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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 &ldquo;consume&rdquo; 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 &mdash; 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 &ldquo;google&rdquo; as a verb, meaning to
 search for something on the internet. &ldquo;Google&rdquo; is just the
-name of one particular search engine among others. We suggest to use the
-term &ldquo;web search&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;search the web&rdquo; or (in some contexts) just
+&ldquo;search&rdquo;. 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">&ldquo;Hacker&rdquo;</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&mdash;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/";>&ldquo;piracy&rdquo;
-and &ldquo;theft&rdquo; are smear-words.</a></p>
+and &ldquo;theft&rdquo; are smear words.</a></p>
 
 <h3 id="PowerPoint">&ldquo;PowerPoint&rdquo;</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 &ldquo;software como servicio&rdquo;
-because the joke of &ldquo;software como ser vicio&rdquo; is too good
+In Spanish we continue to use the term &ldquo;software como
+servicio&rdquo; because the joke of &ldquo;software como ser
+vicio&rdquo; (&ldquo;software, as being pernicious&rdquo;) 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>



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