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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-doc.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-doc.html index dcca67c..7c9777b 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-doc.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-doc.html @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 --> -<title>Why Free Software needs Free Documentation +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays aboutfs extension" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> +<title>Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> - <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-doc.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> - -<h2>Why Free Software needs Free Documentation</h2> - -<blockquote class="announcement"><p> -<a href="http://defectivebydesign.org/ebooks.html">Join our mailing list -about the dangers of eBooks</a>. -</p></blockquote> - -<ul> -<li><a href="/copyleft/fdl.html">The GNU Free Documentation License</a></li> -</ul> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> +<h2>Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation</h2> +<div class="thin"></div> <p> The biggest deficiency in free operating systems is not in the @@ -53,12 +50,19 @@ restrict it so that we cannot use it.</p> Given that writing good English is a rare skill among programmers, we can ill afford to lose manuals this way.</p> +<hr class="no-display" /> +<div class="announcement" role="complementary"><p> +<a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/ebooks.html">Join our mailing list +about the dangers of eBooks</a>. +</p></div> +<hr class="no-display" /> + <p> Free documentation, like free software, is a matter of freedom, not price. The problem with these manuals was not that O'Reilly Associates charged a price for printed copies—that in itself is fine. (The Free Software Foundation -<a href="http://shop.fsf.org/category/books/">sells printed +<a href="https://shop.fsf.org/category/books/">sells printed copies</a> of free <a href="/doc/doc.html">GNU manuals</a>, too.) But GNU manuals are available in source code form, while these manuals are available only on paper. GNU manuals come with permission to copy and @@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ Redistribution (including commercial redistribution) must be permitted, so that the manual can accompany every copy of the program, on line or on paper. Permission for modification is crucial too.</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="/licenses/fdl.html">The GNU Free Documentation License</a></li> +</ul> + <p> As a general rule, I don't believe that it is essential for people to have permission to modify all sorts of articles and books. The issues @@ -147,10 +155,11 @@ prefer copylefted manuals to noncopylefted ones.</p> <p> [Note: We maintain a <a href="/doc/other-free-books.html">page that lists free books available from other publishers</a>].</p> +</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 @@ -168,13 +177,13 @@ 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> @@ -195,8 +204,8 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, -2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +<p>Copyright © 1996, 2019, 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 @@ -206,10 +215,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2019/12/27 22:55:30 $ +$Date: 2021/09/05 07:59:45 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |