www/philosophy network-services-arent-free-or-n...

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/06/28 14:15:35

Modified files:
        philosophy     : network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html 

Log message:
        Minor cleanups.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Patches:
Index: network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html 12 Apr 2014 12:40:28 -0000      
1.16
+++ network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html 28 Jun 2014 14:15:35 -0000      
1.17
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
 Service">SaaS</acronym>), or Service as a Software Substitute
 (<acronym title="Service as a Software Substitute">SaaSS</acronym>
 &mdash; this term explains more clearly what the issue is), and such a
-service is always a bad thing.  The job it does is your own computing,
-and users ought to have full control over that.  The way for users to
-have control is to do the computing by running their own copies of a
-free program.  Using someone else's server to do that computing
-implies losing control of it.</p>
+service is always a bad thing.  The job it does is the users' own
+computing, and the users ought to have full control over that.  The
+way for users to have control over their own computing is to do it by
+running their own copies of a free program.  Using someone else's
+server to do that computing implies losing control of it.</p>
 
 <p>SaaSS is equivalent to using a nonfree program with surveillance features 
 and a universal back door, so <a 
@@ -112,10 +112,11 @@
 <p>Conversely, if the service operator runs GNU/Linux or other free
 software, that's not a virtue that affects you, but rather a benefit
 for her.  We don't praise or thank her for this; rather we felicitate
-her for making the wise choice. If she releases some of this free
-software, thus contributing to the advance of the community, that's
-the point at which we have a reason to thank her. We suggest releasing
-these programs under
+her for making the wise choice.</p>
+
+<p>If she has developed some software for the service, and released it
+as free software, that's the point at which we have a reason to thank
+her. We suggest releasing these programs under
 the <a href="/licenses/license-recommendations.html">GNU Affero
 GPL</a>, since evidently they are useful on servers.</p>
 
@@ -125,10 +126,10 @@
 <p>Thus, we don't have a rule that free systems shouldn't use (or
 shouldn't depend on) services (or sites) implemented with nonfree
 software. However, they should not depend on, suggest or encourage use
-of services which are SaaSS; SaaSS needs to be replaced by free
-software.  All else being equal, it is good to favor those service
-providers who contribute to the community by releasing useful free
-software, and good to favor peer-to-peer communication over
+of services which are SaaSS; use of SaaSS needs to be replaced by use
+of free software.  All else being equal, it is good to favor those
+service providers who contribute to the community by releasing useful
+free software, and good to favor peer-to-peer communication over
 server-based centralized communication, for activities that don't
 inherently require a central hub.</p>
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:28 $
+$Date: 2014/06/28 14:15:35 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>