www/gnu thegnuproject.html

[Ineiev]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ineiev <ineiev> 21/10/25 03:18:32

Modified files:
        gnu            : thegnuproject.html 

Log message:
        (The GNU Library GPL): Rename to "The GNU Lesser GPL";
        s/GNU Library GPL/GNU Lesser GPL/.
        (ft7): Update.
        
        Unreduce width.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.98&r2=1.99

Patches:
Index: thegnuproject.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html,v
retrieving revision 1.98
retrieving revision 1.99
diff -u -b -r1.98 -r1.99
--- thegnuproject.html  24 Oct 2021 08:16:08 -0000      1.98
+++ thegnuproject.html  25 Oct 2021 07:18:31 -0000      1.99
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/gnu/gnu-breadcrumb.html" -->
 <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
-<div class="article reduced-width">
 <h2>The GNU Project</h2>
 
 <address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/";>Richard
@@ -542,10 +541,10 @@
 list of games that Unix had.  Instead, we listed a spectrum of
 different kinds of games that users might like.</p>
 
-<h3>The GNU Library GPL</h3>
+<h3>The GNU Lesser GPL</h3>
 
 <p>The GNU C library uses a special kind of copyleft called the GNU
-Library General Public License&#8239;<a href="#ft7">[7]</a>, which gives 
permission to link
+Lesser General Public License&#8239;<a href="#ft7">[7]</a>, which gives 
permission to link
 proprietary software with the library.  Why make this exception?</p>
 
 <p>It is not a matter of principle; there is no principle that says
@@ -566,7 +565,7 @@
 is no ethical reason to allow proprietary applications on the GNU
 system, but strategically it seems that disallowing them would do more
 to discourage use of the GNU system than to encourage development of
-free applications.  That is why using the Library GPL is a good
+free applications.  That is why using the Lesser GPL is a good
 strategy for the C library.</p>
 
 <p>For other libraries, the strategic decision needs to be
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@
 
 <p>Consider GNU Readline, a library that was developed to provide
 command-line editing for BASH.  Readline is released under the
-ordinary GNU GPL, not the Library GPL.  This probably does reduce the
+ordinary GNU GPL, not the Lesser GPL.  This probably does reduce the
 amount Readline is used, but that is no loss for us.  Meanwhile, at
 least one useful application has been made free software specifically
 so it could use Readline, and that is a real gain for the
@@ -996,8 +995,9 @@
 Projects, a much shorter list of projects we really want to encourage
 people to write.</li>
 
-<li id="ft7">This license is now called the GNU Lesser General Public License,
-to avoid giving the idea that all libraries ought to use it. 
+<li id="ft7">This license was initially called the GNU Library General
+Public License, we renamed it to avoid giving the idea that all
+libraries ought to use it. 
 See <a href="/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html">Why you shouldn't use the
 Lesser GPL for your next library</a> for more information.</li>
 
@@ -1025,7 +1025,6 @@
 be entirely absent from that book.
 </p>
 </div>
-</div>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
@@ -1085,7 +1084,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/10/24 08:16:08 $
+$Date: 2021/10/25 07:18:31 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>