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software-patents.html
software-literary-patents.html
moglen-harvard-speech-2004.html nit-india.html
patent-practice-panel.html
microsoft-new-monopoly.html
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--- software-libre-commercial-viability.html 28 Feb 2013 17:09:43 -0000
1.10
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1.11
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Software Libre and Commercial Viability</title>
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
+<title>Software Libre and Commercial Viability
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include
virtual="/philosophy/po/software-libre-commercial-viability.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Software Libre and Commercial Viability</h2>
-<h3>(Nov 12th 1998, published in February 1999)</h3>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>(Nov 12th 1998, published in February 1999)</p>
+</blockquote>
<p>
by <strong>Alessandro Rubini</strong></p>
@@ -272,30 +277,53 @@
<p>Reprinted with permission of Linux Journal.</p>
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+
+<p>Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Alessandro Rubini</p>
-<p>
-Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Alessandro Rubini</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and redistribution of this entire article are permitted
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@@ -304,11 +332,10 @@
<p>Updated:
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Index: software-patents.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/software-patents.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- software-patents.html 28 Feb 2013 17:09:43 -0000 1.16
+++ software-patents.html 28 Jan 2014 10:08:26 -0000 1.17
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
<title>Software Patents - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/software-patents.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
@@ -1219,50 +1220,70 @@
</ol>
<hr />
-<h4>This essay is published
+<blockquote><p>This essay is published
in <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/"><cite>Free
Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard
-M. Stallman</cite></a>.</h4>
-
-</div>
+M. Stallman</cite></a>.</p></blockquote>
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-the FSF.
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-<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
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+<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
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+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
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+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>.</p>
+
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+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>
-Copyright © 2002 Richard Stallman.
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-This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+<p>Copyright © 2002 Richard Stallman.</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>
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Index: software-literary-patents.html
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retrieving revision 1.28
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--- software-literary-patents.html 28 Feb 2013 17:09:43 -0000 1.28
+++ software-literary-patents.html 28 Jan 2014 10:08:26 -0000 1.29
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
<title>Software Patents and Literary Patents - GNU Project -
-Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
+Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/software-literary-patents.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Software Patents and Literary Patents</h2>
-<!-- This document uses XHTML 1.0 Strict, but may be served as -->
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-
<p>by <strong><a href="http://stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></strong></p>
<p>
@@ -219,50 +212,65 @@
blocked, the result will be to put all software developers in danger.
</p>
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+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>.</p>
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+
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+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright © 2005, 2007, 2008 Richard Stallman</p>
-<p>
-Copyright © 2005, 2007, 2008 Richard Stallman
-</p>
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-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
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+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
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</html>
Index: moglen-harvard-speech-2004.html
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--- moglen-harvard-speech-2004.html 28 Feb 2013 17:09:40 -0000 1.14
+++ moglen-harvard-speech-2004.html 28 Jan 2014 10:08:26 -0000 1.15
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Eben Moglen Speech - Harvard - 2004</title>
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
+<title>Eben Moglen Harvard Speech
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/moglen-harvard-speech-2004.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Eben Moglen - Speech for Harvard Journal of Law & Technology</h2>
-<h3>February 23, 2004 - Cambridge, MA, USA</h3>
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>February 23, 2004 - Cambridge, MA, USA</p>
+</blockquote>
<p>
<i>Eben Moglen is a Professor of Law & Legal History at Columbia
@@ -1534,45 +1539,65 @@
well. That's what I'm up to. That's what I hope you'll be up to as well.
</p>
-</div>
-
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
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-<p>
-Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
+<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.
-<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-</p>
+the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>.</p>
-<p>
-Please see the
-<a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
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-translations of this article.
-</p>
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+ replace it with the translation of these two:
-<p>
-Copyright © 2004 Eben Moglen
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-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
+ 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">
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+ README</a>. -->
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+of this article.</p>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
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+ 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 © 2004 Eben Moglen</p>
+
+<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is
-preserved.
-</p>
+preserved.</p>
<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/02/28 17:09:40 $
+$Date: 2014/01/28 10:08:26 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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-
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</body>
</html>
Index: nit-india.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/nit-india.html,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
--- nit-india.html 28 Feb 2013 17:09:40 -0000 1.13
+++ nit-india.html 28 Jan 2014 10:08:26 -0000 1.14
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Stallman's Speech at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India,
17 February 2004 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
+<title>Stallman's Speech at National Institute of Technology
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/nit-india.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>National Institute of Technology - Trichy - India - 17 February 2004</h2>
@@ -158,10 +160,10 @@
</p>
<p>In fact, its not unusual for developers put in malicious
-features. This is primarily developers non-free software, that put in
+features. This is primarily developers nonfree software, that put in
malicious features and they figure that you cannot take them out. They
figure, they will get away with it. Because you are helpless. It is
-very common for non-free programs to spy on the user. And they figure
+very common for nonfree programs to spy on the user. And they figure
you might not be able to tell that its are spying on you, because you
can't get the source code and so how would you know what it is
reporting about you. We found out some cases, where programs spy on
@@ -179,17 +181,17 @@
it was impossible for people to tell easily that this was going
on. They had to work hard [FIXME: 12:10] ??? to determine what
information Windows was sending back to Microsoft. But, Windows is not
-the only software package, non-free software package that [FIXME:
+the only software package, nonfree software package that [FIXME:
12:30 spies] on you. Windows media player also spies on you. Every time
you access something, it sends a report to Microsoft, saying what you
are looking at. And Real Player also spies on you. So Microsoft is not
-the only non-free software developer guilty of this kind of special
+the only nonfree software developer guilty of this kind of special
mistreatment of the users. The Tivo spies on you. Some people
enthusiastic on Tivo, because it is based on GNU and Linux to some
extent.
</p>
-<p>But it also contains non-free software. And it is designed to spy
+<p>But it also contains nonfree software. And it is designed to spy
on you, and report what you watch. I am told there are many other
programs that are spy-ware. Then there are programs that do other
nasty things to you. For instance there are programs that reconfigure
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@
</p>
<p>So, I am telling you examples, that I have heard of. But you never
-know, if there is some other non free program, how do you it has some
+know, if there is some other nonfree program, how do you it has some
malicious secret feature. The point is you can't get the
source. Without freedom one, the freedom to help yourself, the freedom
to study the source code and change it to do what you want, you can't
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@
this” Now you either believe it or you don't.
</p>
-<p>Of course, not all developers of non-free software are putting
+<p>Of course, not all developers of nonfree software are putting
malicious features. Some really are sincerely doing their best to put
in features to please the user. But, they are all human, and they all
mistakes. These mistakes are called bugs. Well, we free software
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@
the source code and you can find whatever is bad in the program,
whether it is a deliberate malicious feature or an accident. Either
way you can find it, and then you can fix the program to get rid of
-it. You can make the program better. With non-free software you are
+it. You can make the program better. With nonfree software you are
just helpless. But with free software you have power over your
computer. You are in control.
<span class="gnun-split"></span>But freedom one is not enough. Freedom
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@
make this change and when can you have it done?” They can choose
who they are going to deal with. And this illustrates the fact that
free software means that there is a free market, for all kinds of
-services such as, to make the program do what you want. With non-free
+services such as, to make the program do what you want. With nonfree
software, support is a monopoly, because only the developer has the
source code and only the developer can make any change.
</p>
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@
</p>
<p>Paradoxically speaking, when you have a choice between several
-non-free programs to do the same job, which ever one you choose the
+nonfree programs to do the same job, which ever one you choose the
support for it is going to be a monopoly afterwards, so at the
beginning you get a choice, but afterwards you are stuck in a
monopoly. That's the paradox you have a choice between monopolies. In
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@
<span class="gnun-split"></span>Do you want to be living in a
society filled with this level of terror. The only … for what
they are doing is terror campaign. In 2 countries so far in Argentina
-and then in Germany, these companies, the developers of non-free
+and then in Germany, these companies, the developers of nonfree
software have sent public threats, threatening people would be raped
in prison for using unauthorized copies of software. The only thing
you can call it when people are threatening others will rape is a
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@
<p>Now, why did I say that freedom two, the freedom to help your
neighbor is necessary to live an upright life. Because if you agree to
-license for a non-free program, you have partly participated in the
+license for a nonfree program, you have partly participated in the
evil. You have put yourself in a bad moral situation. By using a
program that does not give you freedom two, the freedom to help your
neighbor, you have put yourself in a moral dilemma, potentially. It
@@ -393,17 +395,17 @@
</p>
<p>However, once you recognize this, once you realize, that using this
-non free program means you are liable to end up with a choice between
+nonfree program means you are liable to end up with a choice between
two evils, what you should really do is to refuse to get into that
-situation, by refusing to use the non free program, refusing to have
-the non-free program. If you insist on using and having only free
+situation, by refusing to use the nonfree program, refusing to have
+the nonfree program. If you insist on using and having only free
software then you cant ever get into this moral dilemma. Because when
ever your friend asks you for a copy of the program, you will be able
to say “sure,” and it wont be any evil because free
software means you are free to distribute copies. It means you have
not promised that you refuse to share with other people. You can share
and there is nothing bad about the situation. So once you recognize
-that, using and having the non free program means putting yourself in
+that, using and having the nonfree program means putting yourself in
a potential moral dilemma, you say no to it. And that way you avoid
the moral dilemma. You stay in a position where you can live in a
upright life and you are not going to find yourself forced to do
@@ -472,7 +474,7 @@
in India can get a computer and run it. We don't see this yet, because
a lot of people in India are using unauthorized copies. I don't think
it is wrong to use unauthorized copies, but we can see the developers
-of non-free software are trying to make this impossible. They have two
+of nonfree software are trying to make this impossible. They have two
different ways, one is the terror campaign you know threatening to
rape people in prison, and the other one is technical changes that can
prevent the unauthorized copies from running, making people register
@@ -487,12 +489,12 @@
track, the track that escapes from this problem. So every social
institutions in India, every government agency, every school, every
organization, should be working as quickly as feasible, to switch
-people from the non-free track to the free track.
+people from the nonfree track to the free track.
</p>
<p>But this is not what they are doing. And you can see easily if you
look around easily, government organization in India are mostly using
-non-free software. And schools in India are using non-free
+nonfree software. And schools in India are using nonfree
software. This is a terrible mistake, it is a foolish and disastrous
policy, governments of course deserves to use free software. Every
computer user deserves to have the four freedoms, and that includes
@@ -524,7 +526,7 @@
finished. OK, now I understand. So okay, I will continue.
</p>
-<p>Because remember, if you are using a non-free program, you don't
+<p>Because remember, if you are using a nonfree program, you don't
really know what it does and you have no control over what it really
does. You can't tell if there is a back door. There are people who
suspect that Microsoft has put a back door into Windows or other
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@
being asked to. I heard some of the people working on Windows XP, were
arrested, accused of working a terrorist organization and accused of
trying to put in a back door. Now, this means, if you are using
-non-free software, you have be scared that the company, that is the
+nonfree software, you have be scared that the company, that is the
developer put in a back door, and you also have to be scared that some
developers secretly put in a back door, that even the company doesn't
know about. The point is, that because you can't get the source code,
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@
<p>Every school in India should be using free software. So as, to teach
the children of India to grow up to be free software users. You see,
-teaching these children to become users of non-free software is
+teaching these children to become users of nonfree software is
guiding them on to the track that leads to the train wreck. So schools
have to be teaching these children to grow up to be free software
users.
@@ -578,12 +580,12 @@
to become accessories, in maintaining their grip. And this should not
be surprising. If you compare Microsoft with other forms of
colonialism, you will see a lot of similarities. Because you see,
-non-free software is a system of colonialism. The developers…
+nonfree software is a system of colonialism. The developers…
Instead of one country colonizing another, it is various companies
trying to colonize the whole world. And they do this, using divide
conquer tactics. Keeping the user divided and helpless.
<span class="gnun-split"></span>And if you
-think about it, that is what a non-free program does, it keeps the
+think about it, that is what a nonfree program does, it keeps the
users divided and helpless. Divided, because you are forbidden to
distribute copies to other people, forbidden to help your
neighbor. And helpless, because you can't get the source code and
@@ -592,9 +594,9 @@
inline. So Microsoft offers special deals, to whoever seems to have
special influence, to get them to use Windows, and thus keep everyone
else inline. Governments are being used in this way. And schools are
-being used in this way. The schools of India should reject non-free
+being used in this way. The schools of India should reject nonfree
software, and thus refuse to be used to keep the population of India
-inline and under the domination of the developers of non-free
+inline and under the domination of the developers of nonfree
software.
</p>
@@ -603,7 +605,7 @@
people reach their teenage years, some of them are going to be
fascinated by computers. They are going want to learn everything about
what is going on inside that computer. They are going to want to learn
-how does this program work. If they are using non-free software, the
+how does this program work. If they are using nonfree software, the
teacher has to tell them, “Sorry, you can't learn that, I can't
learn that. It's a secret. Nobody is allowed to learn that.”
Non-free software prohibits education. But with free software, the
@@ -659,7 +661,7 @@
<p>Three weeks ago… No it was two weeks ago, when i met with
Dr. Kalam and explained to him about why schools should use free
-software and about how non-free software is colonial system, I was
+software and about how nonfree software is colonial system, I was
really delighted, because he understood it instantly. He recognized
the analogy, how the colonial powers tried to recruit the [FIXME:
51:40 weaks] ??? to become their assistants for keeping the rest of
@@ -695,7 +697,7 @@
freedom is to insist on free software. But what can i do about it? If
you want to get a computer and run it, the first thing you need is an
operating system and in 1983 all the operating systems for modern
-computers were non free, were proprietary. So what can I do? The only
+computers were nonfree, were proprietary. So what can I do? The only
way you can get a modern computer and run it was to sign a contract
promising to betray your neighbors. How could there be an alternative?
The only way to have an alternative, the only way to use a computer
@@ -730,13 +732,13 @@
also trying to recruit other people to help and gradually over the
years more and more people joined in. During the 1980s, well we had
only a few parts of the GNU system; some of these parts were superior
-and so people would take them and install them on their non-free
+and so people would take them and install them on their nonfree
systems. For instance, the GNU Emacs text editor and the GNU C
compiler. These were programs that people would learn even on top of
-their non-free Unix system. But our real goal was not just to have a
+their nonfree Unix system. But our real goal was not just to have a
few popular programs, the goal was to make a complete system. So that
-we should reject the non-free systems; reject non-free software,
-escape from the bondage of non-free software. So we kept filling in
+we should reject the nonfree systems; reject nonfree software,
+escape from the bondage of nonfree software. So we kept filling in
these gaps in the system and by the early 90s we had just one
important gap remaining and that was the kernel.
</p>
@@ -1046,13 +1048,13 @@
society, it's a good idea if we find ways to punish them for it. That
will encourage people to do things that contribute to society and not
to do things that hurt society. And therefore people who develop free
-software should be rewarded and people who develop non-free software
+software should be rewarded and people who develop nonfree software
should be punished. Because, free software is a contribution to
-society but non-free software is a scheme to colonize society and that
+society but nonfree software is a scheme to colonize society and that
deserves punishment not reward.
<span class="gnun-split"></span>Another way to look at it is to
-realize that to use a non-free program is either to be foolish or
-unethical or both. Which means that, for me, these non-free program
+realize that to use a nonfree program is either to be foolish or
+unethical or both. Which means that, for me, these nonfree program
…is… might as well be nothing because I am not going to
use it. Ethical people, people who insists on living an up-right life
are going to reject it any way. So his program is only avail…
@@ -1148,10 +1150,10 @@
the 90's because of its high quality. People discovered that it would
stay up for months. That they would find… the only time the
system went down is when the power failed. And this contrasts with
-non-free software that's often quite unreliable. So you see this
+nonfree software that's often quite unreliable. So you see this
often, you will see people foolishly making the assumptions that free
software can't work. They don't know any thing but they're making it
-all up. Now, why is this? I guess because non-free software is so
+all up. Now, why is this? I guess because nonfree software is so
common, they make the assumption it must work well.
</p>
@@ -1188,7 +1190,7 @@
<p><b>[RMS]</b> This is utterly foolish. First of all, remember that I
explain that free software is a matter of freedom not price. Free
software does not mean that it is gratis. But sometimes it's
-gratis. On the other hand some time you can get non-free software
+gratis. On the other hand some time you can get nonfree software
gratis. That doesn't make it ethically legitimate, because it's still
tramples your freedom. It still keeps you divided and helpless, even
if you didn't have to pay. Schools in India can get Windows
@@ -1201,7 +1203,7 @@
<span class="gnun-split"></span>There are many businesses that operate by
mistreating people. And those businesses are bad. They don't have a
right to continue. They deserved to be brought to an end. I won't say
-that non-free software is the biggest such problem. Because, you know
+that nonfree software is the biggest such problem. Because, you know
child labor is very common but I don't think that's mostly free
software development. I think it's mostly other things. There are many
ways that a business can be… can operate that is harmful to
@@ -1246,10 +1248,10 @@
<p>Actually, Windows… doesn't it support all the Indian
languages? And are the other hand free software does. And it is not
-just Windows by the way, there are many other non-free software
-packages and non-free means you can't change it. With free software
+just Windows by the way, there are many other nonfree software
+packages and nonfree means you can't change it. With free software
you can change it. So if you want a program to support your favorite
-language and it's non-free, you have to beg and plead with that
+language and it's nonfree, you have to beg and plead with that
developer to cater to you. But if the program is free software, you
don't have to beg anybody. You can just do it. And this is what
happening. People in India are adapting GNU/Linux to various different
@@ -1290,7 +1292,7 @@
drawback. Of course you know, having different versions of the system
can be good if users… different users want them. Now let's
contrast this with the kind of incompatibility that we have, that we
-find in the non-free world. You'll find that Microsoft makes gross
+find in the nonfree world. You'll find that Microsoft makes gross
incompatibilities in each version of its systems. They makes…
they deliberately make formats incompatible with everything else and
protocols incompatible with everything else. They try many different
@@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@
don't like it; you can change it. So I don't have any power over you
when I develop free software. You, the users are in control of your
software. So it will you generally do what you want more or less. But
-the developers of non-free software, they do have power over you. And
+the developers of nonfree software, they do have power over you. And
so you are stuck with their decisions.
</p>
@@ -1352,10 +1354,10 @@
<p><b>[MOC]</b> The next question is from Manu Meta…
Metallurgy. The question is, “Is developing free software on
-non-free operating systems wrong?”</p>
+nonfree operating systems wrong?”</p>
<p><b>[RMS]</b> Well, it's not exactly wrong. But it's foolish to use
-the non-free operating system because you can't live in freedom as
+the nonfree operating system because you can't live in freedom as
long as you do that. And your software, although it be free, is not a
contribution to the free world when it doesn't… if it doesn't
run on a free operating system.</p>
@@ -1389,7 +1391,7 @@
<p><b>[RMS</b> I'd say the biggest obstacle for free software in India
right now is the tendency of government agencies and schools to use
-non-free software. It's vital to convince the schools to teach the
+nonfree software. It's vital to convince the schools to teach the
children in India to grow up living in freedom. When Windows…
Microsoft offers the schools gratis copies of Windows, the schools
have to say “We are not going to accept them; we are not going
@@ -1456,52 +1458,69 @@
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@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Daniel Ravicher's FFII panel presentation, November 10, 2004 - GNU
Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.75 -->
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+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/patent-practice-panel.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2>New developments in patent practice: assessing the risks and cost of
portfolio licensing and hold-ups</h2>
+<h2>New Developments in Patent Practice: Assessing the Risks and Cost
+of Portfolio Licensing and Hold-ups</h2>
<p>by <strong>Daniel B. Ravicher</strong></p>
@@ -167,44 +170,64 @@
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+<blockquote>
+<p>This article was written in July 2005. Microsoft adopted a
different policy in 2006, so the specific policies described below and
the specific criticisms of them are only of historical significance.
The overall problem remains, however:
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href="http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections#Patent_rights_to_implement_the_Ecma_376_specification_have_not_been_granted">
Microsoft's cunningly worded new policy does not give anyone clear
permission to implement OOXML.</a>
-</i>
+</p>
+</blockquote>
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@@ -134,50 +135,65 @@
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