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<title>Lest CodePlex perplex
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Lest CodePlex perplex</h2>
-<p>by <strong>Richard Stallman</strong></p>
+<address class="byline">by Richard Stallman</address>
+
<p>Many in our community are suspicious of the CodePlex Foundation. With
its board of directors dominated by Microsoft employees and
ex-employees, plus apologist Miguel de Icaza, there is plenty of
@@ -21,13 +28,13 @@ what it will do, based on its statements and Microsoft's statements.</p>
<p>The first thing we see is that the organization ducks the issue of
users' freedom; it uses the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo; and does
-not speak of &ldquo;free software&rdquo;. These two terms stand for
+not speak of &ldquo;free software.&rdquo; These two terms stand for
different philosophies which are based on different values: free
software's values are freedom and social solidarity, whereas open
source cites only practical convenience values such as powerful,
reliable software.
See <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html</a>
+Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software</a>
for more explanation.</p>
<p>Evidently Microsoft would rather confront the practical competition
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ distracting attention from the other.</p>
<p>CodePlex follows the same practice. Its stated goal is to convince
&ldquo;commercial software companies&rdquo; to contribute more to
-&ldquo;open source&rdquo;. Since nearly all open source programs are
+&ldquo;open source.&rdquo; Since nearly all open source programs are
also free software, these programs will probably be free, but the
&ldquo;open source&rdquo; philosophy doesn't teach developers to
defend their freedom. If they don't understand the importance of this
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ extend&rdquo; or patent co-optation, and to make free software
dependent on proprietary platforms.</p>
<p>This foundation is not the first Microsoft project to bear the name
-&ldquo;CodePlex&rdquo;. There is also codeplex.com, a project hosting
+&ldquo;CodePlex.&rdquo; There is also codeplex.com, a project hosting
site, whose list of allowed licenses excludes GNU GPL version 3.
Perhaps this reflects the fact that GPL version 3 is designed to
protect a program's free software status from being subverted by
@@ -61,9 +68,9 @@ peculiar confusion. Every business is by definition commercial, so
all software developed by a business&mdash;whether free or
proprietary&mdash;is automatically commercial software. But there is
a widespread public confusion between &ldquo;commercial
-software&rdquo; and &ldquo;proprietary software&rdquo;. (See
+software&rdquo; and &ldquo;proprietary software.&rdquo; (See
<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html</a>.)</p>
+Words to Avoid or Use with Care</a>.)</p>
<p>This confusion is a serious problem because it falsely claims free
software business to be impossible. Many software companies already
@@ -83,16 +90,14 @@ platforms, in free environments. But that is just the opposite of
what Microsoft has said it seeks to achieve.</p>
<p>Sam Ramji, now president of CodePlex, said a few months ago that
-Microsoft (then his employer) wanted to promote development of free
-applications that encourage use of Microsoft Windows
-(<a href="http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941">
-http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3811941</a>).
+Microsoft (then his employer) wanted to promote development of <a
+href="https://www.internetnews.com/developer/microsoft-wooing-open-source-on-windows/">
+free applications that encourage use of Microsoft Windows</a>.
Perhaps the aim of CodePlex is to suborn free software application
developers into making Windows their main platform. Many of the
projects hosted now on codeplex.com are add-ons for proprietary
-software. These programs are caught in a trap similar to the former
-Java Trap (see <a href="/philosophy/java-trap.html">
-http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html</a>).</p>
+software. These programs are caught in a trap similar to <a
+href="/philosophy/java-trap.html">the former Java Trap</a>.</p>
<p>That would be harmful if it succeeds, because a program that
doesn't run (or doesn't run well) in the Free World does not
@@ -125,10 +130,11 @@ trolls who could then do dirty work against GNU/Linux to its
longstanding promotion of Digital Restrictions Management, Microsoft
continues to act to harm us. We would be fools indeed to let anything
distract us from that.</p>
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<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -146,19 +152,19 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
&lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
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+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
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@@ -173,20 +179,20 @@ of this article.</p>
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-<p>Copyright &copy; 2009 Richard Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2009, 2021 Richard Stallman</p>
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