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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/why-free.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/why-free.html index 2405153..1654fbb 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/why-free.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/why-free.html @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ <!--#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 aboutfs principles" --> +<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>Why Software Should Not Have Owners - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> @@ -7,11 +10,14 @@ <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/why-free.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!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--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>Why Software Should Not Have Owners</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> <p> Digital information technology contributes to the world by making it @@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ easier for all of us.</p> <p> Not everyone wants it to be easier. The system of copyright gives -software programs “owners”, most of whom aim to withhold +software programs “owners,” most of whom aim to withhold software's potential benefit from the rest of the public. They would like to be the only ones who can copy and modify the software that we use.</p> @@ -79,8 +85,8 @@ to control how we use information:</p> <p> Owners use smear words such as “piracy” and -“theft”, as well as expert terminology such as -“intellectual property” and “damage”, to +“theft,” as well as expert terminology such as +“intellectual property” and “damage,” to suggest a certain line of thinking to the public—a simplistic analogy between programs and physical objects.</p> @@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ lose freedom to control part of their own lives.</p> <p> And, above all, society needs to encourage the spirit of voluntary cooperation in its citizens. When software owners tell us that -helping our neighbors in a natural way is “piracy”, they +helping our neighbors in a natural way is “piracy,” they pollute our society's civic spirit.</p> <p> @@ -297,21 +303,23 @@ able to hire your favorite programmer to fix it when it breaks.</p> <p> You deserve free software.</p> +<div class="column-limit"></div> -<h3>Footnotes</h3> +<h3 class="footnote">Footnote</h3> <ol> <li id="footnote1">The charges were subsequently dismissed.</li> </ol> -<hr /> -<blockquote id="fsfs"><p>This essay is published -in <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/"><cite>Free +<hr class="no-display" /> +<div class="edu-note c"><p id="fsfs">This essay is published in +<a href="https://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/"><cite>Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard -M. Stallman</cite></a>.</p></blockquote> +M. Stallman</cite></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 @@ -329,13 +337,13 @@ 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> @@ -356,7 +364,7 @@ of this article.</p> There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> -<p>Copyright © 1994, 2009, 2020 Richard Stallman</p> +<p>Copyright © 1994, 2009, 2021 Richard Stallman</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -366,10 +374,10 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/10/26 13:08:00 $ +$Date: 2021/08/28 13:29:46 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> -</div> +</div><!-- for class="inner", starts in the banner include --> </body> </html> |