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From: Ineiev
Subject: www/licenses bsd.html
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:21:33 -0500 (EST)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ineiev <ineiev> 21/11/18 10:21:33

Modified files:
        licenses       : bsd.html 

Log message:
        Put [.,] within quotes; unreduce line width.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/bsd.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.10&r2=1.11

Patches:
Index: bsd.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/bsd.html,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -b -r1.10 -r1.11
--- bsd.html    7 Apr 2021 17:55:37 -0000       1.10
+++ bsd.html    18 Nov 2021 15:21:31 -0000      1.11
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
 <!--#include virtual="/licenses/po/bsd.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2 class="c">The BSD License Problem</h2>
+<h2>The BSD License Problem</h2>
 
-<address class="byline c">by Richard Stallman</address>
+<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
 
-<div class="reduced-width">
 <hr class="no-display" />
 <div class="announcement"><p>
 See <a href="/licenses/license-recommendations.html">&ldquo;How to
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 </div>
 <hr class="thin" />
 
-<div class="article">
 <p>
     The two major categories of free software license are <a
         href="/licenses/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> and <a
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@
 X10 license, the X11 license, and the two BSD (Berkeley Software
 Distribution) licenses.  Most of them are equivalent except for details
 of wording, but the license used for BSD until 1999 had a special
-problem: the &ldquo;obnoxious BSD advertising clause&rdquo;. It said that every
+problem: the &ldquo;obnoxious BSD advertising clause.&rdquo; It said that every
 advertisement mentioning the software must include a particular
 sentence:</p>
 
@@ -123,9 +121,9 @@
 </p>
 <p>
     You can also help spread awareness of the issue by not using the
-    term &ldquo;BSD-style&rdquo;, and not saying &ldquo;the BSD license&rdquo;
+    term &ldquo;BSD-style,&rdquo; and not saying &ldquo;the BSD license&rdquo;
     which implies there is only one.  You see, when people refer to all
-    non-copyleft free software licenses as &ldquo;BSD-style licenses&rdquo;,
+    non-copyleft free software licenses as &ldquo;BSD-style licenses,&rdquo;
     some new free software developer who wants to use a non-copyleft free
     software license might take for granted that the place to get it is from
     BSD.  He or she might copy the license with the advertising clause, not by
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@
     If you would like to cite one specific example of a non-copyleft
     license, and you have no particular preference, please pick an
     example which has no particular problem.  For instance, if you talk
-    about &ldquo;X11-style licenses&rdquo;, you will encourage people to copy 
the
+    about &ldquo;X11-style licenses,&rdquo; you will encourage people to copy 
the
     license from X11, which avoids the advertising clause for certain,
     rather than take a risk by randomly choosing one of the BSD
     licenses.
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@
 <p>
     When you want to refer specifically to one of the BSD licenses,
     please always state which one: the &ldquo;original BSD license&rdquo; or 
the
-    &ldquo;Modified BSD license&rdquo;.
+    &ldquo;Modified BSD license.&rdquo;
 </p>
 
 <hr class="column-limit" />
@@ -161,8 +159,6 @@
     license, compatible with the GNU GPL, much like the modified BSD
     license.
 </p>
-</div>
-</div>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/04/07 17:55:37 $
+$Date: 2021/11/18 15:21:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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