[Office-commits] r9716 - trunk/campaigns/gnubucks

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Fri Sep 25 15:14:52 2009
New Revision: 9716

Log:
web commit by holmes

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/blogpostdraft.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/gnubucks/blogpostdraft.mdwn
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 ###Free Software Foundation bounty program offers awards for unearthing 
non-free code in free software
 
-The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today introduced a new program to reward 
those who find non-free code in free software operating system distributions.  
(FSF has defined a list of <a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html";>guidelines</a>
 covering what it means to be a free distribution, and it maintains a <a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>list</a> of distributions 
which meet guidelines.)  
+The Free Software Foundation today introduced a new program to reward those 
who find non-free code in free software operating system distributions.  (FSF 
has defined a list of <a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html";>guidelines</a>
 covering what it means to be a free distribution, and it maintains a <a 
href="http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>list</a> of distributions 
which meet guidelines.)  
 
 Ever since we published the guidelines for what we consider to be a free 
system distribution, we have been looking for practical ways to deal with the 
issue of nonfree software that is accidentally included in these 
distributions-- steps that are within our means and the means of distribution 
maintainers. We think this new program does a good job of striking that balance.
 
-Those qualifying for the award will receive a "GNU Buck" certificate, in the 
amount of Pi signed by Free Software Foundation president and "Chief Gnuisance" 
Richard Stallman.
+Those qualifying for the award will receive a "GNU Buck" certificate, in the 
amount of Pi, signed by Free Software Foundation president and "Chief 
Gnuisance" Richard Stallman.
 
 <img src="http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/gnubuck400.jpg";>
 
-In order to qualify for the "GNU Buck" award, someone first submits a 
detailed, actionable report about non-free code in a free distribution to both 
FSF and the maintainer of the distribution. If the maintainer confirms the 
report and removes the non-free part, the person will receive an award and, if 
desired, public recognition.  When that happens, the FSF will also notify other 
free distros, through the gnu-linux-libre list, to make sure they can address 
the issue too. 
+In order to qualify for the "GNU Buck" award, someone first submits a 
detailed, actionable report about non-free code in a free distribution to both 
FSF and the maintainer of the distribution. If the maintainer confirms the 
report and removes the non-free part, the person will receive an award and, if 
desired, public recognition.  When that happens, the FSF will also notify other 
free distros, to make sure they can address the issue too. 
 
 The awards follow in the tradition of the checks written by legendary computer 
scientist <a href="http://www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~uno/";>Donald Knuth</a> to 
anyone who found errors in his seminal textbook "The Art of Computer 
Programming."  To receive a check was such an honor that they were more often 
displayed on office walls than cashed. (Knuth stopped writing actual checks in 
2008 due to check fraud.)