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"GNU project" -> "GNU Project".

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@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Study of the GNU General Public License (herein, abbreviated as \defn{GNU
GPL} or just \defn{GPL}) must begin by first considering the broader world GPL} or just \defn{GPL}) must begin by first considering the broader world
of software freedom. The GPL was not created in a vacuum. Rather, it was of software freedom. The GPL was not created in a vacuum. Rather, it was
created to embody and defend a set of principles that were set forth at the created to embody and defend a set of principles that were set forth at the
founding of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) -- the founding of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) -- the
preeminent organization that upholds, defends and promotes the philosophy of software preeminent organization that upholds, defends and promotes the philosophy of software
freedom. A prerequisite for understanding both of the popular versions freedom. A prerequisite for understanding both of the popular versions
of the GPL of the GPL
@ -831,9 +831,9 @@ The GNU's Not Unix (``GNU'') project, which Richard M.~Stallman (``RMS'')
founded in 1984 to make a complete Unix-compatible operating system founded in 1984 to make a complete Unix-compatible operating system
implementation that assured software freedom for all. However, RMS saw that implementation that assured software freedom for all. However, RMS saw that
using a license that gave but did not assure software freedom would be using a license that gave but did not assure software freedom would be
counter to the goals of the GNU project. RMS invented ``copyleft'' as an counter to the goals of the GNU Project. RMS invented ``copyleft'' as an
answer to that problem, and began using various copyleft licenses for the answer to that problem, and began using various copyleft licenses for the
early GNU project programs.\footnote{RMS writes more fully about this topic in early GNU Project programs.\footnote{RMS writes more fully about this topic in
his essay entitled simply his essay entitled simply
\href{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html}{\textit{The GNU Project}}. \href{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html}{\textit{The GNU Project}}.
For those who want to hear the story in his own voice, For those who want to hear the story in his own voice,