From c5866203ee0230b7d2de77dad283dd4bed41fd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:52:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Replace editorial commentary w/ FSF's link. My personal comment here, which I wrote on 2003-05-26 (see f05ce6c657e07a5e6c6def3f7ff8cb2b2bcf6246 ), is probably not particularly useful. I still tend to use the phrasing as original stated in the removed text herein; however, I'm admittedly the only one. I don't deny that I hope to coin some terminology usage through my work on this Guide, but this particular use of "nonfree software" to mean "noncommercially proprietary" is not so important IMO that this Guide must coin it. The FSF's page on this doesn't make that distinction, and has much more detail on this issue than this section does. Therefore, the personal statement is removed, and the organizational statement on the FSF's site is instead linked to. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 1c6a3c6..90807eb 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -195,14 +195,12 @@ activities are considered non-free. The Open Source Initiative (\defn{OSI}) (the arbiter of what is considered ``Open Source'') also regards such licenses as inconsistent with its ``Open Source Definition''. -In general, software for which any of these freedoms are -restricted in any way is called ``nonfree'' (or as I prefer to write it, ``non-Free'') software. Some use the -term ``proprietary software'' more or less interchangeably with -``non-Free software.'' Personally, I tend to use the term ``non-Free -software'' to refer to software available noncommercially that restricts freedom -(such as ``shareware'') and ``proprietary software'' to refer to -commercial software that restricts freedom (such as nearly all of -Microsoft's and Oracle's offerings). +In general, software for which any of these freedoms are restricted in any +way is called ``nonfree'' software. Some use the term ``proprietary +software'' more or less interchangeably with ``nonfree software''. The FSF +published a useful +\href{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html}{explanation of various + types of software and how they relate to one another}. Keep in mind that none of the terms ``software freedom'', ``open source'' and ``free software'' are known to be trademarked or otherwise legally