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From: |
Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/gnu gnu-linux-faq.html |
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Date: |
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:22:28 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/08/30 09:22:28
Modified files:
gnu : gnu-linux-faq.html
Log message:
s/non-free/nonfree
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.168&r2=1.169
Patches:
Index: gnu-linux-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.168
retrieving revision 1.169
diff -u -b -r1.168 -r1.169
--- gnu-linux-faq.html 30 Aug 2021 13:09:05 -0000 1.168
+++ gnu-linux-faq.html 30 Aug 2021 13:22:28 -0000 1.169
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
We're not talking about a distinct GNU version of Linux, the kernel.
The free GNU/Linux distros do have
a <a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Linux-libre";>separate version of
-Linux</a>, since the “standard” version contains non-free
+Linux</a>, since the “standard” version contains nonfree
firmware “blobs”. If this were part of the GNU Project,
it could be considered “GNU Linux”; but we would not want
to call it that, because it would be too confusing.</p>
@@ -1039,13 +1039,13 @@
free software? After all, that is the ideal of GNU. <span
class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#reserve">#reserve</a>)</span></dt>
<dd>
-The widespread practice of adding non-free software to the GNU/Linux
+The widespread practice of adding nonfree software to the GNU/Linux
system is a major problem for our community. It teaches the users
-that non-free software is ok, and that using it is part of the spirit
+that nonfree software is ok, and that using it is part of the spirit
of “Linux”. Many “Linux” User Groups make it part of
their mission to
-help users use non-free add-ons, and may even invite salesmen to come
+help users use nonfree add-ons, and may even invite salesmen to come
and make sales pitches for them. They adopt goals such as “helping
-the users” of GNU/Linux (including helping them use non-free
+the users” of GNU/Linux (including helping them use nonfree
applications and drivers), or making the system more popular even at
the cost of freedom.
<p>
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@
versions <em>are</em> versions of GNU, that they all are based on a
system that exists specifically for the sake of the users' freedom.
With this understanding, they can start to recognize the distributions
-that include non-free software as perverted, adulterated versions of
+that include nonfree software as perverted, adulterated versions of
GNU, instead of thinking they are proper and appropriate “versions of
Linux”.</p>
<p>
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@
We don't call the BSD systems (FreeBSD, etc.) “GNU/BSD” systems,
because that term does not fit the history of the BSD systems.
<p>
-The BSD system was developed by UC Berkeley as non-free software in
+The BSD system was developed by UC Berkeley as nonfree software in
the 80s, and became free in the early 90s. A free operating system
that exists today is almost certainly either a variant of the GNU
system, or a kind of BSD system.</p>
@@ -1380,10 +1380,10 @@
“Linux” with that principle.
<p>
Linus publicly states his disagreement with the free software
-movement's ideals. He developed non-free software in his job for many
+movement's ideals. He developed nonfree software in his job for many
years (and said so to a large audience at a “Linux”World show), and
publicly invited fellow developers of Linux, the kernel, to use
-non-free software to work on it with him. He goes even further, and
+nonfree software to work on it with him. He goes even further, and
rebukes people who suggest that engineers and scientists should
consider social consequences of our technical work—rejecting the
lessons society learned from the development of the atom bomb.</p>
@@ -1570,8 +1570,8 @@
The purpose of the GNU GPL is to protect the users' freedom from those
who would make proprietary versions of free software. While it is
true that those who call the system “Linux” often do things that
limit
-the users' freedom, such as bundling non-free software with the
-GNU/Linux system or even developing non-free software for such use,
+the users' freedom, such as bundling nonfree software with the
+GNU/Linux system or even developing nonfree software for such use,
the mere act of calling the system “Linux” does not, in itself,
deny
users their freedom. It seems improper to make the GPL restrict what
name people can use for the system.</p>
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@
<dd>
To care only about what's convenient or who's winning is an amoral
-approach to life. Non-free software is an example of that amoral
+approach to life. Nonfree software is an example of that amoral
approach and thrives on it. Thus, in the long run it would be
self-defeating for us to adopt that approach. We will continue
talking in terms of right and wrong.
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/08/30 13:09:05 $
+$Date: 2021/08/30 13:22:28 $
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</p>
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