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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/words-to-avoid.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/words-to-avoid.html index a6d3725..d33584a 100644 --- a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/words-to-avoid.html +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/words-to-avoid.html @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Swindle?</a></p></blockquote> |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a href="#Open">Open</a>” |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a + href="#OptOut">Opt out</a>” +|<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a href="#PC">PC</a>” |<span class="gnun-split"></span><!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> “<a href="#Photoshop">Photoshop</a>” @@ -193,11 +195,12 @@ of what the program does for them</b>.</p> <h3 id="Alternative">“Alternative”</h3> <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY --> <p> -We don't describe free software as an “alternative” to -proprietary, because that word presumes all the “alternatives” are -legitimate and each additional one makes users better off. In effect, -it assumes that free software ought to coexist with software that does -not respect users' freedom.</p> +We don't describe free software in general as an +“alternative” to proprietary, because that word presumes +all the “alternatives” are legitimate and each additional +one makes users better off. In effect, it assumes that free software +ought to coexist with software that does not respect users' +freedom.</p> <p> We believe that distribution as free software is the only ethical way to make software available for others to use. The other methods, @@ -206,7 +209,14 @@ software</a> and <a href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">Service as a Software Substitute</a> subjugate their users. We do not think it is good to offer users those “alternatives” to free -software. +software.</p> +<p> +Special circumstances can drive users toward running one particular +program for a certain job. For instance, when a web page sends +JavaScript client code to the user's browser, that drives users toward +running that specific client program rather than any possible other. +In such a case, there is a reason to describe any other code for that +job as an alternative. </p> <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> @@ -519,7 +529,7 @@ writings to a sort of pap fit to be piped through the “tubes” of the internet. </p> -<p>See also <a href="http://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/">Courtney +<p>See also <a href="https://www.salon.com/2000/06/14/love_7/">Courtney Love's open letter to Steve Case</a> and search for “content provider” in that page. Alas, Ms. Love is unaware that the term “intellectual property” is @@ -863,7 +873,7 @@ Experience shows that these products often do <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2015/09/cory-doctorow-what-if-people-were-sensors-not-things-to-be-sensed/"> spy on their users</a>. They are also tailor-made for -<a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rinesi20150806">giving +<a href="https://archive.ieet.org/articles/rinesi20150806.html">giving people biased advice</a>. In addition, the manufacturer can <a href="/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html"> sabotage the product</a> by turning off the server it depends on.</p> @@ -1004,6 +1014,16 @@ we say, <b>free software</b> or <b>free (libre) software</b>.</p> <!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> <!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY --> +<h3 id="OptOut">“Opt out”</h3> +<!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY --> +<p> +When applied to any form of computational mistreatment, “opt +out” implies the choice is a minor matter of convenience. We +recommend “reject,” “shun” or “escape +from.”</p> + +<!-- GNUN-SORT-NEXT-ITEM --> +<!-- GNUN-SORT-BEGIN-KEY --> <h3 id="PC">“PC”</h3> <!-- GNUN-SORT-END-KEY --> <p> @@ -1347,7 +1367,7 @@ vendors. We recommend the general term “supplier” instead. <!-- GNUN-SORT-STOP --> <hr /> -<blockquote id="fsfs"><p class="big">This essay is published +<blockquote id="fsfs"><p>This essay is published in <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/"><cite>Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman</cite></a>.</p></blockquote> @@ -1400,7 +1420,7 @@ of this article.</p> Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. --> <p>Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, -2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> +2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative @@ -1410,7 +1430,7 @@ Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p class="unprintable">Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2020/07/07 11:37:52 $ +$Date: 2021/04/26 07:14:33 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div> |