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Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/philosophy is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program... |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 05:28:52 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/11/28 05:28:52
Modified files:
philosophy : is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html
Log message:
Simplify the footnotes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28
Patches:
Index: is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -r1.27 -r1.28
--- is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html 1 Oct 2021 10:55:56 -0000
1.27
+++ is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html 28 Nov 2021 10:28:52 -0000
1.28
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<style type="text/css" media="print,screen"><!--
+a.ftn { font-size: .94em; }
+--></style>
<!--#include
virtual="/philosophy/po/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@
<p>If you run a nonfree program on your computer, it denies your
freedom; the immediate wrong is directed at
-you.(<a id="footnote-rev" href="#footnote">*</a>)</p>
+you <a class="ftn" href="#f1">[1]</a>.</p>
<p>That does <em>not</em> mean you're an “evildoer” or
“sinner” for running a nonfree program. When the harm
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@
<p>But there is one special case where using some nonfree software, and
even urging others to use it, can be a positive thing. That's when
the use of the nonfree software aims directly at putting an end to the
-use of that very same nonfree software.</p>
+use of that very same nonfree software <a class="ftn"
href="#f2">[2]</a>.</p>
<h3>In the past</h3>
@@ -116,19 +119,12 @@
limits, and crucial for the progress of free software, but we must
resist stretching it any further lest it turn into an all-purpose
excuse for any profitable activity with nonfree software.</p>
-
-<h3>Author's note</h3>
-
-<p>Occasionally it is necessary to use and even upgrade a nonfree
-system on a machine in order to install a free system to replace it on
-that machine. This is not exactly the same issue, but the same
-arguments apply: it is legitimate to recommend running some nonfree
-software momentarily in order to remove it.</p>
<div class="column-limit"></div>
-<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3>
-
-<p><a href="#footnote-rev" id="footnote">[*]</a> Using the nonfree
+<h3 class="footnote">Footnotes</h3>
+<ol>
+<li id="f1">
+<p>Using the nonfree
program can have unfortunate indirect effects, such as rewarding the
perpetrator and encouraging more use of that program. This is a
further reason to shun use of nonfree programs.</p>
@@ -146,6 +142,16 @@
<p>However, we think that the truly moral path is to carefully reject
such agreements.</p>
+</li>
+
+<li id="f2">
+<p>Occasionally it is necessary to use and even upgrade a nonfree
+system on a machine in order to install a free system to replace it on
+that machine. This is not exactly the same issue, but the same
+arguments apply: it is legitimate to recommend running some nonfree
+software momentarily in order to remove it.</p>
+</li>
+</ol>
</div>
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -205,7 +211,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/01 10:55:56 $
+$Date: 2021/11/28 10:28:52 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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