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Therese Godefroy |
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www/gnu why-gnu-linux.html |
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Date: |
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:07:59 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/08/30 09:07:59
Modified files:
gnu : why-gnu-linux.html
Log message:
s/Linux and the GNU Project/Linux and the GNU System/
Move announcements down; use edu-note style for #fsfs; http > https;
comma/period before end quote; only list copyrightable years;
use one div for article layout.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.74&r2=1.75
Patches:
Index: why-gnu-linux.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html,v
retrieving revision 1.74
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -b -r1.74 -r1.75
--- why-gnu-linux.html 7 Apr 2021 17:55:37 -0000 1.74
+++ why-gnu-linux.html 30 Aug 2021 13:07:58 -0000 1.75
@@ -1,42 +1,38 @@
-<!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
<title>Why GNU/Linux?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<!--#include virtual="/gnu/po/why-gnu-linux.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2 class="c">What's in a Name?</h2>
+<div class="article reduced-width">
+<h2>What's in a Name?</h2>
-<address class="byline c">by <a
+<address class="byline">by <a
href="https://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a></address>
-<div class="reduced-width">
-<hr class="no-display" />
-<div class="announcement">
-<p>To learn more about this issue, you can read
-our <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">GNU/Linux FAQ</a>, our page on
-<a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">Linux and the GNU Project</a>, which gives a
history of the GNU/Linux system as it relates to this issue of naming,
-and our page on <a href="/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html">GNU
-Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU</a>.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p id="fsfs">This essay is published in
-<a href="http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/";>
-<cite>Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard
-M. Stallman</cite></a>.</p>
-<hr class="thin" />
-
-<div class="article">
<p>
Names convey meanings; our choice of names determines the meaning of
what we say. An inappropriate name gives people the wrong idea. A
rose by any other name would smell as sweet—but if you call it a pen,
people will be rather disappointed when they try to write with it.
-And if you call pens “roses”, people may not realize what
+And if you call pens “roses,” people may not realize what
they are good for. If you call our operating system
Linux, that conveys a mistaken idea of the system's
origin, history, and purpose. If you call
it <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a>, that conveys
(though not in detail) an accurate idea.</p>
+
+<div class="announcement comment" role="complementary">
+<hr class="no-display" />
+<p>To learn more about this issue, you can read
+our <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">GNU/Linux FAQ</a>, our page on
+<a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">Linux and the GNU System</a>, which gives a
history of the GNU/Linux system as it relates to this issue of naming,
+and our page on <a href="/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html">GNU
+Users Who Have Never Heard of GNU</a>.</p>
+<hr class="no-display" />
+</div>
+
<p>
Does this really matter for our community? Is it important whether people
know the system's origin, history, and purpose? Yes—because people
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@
Most of them do not clearly identify the nonfree
packages in their distributions. Many even develop nonfree software
and add it to the system. Some outrageously advertise
-“Linux” systems that are “licensed per seat”,
+“Linux” systems that are “licensed per seat,”
which give the user as much freedom as Microsoft Windows.</p>
<p>
@@ -98,7 +94,7 @@
technical, rather than political, decisions.” And Caldera's
<abbr title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</abbr> openly urged
users
-to <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/stallman-love-is-not-free/";>drop
+to <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/stallman-love-is-not-free/";>drop
the goal of freedom and work instead for the “popularity of
Linux”</a>.</p>
@@ -176,16 +172,16 @@
Project can see a direct relationship between themselves and GNU.
They won't automatically agree with our philosophy, but at least they
will see a reason to think seriously about it. In contrast, people
-who consider themselves “Linux users”, and believe that
+who consider themselves “Linux users,” and believe that
the GNU Project “developed tools which proved to be useful in
-Linux”, typically perceive only an indirect relationship between
+Linux,” typically perceive only an indirect relationship between
GNU and themselves. They may just ignore the GNU philosophy when they
come across it.</p>
<p>
The GNU Project is idealistic, and anyone encouraging idealism today
faces a great obstacle: the prevailing ideology encourages people to
-dismiss idealism as “impractical”. Our idealism has been
+dismiss idealism as “impractical.” Our idealism has been
extremely practical: it is the reason we have a
free <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a> operating system.
People who love this system ought to know that it is our idealism made
@@ -198,7 +194,12 @@
that needs to be done, we need to be recognized for what we have
already done. Please help us, by calling the operating
system <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux</a>.</p>
-</div>
+
+<hr class="no-display" />
+<div class="edu-note c"><p id="fsfs">This essay is published in
+<a href="https://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/";><cite>Free
+Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard
+M. Stallman</cite></a>.</p></div>
</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@
There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p>Copyright © 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014-2016, 2020, 2021 Richard
Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright © 2000, 2007, 2021 Richard Stallman</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";>Creative
@@ -258,10 +259,10 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/04/07 17:55:37 $
+$Date: 2021/08/30 13:07:58 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
-</div>
+</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include -->
</body>
</html>
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