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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/yes-give-it-away.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/yes-give-it-away.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..824500f --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/yes-give-it-away.html @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.79 --> +<title>Yes, Give It Away +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> + <!--#include virtual="/gnu/po/yes-give-it-away.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Yes, Give It Away</h2> + +<p><strong>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></strong></p> + + <blockquote> + <p>Richard Stallman wrote this text, which was found in a file dated May + 1983, though it is not clear whether it was written then or earlier. + In May 1983 he was privately considering plans to develop a + free operating system, but he may not yet have decided to make it a + Unix-like system rather than something like the MIT Lisp Machine.</p> + + <p>He had not yet conceptually distinguished the two meanings of + “free;” this message is formulated in terms of gratis + copies, but take for granted that this means users also have freedom.</p> + </blockquote> + +<p>One of the important reasons for giving software away free is to +enable the users to change it. This allows them to make better use of +it, and also encourages and enables them to contribute to the +effort. Furthermore, they develop self-reliance, confidence, and a +sense of responsibility.</p> + +<p>I've often heard that Americans will think something is worthless +if it's free. It might be true, but it's not rational. People have a +right to be neurotic but we should not encourage this. In the mean +time, giving software away is not “treating it as +worthless” just because some masochists might conclude it was +worthless.</p> + +<p>Users would not change software if it were worthless; rather, +because it is worth more to them as changed than before. +Some central maintenance is also useful, but there are other +ways to provide for this aside from hassling the users.</p> + +<p>I have a lot of experience with sharing software and having +the users change it. I find that</p> + +<ol> + <li>there is little tendency to believe EMACS is worthless</li> + <li>users change EMACS a lot</li> + <li>users' changes contribute to EMACS development</li> + <li>centralized maintenance of EMACS continues</li> +</ol> + +<p>I approached users in a non-manipulative cooperative spirit, and +they reacted enthusiastically and cooperatively. When told that +restrictions are being imposed to trick their neuroses or because they +are assumed in advance to be incompetent, they feel justifiable +resentment. They also tend to become incompetent and neurotic as a +result.</p> + +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to +<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. +There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> +the FSF. 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