From: Karl Berry Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:29:04 +0000 (-0700) Subject: autoupdate X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7170ee077cc44186a70cb264ceb8352a1349e05b;p=pspp autoupdate --- diff --git a/doc/maintain.texi b/doc/maintain.texi index 126b19cff9..06ed3f4306 100644 --- a/doc/maintain.texi +++ b/doc/maintain.texi @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ @c For double-sided printing, uncomment: @c @setchapternewpage odd @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: -@set lastupdate May 9, 2011 +@set lastupdate June 30, 2011 @c %**end of header @dircategory GNU organization @@ -1426,8 +1426,8 @@ finally email the resulting @file{@var{msgfile}.asc}), to @enumerate @item -Name of package(s) that you are the maintainer for, and your -preferred email address. +Name of package(s) that you are the maintainer for, your +preferred email address, and your Savannah username. @item An ASCII armored copy of your GPG key, as an attachment. (@samp{gpg @@ -2041,32 +2041,36 @@ about GNU. @node Free Software and Open Source @section Free Software and Open Source -@cindex free software +@cindex free software movement @cindex open source -@cindex movements, Free Software and Open Source - -The terms ``free software'' and ``open source'' are the slogans of two -different movements which differ in their basic philosophy. The Free -Software Movement is idealistic, and raises issues of freedom, ethics, -principle and what makes for a good society. The Open Source Movement, -founded in 1998, studiously avoids such questions. For more explanation, -see @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html}. - -The GNU Project is aligned with the Free Software Movement. This +@cindex movement, free software +@cindex development method, open source + +The terms ``free software'' and ``open source'', while describing +almost the same category of software, stand for views based on +fundamentally different values. The free software movement is +idealistic, and raises issues of freedom, ethics, principle and what +makes for a good society. The term open source, initiated in 1998, is +associated with a philosophy which studiously avoids such questions. +For a detailed explanation, see +@url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html}. + +The GNU Project is aligned with the free software movement. This doesn't mean that all GNU contributors and maintainers have to agree; your views on these issues are up to you, and you're entitled to express them when speaking for yourself. -However, due to the much greater publicity that the Open Source -Movement receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread -mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an activity of -the Open Source Movement. For this reason, please use the term ``free +However, due to the much greater publicity that the term ``open source'' +receives, the GNU Project needs to overcome a widespread +mistaken impression that GNU is @emph{and always was} an ``open +source'' activity. For this reason, please use the term ``free software'', not ``open source'', in GNU software releases, GNU documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in your role as the maintainer of a GNU package. A reference to the URL given above, to explain the difference, is a useful thing to include as well. + @node GNU and Linux @section GNU and Linux @cindex Linux