CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Dora Scilipoti <dora> 12/01/07 20:33:08
Modified files:
education : edu-why.html
Log message:
Make it clearer that graduates and their employers won't get gratis
copies.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/education/edu-why.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.7&r2=1.8
Patches:
Index: edu-why.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/education/edu-why.html,v
retrieving revision 1.7
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -b -r1.7 -r1.8
--- edu-why.html 1 Oct 2011 00:40:33 -0000 1.7
+++ edu-why.html 7 Jan 2012 20:33:01 -0000 1.8
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@
tools:</p>
<ul>
-<li>Knowledge. Many young students have a talent for programing; they
-are fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their systems work.
-With proprietary software, this information is a secret so teachers have
-no way of making it available to their students. But if it is Free
-Software, the teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out
+<li><strong>Knowledge</strong>. Many young students have a talent for
+programing; they are fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their
+systems work. With proprietary software, this information is a secret so
+teachers have no way of making it available to their students. But if it is
+Free Software, the teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out
the source code for the student to read and learn.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
-<li>Tools. Teachers can hand out to students copies of the programs they
-use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With Free
-Software, coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
+<li><strong>Tools</strong>. Teachers can hand out to students copies of the
+programs they use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With
+Free Software, coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Social Responsibility</h3>
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@
<ul>
<li>Proprietary software companies use schools and universities as a
springboard to reach users and thus impose their software on society as
-a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their
-proprietary programs to educational institutions; afterwards it is not
-gratis, either for them or their employers. Essentially, what these
-companies are doing is they are recruiting schools and universities
-into agents to lead people into permanent lifelong dependency.</li>
+a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their proprietary
+programs to educational institutions, so that students will learn to use
+them and become dependent on them. After these students graduate, neither
+them nor their future employers will be offered discounted copies.
+Essentially, what these companies are doing is they are recruiting schools
+and universities into agents to lead people to permanent lifelong
+dependency.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/10/01 00:40:33 $
+$Date: 2012/01/07 20:33:01 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
