www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/03/20 08:15:08

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

Log message:
        (Sharing economy): recommend "piecework service economy".

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.199&r2=1.200

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.199
retrieving revision 1.200
diff -u -b -r1.199 -r1.200
--- words-to-avoid.html 5 Jan 2015 13:27:38 -0000       1.199
+++ words-to-avoid.html 20 Mar 2015 08:15:07 -0000      1.200
@@ -835,16 +835,16 @@
 
 <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
+The term &ldquo;sharing economy&rdquo; is not a good way to refer to
+services such as Uber and Airbnb that arrange business transactions
+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>
+exact copies of published works.  Stretching the word
+&ldquo;sharing&rdquo; to include these transactions 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>
-
+A more suitable term for businesses like Uber is the
+&ldquo;piecework service economy.&rdquo;</p>
 
 <h4 id="SoftwareIndustry">&ldquo;Software Industry&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2015/01/05 13:27:38 $
+$Date: 2015/03/20 08:15:07 $
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 </p>
 </div>