-controls the program, and through it exercises power over the users.
-Therefore, a &ldquo;nonfree&rdquo; or &ldquo;proprietary&rdquo; program
-is <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html"> an
-instrument of unjust power</a>.
+We campaign for these freedoms because everyone deserves them.  With
+these freedoms, the users (both individually and collectively) control
+the program and what it does for them.  When users don't control the
+program, we call it a &ldquo;nonfree&rdquo; or
+&ldquo;proprietary&rdquo; program.  The nonfree program controls the
+users, and the developer controls the program; which makes the
+program <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
+an instrument of unjust power</a>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -515,7 +514,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/12/20 09:31:03 $
+$Date: 2014/01/03 16:57:27 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
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