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[Office-commits] r9715 - trunk/campaigns/gnubucks
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[Office-commits] r9715 - trunk/campaigns/gnubucks |
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Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:08:04 -0400 |
Author: www-data
Date: Fri Sep 25 15:08:04 2009
New Revision: 9715
Log:
web commit by holmes
Modified:
trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/emaildraft.mdwn
Modified: trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/emaildraft.mdwn
==============================================================================
--- trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/emaildraft.mdwn Fri Sep 25 15:00:38 2009
(r9714)
+++ trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/emaildraft.mdwn Fri Sep 25 15:08:04 2009
(r9715)
@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
-###Free Software Foundation announces new bounty program: offers awards for
unearthing non-free code in free software
+###Free Software Foundation bounty program offers awards for unearthing
non-free code in free software
-The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today is pleased to introduce a program to
reward those who find non-free code in free software operating system
distributions.
+The Free Software Foundation today is pleased to introduce a program to reward
those who find non-free code in free software operating system distributions.
-Ever since we published the guidelines for what we consider to be a free
system distribution
(http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html), we've
been thinking about how we can better deal with the issue of non-free software
that is accidentally included in these distributions. We're confident that the
policy requirements that we currently have are the right ones, but we've been
looking for practical ways to be more proactive about addressing those sorts of
problems -- steps that are within our means and the means of distribution
maintainers like you. And we've come up with a new program that we think will
do a good job of striking that balance.
+Ever since we published the guidelines for what we consider to be a free
system distribution, we've been thinking about how we can better deal with the
issue of non-free software that is accidentally included in these distributions.
-We're calling it the GNU Bucks program. If you're familiar with the rewards
that Donald Knuth gives out for finding errors in his texts, this works
similarly. We will ask people to send complete, *detailed* bug reports to the
appropriate distros, and copy us. If the bug report leads to non-free software
being removed, they will receive a "GNU Buck" certificate, in the amount of Pi
signed by Free Software Foundation president and "Chief Gnuisance" Richard
Stallman, along with credit on a web page if they like.
+We're confident that the policy requirements that we currently have are the
right ones, but we've been looking for practical ways to be more proactive
about addressing those sorts of problems -- steps that are within our means and
the means of distribution maintainers like you. And we've come up with a new
program that we think will do a good job of striking that balance.
-When that happens, we'll also spread word to other endorsed distros, through
the gnu-linux-libre list, to make sure they can address the issue too. That
way, we'll get as much benefit from this work as possible.
+We're calling it the GNU Bucks program. If you're familiar with the rewards
that Donald Knuth gives out for finding errors in his texts, this works
similarly. We will ask people to send complete, *detailed* bug reports to the
appropriate distros, and copy us. If the bug report leads to non-free software
being removed, the submitter will receive a "GNU Buck" certificate, in the
amount of Pi, signed by Free Software Foundation president and "Chief
Gnuisance" Richard Stallman, along with credit on a web page if they like.
+
+When that happens, we'll also spread word to other endorsed distros, to make
sure they can address the issue too. That way, we'll get as much benefit from
this work as possible.
For more information on the FSF's criteria for classifying a distribution as
free, see:
<http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html>
For the full list of FSF-endorsed distributions, see:
<http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html>
-
-
-### About the Free Software Foundation
-
-The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer
programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom)
software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants --
and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread
awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of
software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important
source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can
be made at <http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
-
-### About Free Software and Open Source
-
-The free software movement's goal is freedom for computer users. Some,
especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as "open
source," which cites only practical goals such as making software powerful and
reliable, focuses on development models, and avoids discussion of ethics and
freedom. These two viewpoints are different at the deepest level. For more
explanation, see
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
-
-### About the GNU Operating System and Linux
-
-Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free
software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating
system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom. See
<http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html>.
-
-In 1992, the essential components of GNU were complete, except for one, the
kernel. When in 1992 the kernel Linux was re-released under the GNU GPL, making
it free software, the combination of GNU and Linux formed a complete free
operating system, which made it possible for the first time to run a PC without
non-free software. This combination is the GNU/Linux system. For more
explanation, see <http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html>.
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