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gnustandards standards.texi
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
gnustandards standards.texi |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:21:07 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /sources/gnustandards
Module name: gnustandards
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 21/08/17 09:21:06
Modified files:
. : standards.texi
Log message:
(References): nonfree -> non-free, for uniformity.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.271&r2=1.272
Patches:
Index: standards.texi
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RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.271
retrieving revision 1.272
diff -u -b -r1.271 -r1.272
--- standards.texi 17 Aug 2021 13:19:55 -0000 1.271
+++ standards.texi 17 Aug 2021 13:21:06 -0000 1.272
@@ -4608,21 +4608,21 @@
A web page recommends a program in an implicit but particularly strong
way if it requires users to run that program in order to use the page.
Many pages contain Javascript code which they recommend in this way.
-This Javascript code may be free or nonfree, but nonfree is the usual
+This Javascript code may be free or non-free, but non-free is the usual
case.
If the purpose for which you would refer to the page cannot be carried
-out without running nonfree Javascript code, then you should not refer
+out without running non-free Javascript code, then you should not refer
to it. Thus, if the purpose of referring to the page is for people to
view a video, or subscribing to a mailing list, and the viewing or
-subscribing fail to work if the user's browser blocks the nonfree
+subscribing fail to work if the user's browser blocks the non-free
Javascript code, then don't refer to that page.
-The extreme case is that of web sites which depend on nonfree
+The extreme case is that of web sites which depend on non-free
Javascript code even to @emph{see} the contents of the pages. Any
site hosted on @indicateurl{wix.com} has this problem, and so do some
other sites. Referring people to such pages to read their contents
-is, in effect, urging them to run those nonfree programs---so please
+is, in effect, urging them to run those non-free programs---so please
don't refer to those pages. (Such pages also break the Web, so they
deserve condemnation for two reasons.)