From e6ee7fa2b9358844e349637c5e98174be776beed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:41:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] wordsmwithing and rewriting in the "Copy and Share" section. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 907beae..e3675d7 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -234,34 +234,33 @@ modification. \subsection{The Freedom to Copy and Share} -Users may share Free Software in a variety of ways. Free Software -advocates work to eliminate a fundamental ethical dilemma of the software -age: choosing between obeying a software license, and friendship (by -giving away a copy of a program to your friend who likes the software you are -using). Free Software licenses, therefore, must permit this sort of -altruistic sharing of software among friends. +Users share Free Software in a variety of ways. Software freedom advocates +work to eliminate a fundamental ethical dilemma of the software age: choosing +between obeying a software license and friendship (by giving away a copy of a +program to your friend who likes the software you are using). Licenses that +respect software freedom, therefore, permit altruistic sharing of software +among friends. -The commercial environment must also have the benefits of this freedom. -Commercial sharing typically takes the form of selling copies of Free -Software. Free Software can be sold at any price to anyone. Those who -redistribute Free Software commercially have the freedom to selectively -distribute (you can pick your customers) and to set prices at any level -the redistributor sees fit. +The commercial environment also benefits of this freedom. Commercial sharing +includes selling copies of Free Software: Free Software can be sold at any +price to anyone. Those who redistribute Free Software commercially also have +the freedom to selectively distribute (i.e., you can pick your customers) and +to set prices at any level that redistributor sees fit. -It is true that many people get copies of Free Software very cheaply (and -sometimes without charge). The competitive free market of Free Software -tends to keep prices low and reasonable. However, if someone is willing -to pay a billion dollars for one copy of the GNU Compiler Collection, such -a sale is completely permitted. +Of course, most people get copies of Free Software very cheaply (and +sometimes without charge). The competitive free market of Free Software +tends to keep prices low and reasonable. However, if someone is willing to +pay billions of dollars for one copy of the GNU Compiler Collection, such a +sale is completely permitted. Another common instance of commercial sharing is service-oriented -distribution. For example, a distribution vendor may provide immediate -security and upgrade distribution via a special network service. Such -distribution is completely permitted for Free Software. +distribution. For example, some distribution vendors provide immediate +security and upgrade distribution via a special network service. Such +distribution is not necessarily contradictory with software freedom. -(Section~\ref{Business Models} of this tutorial talks in detail about -various Free Software business models that take advantage of the freedom -to share commercially.) +(Section~\ref{Business Models} of this tutorial talks in detail about some +common Free Software business models that take advantage of the freedom to +share commercially.) \subsection{The Freedom to Share Improvements}