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<title>Only the Free World Can Stand Up to Microsoft
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Only the Free World Can Stand Up to Microsoft</h2>
-<p>by <strong>Tom Hull</strong></p>
-
-<div class="announcement">
-<blockquote><p>This article is part of our section
-of <a href="/philosophy/third-party-ideas.html">Third Party
-Ideas</a>.</p></blockquote>
-</div>
+<address class="byline">by Tom Hull</address>
<ol>
<li>The reproduction and distribution cost of software is zero at
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ today's tasks, and which they can collaboratively build on to handle
future needs. Free software is the one thing that not even Microsoft
can compete with.</li>
<li>Still, there is one core problem: who pays for developing free
-software? The usual answer &mdash; which leads to all of the trouble
-above &mdash; is that investors pay for development, which they
+software? The usual answer&mdash;which leads to all of the trouble
+above&mdash;is that investors pay for development, which they
recover from their profits. The only real answer is that development
costs must be paid for by users. The key point here is that what is
paid for is not the distribution or use of the software, but its
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ organizations to budget a small fraction of their annual software
outlays for proposals. Set up a review group for intellectual property
issues, challenge dubious claims, and investigate the feasibility of
buying and releasing rights to valid claims. Encourage the
-development of more local organizations &mdash; local to place, to
-industry, to niche, to taste &mdash; with the initial group breaking
+development of more local organizations&mdash;local to place, to
+industry, to niche, to taste&mdash;with the initial group breaking
up or fading away: common methods and procedures, but no centralized
control.</li>
<li>Let's call this organization, this whole framework, &ldquo;The
@@ -133,15 +134,16 @@ contribution. You have nothing to lose
but <kbd>CTL-ALT-DEL</kbd>.</li>
</ol>
-<hr />
+<hr class="column-limit" />
<p>Additional notes can be found
at <a href="/philosophy/free-world-notes.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-world-notes.html</a>.</p>
+gnu.org/philosophy/free-world-notes.html</a>.</p>
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to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
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<p>Copyright &copy; 1997 Tom Hull</p>
<p>You may link to this document and/or redistribute it
@@ -200,10 +185,10 @@ electronically.</p>
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2019/08/03 14:52:39 $
+$Date: 2021/10/01 10:44:32 $
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