www/server/staging/readability free-sw.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 16/11/15 21:59:12

Modified files:
        server/staging/readability: free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Change the headers; no columns; restore the licensing include, move it 
down.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/readability/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.10&r2=1.11

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/server/staging/readability/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -b -r1.10 -r1.11
--- free-sw.html        9 Nov 2016 15:55:48 -0000       1.10
+++ free-sw.html        15 Nov 2016 21:59:12 -0000      1.11
@@ -15,49 +15,19 @@
 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 -->
 <title>What is free software?
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
-<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
-.columns p, .columns li {
-   line-height: 1.5em;
-   margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-blockquote.intro {
-   margin: 0 3%;
-}
-h4 {
-   text-align: center;
-   font-size: 1.1em;
-   font-weight: normal;
-   font-style: italic;
-   padding: .3em;
-   margin: 1.3em 0;
-   background: #f5f5f5;
-}
-.columns .emph-box {
-   margin-bottom: 1.5em;
-   background: #f7f7f7;
-   border-color: #e74c3c;
-}
-.note {
-   float: none;
-   width: auto; max-width: 40em;
-   margin: 1.5em auto;
-}
address@hidden (min-width: 53em) {
-   .columns .emph-box {
-      margin: .3em 0 0;
-   }
-}
---></style>
+
 <meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation, 
Linux, Emacs, GCC, Unix, Free Software, Operating System, GNU Kernel, HURD, GNU 
HURD, Hurd" />
 <meta http-equiv="Description" content="Since 1983, developing the free Unix 
style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to 
share and improve the software they use." />
 
 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-sw.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
 
-<h2 class="c">What is free software?</h2>
+<h2>What is free software?</h2>
+
 <h3>The Free Software Definition</h3>
 
-<div class="reduced-width">
+<!--#include virtual="/licenses/fsf-licensing.html" -->
+<blockquote>
 <p>
 The free software definition presents the criteria for whether a
 particular software program qualifies as free software.  From time to
@@ -66,10 +36,9 @@
 below for a list of changes that affect the definition of free
 software.
 </p>
-</div>
+</blockquote>
 
-<div class="columns">
-<p class="inline-block">
+<p>
 &ldquo;Free software&rdquo; means software that respects users'
 freedom and community.  Roughly, it means that <b>the users have the
 freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the
@@ -92,11 +61,9 @@
 program <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html">
 an instrument of unjust power</a>.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h4>The four essential freedoms</h4>
+<h4> The four essential freedoms</h4>
 
-<div class="reduced-width">
 <p>
 A program is free software if the program's users have the
 four essential freedoms:
@@ -118,11 +85,7 @@
       Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
   </li>
 </ul>
-</div>
 
-<h4>General consequences for free licenses</h4>
-
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 A program is free software if it gives users adequately all of these
 freedoms.  Otherwise, it is nonfree.  While we can distinguish various
@@ -138,14 +101,6 @@
 only A needs to be free; B is not pertinent to that plan.</p>
 
 <p>
-In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be permanent and
-irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the
-software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively add
-restrictions to its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give
-cause, the software is not free.
-</p>
-
-<p>
 &ldquo;Free software&rdquo; does not mean &ldquo;noncommercial&rdquo;.  A free
 program must be available for commercial use, commercial development,
 and commercial distribution.  Commercial development of free software
@@ -156,27 +111,11 @@
 <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</a>.
 </p>
 
-<p>
-A free license may not require compliance with the license of a
-nonfree program.  Thus, for instance, if a license requires you to
-comply with the licenses of &ldquo;all the programs you use&rdquo;, in
-the case of a user that runs nonfree programs this would require
-compliance with the licenses of those nonfree programs; that makes the
-license nonfree.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-It is acceptable for a free license to specify which jurisdiction's
-law applies, or where litigation must be done, or both.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<p class="c"><em>The rest of this page clarifies certain points about what 
makes
-specific freedoms adequate or not.</em></p>
+<p>The rest of this page clarifies certain points about what makes
+specific freedoms adequate or not.</p>
 
 <h4>The freedom to run the program as you wish</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 The freedom to run the program means the freedom for any kind of person
 or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind of
@@ -193,11 +132,9 @@
 forbidden or stopped from doing so.  It has nothing to do with what
 functionality the program has, or whether it is useful for what you
 want to do.</p>
-</div>
 
-<h4>The freedom to make changes</h4>
+<h4>The freedom to study the source code and make changes</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 In order for freedoms 1 and 3 (the freedom to make changes and the
 freedom to publish the changed versions) to be meaningful, you must have
@@ -231,11 +168,9 @@
 If your right to modify a program is limited, in substance, to changes that
 someone else considers an improvement, that program is not free.
 </p>
-</div>
 
 <h4>The freedom to distribute if you wish: basic requirements</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>Freedom to distribute (freedoms 2 and 3) means you are free to
 redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either
 gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to
@@ -252,6 +187,15 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+Freedom 3 includes the freedom to release your modified versions
+as free software.  A free license may also permit other ways of
+releasing them; in other words, it does not have to be
+a <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> license.  However, a
+license that requires modified versions to be nonfree does not qualify
+as a free license.
+</p>
+
+<p>
 The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable
 forms of the program, as well as source code, for both modified and
 unmodified versions.  (Distributing programs in runnable form is necessary
@@ -261,11 +205,9 @@
 freedom to redistribute such forms should you find or develop a way to
 make them.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h4>The freedom to distribute: acceptable and unacceptable rules</h4>
+<h4>Copyleft</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 Certain kinds of rules about the manner of distributing free
 software are acceptable, when they don't conflict with the central
@@ -289,18 +231,8 @@
 relate to each other.
 </p>
 
-<p>
-Freedom 3 includes the freedom to release your modified versions
-as free software.  A free license may also permit other ways of
-releasing them; in other words, it does not have to be
-a <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> license.  However, a
-license that requires modified versions to be nonfree does not qualify
-as a free license.
-</p>
-</div>
-<div class="column-limit"></div>
+<h4>Rules about packaging and distribution details</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable,
 if they don't substantively limit your freedom to release modified
@@ -333,10 +265,9 @@
 sort of requirement is acceptable only if there's a suitable aliasing
 facility that allows you to specify the original program's name as an
 alias for the modified version.</p>
-</div>
-<div class="column-limit"></div>
 
-<div class="columns">
+<h4>Export regulations</h4>
+
 <p>
 Sometimes government <a id="exportcontrol">export control regulations</a>
 and trade sanctions can constrain your freedom to distribute copies of
@@ -358,11 +289,33 @@
 export law could make the requirement nontrivial and thus render the
 software nonfree.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h4>The special case of contract-based licenses</h4>
+<h4>Legal considerations</h4>
+
+<p>
+In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be permanent and
+irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the
+software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively add
+restrictions to its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give
+cause, the software is not free.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A free license may not require compliance with the license of a
+nonfree program.  Thus, for instance, if a license requires you to
+comply with the licenses of &ldquo;all the programs you use&rdquo;, in
+the case of a user that runs nonfree programs this would require
+compliance with the licenses of those nonfree programs; that makes the
+license nonfree.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+It is acceptable for a free license to specify which jurisdiction's
+law applies, or where litigation must be done, or both.
+</p>
+
+<h4>Contract-based licenses</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 Most free software licenses are based on copyright, and there are limits
 on what kinds of requirements can be imposed through copyright.  If a
@@ -381,11 +334,9 @@
 legitimate, we will have to think about it, and we will probably conclude
 it is nonfree.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h4>Free software licenses in practice</h4>
+<h4>Use the right words when talking about free software</h4>
 
-<div class="columns">
 <p>
 When talking about free software, it is best to avoid using terms
 like &ldquo;give away&rdquo; or &ldquo;for free,&rdquo; because those terms 
imply that
@@ -397,6 +348,8 @@
 &ldquo;free software&rdquo;</a> into various languages.
 </p>
 
+<h4>How we interpret these criteria</h4>
+
 <p>
 Finally, note that criteria such as those stated in this free software
 definition require careful thought for their interpretation.  To decide
@@ -411,6 +364,8 @@
 it easier to see why certain licenses do or don't qualify.
 </p>
 
+<h4>Get help with free licenses</h4>
+
 <p>
 If you are interested in whether a specific license qualifies as a free
 software license, see our <a href="/licenses/license-list.html">list
@@ -432,11 +387,9 @@
 help you can ensure that the license really is a free software license
 and avoid various practical problems.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h3>Beyond Software</h3>
+<h3 id="beyond-software">Beyond Software</h3>
 
-<div class="reduced-width">
 <p>
 <a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Software manuals must be free</a>,
 for the same reasons that software must be free, and because the
@@ -456,11 +409,9 @@
 has been extended to a definition of <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/";>
 free cultural works</a> applicable to any kind of works.
 </p>
-</div>
 
-<h3>Open Source?</h3>
+<h3 id="open-source">Open Source?</h3>
 
-<div class="reduced-width">
 <p>
 Another group uses the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo; to mean
 something close (but not identical) to &ldquo;free software&rdquo;.  We
@@ -469,7 +420,6 @@
 word &ldquo;open&rdquo; <a 
href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
 never refers to freedom</a>.
 </p>
-</div>
 
 <h3 id="History">History</h3>
 
@@ -656,7 +606,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/11/09 15:55:48 $
+$Date: 2016/11/15 21:59:12 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>