www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       22/09/02 19:08:07

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (FreeToPlay): Mention acronym F2P.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.282&r2=1.283

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.282
retrieving revision 1.283
diff -u -b -r1.282 -r1.283
--- words-to-avoid.html 13 Aug 2022 16:14:49 -0000      1.282
+++ words-to-avoid.html 2 Sep 2022 23:08:04 -0000       1.283
@@ -830,11 +830,12 @@
 <h3 id="FreeToPlay">&ldquo;Free-to-play&rdquo;</h3>
 <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY -->
 <p>
-The confusing term &ldquo;free-to-play&rdquo; is used in marketing to
-describe <em>nonfree</em> games which don't require a payment before
-a user starts to play.  In many of these games, doing well in the game
-requires paying later, so the term &ldquo;gratis-to-start&rdquo; is a
-more accurate description.</p>
+The confusing term &ldquo;free-to-play&rdquo; (acronym
+&ldquo;F2P&rdquo;) is used in marketing to describe <em>nonfree</em>
+games which don't require a payment before a user starts to play.  In
+many of these games, doing well in the game requires paying later, so
+the term &ldquo;gratis-to-start&rdquo; is a more accurate
+description.</p>
 <p>
 Using this term works against the free software movement, because it
 leads people to think of &ldquo;free&rdquo; as meaning
@@ -1516,7 +1517,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/08/13 16:14:49 $
+$Date: 2022/09/02 23:08:04 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>