www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/06/21 14:40:09

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Sharing economy): Added.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.188&r2=1.189

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.188
retrieving revision 1.189
diff -u -b -r1.188 -r1.189
--- words-to-avoid.html 17 Jun 2014 16:36:13 -0000      1.188
+++ words-to-avoid.html 21 Jun 2014 14:40:08 -0000      1.189
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
        href="#SellSoftware">Sell software</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
+       href="#SharingEconomy">Sharing economy</a>&rdquo;
+|<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
        href="#SoftwareIndustry">Software Industry</a>&rdquo;
 |<span class="gnun-split"></span> &ldquo;<a
        href="#SourceModel">Source model</a>&rdquo;
@@ -802,6 +804,19 @@
 further discussion of this issue.</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="SharingEconomy">&ldquo;Sharing economy&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+People often use the term &ldquo;sharing economy&rdquo; to refer to
+services such as Uber and Airbnb that arrange business deals between
+people.  We use the term &ldquo;sharing&rdquo; to refer to
+noncommercial cooperation, including noncommercial redistribution of
+exact copies of published works.  Stretching the word &ldquo;sharing&rdquo;
+undermines its meaning, so we don't use it in this context.</p>
+<p>
+A better term for these businesses is &ldquo;interpeer transaction
+brokers.&rdquo;</p>
+
+
 <h4 id="SoftwareIndustry">&ldquo;Software Industry&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 The term &ldquo;software industry&rdquo; encourages people to imagine
@@ -956,7 +971,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/06/17 16:36:13 $
+$Date: 2014/06/21 14:40:08 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>