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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-doc.html |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 05:48:09 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/07/11 05:48:09
Modified files:
philosophy : free-doc.html
Log message:
Add breadcrumb, update to boilerplate 1.96, reduce line width,
http > https, move announcement & FDL link down.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-doc.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.50&r2=1.51
Patches:
Index: free-doc.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/free-doc.html,v
retrieving revision 1.50
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -b -r1.50 -r1.51
--- free-doc.html 27 Dec 2019 22:55:30 -0000 1.50
+++ free-doc.html 11 Jul 2021 09:48:09 -0000 1.51
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 -->
-<title>Why Free Software needs Free Documentation
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="aboutfs" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
+<title>Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
-
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-doc.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div class="reduced-width">
+<h2>Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation</h2>
+<div class="thin"></div>
-<h2>Why Free Software needs Free Documentation</h2>
-
-<blockquote class="announcement"><p>
-<a href="http://defectivebydesign.org/ebooks.html">Join our mailing list
-about the dangers of eBooks</a>.
-</p></blockquote>
-
-<ul>
-<li><a href="/copyleft/fdl.html">The GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
-</ul>
-
+<div class="article">
<p>
The biggest deficiency in free operating systems is not in the
software—it is the lack of good free manuals that we can include
@@ -53,12 +51,19 @@
Given that writing good English is a rare skill among programmers, we
can ill afford to lose manuals this way.</p>
+<hr class="no-display" />
+<div class="announcement" role="complementary"><p>
+<a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/ebooks.html">Join our mailing list
+about the dangers of eBooks</a>.
+</p></div>
+<hr class="no-display" />
+
<p>
Free documentation, like free software, is a matter of freedom, not
price. The problem with these manuals was not that O'Reilly
Associates charged a price for printed copies—that in itself is
fine. (The Free Software Foundation
-<a href="http://shop.fsf.org/category/books/">sells printed
+<a href="https://shop.fsf.org/category/books/">sells printed
copies</a> of free <a href="/doc/doc.html">GNU manuals</a>, too.) But
GNU manuals are available in source code form, while these manuals are
available only on paper. GNU manuals come with permission to copy and
@@ -71,6 +76,10 @@
permitted, so that the manual can accompany every copy of the program,
on line or on paper. Permission for modification is crucial too.</p>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">The GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
+</ul>
+
<p>
As a general rule, I don't believe that it is essential for people to
have permission to modify all sorts of articles and books. The issues
@@ -147,10 +156,12 @@
<p>
[Note: We maintain a <a href="/doc/other-free-books.html">page
that lists free books available from other publishers</a>].</p>
+</div>
+</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
-<div id="footer">
+<div id="footer" role="contentinfo">
<div class="unprintable">
<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to
@@ -168,13 +179,13 @@
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
<web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p>
- <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
Please see the <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
of this article.</p>
</div>
@@ -195,8 +206,8 @@
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright © 1996-2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative
@@ -206,10 +217,10 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/12/27 22:55:30 $
+$Date: 2021/07/11 09:48:09 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
-</div>
+</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include -->
</body>
</html>
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