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Richard Fontana - 9 years ago 2014-12-21 01:04:56
fontana@sharpeleven.org

Some editorial changes.

Commenting on one: the initial-caps stylistic preference for "Free
Software" (though it contradicts prevailing usage, including that of RMS
and the FSF) ought to be respected, but I think it is confusing to
capitalize the 'S' when referring to nonfree software as "non-Free
Software". So I changed this to "non-Free software" and also implicitly
acknowledged that the preference for "non-Free" over "nonfree" is the
editor-in-chief's stylistic idiosyncrasy.

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 these freedoms for noncommercial activities but prohibit them for commercial
 activities are considered non-free.  Even the Open Source Initiative
 (\defn{OSI}) (the arbiter of what is considered ``Open Source'') also rules
 such licenses not in fitting with its ``Open Source Definition''.
 activities are considered non-free.  The Open Source Initiative
 (\defn{OSI}) (the arbiter of what is considered ``Open Source'') also regards
 such licenses as inconsistent with its ``Open Source Definition''.
 In general, software for which any of these freedoms are
 restricted in any way is called ``non-Free Software.''  Typically, the
 term ``proprietary software'' is used more or less interchangeably with
 ``non-Free Software.''  Personally, I tend to use the term ``non-Free
 Software'' to refer to noncommercial software that restricts freedom
 restricted in any way is called ``nonfree'' (or as I prefer to write it, ``non-Free'') software.  Some use the
 term ``proprietary software'' more or less interchangeably with
 ``non-Free software.''  Personally, I tend to use the term ``non-Free
 software'' to refer to software available noncommercially that restricts freedom
 (such as ``shareware'') and ``proprietary software'' to refer to

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