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[gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 20

From: Wojciech Kotwica
Subject: [gnu-pl] wwwgnudiff - raport nr 20
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:13:25 +0100 
--- prev/licenses/licenses.html Thu Nov 21 05:12:23 2002
+++ curr/./licenses/licenses.html       Mon Jan 27 05:12:45 2003
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@
       <A HREF="/licenses/fdl.txt">plain text</A>, or
       <A HREF="/licenses/fdl.texi">Texinfo</A>.
-  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/why-gfdl.html">Why you should use the GNU FDL</A>
+  <LI><A HREF="/licenses/why-gfdl.html">Why publishers should use the GNU 
FDL</A>
   <LI><A HREF="/licenses/fdl.html#SEC4">How to use the GNU FDL for
       your documentation</A>
@@ -309,5 +309,5 @@
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2002/11/20 21:51:35 $ $Author: brett $
+$Date: 2003/01/26 20:03:04 $ $Author: brett $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 <HR>
--- prev/licenses/why-gfdl.html Mon Jan 21 14:09:36 2002
+++ curr/./licenses/why-gfdl.html       Mon Jan 27 05:12:45 2003
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <HTML>
 <HEAD>
-<TITLE>Why you should use the GNU FDL - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation 
(FSF)</TITLE>
+<TITLE>Why publishers should use the GNU FDL - GNU Project - Free Software 
Foundation (FSF)</TITLE>
 <LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>
 </HEAD>
 <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" 
VLINK="#9900DD">
-<H3>Why you should use the GNU FDL</H3>
+<H3>Why publishers should use the GNU FDL</H3>
        by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a>
 <P>
@@ -92,8 +92,5 @@
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
 <P>
-Updated:
-<!-- hhmts start -->
- 3 Dec 2000 tower
-<!-- hhmts end -->
+Updated: $Date: 2003/01/26 20:03:04 $ $Author: brett $
 <HR>
 </BODY>
--- prev/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Fri Dec  6 05:12:37 2002
+++ curr/./philosophy/words-to-avoid.html       Mon Jan 27 05:12:57 2003
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@
 | ``<A HREF="words-to-avoid.html#Commercial"
        NAME="TOCCommercial">Commercial</A>''
+| ``<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Consumer"
+       name="TOCConsumer">Consumer</a>''
 | ``<A HREF="words-to-avoid.html#Content"
        NAME="TOCContent">Content</A>''
@@ -123,4 +125,28 @@
 <P>
 
+<h4>``<a href="words-to-avoid.html#TOCConsumer"
+     name="Consumer">Consumer</a>''</h4>
+
+The term "consumer", when used to refer to computer users,
+carries unfortunate assumptions.
+<p>
+Economic theory uses the terms "producer" and "consumer".  In that
+context these words are appropriate.  But when people describe the
+users of software as "consumers", that assumes a narrow role for them.
+It assumes that the only role for people is as cattle that passively
+graze on what others make available to them.
+<p>
+This kind of thinking leads to travesties like the CBDTPA "Consumer
+Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" which would require
+copying restriction facilities in every digital device.  If all
+the users do is "consume", then why should they mind?
+<p>
+The narrow economic vision of users as "consumers" tends to go hand in
+hand with the idea that published works are "content".
+<p>
+To describe people who are not limited to passive consumption on their
+computers, we suggest terms such as "individuals" and "citizens".
+<p>
+
 <H4>``<A HREF="words-to-avoid.html#TOCContent"
      NAME="Content">Content</A>''</H4>
@@ -452,5 +478,5 @@
 Updated:
 <!-- hhmts start -->
-$Date: 2002/12/05 21:23:23 $ $Author: brett $
+$Date: 2003/01/26 20:06:42 $ $Author: brett $
 <!-- hhmts end -->
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