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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-05-14 14:12:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2005-05-14 14:12:36 +0000 |
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| @@ -518,23 +518,19 @@ friends or over the net. But it does suggest the wrong idea. | |||
| 518 | 518 | ||
| 519 | (3) Several such companies now exist. | 519 | (3) Several such companies now exist. |
| 520 | 520 | ||
| 521 | (4) The Free Software Foundation raises most of its funds from a | 521 | (4) The Free Software Foundation raisesd most of its funds for 10 |
| 522 | distribution service, although it is a charity rather than a company. | 522 | years from a distribution service, although it is a charity rather |
| 523 | If *no one* chooses to obtain copies by ordering from the FSF, it | 523 | than a company. |
| 524 | will be unable to do its work. But this does not mean that proprietary | 524 | |
| 525 | restrictions are justified to force every user to pay. If a small | 525 | (5) A group of computer companies pooled funds around 1991 to |
| 526 | fraction of all the users order copies from the FSF, that is sufficient | 526 | support maintenance of the GNU C Compiler. |
| 527 | to keep the FSF afloat. So we ask users to choose to support us in | ||
| 528 | this way. Have you done your part? | ||
| 529 | |||
| 530 | (5) A group of computer companies recently pooled funds to support | ||
| 531 | maintenance of the GNU C Compiler. | ||
| 532 | 527 | ||
| 533 | (6) In the 80s I had not yet realized how confusing it was to speak | 528 | (6) In the 80s I had not yet realized how confusing it was to speak |
| 534 | of "the issue" of "intellectual property". That term is obviously | 529 | of "the issue" of "intellectual property". That term is obviously |
| 535 | biased; more subtle is the fact that it lumps together various | 530 | biased; more subtle is the fact that it lumps together various |
| 536 | disparate laws which raise very different issues. Nowadays I urge | 531 | disparate laws which raise very different issues. Nowadays I urge |
| 537 | people to reject the term "intellectual property" entirely, lest it | 532 | people to reject the term "intellectual property" entirely, lest it |
| 538 | lead others to suppose this is one coherent issue. The way to be | 533 | lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent issue. The way to be |
| 539 | clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and trademarks separately. | 534 | clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and trademarks separately. |
| 540 | See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html. \ No newline at end of file | 535 | See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml for more explanation |
| 536 | of how this term spreads confusion and bias. | ||