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authorRichard M. Stallman2005-07-07 22:54:34 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2005-07-07 22:54:34 +0000
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Update where to get GNU status; add refs for how to help.
Add footnotes 6 and 7.
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@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ Since that time, we have learned about certain common misunderstandings
39that different wording could help avoid. Footnotes added in 1993 help 39that different wording could help avoid. Footnotes added in 1993 help
40clarify these points. 40clarify these points.
41 41
42For up-to-date information about the available GNU software, please see 42For up-to-date information about the available GNU software, please
43the latest issue of the GNU's Bulletin. The list is much too long to 43see @uref{http://www.gnu.org}. For software tasks to work on, see
44include here. 44@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tasklist}. For other ways to
45contribute, see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/help}.
45@end quotation 46@end quotation
46 47
47@unnumberedsec What's GNU? Gnu's Not Unix! 48@unnumberedsec What's GNU? Gnu's Not Unix!
@@ -380,7 +381,17 @@ practice they would still make considerably more than that.)
380other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more 381other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more
381difficult. 382difficult.
382 383
383People who have studied the issue of intellectual property rights carefully 384People who have studied the issue of intellectual property
385rights@footnote{n the 80s I had not yet realized how confusing it was
386to speak of ``the issue'' of ``intellectual property.'' That term is
387obviously biased; more subtle is the fact that it lumps together
388various disparate laws which raise very different issues. Nowadays I
389urge people to reject the term ``intellectual property'' entirely,
390lest it lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent
391issue. The way to be clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and
392trademarks separately. See
393@uref{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml} for more
394explanation of how this term spreads confusion and bias.} carefully
384(such as lawyers) say that there is no intrinsic right to intellectual 395(such as lawyers) say that there is no intrinsic right to intellectual
385property. The kinds of supposed intellectual property rights that the 396property. The kinds of supposed intellectual property rights that the
386government recognizes were created by specific acts of legislation for 397government recognizes were created by specific acts of legislation for
@@ -489,9 +500,15 @@ operating systems onto the new hardware.
489The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could also 500The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could also
490employ programmers. 501employ programmers.
491 502
492People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware, asking for 503People with new ideas could distribute programs as
493donations from satisfied users, or selling hand-holding services. I have 504freeware@footnote{Subsequently we have learned to distinguish between
494met people who are already working this way successfully. 505"free software" and "freeware". The term "freeware" means software
506you are free to redistribute, but usually you are not free to study
507and change the source code, so most of it is not free software. See
508@uref{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html} for more
509explanation.}, asking for donations from satisfied users, or selling
510hand-holding services. I have met people who are already working this
511way successfully.
495 512
496Users with related needs can form users' groups, and pay dues. A group 513Users with related needs can form users' groups, and pay dues. A group
497would contract with programming companies to write programs that the 514would contract with programming companies to write programs that the