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<title>Overcoming Social Inertia
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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Stallman</strong></a></p>
<p>
-Almost two decades have passed since the combination of GNU and Linux first made
-it possible to use a PC in freedom. We have come a long way since then. Now you can even buy a laptop with GNU/Linux preinstalled from
-more than one hardware vendor&mdash;although the systems they ship are not
-entirely free software. So what holds us back from total success?</p>
+Almost two decades have passed since the combination of GNU and Linux
+first made it possible to use a PC in freedom. We have come a long
+way since then. Now you can even buy a laptop with GNU/Linux
+preinstalled from more than one hardware vendor&mdash;although the
+systems they ship are not entirely free software. So what holds us
+back from total success?</p>
<p>
The main obstacle to the triumph of software freedom is social
@@ -59,9 +61,11 @@ inertia, so that they become part of the inertia.</p>
<p>
To build our community's strength to resist, we need to talk about
free software and freedom&mdash;not merely about the practical
-benefits that open source supporters cite. As more people recognize
-what they need to do to overcome the inertia, we will make more
-progress.</p>
+benefits that open source supporters cite. And we need to resist
+nonfree software by <a href="/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html">
+taking action each time we can</a>, voicing our reasons out loud. As
+more people recognize what they need to do to overcome the inertia, we
+will make more progress.</p>
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@@ -110,17 +114,17 @@ of this article.</p>
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-<p>Copyright &copy; 2007 Richard Stallman</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2007, 2020 Richard Stallman</p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:46 $
+$Date: 2020/10/30 06:25:43 $
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