www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/08/04 22:08:14

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

Log message:
        (alternative): Rewrite to explain better.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.190&r2=1.191

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.190
retrieving revision 1.191
diff -u -b -r1.190 -r1.191
--- words-to-avoid.html 21 Jul 2014 06:54:49 -0000      1.190
+++ words-to-avoid.html 4 Aug 2014 22:08:13 -0000       1.191
@@ -109,16 +109,21 @@
 
 <h4 id="Alternative">&ldquo;Alternative&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
-We don't present free software as an &ldquo;alternative,&rdquo; because it
-presents a goal of having free software alongside proprietary
-software.  That presupposes that proprietary software is
-legitimate.</p>
+We don't describe free software as an &ldquo;alternative,&rdquo;
+because that presumes that other &ldquo;alternatives&rdquo; to free
+software are legitimate and we should coexist with them.  That word
+frames an issue with the assumption that it is good to have lots of
+&ldquo;alternatives&rdquo; to choose from.</p>
 
 <p>
-We believe that the only ethical way to distribute software is as free
-software.  Thus, we aim to make free software more than an
-alternative.  Our goal is a world where all programs are free, so that
-all their users are free.
+We believe that distribution as free software is the only ethical way
+to make software available for others to use.  The other methods,
+<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">nonfree
+software</a>
+and <a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Service
+as a Software Substitute</a> subjugate their users.  We do not think
+that those should continue to exist as &ldquo;alternatives&rdquo; to
+free software.
 </p>
 
 <h4 id="BSD-style">&ldquo;BSD-style&rdquo;</h4>
@@ -971,7 +976,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/07/21 06:54:49 $
+$Date: 2014/08/04 22:08:13 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>