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<title>Is Digital Inclusion a Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<address class="byline">by
@@ -187,15 +186,15 @@
freedoms:<a id="tex2html29" href="#foot113"><sup>16</sup></a></p>
<ul class="no-bullet">
-<li><span>0.</span> Freedom to run the program as you wish.</li>
+<li><i>0.</i> Freedom to run the program as you wish.</li>
-<li><span>1.</span> Freedom to study the source code, and change it to make the
+<li><i>1.</i> Freedom to study the source code, and change it to make the
program do what you wish.</li>
-<li><span>2.</span> Freedom to redistribute and/or republish exact copies.
(This
+<li><i>2.</i> Freedom to redistribute and/or republish exact copies. (This
is the freedom to help your neighbor.)</li>
-<li><span>3.</span> Freedom to distribute and/or publish copies of your
modified
+<li><i>3.</i> Freedom to distribute and/or publish copies of your modified
versions. (This is the freedom to contribute to your community.)</li>
</ul>
@@ -1020,7 +1019,6 @@
<p>This essay was first published in the proceedings of the ITU's 2009
Kaleidoscope conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina.</p>
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-<p>Copyright © 2009, 2021 Richard M. Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright © 2009, 2013, 2021 Richard M. Stallman</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";>Creative
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- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Speech for Harvard Journal of Law & Technology</h2>
<address class="byline">by Eben Moglen <a
@@ -371,7 +370,7 @@
Mr. McBride, when he was here, had much to say about a case called
Eldred against Ashcroft, in which Mr. McBride discovers that the
United States Supreme Court came out 7-2 against free software and in
-favor of capitalism <span>[laughter from audience]</span>. The odd thing is
that
+favor of capitalism <i>[laughter from audience]</i>. The odd thing is that
on the very day when Mr. McBride was standing here discussing that
subject with you, I was in Los Angeles discussing the very same thing
with a fellow called Kevin McBride, Mr. McBride's brother and the
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@
<p>
The McBrides, jointly—I feel sometimes as though I'm in a
-Quentin Tarantino movie of some sort with them
<span>[laughter]</span>—the
+Quentin Tarantino movie of some sort with them <i>[laughter]</i>—the
McBrides have failed to distinguish adequately between dicta and
holding.
</p>
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@
Judge, the GNU GPL is a violation of the United States Constitution,
the Copyright Law, the Export Control Law,” and I have now
forgotten whether or not they also said the United Nations Charter of
-the Rights of Man. <span>[laughter]</span>
+the Rights of Man. <i>[laughter]</i>
</p>
<p>
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@
agreements when they were but small peons, without legal assistance
with big companies, thirty-five years later can take it all back, no
matter what. They can reset the clock to zero and re- negotiate. I
-call this the Rod Stewart Salvation Act. <span>[laughter]</span> And while that
+call this the Rod Stewart Salvation Act. <i>[laughter]</i> And while that
might be helpful for the artists, much as the music industry hates it,
couldn't that also mean that free software coders, who willingly
contributed, weren't even blocked by their employers, to contribute to
@@ -1552,7 +1551,6 @@
Law School, and General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation.
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- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
@@ -41,10 +40,10 @@
have particularly interesting discussions. And this particular
presentation, this seminar falls right into that mold. I find the
discussion of open source particularly interesting. In a sense
-… <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+… <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: I do free software. Open source is a
-different movement. <span>[Laughter] [Applause]</span></p>
+different movement. <i>[Laughter] [Applause]</i></p>
<p><strong>URETSKY</strong>: When I first started in the field in the
'60's, basically software was free. And we went in cycles. It became
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
aspect of public presentations, but in this case, actually, they serve
a useful purpose, as Mike easily demonstrated, because an introducer
for instance, told him, by making inaccurate comments, can allow him
-to straighten out and correct and <span>[Laughter]</span> sharpen
+to straighten out and correct and <i>[Laughter]</i> sharpen
considerably the parameters of the debate.</p>
<p>So, let me make the briefest possible introduction to somebody who
@@ -79,13 +78,13 @@
years ago. He has developed a coherent philosophy that has forced all
of us to re-examine our ideas of how software is produced, of what
intellectual property means, and what the software community actually
-represents. Let me welcome Richard Stallman. <span>[Applause]</span></p>
+represents. Let me welcome Richard Stallman. <i>[Applause]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Can someone lend me a
-watch? <span>[Laughter]</span> Thank you. So, I'd like to thank Microsoft
-for providing me the opportunity to <span>[Laughter]</span> be on this
+watch? <i>[Laughter]</i> Thank you. So, I'd like to thank Microsoft
+for providing me the opportunity to <i>[Laughter]</i> be on this
platform. For the past few weeks, I have felt like an author whose
-book was fortuitously banned somewhere. <span>[Laughter]</span> Except that
+book was fortuitously banned somewhere. <i>[Laughter]</i> Except that
all the articles about it are giving the wrong author's name, because
Microsoft describes the GNU GPL as an open source license, and most of
the press coverage followed suit. Most people, of course just
@@ -211,10 +210,10 @@
copy of that software. So I was visiting there later, so I went to
his office and I said, “Hi, I'm from MIT. Could I have a copy of
the printer source code?” And he said “No, I promised not
-to give you a copy.” <span>[Laughter]</span> I was stunned. I was
+to give you a copy.” <i>[Laughter]</i> I was stunned. I was
so… I was angry, and I had no idea how I could do justice to it.
All I could think of was to turn around on my heel and walk out of his
-room. Maybe I slammed the door. <span>[Laughter]</span> And I thought
+room. Maybe I slammed the door. <i>[Laughter]</i> And I thought
about it later on, because I realized that I was seeing not just an
isolated jerk, but a social phenomenon that was important and affected
a lot of people.</p>
@@ -223,11 +222,11 @@
it, but other people had to live in this all the time. So I thought
about it at length. See, he had promised to refuse to cooperate with
us—his colleagues at MIT. He had betrayed us. But he didn't
-just do it to us. Chances are he did it to you too. <span>[Pointing at
-member of audience.]</span> And I think, mostly likely, he did it to you
-too. <span>[Pointing at another member of audience.] [Laughter]</span> And
-he probably did it to you as well. <span>[Pointing to third member of
-audience.]</span> He probably did it to most of the people here in this
+just do it to us. Chances are he did it to you too. <i>[Pointing at
+member of audience.]</i> And I think, mostly likely, he did it to you
+too. <i>[Pointing at another member of audience.] [Laughter]</i> And
+he probably did it to you as well. <i>[Pointing to third member of
+audience.]</i> He probably did it to most of the people here in this
room—except a few, maybe, who weren't born yet in 1980.
Because he had promised to refuse to cooperate with just about the
entire population of the Planet Earth. He had signed a non-disclosure
@@ -272,12 +271,12 @@
you and your boyfriend, and you asked me not to tell anybody—you
know, I could keep—I could agree to keep that a secret for
you, because that's not generally useful technical information. At
-least, it's probably not generally useful. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+least, it's probably not generally useful. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>There is a small chance—and it's a possibility
though—that you might reveal to me some marvelous new sex
-technique, <span>[Laughter]</span> and I would then feel a moral
-duty <span>[Laughter]</span> to pass it onto the rest of humanity, so that
+technique, <i>[Laughter]</i> and I would then feel a moral
+duty <i>[Laughter]</i> to pass it onto the rest of humanity, so that
everyone could get the benefit of it. So, I'd have to put a proviso
in that promise, you know? If it's just details about who wants this,
and who's angry at whom, and things like that—soap opera—that
@@ -311,19 +310,19 @@
<p>So I looked for another alternative, and there was an obvious one.
I could leave the software field and do something else. Now I had no
other special noteworthy skills, but I'm sure I could have become a
-waiter. <span>[Laughter]</span> Not at a fancy restaurant; they wouldn't
-hire me, <span>[Laughter]</span> but I could be a waiter somewhere. And
+waiter. <i>[Laughter]</i> Not at a fancy restaurant; they wouldn't
+hire me, <i>[Laughter]</i> but I could be a waiter somewhere. And
many programmers, they say to me, “The people who hire
programmers demand this, this and this. If I don't do those things,
I'll starve.” It's literally the word they use. Well, you know,
-as a waiter, you're not going to starve. <span>[Laughter]</span> So,
+as a waiter, you're not going to starve. <i>[Laughter]</i> So,
really, they're in no danger. But—and this is important, you
see—because sometimes you can justify doing something that
hurts other people by saying otherwise something worse is going to
happen to me. You know, if you were <em>really</em> going to starve,
-you'd be justified in writing proprietary software. <span>[Laughter]</span>
+you'd be justified in writing proprietary software. <i>[Laughter]</i>
If somebody's pointing a gun at you, then I would say, it's
-forgivable. <span>[Laughter]</span> But, I had found a way that I could
+forgivable. <i>[Laughter]</i> But, I had found a way that I could
survive without doing something unethical, so that excuse was not
available. So I realized, though, that being a waiter would be no fun
for me, and it would be wasting my skills as an operating system
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@
of sitting there, getting worse, and nobody was there but me. So I
felt, “I'm elected. I have to work on this. If not me,
who?” So I decided I would develop a free operating system, or
-die trying … of old age, of course. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+die trying … of old age, of course. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>So, of course I had to decide what kind of operating system it
should be. There are some technical design decisions to be made. I
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@
have a portable system. Well, Unix was a portable system. So if I
followed the design of Unix, I had a pretty good chance that I could
make a system that would also be portable and workable. And
-furthermore, why <span>[Tape unclear]</span> be compatible with it in the
+furthermore, why <i>[Tape unclear]</i> be compatible with it in the
details. The reason is, users hate incompatible changes. If I had
just designed the system in my favorite way—which I would have
loved doing, I'm sure—I would have produced something that was
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@
<p>So all we had to do to start work was find a name for the system.
Now, we hackers always look for a funny or naughty name for a program,
because thinking of people being amused by the name is half the fun of
-writing the program. <span>[Laughter]</span> And we had a tradition of
+writing the program. <i>[Laughter]</i> And we had a tradition of
recursive acronyms, to say that the program that you're writing is
similar to some existing program. You can give it a recursive acronym
name which says: this one's not the other. So, for instance, there
@@ -404,29 +403,29 @@
something-or-other Emacs, but one was called Fine, for Fine Is Not
Emacs, and there was Sine, for Sine Is Not Emacs, and Eine for Eine Is
Not Emacs, and MINCE for Mince Is Not Complete
-Emacs. <span>[Laughter]</span> That was a stripped down imitation. And
+Emacs. <i>[Laughter]</i> That was a stripped down imitation. And
then, Eine was almost completely rewritten, and the new version was
-called Zwei, for Zwei Was Eine Initially. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+called Zwei, for Zwei Was Eine Initially. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>So I looked for a recursive acronym for Something is not Unix. And
I tried all 26 letters, and discovered that none of them was a word.
-<span>[Laughter]</span> Hmm, try another way. I made a contraction. That
+<i>[Laughter]</i> Hmm, try another way. I made a contraction. That
way I could have a three-letter acronym, for Something's not Unix.
And I tried letters, and I came across the word “GNU”—the
word “GNU” is the funniest word in the English
-language. <span>[Laughter]</span> That was it. Of course, the reason it's
+language. <i>[Laughter]</i> That was it. Of course, the reason it's
funny is that according to the dictionary, it's pronounced
“new.” You see? And so that's why people use it for a
lot of wordplay. Let me tell you, this is the name of an animal that
lives in Africa. And the African pronunciation had a click sound in
-it. <span>[Laughter]</span> Maybe still does. And so, the European
+it. <i>[Laughter]</i> Maybe still does. And so, the European
colonists, when they got there, they didn't bother learning to say
this click sound. So they just left it out, and they wrote a
“G” which meant “there's another sound that's
supposed to be here which we are not
-pronouncing.” <span>[Laughter]</span> So, tonight I'm leaving for
+pronouncing.” <i>[Laughter]</i> So, tonight I'm leaving for
South Africa, and I have begged them, I hope they're going to find
-somebody who can teach me to pronounce click sounds, <span>[Laughter]</span>
+somebody who can teach me to pronounce click sounds, <i>[Laughter]</i>
so that I'll know how to pronounce GNU the correct way, when it's the
animal.</p>
@@ -434,9 +433,9 @@
“guh-NEW”—pronounce the hard “G.” If
you talk about the “new” operating system, you'll get
people very confused, because we've been working on it for 17 years
-now, so it is not new any more. <span>[Laughter]</span> But it still is,
+now, so it is not new any more. <i>[Laughter]</i> But it still is,
and always will be, GNU—no matter how many people call it
-Linux by mistake. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+Linux by mistake. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>So, in January 1984, I quit my job at MIT to start writing pieces
of GNU. They were nice enough to let me keep using their facilities
@@ -450,7 +449,7 @@
Emacs, which was my second implementation of Emacs, and by early 1985,
it was working. I could use it for all my editing, which was a big
relief, because I had no intention of learning to use VI, the Unix
-editor. <span>[Laughter]</span> So, until that time, I did my editing on
+editor. <i>[Laughter]</i> So, until that time, I did my editing on
some other machine, and saved the files through the network, so that I
could test them. But when GNU Emacs was running well enough for me to
use it, it was also—other people wanted to use it too.</p>
@@ -483,13 +482,13 @@
won't be able to do what's really important to you.</p>
<p>So, that was fine, but people used to ask me, “What do you
-mean it's free software if it costs $150?” <span>[Laughter]</span>
+mean it's free software if it costs $150?” <i>[Laughter]</i>
Well, the reason they asked this was
that they were confused by the multiple meanings of the English word
“free.” One meaning refers to price, and another meaning
refers to freedom. When I speak of free software, I'm referring to
freedom, not price. So think of free speech, not free
-beer. <span>[Laughter]</span> Now, I wouldn't have dedicated so many years
+beer. <i>[Laughter]</i> Now, I wouldn't have dedicated so many years
of my life to making sure programmers got less money. That's not my
goal. I'm a programmer and I don't mind getting money myself. I
won't dedicate my whole life to getting it, but I don't mind getting
@@ -556,7 +555,7 @@
<p>And if you are a people person, and you really don't want to learn
technology at all, that probably means that you have a lot of friends,
-and you're good at getting them to owe you favors. <span>[Laughter]</span>
+and you're good at getting them to owe you favors. <i>[Laughter]</i>
Some of them are probably programmers. So you can ask one of your
programmer friends. “Would you please change this for me? Add
this feature?” So, lots of people can benefit from it.</p>
@@ -612,29 +611,29 @@
<p>What do they mean when they say “pirate”? They're
saying that helping your neighbor is the moral equivalent of attacking
-a ship. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+a ship. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>What would Buddha or Jesus say about that? Now, take your favorite
religious leader. I don't know, maybe Manson would have said
-something different. <span>[Laughter]</span> Who knows what L. Ron Hubbard
+something different. <i>[Laughter]</i> Who knows what L. Ron Hubbard
would say? But …</p>
-<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <span>[Inaudible]</span></p>
+<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <i>[Inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Of course, he's dead. But they don't
admit that. What?</p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: So are the others, also
-dead. <span>[Laughter] [Inaudible]</span> Charles Manson's also
-dead. <span>[Laughter]</span> They're dead, Jesus's dead, Buddha's
+dead. <i>[Laughter] [Inaudible]</i> Charles Manson's also
+dead. <i>[Laughter]</i> They're dead, Jesus's dead, Buddha's
dead…</p>
-<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Yes, that's true. <span>[Laughter]</span> So
+<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Yes, that's true. <i>[Laughter]</i> So
I guess, in that regard, L. Ron Hubbard is no worse than the
-others. <span>[Laughter]</span> Anyway—<span>[Inaudible]</span></p>
+others. <i>[Laughter]</i> Anyway—<i>[Inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: L. Ron always used free software—it
-freed him from Zanu. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+freed him from Zanu. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Anyway, so, I think this is actually the
most important reason why software should be free: We can't afford to
@@ -699,7 +698,7 @@
another bug fix. And another new feature. And another, and another,
and another, until they were pouring in on me so fast that just making
use of all this help I was getting was a big job. Microsoft doesn't
-have this problem. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+have this problem. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>Eventually, people noted this phenomenon. You see, in the 1980's a
lot of us thought that maybe free software wouldn't be as good as the
@@ -809,13 +808,13 @@
them for other people to use. If you have all of these freedoms, the
program is free software for you. Now, why do I define it that way in
terms of a particular user? Is it free software for
-you? <span>[Pointing at member of audience.]</span> Is it free software for
-you? <span>[Pointing at another member of audience.]</span> Is it free
-software for you? <span>[Pointing at another member of audience.]</span>
+you? <i>[Pointing at member of audience.]</i> Is it free software for
+you? <i>[Pointing at another member of audience.]</i> Is it free
+software for you? <i>[Pointing at another member of audience.]</i>
Yes?</p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: Can you explain a bit about the
-difference between Freedom Two and Three? <span>[inaudible]</span></p>
+difference between Freedom Two and Three? <i>[inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Well, they certainly relate, because if
you don't have freedom to redistribute at all, you certainly don't
@@ -834,8 +833,8 @@
you. So that's the difference. Oh, and by the way, one crucial
point. Freedoms One and Three depend on your having access to the
source code. Because changing a binary-only program is extremely
-hard. <span>[Laughter]</span> Even trivial changes like using four digits
-for the date, <span>[Laughter]</span> if you don't have source. So, for
+hard. <i>[Laughter]</i> Even trivial changes like using four digits
+for the date, <i>[Laughter]</i> if you don't have source. So, for
compelling, practical reasons, access to the source code is a
precondition, a requirement, for free software.</p>
@@ -883,7 +882,7 @@
<p>So, I looked for a way to stop that from happening. The method I
came up with is called “copyleft.” It's called copyleft
because it's sort of like taking copyright and flipping it
-over. <span>[Laughter]</span> Legally, copyleft works based on copyright.
+over. <i>[Laughter]</i> Legally, copyleft works based on copyright.
We use the existing copyright law, but we use it to achieve a very
different goal. Here's what we do. We say, “This program is
copyrighted.” And, of course, by default, that means it's
@@ -968,7 +967,7 @@
Microsoft is attacking it today. See, Microsoft would really like to
be able to take all the code that we wrote and put it into proprietary
programs, have somebody make some improvements, or even just
-incompatible changes is all they need. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+incompatible changes is all they need. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>You know, with Microsoft's marketing clout, they don't need to make
it better to have their version supplant ours. They just have to make
@@ -986,7 +985,7 @@
software. But, Microsoft doesn't want to do that, so they give it out
that businesses just can't deal with the GPL. Well, if businesses
don't include IBM, and HP and SUN, then maybe they're
-right. <span>[Laughter]</span> More about that later.</p>
+right. <i>[Laughter]</i> More about that later.</p>
<p>I should finish the historical story. You see, we set out in 1984
not just to write some free software but to do something much more
@@ -1024,7 +1023,7 @@
hire people to write parts of GNU. And essential programs, such as
the shell and the C library were written this way, as well as parts of
other programs. The <code>tar</code> program, which is absolutely
-essential, although not exciting at all <span>[Laughter]</span> was written
+essential, although not exciting at all <i>[Laughter]</i> was written
this way. I believe GNU grep was written this way. And so, we're
approaching our goal.</p>
@@ -1064,7 +1063,7 @@
they said, We have a kernel—let's look around and see what
other pieces we can find to put together with the kernel. So, they
looked around—and lo and behold, everything they needed was
-already available. What good fortune, they said. <span>[Laughter]</span>
+already available. What good fortune, they said. <i>[Laughter]</i>
It's all here. We can find everything we need. Let's just take all
these different things and put it together, and have a system.</p>
@@ -1073,11 +1072,11 @@
gap in the GNU system. They thought they were taking Linux and making
a system out of Linux. So they called it a Linux system.</p>
-<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <span>[Inaudible]</span></p>
+<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <i>[Inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Can't hear you—what?</p>
-<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <span>[Inaudible]</span></p>
+<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <i>[Inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Well, it's just not—you know,
it's provincial.</p>
@@ -1107,9 +1106,9 @@
didn't get done by somebody else, we did it. Because we knew that we
wouldn't have a complete system without it. And even if it was
totally boring and unromantic, like <code>tar</code>
-or <code>mv</code>. <span>[Laughter]</span> We did it. Or <code>ld</code>,
you know
+or <code>mv</code>. <i>[Laughter]</i> We did it. Or <code>ld</code>, you know
there's nothing very exciting in <code>ld</code>—but I wrote
-one. <span>[Laughter]</span> And I did make efforts to have it do a minimal
+one. <i>[Laughter]</i> And I did make efforts to have it do a minimal
amount of disk I/O so that it would be faster and handle bigger
programs. But, you know, I like to do a good job. I like to improve
various things about the program while I'm doing it. But the reason
@@ -1128,31 +1127,31 @@
for what we've done. I think Linux, the kernel, is a very useful
piece of free software, and I have only good things to say about it.
But, well, actually, I can find a few bad things to say about
-it. <span>[Laughter]</span> But, basically, I have good things to say about
+it. <i>[Laughter]</i> But, basically, I have good things to say about
it. However, the practice of calling the GNU system, Linux, is just a
mistake. I'd like to ask you please to make the small effort
necessary to call the system GNU/Linux, and that way to help us get a
share of the credit.</p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: You need a mascot! Get yourself a
-stuffed animal! <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+stuffed animal! <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: We have one.</p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: You do?</p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: We have an animal—a
-gnu. <span>[Laughter]</span> Anyway. So, yes, when you draw a penguin,
-draw a gnu next to it. <span>[Laughter]</span> But, let's save the
+gnu. <i>[Laughter]</i> Anyway. So, yes, when you draw a penguin,
+draw a gnu next to it. <i>[Laughter]</i> But, let's save the
questions for the end. I have more to go through.</p>
<p>So, why am I so concerned about this? You know, why do I think it
is worth bothering you and perhaps giving you a, perhaps lowering your
-opinion of me, <span>[Laughter]</span> to raise this issue of credit?
+opinion of me, <i>[Laughter]</i> to raise this issue of credit?
Because, you know, some people when I do this, some people think that
it's because I want my ego to be fed, right? Of course, I'm not
saying—I'm not asking you to call it “Stallmanix,”
-right? <span>[Laughter] [Applause]</span></p>
+right? <i>[Laughter] [Applause]</i></p>
<p>I'm asking you to call it GNU, because I want the GNU Project to
get credit. And there's a very specific reason for that, which is a
@@ -1171,7 +1170,7 @@
carefully.” And when they hear about the GNU philosophy, they
say: “Boy, this is so idealistic, this must be awfully
impractical. I'm a Linux-user, not a
-GNU-user.” <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+GNU-user.” <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>What irony! If they only knew! If they knew that the system they
liked—or, in some cases, love and go wild over—is our
@@ -1225,13 +1224,13 @@
filled with ads for nonfree software that you could run on top of the
GNU/Linux system. Now those ads have a common message. They say:
Nonfree Software Is Good For You. It's So Good That You Might Even
-<em>Pay</em> To Get It. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+<em>Pay</em> To Get It. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>And they call these things “value-added packages,”
which makes a statement about their values. They're saying: Value
practical convenience, not freedom. And, I don't agree with those
values, so I call them “freedom-subtracted
-packages.” <span>[Laughter]</span> Because if you have installed a
+packages.” <i>[Laughter]</i> Because if you have installed a
free operating system, then you now are living in the free world. You
enjoy the benefits of liberty that we worked for so many years to give
you. Those packages give you an opportunity to buckle on a chain.</p>
@@ -1252,7 +1251,7 @@
<p>Of course, just by using that name, you won't be making an
explanation of the history. You can type four extra characters and
write GNU/Linux; you can say two extra syllables. But, GNU/Linux is
-fewer syllables than Windows 2000. <span>[Laughter]</span> But, you're not
+fewer syllables than Windows 2000. <i>[Laughter]</i> But, you're not
telling them a lot, but you're preparing them, so that when they hear
about GNU, and what it's all about, they'll see how that connects to
them and their lives. And that, indirectly, makes a tremendous
@@ -1306,10 +1305,10 @@
happens. Once you're using the program, they figure you're locked in
to getting the support from them, because to switch to a different
program is a gigantic job. So, you end up with things like paying for
-the privilege of reporting a bug. <span>[Laughter]</span> And once you've
+the privilege of reporting a bug. <i>[Laughter]</i> And once you've
paid, they tell you, “Well, OK, we've noted your bug report.
And in a few months, you can buy an upgrade, and you can see if we've
-fixed it.” <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+fixed it.” <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p>Support providers for free software can't get away with that. They
have to please the customers. Of course, you can get a lot of good
@@ -1369,7 +1368,7 @@
run people's lives. With free software, these laws get written in a
democratic way. Not the classical form of democracy—we don't
have a big election and say, “Everybody vote which way should
-this feature be done.” <span>[Laughter]</span> Instead we say,
+this feature be done.” <i>[Laughter]</i> Instead we say,
basically, those of you who want to work on implementing the feature
this way, do it. And if you want to work on implementing the feature
that way, do it. And, it gets done one way or the other, you know?
@@ -1438,7 +1437,7 @@
fraction of the jobs are in that part of the industry, even if there
were no possibilities for free software business, the developers of
free software could all get day jobs writing custom
-software. <span>[Laughter]</span> There's so many; the ratio is so big.</p>
+software. <i>[Laughter]</i> There's so many; the ratio is so big.</p>
<p>But, as it happens, there is free software business. There are
free software companies, and at the press conference that I'm going to
@@ -1455,7 +1454,7 @@
hour, I'll change whatever you want me to change in GNU software that
I'd written. And, yes, it was a stiff rate, but if it was a program
that I was the author of, people would figure that I might get the job
-done in a lot fewer hours. <span>[Laughter]</span> And I made a living that
+done in a lot fewer hours. <i>[Laughter]</i> And I made a living that
way. In fact, I'd made more than I'd ever made before. I also taught
classes. And I kept doing that until 1990, when I got a big prize and
I didn't have to do it any more.</p>
@@ -1501,7 +1500,7 @@
business, you know, more than half of all the web servers in the world
are running on GNU/Linux with Apache as the web server.</p>
-<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <span>[Inaudible]</span> … What did you
+<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <i>[Inaudible]</i> … What did you
say before, Linux?</p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: I said GNU/Linux.</p>
@@ -1547,9 +1546,9 @@
(At least, in some of the cases; I guess we have to ignore the war in
Vietnam.)</p>
-<p><span>[Editor's note: The day before was “Memorial Day” in
+<p><i>[Editor's note: The day before was “Memorial Day” in
the USA. Memorial Day is a day where war heros are
-commemorated.]</span></p>
+commemorated.]</i></p>
<p>But, fortunately, to maintain our freedom in using software,
doesn't call for big sacrifices. Just tiny, little sacrifices are
@@ -1579,7 +1578,7 @@
<p>And so now I guess that I should ask for questions.</p>
-<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <span>[Inaudible]</span></p>
+<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: <i>[Inaudible]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Could you speak up a bit louder please?
I can't really hear you.</p>
@@ -1629,7 +1628,7 @@
<p>Because, after all, although Microsoft is the proprietary software
company that has subjugated the most people—the others have
subjugated fewer people, it's not for want of
-trying. <span>[Laughter]</span> They just haven't succeeded in subjugating
+trying. <i>[Laughter]</i> They just haven't succeeded in subjugating
as many people. So, the problem is not Microsoft and only Microsoft.
Microsoft is just the biggest example of the problem we're trying to
solve, which is proprietary software taking away users' freedom to
@@ -1666,7 +1665,7 @@
issue. I have no comments on that.”</p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Right. I actually have a lot to say
-about patents, but it takes an hour. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+about patents, but it takes an hour. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: I wanted to say this: It seems to me
that there is an issue. I mean, there is a reason that companies call
@@ -1774,7 +1773,7 @@
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: I have been, what I will now say, a
GNU/Linux user…</p>
-<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Thank you. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Thank you. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: …for the past four years. The one
thing that has been problematical for me and is something that is
@@ -1803,8 +1802,8 @@
<p>Now, in fact, there have been free web browsers for many years.
There is a free web browser that I used to use called Lynx. It's a
free web browser that is non-graphical; it's text-only. This has a
-tremendous advantage, in you don't see the ads. <span>[Laughter]
-[Applause]</span></p>
+tremendous advantage, in you don't see the ads. <i>[Laughter]
+[Applause]</i></p>
<p>But anyway, there is a free graphical project called Mozilla, which
is now getting to the point where you can use it. And I occasionally
@@ -1820,8 +1819,8 @@
philosophical/ethical division between free software and open source?
Do you feel that those are irreconcilable? …</p>
-<p><span>[Recording switches tapes; end of question and start of answer
-is missing]</span></p>
+<p><i>[Recording switches tapes; end of question and start of answer
+is missing]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: … to a freedom, and ethics. Or
whether you just say, Well, I hope that you companies will decide it's
@@ -1839,7 +1838,7 @@
Linux as selling point, and say Linux.</p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Yes, of course, it's really the
-GNU/Linux systems. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+GNU/Linux systems. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: That's right! Well, tell the top sales
person. He doesn't know anything for GNU.</p>
@@ -1870,14 +1869,14 @@
partly wrong. So, it's a complicated situation. Some of what they're
doing is contribution and some is not. And some is sort is somewhat,
but not exactly. And you can't just lump it altogether and think,
-Wow! Whee! A billion dollars from IBM. <span>[Laughter]</span> That's
+Wow! Whee! A billion dollars from IBM. <i>[Laughter]</i> That's
oversimplification.</p>
<p><strong>QUESTION</strong>: Can you talk a little bit more about the
thinking that went into the General Public License?</p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: Well, here's the—I'm sorry, I'm
-answering his question now. <span>[Laughter]</span></p>
+answering his question now. <i>[Laughter]</i></p>
<p><strong>SCHONBERG</strong>: Do you want to reserve some time for
the press conference? Or do you want to continue here?</p>
@@ -1901,9 +1900,9 @@
<p>But the other issue I was thinking about was, I wanted to give the
community a feeling that it was not a doormat, a feeling that it was
not prey to any parasite who would wander along. If you don't use
-copyleft, you are essentially saying: <span>[speaking meekly]</span>
+copyleft, you are essentially saying: <i>[speaking meekly]</i>
“Take my code. Do what you want. I don't say no.” So,
-anybody can come along and say: <span>[speaking very firmly]</span>
+anybody can come along and say: <i>[speaking very firmly]</i>
“Ah, I want to make a nonfree version of this. I'll just take
it.” And, then, of course, they probably make some improvements,
those nonfree versions might appeal to users, and replace the free
@@ -2059,18 +2058,17 @@
And we owe him very big for this. I'd like to note to people that
there is a break.</p>
-<p><span>[Applause]</span></p>
+<p><i>[Applause]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: You are free to leave at any time, you
-know. <span>[Laughter]</span> I'm not holding you prisoner here.</p>
+know. <i>[Laughter]</i> I'm not holding you prisoner here.</p>
-<p><span>[Audience adjourns…]</span></p>
+<p><i>[Audience adjourns…]</i></p>
-<p><span>[overlapping conversations…]</span></p>
+<p><i>[overlapping conversations…]</i></p>
<p><strong>STALLMAN</strong>: One final thing. Our website:
www.gnu.org</p>
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<title>Solutions to the Software Patent Problem
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Solutions to the Software Patent Problem</h2>
<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
<p>Dr Stallman.</p>
-<p><span>[applause]</span></p>
+<p><i>[applause]</i></p>
<p><b>Richard Stallman:</b> Can the tech people please confirm that
the streaming is off?</p>
@@ -246,10 +245,9 @@
<p>So, there I go.</p>
-<p><span>[applause]</span></p>
+<p><i>[applause]</i></p>
<p><b>Andrew Chen:</b> Thank you, Dr Stallman.</p>
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Dangers - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>The Danger of Software Patents (2001)</h2>
<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
@@ -815,10 +814,10 @@
that, these things have to be built piece by piece each time.</p>
<p> The result is that for them, the cost of designing a system of a
-certain complexity may be <span>[gesturing]</span> this much and the factory
may
+certain complexity may be <i>[gesturing]</i> this much and the factory may
take this much to set up. So they have to deal with this much from the
patent system. It's a level of overhead they can live with. For us,
-designing it may cost <span>[gesturing]</span> this much and manufacturing it
may cost
+designing it may cost <i>[gesturing]</i> this much and manufacturing it may
cost
this much, so this much overhead from the patent system is crushing.</p>
<p> Another way to look at it is that because we can—a few of
@@ -1269,7 +1268,7 @@
should get what they want. This is a question of public policy. We have
to decide what is good for the citizens <em>generally</em>.</p>
- <p><b>Audience</b>: <span>[applause]</span></p>
+ <p><b>Audience</b>: <i>[applause]</i></p>
<p>Not have somebody saying “I wanna have a monopoly
because I think I am so important I should have one, so protect me from
@@ -1385,7 +1384,7 @@
<dd><b>A</b>: Physical property can only be in one place at a time.
You know, only one person can sit in a chair at a time in the normal way.
- <span>[Applause]</span> You know these are totally different issues. You
know,
+ <i>[Applause]</i> You know these are totally different issues. You know,
trying to generalize to the utmost is a foolish thing to do. We're
dealing with complicated laws that have many, many, many complicated
details and you are asking us to ignore all these details. We're dealing
@@ -1927,7 +1926,7 @@
<dd><b>A</b>: Well, in that case, though, it's not just a prejudice,
you see. Windows is a system, a social system, that keeps people
- helpless and divided <span>[applause]</span>, whereas GNU/Linux is an
alternative
+ helpless and divided <i>[applause]</i>, whereas GNU/Linux is an alternative
that was created specifically to liberate people and to encourage them
to cooperate. So to some extent, this is not like: “where you
born in this country or that country?” No, this is like your
@@ -2093,7 +2092,7 @@
questions, I'm sorry. So at this point I am going to have to call a halt
and get going, and go have lunch. So thank you for listening.</p>
-<p><span>[Applause]</span></p>
+<p><i>[Applause]</i></p>
<div class="column-limit"></div>
<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3>
@@ -2108,7 +2107,6 @@
see also our <a href="https://endsoftwarepatents.org";>End Software Patents</a>
campaign.</p>
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There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
-<p> Copyright © 2001, 2012, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p> Copyright © 2001, 2008, 2012, 2021 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
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@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
<title>Hack For Freedom - Song
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Hack For Freedom</h2>
<p>Sung to the tune of Manowar's <cite>Fight for Freedom</cite>.</p>
@@ -35,11 +32,11 @@
And now it's our time to free Unix</p>
<p class="chorus">[Chorus:]</p>
-<p><span>Where the hackers play — I will soon be there<br />
+<p class="chorus">Where the hackers play — I will soon be there<br />
If you want to — come along with me my friend<br />
Share the software and you'll be free<br />
From the Hurd to Emacs<br />
-We'll hack for freedom again</span></p>
+We'll hack for freedom again</p>
<p>Scream out loud for all the world to hear<br />
From MIT to the Savannah<br />
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@
Scrivano in 2006. Neither the author nor the Free Software Foundation claim
copyright on them.</p>
</div>
-</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
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@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/12 16:42:28 $
+$Date: 2021/11/08 12:14:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: fun/jokes/last.bug.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/last.bug.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- fun/jokes/last.bug.html 11 Jul 2021 20:41:11 -0000 1.19
+++ fun/jokes/last.bug.html 8 Nov 2021 12:14:46 -0000 1.20
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
@media (max-width: 34em) {
.lyrics { display: block; width: 20em; margin: auto; }
.break { display: inline; }
- .lyrics span { text-transform: uppercase; }
}
--></style>
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@@ -21,46 +20,45 @@
</div>
<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
-<div class="reduced-width">
<h2>The Last Bug</h2>
<address class="byline">by Lou Ellen Davis</address>
<div class="lyrics">
<p>“But you're out of your mind,”<br class="break" />
-<span>t</span>hey said with a shrug.<br />
+They said with a shrug.<br />
“The customer's happy;<br class="break" />
-<span>w</span>hat's one little bug?”</p>
+What's one little bug?”</p>
<p>But he was determined.<br class="break" />
The others went home.<br />
He spread out the program,<br class="break" />
-<span>d</span>eserted, alone.</p>
+Deserted, alone.</p>
<p>The cleaning men came,<br class="break" />
-<span>t</span>he whole room was cluttered<br />
+The whole room was cluttered<br />
With memory-dumps, punch cards.<br class="break" />
“I'm close,” he muttered.</p>
<p>The mumbling got louder,<br class="break" />
-<span>s</span>imple deduction,<br />
+Simple deduction,<br />
“I've got it, it's right,<br class="break" />
-<span>j</span>ust change one instruction.”</p>
+Just change one instruction.”</p>
<p>It still wasn't perfect,<br class="break" />
-<span>a</span>s year followed year,<br />
+As year followed year,<br />
And strangers would comment,<br class="break" />
“Is that guy still here?”</p>
<p>He died at the console,<br class="break" />
-<span>o</span>f hunger and thirst.<br />
+Of hunger and thirst.<br />
Next day he was buried,<br class="break" />
-<span>f</span>ace down, nine-edge first.</p>
+Face down, nine-edge first.</p>
<p>And the last bug in sight,<br class="break" />
-<span>a</span>n ant passing by,<br />
+An ant passing by,<br />
Saluted his tombstone,<br class="break" />
-<span>a</span>nd whispered, “Nice try.”</p>
+And whispered, “Nice try.”</p>
</div>
<p class="button right-align clear">
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@
of IBM cards, their readers (put the card in face down, 9-edge first), and
9-track Mag tapes…</i></p>
</blockquote>
-</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/11 20:41:11 $
+$Date: 2021/11/08 12:14:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/midnight.dreary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- fun/jokes/midnight.dreary.html 11 Jul 2021 20:41:11 -0000 1.12
+++ fun/jokes/midnight.dreary.html 8 Nov 2021 12:14:46 -0000 1.13
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>Midnight Dreary - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<style type="text/css" media="print,screen">
-.reduced-width { width: 40em; }
<!--
-.lyrics span { color: #572385; }
+.lyrics i { color: #572385; }
--></style>
<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
</div>
<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
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-<div class="reduced-width">
<h2>Midnight Dreary</h2>
<address class="byline">by Marcus Bales</address>
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@
Typing with a steady hand,<br />
I then invoked the <code>save</code> command<br />
But got instead a reprimand:<br />
-<span>It read “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</span></p>
+<i>It read “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</i></p>
<p class="p-right">
Was this some occult illusion?<br />
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@
Carefully, I weighed my options.<br />
These three seemed to be the top ones.<br />
Clearly I must now adopt one:<br />
-<span>Choose “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</span></p>
+<i>Choose “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</i></p>
<p class="p-left">
With my fingers pale and trembling,<br />
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@
Praying for some guarantee,<br />
Finally I pressed a key—<br />
But on the screen what did I see?<br />
-<span>Again: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</span></p>
+<i>Again: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</i></p>
<p class="p-right">
I tried to catch the chips off-guard—<br />
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@
Now I typed in desperation,<br />
Trying random combinations.<br />
Still there came the incantation:<br />
-<span>Choose: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</span></p>
+<i>Choose: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</i></p>
<p class="p-left">
There I sat, distraught, exhausted,<br />
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@
The PC screen collapsed and died.<br />
“Oh no—my database,” I cried.<br />
I thought I heard a voice reply,<br />
-<span>“You'll see your data—Nevermore!”</span></p>
+<i>“You'll see your data—Nevermore!”</i></p>
<p class="p-right">
To this day I do not know<br />
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@
But as for productivity, well,<br />
I fear that <b>it</b> goes straight to hell.<br />
And that's the tale I have to tell—<br />
-<span>Your choice: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</span></p>
+<i>Your choice: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”</i></p>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@
href="http://www.silverberch.com/poe3.html#geeksraven";>ancestor</a> of this
family.</p>
</div>
-</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -151,7 +148,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/11 20:41:11 $
+$Date: 2021/11/08 12:14:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
--- fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html 15 Jul 2021 15:38:14 -0000 1.13
+++ fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html 8 Nov 2021 12:14:46 -0000 1.14
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>Unix-hoax - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
-.reduced-width { width: 50em; }
-#content h3 span { white-space: nowrap; }
.vns { margin-top: 2em; }
.vns p { margin-bottom: 0; }
.vns address { float: right; padding-left: 1em; margin: 0 0 1em; }
@@ -26,13 +24,12 @@
</div>
<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
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-<div class="reduced-width">
<h2>Unix, a Hoax?</h2>
<div class="emph-box" style="background: white">
<h3 class="c">
-<span>T h e</span> <span>V O G O N</span> <span>N e w s</span>
- <span>S e r v i c e</span>
+T h e V O G O N
N e w s
+ S e r v i c e
</h3>
<div class="vns">
@@ -122,7 +119,6 @@
<p>The joke on this page was obtained from the FSF's email archives of the
GNU Project. The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on it.</p>
</div>
-</div>
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@@ -158,7 +154,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/07/15 15:38:14 $
+$Date: 2021/11/08 12:14:46 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
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