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Richard M. Stallman |
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www/gnu gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html |
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Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:23:10 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 15/06/02 12:23:10
Modified files:
gnu : gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html
Log message:
Various local rewrites.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36
Patches:
Index: gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html 12 Apr 2014 12:39:38 -0000 1.35
+++ gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html 2 Jun 2015 12:23:09 -0000 1.36
@@ -16,45 +16,45 @@
</p></blockquote>
</div>
-<p>Most people have never heard of GNU. Even most of the people who use
-the GNU system have never heard of GNU, thanks to so many people and
-companies who teach them to call it “Linux”. Nonetheless,
-the name GNU has certain associations, which people will discover once
-they hear the name. GNU is associated with the ideals of freedom of the
-free software movement. That association is no accident; the motive for
-developing GNU was specifically to make it possible to use a computer
-and have freedom.</p>
-
-<p>The association between the name GNU and our goals of freedom and
-social solidarity exists in the minds of hundreds of thousands of
-GNU/Linux users that do know about GNU. It exists in Wikipedia. And it
-exists around the web; if these users search for GNU, they will find <a
-href="http://www.gnu.org";>www.gnu.org</a>, which talks about free
-software and freedom.</p>
+<p>Most people have never heard of GNU. Even most of the people who
+use the GNU system have never heard of GNU, since so many people and
+companies teach them to call it “Linux”. Indeed, GNU
+users often say they are “running Linux”, which is like
+saying you are “driving your carburettor” or
+“driving your transmission”.</p>
+
+<p>Nonetheless, those who know about GNU associate it with the ideals
+of freedom of the free software movement. That association is no
+accident; the motive for developing GNU was specifically to make it
+possible to use a computer and have freedom.</p>
<p>A person seeing the name “GNU” for the first time in
-“GNU/Linux” won't immediately associate it with anything.
-However, when people know that the system is basically GNU, that brings
-them a step closer to learning about our ideals. For instance, they
-might become curious and look for more information about GNU.</p>
-
-<p>If they don't look for it, they may encounter it anyway. The
-“open source” rhetoric tends to lead people's attention away
-from issues of users' freedom, but not totally; there is still
-discussion of GNU and free software, and people have some chance of
-coming across it. When that happens, the reader is more likely to pay
-attention to information about GNU (such as that it's the work of a
-campaign for freedom and community) if he knows he is a user of the GNU
+“GNU/Linux” won't immediately know what it represents, has
+come one step closer to finding out. The association between the name
+GNU and our goals of freedom and social solidarity exists in the minds
+of hundreds of thousands of GNU/Linux users that do know about GNU.
+It exists in <a href="http://www.gnu.org";>gnu.org</a> and in
+Wikipedia. It exists around the web; if these users search for GNU,
+they will find the ideas GNU stands for.</p>
+
+<p>If they don't search, they may encounter them anyway. The
+<a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">“open
+source”</a> rhetoric tends to lead people's attention away from
+issues of users' freedom, but not totally; there is still discussion
+of GNU and free software, and people have some chance of coming across
+it. When that happens, they are more likely to pay attention to
+information about GNU (such as that it's the work of a campaign for
+freedom and community) if they know they are users of the GNU
system.</p>
<p>Over time, calling the system “GNU/Linux” spreads
awareness of the ideals of freedom for which we developed the GNU
-system. It is also useful as a reminder for people in our community who
-know about these ideals, in a world where much of discussion of free
-software takes a totally practical (and thus amoral) approach. When we
-ask you to call the system “GNU/Linux”, we do so because
-awareness of GNU slowly but surely brings with it awareness of the free
-software ideals of freedom and community.</p>
+system. It is also useful as a reminder for people in our community
+who know about these ideals, in a world where much of discussion of
+free software takes a totally practical (and thus amoral) approach.
+When we ask you to call the system “GNU/Linux”, we are
+asking you to help in making the public aware of the free software
+ideals.</p>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:39:38 $
+$Date: 2015/06/02 12:23:09 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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