CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 12/01/08 19:02:49
Modified files:
gnu : gnu-history.html
Log message:
Various improvements.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/gnu-history.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.50&r2=1.51
Patches:
Index: gnu-history.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/gnu/gnu-history.html,v
retrieving revision 1.50
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -b -r1.50 -r1.51
--- gnu-history.html 30 Sep 2011 13:58:55 -0000 1.50
+++ gnu-history.html 8 Jan 2012 19:02:42 -0000 1.51
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@
compatibility makes it easy for Unix users to switch from Unix to GNU.</p>
<p>
-A Unix-like operating system is much more than a kernel; it also
-includes compilers, editors, text formatters, mail software, and many
-other things. Thus, writing a whole operating system is a very large
-job. We started in January 1984. It took many years.
-The <a href="http://fsf.org/";>Free Software Foundation</a> was
-founded in October 1985, initially to raise funds to help develop GNU.</p>
+A Unix-like operating system includes a kernel, compilers, editors,
+text formatters, mail software, graphical interfaces, libraries, games
+and many other things. Thus, writing a whole operating system is a
+very large job. We started in January 1984.
+The <a href="http://fsf.org/";> Free Software Foundation</a> was
+founded in October 1985, initially to raise funds to help develop
+GNU.</p>
<p>By 1990 we had either found or written all the major components
except one—the kernel. Then Linux, a Unix-like kernel, was
@@ -84,14 +85,11 @@
Combining Linux with the almost-complete GNU system resulted in a
complete operating system: the GNU/Linux system. Estimates are that
tens of millions of people now use GNU/Linux systems, typically
-via <a href="/distros">distributions</a> such as Slackware, Debian,
-Red Hat, and others.</p>
-
-<p>
-(The principal version of Linux now contains non-free firmware
-“blobs”. Free software activists now maintain a modified
-<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/linux";>free version</a>
-of Linux.)</p>
+via <a href="/distros">GNU/Linux distributions</a>. The principal
+version of Linux now contains non-free firmware “blobs”;
+free software activists now maintain a modified free version of Linux,
+called <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/linux";>
+Linux-libre</a>.)</p>
<p>
However, the GNU Project is not limited to the core operating system.
@@ -111,10 +109,10 @@
already available.</p>
<p>
-How far can free software go? There are no limits, except when <a
-href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html">laws such as the
-patent system prohibit free software</a> entirely. The ultimate goal is
-to provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to
+How far can free software go? There are no limits, except
+when <a href="/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html">laws such as
+the patent system prohibit free software</a>. The ultimate goal is to
+provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to
do—and thus make proprietary software a thing of the past.</p>
</div>
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/09/30 13:58:55 $
+$Date: 2012/01/08 19:02:42 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
