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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/compromise.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/compromise.html index 29d6d65..9887f7a 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/compromise.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/compromise.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.94 --> <title>Avoiding Ruinous Compromises - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <style type="text/css" media="print,screen"> @@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ announced a plan</a> to create a completely free operating system called GNU—for ‘GNU's Not Unix’. As part of the 25th anniversary of the GNU system, I have written this article on how our community can avoid ruinous compromises. In addition to avoiding -such compromises, there are many ways you can <a href="/help/help.html">help -GNU</a> and free software. One basic way is -to <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=4052"> -join the Free Software Foundation</a> as an Associate -Member.”—<b>Richard Stallman</b></p></blockquote> +such compromises, there are many ways you can <a href="/help/help.html"> +help GNU</a> and free software. One way is to say no to the use of a +nonfree program or an online disservice as often as you can or +<a href="/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html"> +even once.</a>”—<b>Richard Stallman</b></p></blockquote> + <p>The free software movement aims for a social change: <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">to make all software @@ -73,16 +74,16 @@ injustice.</p> is <a href="http://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2008/spring/the-last-mile-is-always-the-hardest/"> a long road</a>. It will take many steps and many years to reach a world in which it is normal for software users to have freedom. Some -of these steps are hard, and require sacrifice. Some of them become easier -if we make compromises with people that have different goals.</p> +of these steps are hard, and require sacrifice. Some of them become +easier if we make compromises with people that have different goals.</p> <p>Thus, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a> makes compromises—even major ones. For instance, we made compromises in the patent provisions of version 3 of -the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a> (GNU GPL) so -that major companies would contribute to and distribute GPLv3-covered -software and thus bring some patents under the effect of these -provisions. </p> +the <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a> +(GNU GPL) so that major companies would contribute to and distribute +GPLv3-covered software and thus bring some patents under the effect of +these provisions. </p> <img src="/graphics/gplv3-large.png" alt=" [GPLv3 Logo] " class="imgleft" /> @@ -107,18 +108,18 @@ destructive. 2. Falling to ruin; dilapidated or decayed.">ruinous</abbr> compromise.</p> <p>Compromises are ruinous if they would work against our aims in the -long term. That can occur either at the level of ideas or at the level of -actions.</p> +long term. That can occur either at the level of ideas or at the +level of actions.</p> <p>At the level of ideas, ruinous compromises are those that reinforce the premises we seek to change. Our goal is a world in which software users are free, but as yet most computer users do not even recognize freedom as an issue. They have taken up “consumer” -values, which means they judge any program only on practical characteristics -such as price and convenience.</p> +values, which means they judge any program only on practical +characteristics such as price and convenience.</p> -<p>Dale Carnegie's classic self-help book, <cite>How to Win Friends and -Influence People</cite>, advises that the most effective way to +<p>Dale Carnegie's classic self-help book, <cite>How to Win Friends +and Influence People</cite>, advises that the most effective way to persuade someone to do something is to present arguments that appeal to per values. There are ways we can appeal to the consumer values typical in our society. For instance, free software obtained gratis @@ -133,10 +134,10 @@ freedom, and focus only on the practical advantages that make sense in terms of consumer values. That's what the term “open source” and its associated rhetoric do.</p> -<p>That approach can get us only part way to the goal of freedom. People -who use free software only because it is convenient will stick with it -only as long as it is more convenient. And they will see no reason not -to use convenient proprietary programs along with it.</p> +<p>That approach can get us only part way to the goal of freedom. +People who use free software only because it is convenient will stick +with it only as long as it is more convenient. And they will see no +reason not to use convenient proprietary programs along with it.</p> <p>The philosophy of open source presupposes and appeals to consumer values, and this affirms and reinforces them. That's why we @@ -159,12 +160,12 @@ they are the basis of our actions. We must reject the Dale Carnegie compromise that would influence their actions by endorsing their consumer values.</p> -<p>This is not to say we cannot cite practical advantage at all—we can -and we do. It becomes a problem only when the practical advantage steals -the scene and pushes freedom into the background. Therefore, -when we cite the practical advantages of free software, we reiterate -frequently that those are just <em>additional, secondary</em> reasons -to prefer it.</p> +<p>This is not to say we cannot cite practical advantage at +all—we can and we do. It becomes a problem only when the +practical advantage steals the scene and pushes freedom into the +background. Therefore, when we cite the practical advantages of free +software, we reiterate frequently that those are just <em>additional, +secondary</em> reasons to prefer it.</p> <p>It's not enough to make our words accord with our ideals; our actions have to accord with them too. So we must also avoid @@ -197,8 +198,8 @@ proprietary software is the problem.</p> <p>A ruinous compromise is not just a bad influence on others. It can distort your own values, too, through cognitive dissonance. If you have certain values, but your actions imply other, conflicting values, -you are likely to change your values or your actions so as to resolve the -contradiction. Thus, projects that argue only from practical +you are likely to change your values or your actions so as to resolve +the contradiction. Thus, projects that argue only from practical advantages, or direct people toward some nonfree software, nearly always shy away from even <em>suggesting</em> that nonfree software is unethical. For their participants, as well as for the public, they @@ -208,14 +209,13 @@ to keep our values straight.</p> <p>If you want to move to free software without compromising the goal of freedom, look at <a href="http://www.fsf.org/resources">the FSF's resources area</a>. It lists hardware and machine configurations that -work with free software, <a href="/distros/distros.html"> totally free GNU/Linux -distros</a> to install, and <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/"> -thousands of free software packages</a> that -work in a 100 percent free software environment. If you want to help the -community stay on the road to freedom, one important way is to -publicly uphold citizen values. When people are discussing what is -good or bad, or what to do, cite the values of freedom and community -and argue from them.</p> +work with free software, <a href="/distros/distros.html"> totally free +GNU/Linux distros</a> to install, and <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/"> +thousands of free software packages</a> that work in a 100 percent +free software environment. If you want to help the community stay on +the road to freedom, one important way is to publicly uphold citizen +values. When people are discussing what is good or bad, or what to +do, cite the values of freedom and community and argue from them.</p> <p>A road that lets you go faster is not better if it leads to the wrong place. Compromise is essential to achieve an ambitious goal, @@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article.</p> </div> -<p>Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard -Stallman</a>.</p> +<p>Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 +<a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a>.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/10/06 08:00:28 $ +$Date: 2020/10/27 08:30:32 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |