www/gnu about-gnu.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/10/24 02:36:19

Modified files:
        gnu            : about-gnu.html 

Log message:
        Rename to 'GNU in a Nutshell'; move GNU pronunciation to a footnote;
        update to boilerplate 1.96; list copyrightable years.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/about-gnu.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.25&r2=1.26

Patches:
Index: about-gnu.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/about-gnu.html,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -b -r1.25 -r1.26
--- about-gnu.html      15 Dec 2018 14:02:34 -0000      1.25
+++ about-gnu.html      24 Oct 2021 06:36:19 -0000      1.26
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 -->
-<title>About the GNU Operating System
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="gnu" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
+<title>GNU in a Nutshell
 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
 <!--#include virtual="/gnu/po/about-gnu.translist" -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<h2>About the GNU Operating System</h2>
+<!--#include virtual="/gnu/gnu-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div class="article reduced-width">
+<h2>GNU in a Nutshell</h2>
+<div class="thin"></div>
 
-<blockquote>
-<p>The name &ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is a recursive acronym for &ldquo;GNU's Not
-Unix!&rdquo;; it is pronounced as <a href="/gnu/pronunciation.html">
-one syllable with a hard g</a>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-
-<p>[<a href="/gnu/gnu.html">Other historical and general articles about
-GNU.</a>]</p>
-
-<p>GNU was launched by Richard Stallman (rms) in 1983, as an
+<p>GNU&#8239;<a href="#f1">[1]</a> was launched by Richard Stallman (rms) in 
1983, as an
 operating system which would be put together by people working
 together for the freedom of all software users to control their
 computing.  rms remains the Chief GNUisance today.</p>
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
 <p><a href="/distros/free-distros.html">Completely free system
 distributions</a> (&ldquo;distros&rdquo;) meeting this goal are
 available today, many using the <a
-href="http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/";>Linux-libre 
kernel</a> (the <a
+href="https://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/";>Linux-libre 
kernel</a> (the <a
 href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">relationship between GNU and the Linux
 kernel</a> is described more fully elsewhere).  The <a
 href="/software/software.html">GNU packages</a> have been designed to
@@ -50,10 +49,10 @@
 contribute</a>, both technical and non-technical.  GNU developers gather
 from time to time in <a href="/ghm/ghm.html">GNU Hackers Meetings</a>,
 sometimes as part of the larger free software community <a
-href="http://libreplanet.org/";>LibrePlanet</a> conferences.</p>
+href="https://libreplanet.org/";>LibrePlanet</a> conferences.</p>
 
 <p>GNU has been supported in several ways by the <a
-href="http://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software Foundation</a>, the nonprofit
+href="https://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software Foundation</a>, the nonprofit
 organization also founded by rms to advocate free software ideals.
 Among other things, the FSF accepts copyright assignments and
 disclaimers, so it can act in court on behalf of GNU programs.  (To be
@@ -65,10 +64,18 @@
 <p>The ultimate goal is to provide free software to do all of the
 jobs computer users want to do&mdash;and thus make proprietary software
 a thing of the past.</p>
+<div class="column-limit"></div>
+
+<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3>
+<ol>
+<li id="f1">&ldquo;GNU&rdquo; is pronounced as <a
+href="/gnu/pronunciation.html">one syllable with a hard <i>g</i></a>.</li>
+</ol>
+</div>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
-<div id="footer">
+<div id="footer" role="contentinfo">
 <div class="unprintable">
 
 <p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -86,13 +93,13 @@
         to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org";>
         &lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
 
-        <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+        <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
         our web pages, see <a
         href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
         README</a>. -->
 Please see the <a
 href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
 of this article.</p>
 </div>
 
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@
      There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
      Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2014, 2017, 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2011, 2017 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
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:34 $
+$Date: 2021/10/24 06:36:19 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>