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[Yavor Doganov]

CVSROOT:        /sources/trans-coord
Module name:    trans-coord
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   12/01/09 19:10:20

Modified files:
        gnun/gnu       : gnu-history.html 
        gnun/philosophy: right-to-read.html 

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        Automatic sync from the master www repository.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/gnu/gnu-history.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.15&r2=1.16
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/right-to-read.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Patches:
Index: gnu/gnu-history.html
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RCS file: /sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/gnu/gnu-history.html,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -b -r1.15 -r1.16
--- gnu/gnu-history.html        30 Sep 2011 18:11:07 -0000      1.15
+++ gnu/gnu-history.html        9 Jan 2012 19:10:20 -0000       1.16
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@
 compatibility makes it easy for Unix users to switch from Unix to GNU.</p>
 
 <p>
-A Unix-like operating system is much more than a kernel; it also
-includes compilers, editors, text formatters, mail software, and many
-other things.  Thus, writing a whole operating system is a very large
-job.  We started in January 1984.  It took many years.
-The <a href="http://fsf.org/";>Free Software Foundation</a> was
-founded in October 1985, initially to raise funds to help develop GNU.</p>
+A Unix-like operating system includes a kernel, compilers, editors,
+text formatters, mail software, graphical interfaces, libraries, games
+and many other things.  Thus, writing a whole operating system is a
+very large job.  We started in January 1984.
+The <a href="http://fsf.org/";> Free Software Foundation</a> was
+founded in October 1985, initially to raise funds to help develop
+GNU.</p>
 
 <p>By 1990 we had either found or written all the major components
 except one&mdash;the kernel.  Then Linux, a Unix-like kernel, was
@@ -84,14 +85,11 @@
 Combining Linux with the almost-complete GNU system resulted in a
 complete operating system: the GNU/Linux system.  Estimates are that
 tens of millions of people now use GNU/Linux systems, typically
-via <a href="/distros">distributions</a> such as Slackware, Debian,
-Red Hat, and others.</p>
-
-<p>
-(The principal version of Linux now contains non-free firmware
-&ldquo;blobs&rdquo;.  Free software activists now maintain a modified
-<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/linux";>free version</a>
-of Linux.)</p>
+via <a href="/distros">GNU/Linux distributions</a>.  The principal
+version of Linux now contains non-free firmware &ldquo;blobs&rdquo;;
+free software activists now maintain a modified free version of Linux,
+called <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/linux";>
+Linux-libre</a>.)</p>
 
 <p>
 However, the GNU Project is not limited to the core operating system.
@@ -111,10 +109,10 @@
 already available.</p>
 
 <p>
-How far can free software go?  There are no limits, except when <a
-href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html">laws such as the
-patent system prohibit free software</a> entirely.  The ultimate goal is
-to provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to
+How far can free software go?  There are no limits, except
+when <a href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html">laws such as
+the patent system prohibit free software</a>.  The ultimate goal is to
+provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to
 do&mdash;and thus make proprietary software a thing of the past.</p>
 
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@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@
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+$Date: 2012/01/09 19:10:20 $
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Index: philosophy/right-to-read.html
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retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- philosophy/right-to-read.html       20 Sep 2011 18:10:29 -0000      1.26
+++ philosophy/right-to-read.html       9 Jan 2012 19:10:20 -0000       1.27
@@ -273,6 +273,37 @@
 This is an interesting approach to the Fourth Amendment: pressure most
 everyone to agree, in advance, to waive their rights under it.</p>
 
+<h3 id="Bad News">Bad News</h3>
+
+<p>
+The battle for the right to read is already in progress,
+The enemy is organized, while we are not, so it is going against us.
+Here are articles about bad things that have happened since the
+original publication of this article.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Today's commercial ebooks <a href="/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html">
+     abolish readers' traditional freedoms.</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature_education/biology.html";>
+     A "biology textbook" web site</a> that you can access only by signing
+     a contract not to share it.</li>
+<li><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-103151.html";>Electronic
+     Publishing:</a> An article about distribution of books in
+     electronic form, and copyright issues affecting the right to read
+     a copy.</li>
+<li><a 
href="http://channels.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Aug99/SeyboldPR.asp";>Books
+     inside Computers:</a> Software to control who can read
+     books and documents on a PC.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>If we want to stop the bad news and create some good news, we need
+to organize and fight.  The
+FSF's <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org";> Defective by Design</a>
+campaign has made a start &mdash; subscribe to the campaign's mailing
+list to lend a hand.  And <a href="http://www.fsf.org/associate";> join
+the FSF</a> to help fund our work.</a>
+</p>
+
 <h3 id="References">References</h3>
 
 <ul>
@@ -313,21 +344,6 @@
                Published in Computer World.</li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>
-The <a href="#AuthorsNote">author's note</a> talks about the battle
-for the right to read and electronic surveillance.  The battle is
-beginning now; here are links to two articles about technologies now
-being developed to deny you the right to read.</p>
-<ul>
-<li><a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-103151.html";>Electronic
-     Publishing:</a> An article about distribution of books in
-     electronic form, and copyright issues affecting the right to read
-     a copy.</li>
-<li><a 
href="http://channels.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1999/Aug99/SeyboldPR.asp";>Books
-     inside Computers:</a> Software to control who can read
-     books and documents on a PC.</li>
-</ul>
-
 </div>
 
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