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From: |
Dora Scilipoti |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-software-rocket.html |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Oct 2020 07:36:54 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Dora Scilipoti <dora> 20/10/09 07:36:54
Modified files:
philosophy : free-software-rocket.html
Log message:
Replace 'as' with 'are' as per the original. No spaces around em dash.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-software-rocket.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
Patches:
Index: free-software-rocket.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-software-rocket.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -b -r1.6 -r1.7
--- free-software-rocket.html 8 Oct 2020 19:32:07 -0000 1.6
+++ free-software-rocket.html 9 Oct 2020 11:36:53 -0000 1.7
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
<p>If the rocket contains software, releasing that as free software can
be a contribution to the community, and we should appreciate that
-contribution — but that is a different issue. Such release also
+contribution—but that is a different issue. Such release also
makes it possible for people who have bought the rockets to work on
improving the software in them, though the irreversible nature of many
rocket failures may discourage tinkering.</p>
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@
car or van leased to you. Rather, it's comparable to a moving
company's van that is, for the moment, transporting your books and
furniture to your specified destination. It is the moving company
-that deserves control over the software in that van — not the
+that deserves control over the software in that van—not the
customer of the moment.</p>
<p>It makes sense to treat the job of transporting your things to Outer
Mongolia, or to outer space, as a service because the job is mostly
self-contained and mostly independent of the customer (“mostly”
does not mean “absolutely” or “100%”),
-so the instructions for the job as simple (take these boxes to address
+so the instructions for the job are simple (take these boxes to address
A by date D).</p>
<p>But there is one kind of activity which should never be treated as a
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
<p>For instance, imagine a hypothetical SpaceX Smart Spaceship, which as
a “service” wants to know all about your business so SpaceX servers
can decide for you what cargoes to buy and sell on which planets.
-That planning service would be SaaSS — therefore a dis-service.
+That planning service would be SaaSS—therefore a dis-service.
Instead of using that dis-service, you should do that planning with
your copy of free software on your own computer.</p>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/10/08 19:32:07 $
+$Date: 2020/10/09 11:36:53 $
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</p>
</div>