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rsiddharth |
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www/gnu gnu.html yes-give-it-away.html |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:48:16 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: rsiddharth <rsd> 15/12/30 21:48:16
Modified files:
gnu : gnu.html
Added files:
gnu : yes-give-it-away.html
Log message:
[#1073683] Added new article /gnu/yes-give-it-away.html
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.68&r2=1.69
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/yes-give-it-away.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1
Patches:
Index: gnu.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu.html,v
retrieving revision 1.68
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -b -r1.68 -r1.69
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@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
of Free Software</a> (1999)</li>
<li><a href="/gnu/why-programs-should-be-shared.html">Why Programs
Should be Shared</a> (1983)</li>
+ <li><a href="/gnu/yes-give-it-away.html">Yes, Give It Away</a>
+ (1983)</li>
</ul>
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.78 -->
+<title>Yes, Give It Away
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Yes, Give It Away</h2>
+
+<p><strong>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard
Stallman</a></strong></p>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <p>Richard Stallman wrote this text, which was found in a file dated May
+ 1983, though it is not clear whether they were written then or earlier.
+ In May 1983 he was privately considering plans to develop a
+ free operating system, but he may not yet have decided to make it a
+ Unix-like system rather than something like the MIT Lisp Machine.</p>
+
+ <p>He had not yet conceptually distinguished the two meanings of
+ "free"; these messages are formulated in terms of gratis copies, but
+ take for granted that this means users also have freedom.</p>
+ </blockquote>
+
+<p>One of the important reasons for giving software away free is to
+enable the users to change it. This allows them to make better use of
+it, and also encourages and enables them to contribute to the
+effort. Furthermore, they develop self-reliance, confidence, and a
+sense of responsibility.</p>
+
+<p>I've often heard that Americans will think something is worthless
+if it's free. It might be true, but it's not rational. People have a
+right to be neurotic but we should not encourage this. In the mean
+time, giving software away is not “treating it as
+worthless” just because some masochists might conclude it was
+worthless.</p>
+
+<p>Users would not change software if it were worthless; rather,
+because it is worth more to them as changed than before.
+Some central maintenance is also useful, but there are other
+ways to provide for this aside from hassling the users.</p>
+
+<p>I have a lot of experience with sharing software and having
+the users change it. I find that</p>
+
+<ol>
+ <li>there is little tendency to believe EMACS is worthless</li>
+ <li>users change EMACS a lot</li>
+ <li>users' changes contribute to EMACS development</li>
+ <li>centralized maintenance of EMACS continues</li>
+</ol>
+
+<p>I approached users in a non-manipulative cooperative spirit, and
+they reacted enthusiastically and cooperatively. When told that
+restrictions are being imposed to trick their neuroses or because they
+are assumed in advance to be incompetent, they feel justifiable
+resentment. They also tend to become incompetent and neurotic as a
+result.</p>
+
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+
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+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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