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Richard M. Stallman |
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Subject: |
www home.html |
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Date: |
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:54:36 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 15/01/15 15:54:36
Modified files:
. : home.html
Log message:
Rearrange and rewrite, adding some links.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.484&r2=1.485
Patches:
Index: home.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/home.html,v
retrieving revision 1.484
retrieving revision 1.485
diff -u -b -r1.484 -r1.485
--- home.html 13 Aug 2014 22:09:36 -0000 1.484
+++ home.html 15 Jan 2015 15:54:35 -0000 1.485
@@ -19,47 +19,34 @@
<h2>What is GNU?</h2>
<p>GNU is a Unix-like operating system that
-is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>—it
-respects your freedom. You can install
+is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a> —that
+is, it respects users' freedom. You can install
<a href="/distros/free-distros.html">
versions of GNU</a> (more precisely, GNU/Linux systems) which are
entirely free software.</p>
-<p>The <a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU Project</a> was launched in 1984 to
-develop the GNU system. The name “GNU” is a recursive
-acronym for “GNU's Not
-Unix!”.</p>
+<p>The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's
+Not
+Unix!”. <a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html">“GNU”
+is pronounced <em>g'noo</em></a>, as one syllable, like saying
+“grew” but replacing the <em>r</em> with <em>n</em>. The
+development of GNU is known as the <a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU
+Project</a>.</p>
<p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-fixed.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU"
/></a></p>
-<p>A Unix-like operating system is a <a href="/software/">software
-collection</a> of applications, libraries, and developer tools, plus a
-program to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a
-kernel.</p>
-
-<p>GNU is typically used with a kernel called Linux. This combination
-is the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"><strong>GNU/Linux operating
-system</strong></a>. GNU/Linux is used by millions, though
-many <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">call it “Linux” by
-mistake</a>.</p>
-
-<p>GNU's own kernel, <a href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd</a>
- continues to be developed because it is an interesting technical
- project.</p>
-
<h2>What is Free Software?</h2>
-<p>“<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free software</a>”
-is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you
-should think of “free” as in “free speech”,
-not as in “free beer”.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run,
-copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.</strong> More
-precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the
-software:</p>
+<p>Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
+concept, you should think of “free” as in “free
+speech”, not as in “free beer”.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Free software means the users have the freedom to run,
+copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.</strong>
+More precisely, it refers to <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">four
+essential freedoms</a> for a user of the software:</p>
<ul>
<li>The freedom to run the program as you wish,
@@ -73,12 +60,29 @@
(freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.</li>
</ul>
-<h2>How to pronounce GNU</h2>
+<p>Developments in technology and network use have made these freedoms
+<a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">even more
+important now</a> than they were in 1983.</p>
+
+<h2>More about GNU</h2>
+
+<p>GNU is a Unix-like operating system. That means it is a collection
+of many programs: applications, libraries, developer tools, even
+games, plus a program to allocate resources and talk to the hardware,
+known as a kernel. Many of these programs are released under the
+auspices of the GNU Project; those we call <a href="/software/">GNU
+packages</a>.</p>
-<p><a href="/pronunciation/pronunciation.html">“GNU” is
-pronounced <em>g'noo</em></a>, as one syllable, like saying “grew”
but
-replacing the <em>r</em> with <em>n</em>.</p>
+<p>GNU is typically used with a kernel called Linux. This combination
+is the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html"><strong>GNU/Linux operating
+system</strong></a>. GNU/Linux is used by millions, though
+many <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">call it “Linux” by
+mistake</a>.</p>
+<p>GNU's own kernel, <a href="/software/hurd/hurd.html">The Hurd</a>,
+was started in 1990 (before Linux was started). Volunteers continue
+developing the Hurd because it is an interesting technical
+project.</p>
</div><!-- /first-column -->
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/08/13 22:09:36 $
+$Date: 2015/01/15 15:54:35 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www home.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=