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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/about-gnu.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/about-gnu.html index 5718a80..1d079c0 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/about-gnu.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/about-gnu.html @@ -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> - -<blockquote> -<p>The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not -Unix!”; 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 +<!--#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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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> + +<p>GNU <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 @@ But unlike Unix, GNU gives its users freedom.</p> <p><a href="/distros/free-distros.html">Completely free system distributions</a> (“distros”) 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 @@ today, and there are <a href="/help/help.html">many ways to 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 @@ the copyright, enforcement will be up to you.)</p> <p>The ultimate goal is to provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to do—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">“GNU” 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 & GNU inquiries to @@ -86,13 +93,13 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> <web-translators@gnu.org></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 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2014, 2017, 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 2011, 2017, 2021 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 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:34 $ +$Date: 2021/10/24 06:55:33 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |