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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft-new-monopoly.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft-new-monopoly.html index 158e893..386b34a 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft-new-monopoly.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/microsoft-new-monopoly.html @@ -1,14 +1,22 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays laws patents" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Microsoft's New Monopoly - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/microsoft-new-monopoly.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Microsoft's New Monopoly</h2> -<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/"><strong>Richard Stallman</strong></a></p> +<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard +Stallman</a></address> -<blockquote> +<div class="infobox" style="font-style: italic"> <p>This article was written in July 2005. Microsoft adopted a different policy in 2006, so the specific policies described below and the specific criticisms of them are only of historical significance. @@ -17,7 +25,8 @@ The overall problem remains, however: Microsoft's cunningly worded new policy does not give anyone clear permission to implement OOXML.</a> </p> -</blockquote> +</div> +<hr class="thin" /> <p>European legislators who endorse software patents frequently claim that those wouldn't affect free software (or “open @@ -87,9 +96,8 @@ one is not required to endorse the statement as true or even meaningful, only to include it. The software developer could cancel its misleading effect with a disclaimer like this: “The following misleading statement has been imposed on us by Microsoft; please be advised that it is -propaganda. See <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html"> -http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html</a> for more -explanation.”</p> +propaganda. See <a href="/philosophy/not-ipr.html">Richard Stallman's article +on ‘intellectual property’</a> for more explanation.”</p> <p>However, the requirement to include a fixed piece of text is actually quite cunning, because anyone who does so has explicitly @@ -131,13 +139,14 @@ keep Europeans safe.</p> [2009 note]: the EU directive to allow software patents was rejected, but the European Patent Office has continued issuing them and some countries treat them as valid. -See <a href="http://ffii.org"> ffii.org</a> for more information and +See <a href="https://ffii.org"> ffii.org</a> for more information and to participate in the campaign against software patents in Europe. </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 @@ -155,13 +164,13 @@ 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> @@ -182,7 +191,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 2005, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -192,10 +201,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/07/17 18:55:12 $ +$Date: 2021/09/05 09:34:34 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |