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From: |
Jeanne Rasata |
Subject: |
www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:21:06 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Jeanne Rasata <jrasata> 15/12/31 22:21:06
Modified files:
philosophy : words-to-avoid.html
Log message:
added translation for Spanish text, fixed couple of typos
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.217&r2=1.218
Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.217
retrieving revision 1.218
diff -u -b -r1.217 -r1.218
--- words-to-avoid.html 31 Dec 2015 19:54:43 -0000 1.217
+++ words-to-avoid.html 31 Dec 2015 22:21:05 -0000 1.218
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
<p>
The term “consume” is associated with the economics of
-uncopiable material products, and leads people to transfer its
+uncopyable material products, and leads people to transfer its
conclusions unconsciously to copiable digital works — an error
that proprietary software developers (and other publishers) dearly
wish to encourage. Their twisted viewpoint comes through clearly
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@
<p>
Please avoid using the term “google” as a verb, meaning to
search for something on the internet. “Google” is just the
-name of one particular search engine among others. We suggest to use the
-term “web search” instead. Try to use a search engine that
-respects your privacy; <a
-href="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</a> claims not to track
-its users, although we cannot confirm.</p>
+name of one particular search engine among others. We suggest to use
+the term “search the web” or (in some contexts) just
+“search”. Try to use a search engine that respects your
+privacy; <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</a> claims not
+to track its users, although we cannot confirm.</p>
<h3 id="Hacker">“Hacker”</h3>
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
But the free software movement is a social movement, not a business,
and the success it aims for is not a market success. We are trying to
serve the public by giving it freedom—not competing to draw business
-away from a rival. To equate this campaign for freedom to a business'
+away from a rival. To equate this campaign for freedom to a business's
efforts for mere success is to deny the importance of freedom
and legitimize proprietary software.</p>
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
A US judge, presiding over a trial for copyright infringement,
recognized that
<a
href="http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-banned-from-using-piracy-and-theft-terms-in-hotfile-trial-131129/">“piracy”
-and “theft” are smear-words.</a></p>
+and “theft” are smear words.</a></p>
<h3 id="PowerPoint">“PowerPoint”</h3>
<p>
@@ -894,8 +894,9 @@
Does That Server Really Serve?</a> for discussion of this
issue.</p>
<p>
-In Spanish we continue to use the term “software como servicio”
-because the joke of “software como ser vicio” is too good
+In Spanish we continue to use the term “software como
+servicio” because the joke of “software como ser
+vicio” (“software, as being pernicious”) is too good
to give up.</p>
@@ -1109,7 +1110,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/12/31 19:54:43 $
+$Date: 2015/12/31 22:21:05 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>