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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/philosophy kind-communication.html
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:21:10 -0500 (EST)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       18/12/12 18:21:10

Modified files:
        philosophy     : kind-communication.html 

Log message:
        Refer to maintain.html instead of stallman.org to illustrate
        use of person, per and pers.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9

Patches:
Index: kind-communication.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/kind-communication.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- kind-communication.html     31 Oct 2018 16:09:24 -0000      1.8
+++ kind-communication.html     12 Dec 2018 23:21:09 -0000      1.9
@@ -125,10 +125,15 @@
        For instance, not to use pronouns for them that conflict with it.
        There are several ways to avoid that; one way is to use
        gender-neutral pronouns, since they don't conflict with any
-       possible gender identity.  One such pronoun is singular use of
-       &ldquo;they.&rdquo; Another is
-       &ldquo;<a href="https://stallman.org/articles/genderless-pronouns.html";>
-       person</a>.&rdquo;</p>
+       possible gender identity.  One choice is singular use of
+       &ldquo;they,&rdquo; &ldquo;them&rdquo; and &ldquo;their.&rdquo;
+       Another choice uses the gender-neutral singular pronouns,
+       &ldquo;person,&rdquo; &ldquo;per&rdquo; and &ldquo;pers,&rdquo;
+       which are used in
+       <a 
href="https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#About-This-Document";>
+       Information for Maintainers of GNU Software</a>.
+       Other gender-neutral pronouns have also been used in English.
+    </p>
   </li>
 </ol>
 
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/10/31 16:09:24 $
+$Date: 2018/12/12 23:21:09 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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