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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gates.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gates.html index 0669a71..f3cdbef 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gates.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/gates.html @@ -1,21 +1,20 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural evils" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>It's not the Gates, it's the bars - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/gates.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> +<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> +<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> +<div class="article reduced-width"> <h2> It's not the Gates, it's the bars</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard -Stallman</strong></a><br /> -Founder, Free Software Foundation -</p> - -<blockquote> -<p><em>(This article was <a -href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm">published by -BBC News in 2008</a>.)</em></p> -</blockquote> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> <p>To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor @@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ BBC News in 2008</a>.)</em></p> degradation and illness in the same poor countries. (2010 update: The Gates Foundation is supporting a project with agribusiness giant Cargill on a <a - href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/29/gates-foundation-gm-monsanto">project + href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/29/gates-foundation-gm-monsanto">project that could involve pushing genetically modified crops in Africa</a>.)</p> <p>Many computerists specially hate Gates and Microsoft. They have @@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ BBC News in 2008</a>.)</em></p> UK, Microsoft established a major office in Gordon Brown's constituency. Both lawful, both potentially corrupting.)</p> - <p>Many users hate the “Microsoft tax”, the retail + <p>Many users hate the “Microsoft tax,” the retail contracts that make you pay for Windows on your computer even if you won't use it. (In some countries you can get a refund, but the effort required is daunting.) There's also the Digital Restrictions @@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ BBC News in 2008</a>.)</em></p> yourself or for someone else, you can't. If you're a business and you want to pay a programmer to make the software suit your needs better, you can't. If you copy it to share with your friend, which is simple - good-neighbourliness, they call you a “pirate”. + good-neighbourliness, they call you a “pirate.” Microsoft would have us believe that helping your neighbour is the moral equivalent of attacking a ship.</p> @@ -120,9 +119,17 @@ BBC News in 2008</a>.)</em></p> he helped create remain—for now. Dismantling them is up to us.</p> +<div class="infobox extra" role="complementary"> +<hr /> +<p>This article was <a +href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm">published by +<cite>BBC News</cite> in 2008</a>.</p> +</div> +</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 @@ -140,19 +147,19 @@ 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> <!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should - be under CC BY-ND 3.0 US. Please do NOT change or remove this + be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first. Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the @@ -167,21 +174,20 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> - -<p>Copyright © 2008 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 2008, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" -href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative -Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p> +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative +Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:08 $ +$Date: 2021/09/10 10:58:36 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |