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From: rsiddharth
Subject: 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
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/gnu.html,v
retrieving revision 1.68
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -b -r1.68 -r1.69
--- gnu.html    30 Dec 2015 21:32:51 -0000      1.68
+++ gnu.html    30 Dec 2015 21:48:15 -0000      1.69
@@ -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 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/12/30 21:32:51 $
+$Date: 2015/12/30 21:48:15 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: yes-give-it-away.html
===================================================================
RCS file: yes-give-it-away.html
diff -N yes-give-it-away.html
--- /dev/null   1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ yes-give-it-away.html       30 Dec 2015 21:48:15 -0000      1.1
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+<!--#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 &ldquo;treating it as
+worthless&rdquo; 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>
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
+<div class="unprintable">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF.  Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent
+to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.</p>
+
+<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph,
+        replace it with the translation of these two:
+
+        We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality
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+
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+Please see the <a
+href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+of this article.</p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+     files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+     be under CC BY-ND 4.0.  Please do NOT change or remove this
+     without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
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+
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+
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+     Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+
+<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";>Creative
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p class="unprintable">Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2015/12/30 21:48:15 $
+<!-- timestamp end -->
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>



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