[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
www/help help.html
|
From: |
Dora Scilipoti |
|
Subject: |
www/help help.html |
|
Date: |
Sat, 20 Jun 2020 08:08:42 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Dora Scilipoti <dora> 20/06/20 08:08:42
Modified files:
help : help.html
Log message:
GNU needs English proofreaders. Rearrange entries.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/help/help.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.180&r2=1.181
Patches:
Index: help.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/help/help.html,v
retrieving revision 1.180
retrieving revision 1.181
diff -u -b -r1.180 -r1.181
--- help.html 12 Jun 2020 19:52:07 -0000 1.180
+++ help.html 20 Jun 2020 12:08:41 -0000 1.181
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
<h3 class="no-display">Table of Contents</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#develop">Help develop the GNU operating system</a></li>
- <li><a href="#fsf">Volunteer with and donate to the Free Software
Foundation</a></li>
- <li><a href="#awareness">Spread awareness about GNU and the Free Software
Movement</a></li>
<li><a href="#helpgnu">Help support GNU development and use</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#awareness">Spread awareness about GNU and the Free Software
Movement</a></li>
<li><a href="#hnode">Help improve h-node.org</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#fsf">Volunteer with and donate to the Free Software
Foundation</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<hr style="clear: both; visibility: hidden" />
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
of free software</a>.</li>
<li>If you are a student, and you must do a software development
- project, contribute it to GNU.
- See <a href="/philosophy/university.html"> for how to make the
- university let you release it as free software</a>.</li>
+ project, contribute it to GNU. See <a
+ href="/philosophy/university.html">how to make the university let
+ you release it as free software</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you want to volunteer to work on GNU software,
@@ -107,64 +107,6 @@
on similar projects. When you have selected a task from our task
lists, please let them know you're interested in working on it.</p>
-<h3 id="fsf">Volunteer with and donate to the Free Software Foundation</h3>
-
-<p>The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizational
-sponsor of the GNU Operating System. The FSF also helps to spread
-awareness of the ethical and political issues of software freedom.
-</p>
-
-<p>Like GNU, the FSF also gets a lot of its strength from volunteers.
-It's a great place to volunteer and a great community to join,
-especially if you don't have the technical background to contribute
-directly to free software development. Check out the FSF's <a
-href="http://fsf.org/volunteer";>volunteering page</a> to get started
-or the <a href="http://www.fsf.org";>homepage</a> to learn more about
-the organization.</p>
-
-<p>Support the FSF and the GNU Project financially by becoming an FSF
-<a href="https://my.fsf.org/join";>associate member</a>, <a
-href="https://www.fsf.org/about/ways-to-donate/";>donating</a> to the
-FSF, <a href="https://shop.fsf.org";>purchasing</a> manuals, t-shirts,
-stickers, and gear from the FSF, or by <a
-href="/philosophy/selling.html">selling free
-software</a> and donating some of the proceeds to the FSF or another
-free software organization. By funding development, you can advance
-the world of free software.</p>
-
-<h3 id="awareness">Spread awareness about GNU and the Free Software
Movement</h3>
-<ul>
- <li>Inform your acquaintances about the GNU <a
- href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">philosophy</a> and <a
- href="/software/software.html">software</a>.</li>
-
- <li>When you refer to the operating system that started as GNU with
- Linux added, call it <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">
- GNU/Linux</a>, and don't follow those who call it
- “Linux”. Once people are aware of what we have already
- done, rather than attributing it to others, they will
- <a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">support our present and future
- efforts more</a>. This help takes very little of your time once you
- have unlearned the old habit.</li>
-
- <li>Show your support for the free software movement and our
- <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">ideas of freedom for users of
- computing</a>, by saying “free software”, “libre
- software” or “free/libre software”.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
- Avoid the term “open source”</a> which stands for
- rejection of our ideals.</li>
-
- <li><a href="/help/linking-gnu.html">Add a link to this web site</a>
- to your home pages.</li>
-
- <li>Suggest that others do these things.</li>
-
- <li>Offer GNU/Linux Installation or support in your local time banks.</li>
-
-</ul>
-
<h3 id="helpgnu">Help support GNU development and use</h3>
<p>
This list is ordered roughly with the more urgent items near the top.
@@ -189,16 +131,21 @@
webmaster quiz</a>.</li>
<li id="helptranslations">Translate the GNU Web site into other
- languages. More information about the issue can be found at the
- <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Guide to
- Translating the www.gnu.org Web Pages</a>. Write to <a
- href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org";><web-translators@gnu.org></a>
if
- you want to help.</li>
-
- <li id="english-proofreaders">Each translation team needs several members
- that are native speakers of the target language (and fluent in English),
- but it also needs at least one member that is a native speaker of English
- (and fluent in the target language).</li>
+ languages. Each translation team needs several members that are native
+ speakers of the target language (and fluent in English), but it also needs
+ at least one member that is a native speaker of English (and fluent in the
+ target language.) More information about the issue can be found at the
+ <a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Guide to Translating
+ the www.gnu.org Web Pages</a>. Write to <a
+ href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org";><web-translators@gnu.org></a>
+ if you want to help.</li>
+
+ <li id="english-proofreaders">We need native English speakers with a
+ good command of the language to proofread English text written by GNU
+ package maintainers and other non native volunteers. To help with this,
+ please subscribe to the low-traffic <a
+ href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/proofreaders";>GNU
+ documentation proofreaders list</a>.</li>
<li>When you are talking with people that don't value freedom and
community, you can show them the many practical advantages of free
@@ -243,6 +190,39 @@
href="mailto:job-page@fsf.org";><job-page@fsf.org></a>.</li>
</ul>
+<h3 id="awareness">Spread awareness about GNU and the Free Software
Movement</h3>
+<ul>
+ <li>Inform your acquaintances about the GNU <a
+ href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">philosophy</a> and <a
+ href="/software/software.html">software</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>When you refer to the operating system that started as GNU with
+ Linux added, call it <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">
+ GNU/Linux</a>, and don't follow those who call it
+ “Linux”. Once people are aware of what we have already
+ done, rather than attributing it to others, they will
+ <a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">support our present and future
+ efforts more</a>. This help takes very little of your time once you
+ have unlearned the old habit.</li>
+
+ <li>Show your support for the free software movement and our
+ <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">ideas of freedom for users of
+ computing</a>, by saying “free software”, “libre
+ software” or “free/libre software”.</li>
+
+ <li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
+ Avoid the term “open source”</a> which stands for
+ rejection of our ideals.</li>
+
+ <li><a href="/help/linking-gnu.html">Add a link to this web site</a>
+ to your home pages.</li>
+
+ <li>Suggest that others do these things.</li>
+
+ <li>Offer GNU/Linux Installation or support in your local time banks.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
<h3 id="hnode">Help improve h-node.org</h3>
<p>h-node.org is a repository that contains information about how well
@@ -271,6 +251,31 @@
their <a href="https://h-node.org/wiki/page/en/mailing-lists";>mailing
lists</a>.
+<h3 id="fsf">Volunteer with and donate to the Free Software Foundation</h3>
+
+<p>The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizational
+sponsor of the GNU Operating System. The FSF also helps to spread
+awareness of the ethical and political issues of software freedom.
+</p>
+
+<p>Like GNU, the FSF also gets a lot of its strength from volunteers.
+It's a great place to volunteer and a great community to join,
+especially if you don't have the technical background to contribute
+directly to free software development. Check out the FSF's <a
+href="http://fsf.org/volunteer";>volunteering page</a> to get started
+or the <a href="http://www.fsf.org";>homepage</a> to learn more about
+the organization.</p>
+
+<p>Support the FSF and the GNU Project financially by becoming an FSF
+<a href="https://my.fsf.org/join";>associate member</a>, <a
+href="https://www.fsf.org/about/ways-to-donate/";>donating</a> to the
+FSF, <a href="https://shop.fsf.org";>purchasing</a> manuals, t-shirts,
+stickers, and gear from the FSF, or by <a
+href="/philosophy/selling.html">selling free
+software</a> and donating some of the proceeds to the FSF or another
+free software organization. By funding development, you can advance
+the world of free software.</p>
+
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
@@ -329,7 +334,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/06/12 19:52:07 $
+$Date: 2020/06/20 12:08:41 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>