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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/selling.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/selling.html index 38f4314..a1f0523 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/selling.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/selling.html @@ -1,14 +1,22 @@ <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> -<!-- Parent-Version: 1.86 --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> +<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> +<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays aboutfs principles" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Selling Free Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/selling.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Selling Free Software</h2> <p><em><a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html">Some views on the ideas of selling exceptions to free software licenses, such as the GNU GPL</a> are also available.</em></p> +<hr class="thin" /> <p> Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU Project is that you @@ -25,9 +33,9 @@ surprising to you, please read on.</p> <p> The word “free” has two legitimate general meanings; it can refer -either to freedom or to price. When we speak of “free software”, -we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of “free speech”, -not “free beer”.) Specifically, it means that a user is free to run +either to freedom or to price. When we speak of “free software,” +we're talking about freedom, not price. (Think of “free speech,” +not “free beer.”) Specifically, it means that a user is free to run the program, study and change the program, and redistribute the program with or without changes.</p> @@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ from it.</p> Free software is a community project, and everyone who depends on it ought to look for ways to contribute to building the community. For a distributor, the way to do this is to give a part of the profit to free software development projects or to the -<a href="/fsf/fsf.html">Free Software Foundation</a>. This way you can +<a href="https://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>. This way you can advance the world of free software.</p> <p> @@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ to increase the number of users in the long run, we should above all <p> The most direct way to do this is by writing needed -<a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tasklist">free software</a> +<a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tasklist">free software</a> or <a href="/doc/doc.html">manuals</a> yourself. But if you do distribution rather than writing, the best way you can help is by @@ -135,8 +143,8 @@ money. Selling a copy of a free program is legitimate, and we encourage it.</p> <p> -However, when people think of -<a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#SellSoftware">“selling software”</a>, +However, when people think of “<a +href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#SellSoftware">selling software</a>,” they usually imagine doing it the way most companies do it: making the software proprietary rather than free.</p> @@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ fee”—that is unambiguous.</p> <p> Except for one special situation, the -<a href="/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a> (GNU GPL) +<a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a> (GNU GPL) has no requirements about how much you can charge for distributing a copy of free software. You can charge nothing, a penny, a dollar, or a billion dollars. It's up to you, and the marketplace, so don't @@ -180,10 +188,11 @@ with us. Free software is about freedom, and enforcing the GPL is defending freedom. When we defend users' freedom, we are not distracted by side issues such as how much of a distribution fee is charged. Freedom is the issue, the whole issue, and the only issue.</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 @@ -201,13 +210,13 @@ 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> @@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 +<p>Copyright © 1996-1998, 2001, 2007, 2015, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" @@ -239,7 +248,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:39 $ +$Date: 2021/09/10 10:58:36 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |