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| author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2016-02-26 14:10:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2016-02-26 14:10:10 +0100 |
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diff --git a/examples/blog/articles/scrap1_8.html b/examples/blog/articles/scrap1_8.html index 0a8e77aa..09730baa 100644 --- a/examples/blog/articles/scrap1_8.html +++ b/examples/blog/articles/scrap1_8.html @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/loose.dtd"> -<html> -<!-- This is the second edition of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman. +<html><!-- This is the second edition of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman. Free Software Foundation @@ -20,8 +19,7 @@ ISBN 978-0-9831592-0-9 Cover design by Rob Myers. Cover photograph by Peter Hinely. - --> -<!-- Created on February 18, 2016 by texi2html 1.82 + --><!-- Created on February 18, 2016 by texi2html 1.82 texi2html was written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author) Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> @@ -29,17 +27,7 @@ texi2html was written by: and many others. Maintained by: Many creative people. Send bugs and suggestions to <texi2html-bug@nongnu.org> ---> -<head> -<title>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.: 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University</title> - -<meta name="description" content="This is the second edition of Richard Stallman's collection of essays."> -<meta name="keywords" content="Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.: 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University"> -<meta name="resource-type" content="document"> -<meta name="distribution" content="global"> -<meta name="Generator" content="texi2html 1.82"> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> -<style type="text/css"> +--><head><title>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.: 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University</title><meta name="description" content="This is the second edition of Richard Stallman's collection of essays."><meta name="keywords" content="Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.: 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University"><meta name="resource-type" content="document"><meta name="distribution" content="global"><meta name="Generator" content="texi2html 1.82"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><style type="text/css"> <!-- a.summary-letter {text-decoration: none} blockquote.smallquotation {font-size: smaller} @@ -55,24 +43,18 @@ span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal;} span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal;} ul.toc {list-style: none} --> -</style> -<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"> - - -</head> - -<body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> +</style><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"></head><body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> <a name="University"></a> -<header><div id="logo"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></div><h1>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="Releasing-Free-Software-If-You-Work-at-a-University"></a> -<h1 class="chapter"> 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University </h1> +<header><div id="logo"><a href="/"><img src="../gnu.svg" height="100" width="100"></a></div><h1>Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed.</h1></header><section id="main"><a name="Releasing-Free-Software-If-You-Work-at-a-University"></a> +<h1 class="chapter"> 8. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University </h1> <a name="index-universities_002c-releasing-free-software-at-1"></a> <a name="index-call-to-action_002c-release-free-software"></a> <a name="index-developers_002c-universities"></a> <p>In the free software movement, we believe computer users should have the freedom to change and redistribute the software that they use. -The “free” in “free software” refers to freedom: it means +The “free” in “free software” refers to freedom: it means users have the freedom to run, modify and redistribute the software. Free software contributes to human knowledge, while nonfree software does not. Universities should therefore encourage free software for @@ -93,8 +75,8 @@ MIT. I did this specifically so that the MIT licensing office would be unable to interfere with releasing GNU as free software. I had planned an approach for licensing the programs in GNU that would ensure -that all modified versions must be free software as well—an approach -that developed into the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL)—and I did not want to have to beg the MIT administration to let me use it. +that all modified versions must be free software as well—an approach +that developed into the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL)—and I did not want to have to beg the MIT administration to let me use it. </p> <p>Over the years, university affiliates have often come to the <a name="index-FSF_002c-universities"></a> @@ -105,9 +87,9 @@ even for specifically funded projects, is to base your work on an existing program that was released under the <a name="index-GPL_002c-universities-and"></a> GNU GPL. Then you can -tell the administrators, “We’re not allowed to release the -modified version except under the GNU GPL—any other way would -be copyright infringement.” After the dollar signs fade from +tell the administrators, “We’re not allowed to release the +modified version except under the GNU GPL—any other way would +be copyright infringement.” After the dollar signs fade from their eyes, they will usually consent to releasing it as free software. </p> @@ -127,7 +109,7 @@ open to renegotiation. They would rather have a contract to develop free software than no contract at all, so they will most likely go along. </p> -<p>Whatever you do, raise the issue early—well before the +<p>Whatever you do, raise the issue early—well before the program is half finished. At this point, the university still needs you, so you can play hardball: tell the administration you will finish the program, make it usable, if they agree in writing to make it @@ -161,8 +143,8 @@ knowledge, or is its sole purpose to perpetuate itself? <p>Whatever approach you use, it helps to approach the issue with determination and based on an ethical perspective, as we do in the free software movement. To treat -the public ethically, the software should be free—as in -freedom—for the whole public. +the public ethically, the software should be free—as in +freedom—for the whole public. </p> <a name="index-developers_002c-solid-values-for-free-software"></a> <p>Many developers of free software profess narrowly practical reasons @@ -173,12 +155,12 @@ and thank you for your contribution. But those values do not give you a good footing to stand firm when university administrators pressure or tempt you to make the program nonfree. </p> -<p>For instance, they may argue that “We could make it even more -powerful and reliable with all the money we can get.” This claim +<p>For instance, they may argue that “We could make it even more +powerful and reliable with all the money we can get.” This claim may or may not come true in the end, but it is hard to disprove in -advance. They may suggest a license to offer copies “free of -charge, for academic use only,” which would tell the general -public they don’t deserve freedom, and argue that this will obtain the +advance. They may suggest a license to offer copies “free of +charge, for academic use only,” which would tell the general +public they don’t deserve freedom, and argue that this will obtain the cooperation of academia, which is all (they say) you need. </p> <a name="index-citizen-values_002c-convenience-v_002e-2"></a> @@ -186,17 +168,15 @@ cooperation of academia, which is all (they say) you need. good case for rejecting these dead-end proposals, but you can do it easily if you base your stand on ethical and political values. What good is it to make a program powerful and reliable at the expense of -users’ freedom? Shouldn’t freedom apply outside academia as well as +users’ freedom? Shouldn’t freedom apply outside academia as well as within it? The answers are obvious if freedom and community are among -your goals. Free software respects the users’ freedom, while nonfree +your goals. Free software respects the users’ freedom, while nonfree software negates it. </p> -<p>Nothing strengthens your resolve like knowing that the community’s +<p>Nothing strengthens your resolve like knowing that the community’s freedom depends, in one instance, on you. <a name="index-universities_002c-releasing-free-software-at-2"></a> <a name="index-education_002c-free-software-in-2"></a> <a name="index-call-to-action_002c-release-free-software-1"></a> <a name="index-developers_002c-universities-1"></a> -</p><hr size="2"> -</body> -</html> +</p><hr size="2"></section></body></html> |