www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/07/31 20:54:57

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Recommend some replacement phrasing.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.237&r2=1.238

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.237
retrieving revision 1.238
diff -u -b -r1.237 -r1.238
--- words-to-avoid.html 20 Mar 2017 14:26:14 -0000      1.237
+++ words-to-avoid.html 1 Aug 2017 00:54:57 -0000       1.238
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@
 applies to the special case in which the user already has a copy of
 the program in non-source form.</p>
 
+<blockquote>Instead of <b>with free software,
+the public has access to the program,</b><br/>
+we say, <b>with free software, the users have the essential
+freedoms</b> and <b>with free software, the users have control
+of what the program does for them.</b>
+</blockquote>
+
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="Alternative">&ldquo;Alternative&rdquo;</h3>
@@ -684,6 +691,10 @@
 neutrality is your goal, &ldquo;FLOSS&rdquo; is better.  But if you
 want to show you stand for freedom, don't use a neutral term.</p>
 
+<blockquote>Instead of <b>FOSS</b><br/>
+we say <b>free software</b> or <b>free (libre) software</b>.
+</blockquote>
+
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="FreelyAvailable">&ldquo;Freely available&rdquo;</h3>
@@ -873,6 +884,8 @@
 <h3 id="MP3Player">&ldquo;MP3 Player&rdquo;</h3>
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
 <p>
+<!-- The MP3 patents will reportedly expire by 2018.  -->
+
 In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state
 digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not
 all.  Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC,
@@ -900,6 +913,11 @@
 software, or our views&mdash;that leads people to suppose our views
 are similar to theirs.</p>
 
+<blockquote>
+<p>Instead of <b>open source</b><br/>
+we say <b>free software</b> or <b>free (libre) software</b>.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM -->
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY -->
 <h3 id="PC">&ldquo;PC&rdquo;</h3>
@@ -1281,7 +1299,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/03/20 14:26:14 $
+$Date: 2017/08/01 00:54:57 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>