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CVSROOT: /sources/trans-coord
Module name: trans-coord
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 09/11/10 22:10:12
Modified files:
gnun : home.shtml
gnun/licenses : gpl-faq.html
gnun/philosophy: categories.html philosophy.html
gnun/server : banner.html header.html takeaction.html
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Automatic sync from the master www repository.
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Index: home.shtml
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+++ home.shtml 10 Nov 2009 22:10:10 -0000 1.99
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
<div id="takeactionhomepage" style="text-align: center;">
-<!-- <h1><a href="http://documentfreedom.org";>Support Document Freedom Day,
March 25</a></h1> -->
-<p><a
href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Net_Neutrality";>Support
the efforts on EU net neutrality!</a></p>
+<p><a
href="http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Net_Neutrality";>Support
+the efforts on net neutrality in
+Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.savetheinternet.com"; title="Net
+neutrality in the United States of America">in the USA</a>
+and <a href="http://www.neutrality.ca"; title="Net neutrality in
+Canada">in Canada</a>.</p>
</div>
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@
Not Unix!”; it is pronounced <em>g-noo</em>, as one syllable with
no vowel sound between the <em>g</em> and the <em>n</em>.</p>
-<h2>What is Free Software?</h2>
+<h3>What is Free Software?</h3>
<p>“<a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free software</a>”
is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@
</ul>
-<h2>What is the Free Software Foundation?</h2>
+<h3>What is the Free Software Foundation?</h3>
<p>The <a href="http://www.fsf.org";>Free Software Foundation</a>
(<abbr title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</abbr>) is the principal
@@ -133,11 +137,12 @@
</td>
<td>
-<h2>GNUstep Developers Wanted</h2>
+<h2>GNUstep</h2>
-<p>GNUstep is a fully-functional object-oriented development environment.
-We need developers to write and port applications to GNUstep so that we can
-make it a great experience for users. See
+<p>GNUstep is a fully-functional object-oriented development environment.</p>
+
+<p>We need developers to write and port applications to GNUstep so
+that we can make it a great experience for users. See
<a href="http://www.gnustep.org/";>http://www.gnustep.org/</a>
for more information.</p>
@@ -255,6 +260,7 @@
<a href="/software/pgccfd/">pgccfd</a>,
<a href="/software/polyxmass/">polyxmass</a>,
<a href="/software/rpge/">rpge</a>,
+ <a href="/software/vmslib/">vmslib</a>,
<a href="/software/xmorph/">xmorph</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Long-term contribution:</strong>
<a href="/server/takeaction.html#libcdio">Contribute</a>
@@ -373,7 +379,7 @@
<p>Last Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2009/11/01 19:10:07 $
+ $Date: 2009/11/10 22:10:10 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
Index: licenses/gpl-faq.html
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+++ licenses/gpl-faq.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:10 -0000 1.17
@@ -3014,7 +3014,8 @@
license, and you should provide what it lists. So, if your modified
version depends on libraries under other licenses, such as the Expat
license or GPLv3, the Corresponding Source should include those libraries
-(unless they are System Libraries).
+(unless they are System Libraries). If you have modified those libraries,
+you must provide your modified source code for them.
</p><p>
The last sentence of the first paragraph of section 13 is only meant to
reinforce what most people would have naturally assumed: even though
@@ -3346,7 +3347,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/09/30 18:10:12 $
+$Date: 2009/11/10 22:10:10 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: philosophy/categories.html
===================================================================
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retrieving revision 1.7
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diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- philosophy/categories.html 2 Aug 2009 18:10:17 -0000 1.7
+++ philosophy/categories.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:11 -0000 1.8
@@ -14,27 +14,29 @@
<p>Also note <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html">Confusing
Words which You Might Want to Avoid</a>.</p>
-<p id="diagram"><img src="/philosophy/category.jpg" alt="[diagram of a
-the different categories of software]" /> This diagram by Chao-Kuei
-explains the different categories of software. It's available as
-an <a href="/philosophy/category.fig">XFig file</a>, as
-a <a href="/philosophy/category.jpg">JPEG picture</a> and as a 1.5
-magnified
-<a href="/philosophy/category.png">PNG image</a>, under the terms of any
-of the GNU GPL v2 or later, the GNU FDL v1.2 or later, or the Creative
-Commons Attribution-Share Alike v2.0 or later.</p>
+<p id="diagram" class="c">
+<img src="category.png" />
+</p>
+
+ <p>This diagram by Chao-Kuei explains the different categories
+ of software. It's also available as
+ an <a href="/philosophy/category.svg">Scalable Vector
+ Graphic</a> and as an <a href="/philosophy/category.fig">XFig
+ document</a>, under the terms of any of the GNU GPL v2 or later,
+ the GNU FDL v1.2 or later, or the Creative Commons
+ Attribution-Share Alike v2.0 or later.</p>
-<dl>
-<dt id="FreeSoftware"><strong>Free software</strong></dt>
+<h3 id="FreeSoftware">Free software</h3>
- <dd>
- Free software is software that comes with permission for
+ <p>Free software is software that comes with permission for
anyone to use, copy, and distribute, either verbatim or with
modifications, either gratis or for a fee. In particular, this
means that source code must be available. “If it's not
source, it's not software.” This is a simplified
definition; see also
- the <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">full definition</a>.
+ the <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">full
+ definition</a>.</p>
+
<p>If a program is free, then it can potentially be included
in a free operating system such as GNU, or free versions of
the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux
@@ -78,32 +80,32 @@
<p>Free software is often <a href="/software/reliability.html">more
reliable</a> than non-free software.</p>
- </dd>
+<h3 id="OpenSource">Open Source software</h3>
-<dt id="OpenSource"><strong>Open Source software</strong></dt>
-
- <dd>
- The term “open source” software is used by some people to
mean
- more or less the same category as free software. It is not exactly
- the same class of software: they accept some licenses that we
- consider too restrictive, and there are free software licenses they
- have not accepted. However, the differences in extension of the
- category are small: nearly all free software is open source, and
- nearly all open source software is free.
+ <p>
+ The term “open source” software is used by some
+ people to mean more or less the same category as free
+ software. It is not exactly the same class of software: they
+ accept some licenses that we consider too restrictive, and
+ there are free software licenses they have not
+ accepted. However, the differences in extension of the
+ category are small: nearly all free software is open source,
+ and nearly all open source software is free.
<p>We prefer the term “<a href=
"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">free
software</a>” because it refers to
freedom—something that the term “open
source“ does not do.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="PublicDomainSoftware"><strong>Public domain
- software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Public domain software is software that is not copyrighted. If
+<h3 id="PublicDomainSoftware">Public domain
+ software</h3>
+
+ <p>Public domain software is software that is not copyrighted. If
the source code is in the public domain, that is a special case of
<a href="#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware">non-copylefted free
software</a>, which means that some copies or modified versions
- may not be free at all.
+ may not be free at all.</p>
+
<p>In some cases, an executable program can be in the public domain
but the source code is not available. This is not free software,
because free software requires accessibility of source code.
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@
copyrighted, and the copyright holders have legally given
permission for everyone to use it in freedom, using a free software
license.</p>
+
<p>Sometimes people use the term “public domain”
in a loose fashion to
mean <a href="#FreeSoftware">“free”</a> or
@@ -119,15 +122,17 @@
copyrighted”. For clarity, we recommend using
“public domain” for that meaning only, and using
other terms to convey the other meanings.</p>
- <p>Under the Berne Convention, which most countries have signed,
- anything written down is automatically copyrighted. This includes
- programs. Therefore, if you want a program you have written to be
- in the public domain, you must take some legal steps to disclaim
- the copyright on it; otherwise, the program is copyrighted.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="CopyleftedSoftware"><strong>Copylefted software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Copylefted software is free software whose distribution
+ <p>Under the Berne Convention, which most countries have
+ signed, anything written down is automatically
+ copyrighted. This includes programs. Therefore, if you want a
+ program you have written to be in the public domain, you must
+ take some legal steps to disclaim the copyright on it;
+ otherwise, the program is copyrighted.</p>
+
+<h3 id="CopyleftedSoftware">Copylefted software</h3>
+
+ <p>Copylefted software is free software whose distribution
terms ensure that all copies of all versions carry more or
less the same distribution terms. This means, for instance,
that copyleft licenses generally disallow others to add
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@
of safe added requirements can be allowed) and require making
source code available. This shields the program, and its
modified versions, from some of the common ways of making a
- program proprietary.
+ program proprietary.</p>
<p>Some copyleft licenses, such as GPL
version 3, block other means of turning software proprietary.</p>
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@
implied by the term “free software.” See <a href=
"/copyleft/copyleft.html">Copylefted</a> for more explanation of
how copyleft works and why we use it.</p>
+
<p>Copyleft is a general concept; to actually copyleft a program,
you need to use a specific set of distribution terms. There are
many possible ways to write copyleft distribution terms, so in
@@ -156,18 +162,21 @@
the code using one license with the code using the other
license; therefore, it is good for the community if people use
a single copyleft license.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware"><strong>Non-copylefted free
- software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Non-copylefted free software comes from the author with
+<h3 id="Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware">Non-copylefted free
+ software</h3>
+
+ <p>Non-copylefted free software comes from the author with
permission to redistribute and modify, and also to add additional
- restrictions to it.
- <p>If a program is free but not copylefted, then some copies or
- modified versions may not be free at all. A software company can
- compile the program, with or without modifications, and distribute
- the executable file as a <a href=
- "#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary</a> software product.</p>
+ restrictions to it.</p>
+
+ <p>If a program is free but not copylefted, then some copies
+ or modified versions may not be free at all. A software
+ company can compile the program, with or without
+ modifications, and distribute the executable file as
+ a <a href="#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary</a> software
+ product.</p>
+
<p>The <a href="http://www.x.org";>X Window System</a>
illustrates this. The X Consortium releases X11 with
distribution terms that make it non-copylefted free
@@ -178,102 +187,123 @@
versions are the only ones that work. If you are using this
hardware, X11 is not free software for
you. <a href="/philosophy/x.html">The developers of X11 even
- made X11 non-free</a> for a while; they were able to do this because
- others had contributed their code under the same non-copyleft
- license.</p>
- </dd>
+ made X11 non-free</a> for a while; they were able to do this
+ because others had contributed their code under the same
+ non-copyleft license.</p>
-<dt id="GPL-CoveredSoftware"><strong>GPL-covered
- software</strong></dt>
- <dd>The <a href="/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GPL (General Public
+<h3 id="GPL-CoveredSoftware">GPL-covered
+ software</h3>
+
+ <p>The <a href="/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GPL (General Public
License)</a> is one specific set of distribution terms for
copylefting a program. The GNU Project uses it as the distribution
- terms for most GNU software.
+ terms for most GNU software.</p>
<p>To equate free software with GPL-covered software is therefore
- an error.</p></dd>
+ an error.</p>
+
+<h3 id="TheGNUsystem">The GNU operating system</h3>
-<dt id="TheGNUsystem"><strong>The GNU system</strong></dt>
- <dd>The <a href="/gnu/gnu-history.html">GNU system</a> is the
+ <p>The <a href="/gnu/gnu-history.html">GNU operating system</a> is the
Unix-like operating system, which is entirely free software, that
- we in the GNU Project have developed since 1984.
+ we in the GNU Project have developed since 1984.</p>
+
<p>A Unix-like operating system consists of many programs. The GNU
system includes all the GNU software, as well as many other
packages such as the X Window System and TeX which are not GNU
software.</p>
- <p>The first test release of the complete GNU system was in 1996.
- This includes the GNU Hurd, our kernel, developed since 1990. In
- 2001 the GNU system (including the GNU Hurd) began working fairly
- reliably, but the Hurd still lacks some important features, so it
- is not widely used. Meanwhile, the <a href=
- "/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux system</a>, an offshoot of the
- GNU system which uses Linux as the kernel instead of the GNU Hurd,
- has been a great success since the 90s.</p>
- <p>Since the purpose of GNU is to be free, every single component
- in the GNU system has to be free software. They don't all have to
- be copylefted, however; any kind of free software is legally
- suitable to include if it helps meet technical goals. And it isn't
- necessary for all the components to be GNU software, individually.
- GNU can and does include non-copylefted free software such as the X
- Window System that were developed by other projects.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="GNUprograms"><strong>GNU programs</strong></dt>
- <dd>“GNU programs” is equivalent
+ <p>The first test release of the complete GNU system was in
+ 1996. This includes the GNU Hurd, our kernel, developed since
+ 1990. In 2001 the GNU system (including the GNU Hurd) began
+ working fairly reliably, but the Hurd still lacks some
+ important features, so it is not widely used. Meanwhile,
+ the <a href= "/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux system</a>,
+ an offshoot of the GNU operating system which uses Linux as
+ the kernel instead of the GNU Hurd, has been a great success
+ since the 90s.</p>
+
+ <p>Since the purpose of GNU is to be free, every single
+ component in the GNU operating system has to be free
+ software. They don't all have to be copylefted, however; any
+ kind of free software is legally suitable to include if it
+ helps meet technical goals. And it isn't necessary for all the
+ components to be GNU software, individually. GNU can and does
+ include non-copylefted free software such as the X Window
+ System that were developed by other projects.</p>
+
+<h3 id="GNUprograms">GNU programs</h3>
+
+ <p>“GNU programs” is equivalent
to <a href="#GNUsoftware">GNU software.</a> A program Foo is a
GNU program if it is GNU software. We also sometimes say it
- is a “GNU package”.</dd>
-<dt id="GNUsoftware"><strong>GNU software</strong></dt>
- <dd><a href="/software/software.html">GNU software</a> is software
- that is released under the auspices of the <a href=
+ is a “GNU package”.</p>
+
+<h3 id="GNUsoftware">GNU software</h3>
+
+ <p><a href="/software/software.html">GNU software</a> is
+ software that is released under the auspices of the <a href=
"/gnu/gnu-history.html">GNU Project</a>. If a program is GNU
- software, we also say that it is a GNU program or a GNU package.
- The README or manual of a GNU package should say it is one; also,
- the <a href="/directory">Free Software Directory</a> indentifies
- all GNU packages.
+ software, we also say that it is a GNU program or a GNU
+ package. The README or manual of a GNU package should say it
+ is one; also, the <a href="/directory">Free Software
+ Directory</a> indentifies all GNU packages.</p>
+
<p>Most GNU software is <a href=
"/copyleft/copyleft.html">copylefted</a> , but not all; however,
all GNU software must be <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free
software</a>.</p>
+
<p>Some GNU software is written by <a href=
- "/people/people.html">staff</a> of the <a href="/fsf/fsf.html">Free
- Software Foundation</a>, but most GNU software is contributed by
+ "http://www.fsf.org/about/staff/";>staff</a> of
+ the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software
+ Foundation</a>, but most GNU software is contributed by
<a href="/people/people.html">volunteers</a>. Some contributed
software is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation; some is
copyrighted by the contributors who wrote it.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="non-freeSoftware"><strong>Non-free software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Non-free software is any software that is not free. This
- includes <a href="#semi-freeSoftware">semi-free software</a> and
- <a href="#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary software</a>.</dd>
-
-<dt id="semi-freeSoftware"><strong>Semi-free software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Semi-free software is software that is not free, but comes with
- permission for individuals to use, copy, distribute, and modify
- (including distribution of modified versions) for non-profit
- purposes. PGP is an example of a semi-free program.
+<h3 id="non-freeSoftware">Non-free software</h3>
+
+ <p>Non-free software is any software that is not free. This
+ includes <a href="#semi-freeSoftware">semi-free software</a>
+ and
+ <a href="#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary software</a>.</p>
+
+<h3 id="semi-freeSoftware">Semi-free software</h3>
+
+ <p>Semi-free software is software that is not free, but comes
+ with permission for individuals to use, copy, distribute, and
+ modify (including distribution of modified versions) for
+ non-profit purposes. PGP is an example of a semi-free
+ program.</p>
+
<p>Semi-free software is much better ethically than <a href=
- "#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary software</a>, but it still poses
- problems, and we cannot use it in a free operating system.</p>
+ "#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary software</a>, but it still
+ poses problems, and we cannot use it in a free operating
+ system.</p>
+
<p>The restrictions of copyleft are designed to protect the
essential freedoms for all users. For us, the only justification
for any substantive restriction on using a program is to prevent
other people from adding other restrictions. Semi-free programs
have additional restrictions, motivated by purely selfish
goals.</p>
+
<p>It is impossible to include semi-free software in a free
- operating system. This is because the distribution terms for the
- operating system as a whole are the conjunction of the distribution
- terms for all the programs in it. Adding one semi-free program to
- the system would make the system <em>as a whole</em> just
- semi-free. There are two reasons we do not want that to happen:</p>
+ operating system. This is because the distribution terms for
+ the operating system as a whole are the conjunction of the
+ distribution terms for all the programs in it. Adding one
+ semi-free program to the system would make the system <em>as a
+ whole</em> just semi-free. There are two reasons we do not
+ want that to happen:</p>
+
<ul>
<li>We believe that free software should be for
everyone—including businesses, not just schools and
hobbyists. We want to invite business to use the whole GNU
system, and therefore we must not include a semi-free program
in it.</li>
+
<li>Commercial distribution of free operating systems, including
the <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU/Linux system</a>, is very
important, and users appreciate the convenience of commercial
@@ -281,11 +311,14 @@
operating system would cut off commercial CD-ROM distribution for
it.</li>
</ul>
- <p>The Free Software Foundation itself is non-commercial, and
- therefore we would be legally permitted to use a semi-free
- program “internally”. But we don't do that,
- because that would undermine our efforts to obtain a program
- which we could also include in GNU.</p>
+
+ <p>The <a href="http://www.fsf.org/";>Free Software
+ Foundation</a> itself is non-commercial, and therefore we
+ would be legally permitted to use a semi-free program
+ “internally”. But we don't do that, because that
+ would undermine our efforts to obtain a program which we could
+ also include in GNU.</p>
+
<p>If there is a job that needs doing with software, then
until we have a free program to do the job, the GNU system has
a gap. We have to tell volunteers, “We don't have a
@@ -294,44 +327,51 @@
job, that would undermine what we say; it would take away the
impetus (on us, and on others who might listen to our views)
to write a free replacement. So we don't do that.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="ProprietarySoftware"><strong>Proprietary
- software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Proprietary software is software that is not free or semi-free.
- Its use, redistribution or modification is prohibited, or requires
- you to ask for permission, or is restricted so much that you
- effectively can't do it freely.
+<h3 id="ProprietarySoftware">Proprietary
+ software</h3>
+
+ <p>Proprietary software is software that is not free or
+ semi-free. Its use, redistribution or modification is
+ prohibited, or requires you to ask for permission, or is
+ restricted so much that you effectively can't do it freely.
+
<p>The Free Software Foundation follows the rule that we cannot
install any proprietary program on our computers except temporarily
for the specific purpose of writing a free replacement for that
very program. Aside from that, we feel there is no possible excuse
for installing a proprietary program.</p>
+
<p>For example, we felt justified in installing Unix on our
computer in the 1980s, because we were using it to write a free
replacement for Unix. Nowadays, since free operating systems are
available, the excuse is no longer applicable; we have eliminated
all our non-free operating systems, and any new computer we install
must run a completely free operating system.</p>
+
<p>We don't insist that users of GNU, or contributors to GNU, have
to live by this rule. It is a rule we made for ourselves. But we
hope you will decide to follow it too.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="freeware"><strong>Freeware</strong></dt>
- <dd>The term “freeware” has no clear accepted
+
+<h3 id="freeware">Freeware</h3>
+
+ <p>The term “freeware” has no clear accepted
definition, but it is commonly used for packages which permit
redistribution but not modification (and their source code is
not available). These packages are <em>not</em> free software,
so please don't use “freeware” to refer to free
- software.</dd>
+ software.</p>
-<dt id="shareware"><strong>Shareware</strong></dt>
- <dd>Shareware is software which comes with permission for people to
+<h3 id="shareware">Shareware</h3>
+
+ <p>Shareware is software which comes with permission for people to
redistribute copies, but says that anyone who continues to use a
- copy is <em>required</em> to pay a license fee.
+ copy is <em>required</em> to pay a license fee.</p>
+
<p>Shareware is not free software, or even semi-free. There are two
reasons it is not:</p>
+
<ul>
<li>For most shareware, source code is not available; thus, you
cannot modify the program at all.</li>
@@ -341,10 +381,9 @@
disregard the distribution terms and do this anyway, but the terms
don't permit it.)</li>
</ul>
- </dd>
-<dt id="PrivateSoftware"><strong>Private software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Private or custom software is software developed for one user
+<h3 id="PrivateSoftware">Private software</h3>
+ <p>Private or custom software is software developed for one user
(typically an organization or company). That user keeps it and uses
it, and does not release it to the public either as source code or
as binaries.
@@ -360,17 +399,18 @@
<p>Nearly all employment for programmers is in development of
custom software; therefore most programming jobs are, or could be,
done in a way compatible with the free software movement.</p>
- </dd>
-<dt id="commercialSoftware"><strong>Commercial Software</strong></dt>
- <dd>Commercial software is software being developed by a
+<h3 id="commercialSoftware">Commercial Software</h3>
+
+ <p>Commercial software is software being developed by a
business which aims to make money from the use of the
software. “Commercial” and
“proprietary” are not the same thing! Most
commercial software
is <a href="#ProprietarySoftware">proprietary</a>, but there
is commercial free software, and there is non-commercial
- non-free software.
+ non-free software.</p>
+
<p>For example, GNU Ada is developed by a company. It is always
distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, and every copy is
free software; but its developers sell support contracts. When
@@ -388,8 +428,6 @@
software is possible. You can do this by making an effort not
to say “commercial” when you mean
“proprietary.”</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, -->
<!-- all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about -->
@@ -430,7 +468,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/08/02 18:10:17 $
+$Date: 2009/11/10 22:10:11 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: philosophy/philosophy.html
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retrieving revision 1.42
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -b -r1.42 -r1.43
--- philosophy/philosophy.html 9 Nov 2009 19:10:11 -0000 1.42
+++ philosophy/philosophy.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:11 -0000 1.43
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
<ul>
<li id="EssaysAndArticles"><a href="/philosophy/essays-and-articles.html">
-Essays and Articles.</a> A series of articles describing the
+Essays and articles.</a> A series of articles describing the
philosophy of the free software movement, which is the motivation for
our development of the free software operating system GNU.</li>
<li id="Speeches"><a href="/philosophy/speeches-and-interview.html">Speeches
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/11/09 19:10:11 $
+$Date: 2009/11/10 22:10:11 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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retrieving revision 1.26
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diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- server/banner.html 5 Nov 2009 19:10:12 -0000 1.26
+++ server/banner.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:12 -0000 1.27
@@ -1,73 +1,9 @@
-<style type="text/css" media="all">
address@hidden url('/style.css');
-</style>
-
-<style type="text/css" media="print">
address@hidden url('/print.css');
-</style>
-</head>
-
+<!--#include virtual="/server/head-include-2.html" -->
<body>
-
- <div id="toplinks"><span class="netscape4"><a href="#content">Skip to
content</a> | | <a href="#searcher">Skip to search</a> | </span><a
href="#translations">Translations of this page</a></div>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/body-include-1.html" -->
<div id="null-wrapper">
- <div id="header">
-
- <div class="inner" style="position: relative;">
-
-
-<!-- <div id="fssbox">
-
- <p class="netscape4"><a href="#navigation">Skip to navigation</a></p>
-
- <h1>Sign up for the <em>Free Software Supporter</em></h1>
-
- <p>A monthly update on GNU and the FSF</p>
- <form action="http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/subscribe/info-fsf";
- method="post">
- <p><input type="text" id="frmEmail" name="email" size="15" maxlength="80"
value="address@hidden" onfocus="this.value=''" /> <input type="submit"
value="Ok" /></p>
- </form>
-</div> -->
-
-<div style="width: 340px; height: 110px; position: absolute; top: -5px; right:
1px"><script type="text/javascript">
-var fsf_widget_size = "gnu";
-var fsf_associate_id = "2442";
-</script>
-<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://www.fsf.org/graphics/widget/global/widget.js";></script>
- </div>
-
-
-
- <h1 id="logo"><a href="/">The GNU Operating System</a></h1>
-
-
- </div>
-
- </div>
-
- <div id="navigation">
- <div class="inner">
- <ul>
- <li id="tabAboutGNU"><a href="/gnu/gnu.html">History</a></li>
- <li id="tabPhilosophy"><a
href="/philosophy/philosophy.html">Philosophy</a></li>
- <li id="tabLicenses"><a
href="/licenses/licenses.html">Licenses</a></li>
- <li id="tabSoftware"><a
href="/software/software.html">Downloads</a></li>
- <li><a href="/help/help.html">Help GNU</a></li>
- <li id="joinfsftab"><a
href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom?referrer=4052";>Join the
FSF!</a></li>
- </ul>
-
- <div id="searcher">
-
- <form method="get" action="http://www.gnu.org/cgi-bin/estseek.cgi";>
- <div><label class="netscape4" for="phrase">Search:</label>
- <input name="phrase" id="phrase" type="text" size="18" accesskey="s"
value="Why GNU/Linux?" />
- <input type="submit" value="Search" /></div>
- </form>
- </div>
-
- </div>
- </div>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/body-include-2.html" -->
<div id="content" class="inner">
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retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- server/header.html 7 Feb 2008 21:10:07 -0000 1.1
+++ server/header.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:12 -0000 1.2
@@ -3,8 +3,4 @@
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
-<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<link rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden"; />
-<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/graphics/gnu-head-mini.png" />
-<meta name="ICBM" content="42.256233,-71.006581" />
-<meta name="DC.title" content="gnu.org" />
+<!--#include virtual="/server/head-include-1.html" -->
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RCS file: /sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/server/takeaction.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
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diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- server/takeaction.html 1 Nov 2009 19:10:07 -0000 1.52
+++ server/takeaction.html 10 Nov 2009 22:10:12 -0000 1.53
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
<a href="/software/pgccfd/">pgccfd</a>,
<a href="/software/polyxmass/">polyxmass</a>,
<a href="/software/rpge/">rpge</a>,
+ <a href="/software/vmslib/">vmslib</a>,
<a href="/software/xmorph/">xmorph</a>.
We are also looking for a co-maintainer for the CASE tool <a
href="/software/ferret/">ferret</a> and the bug tracking tool
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/11/01 19:10:07 $
+$Date: 2009/11/10 22:10:12 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
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