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were opposite and mutually exclusive. This is in fact a logical fallacy;
specifically it is an affirmation of a disjunct. Software can be both free
and commercial. If a software copyright license allowed only noncommercial
- dealing, it would be considered neither free software nor open source.
+ dealing, it would be considered neither free nor open source.
</p>
<p>
Free software is in fact used commercially, and successful business models
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@
<p>
With proprietary software, only the copyright holder is allowed to
understand it, and only they are allowed to support it. Support of
- proprietary software is a /monopoly/. (And as it turns out, this allows
+ proprietary software is a <em>monopoly</em>. (And as it turns out, this allows
something like extortion. A phone call to Microsoft about Windows XP costs
$59; an e-mail costs $49. And soon they'll discontinue support for Windows
XP completely. [18] You have to pay to report a bug, then pay for an
"upgrade" to see if they've fixed it. [13]) With free software, everyone is
allowed to understand it and support it. Support of free software is a
- /free market/. [13] There is competition in free software support.
+ <em>free market</em>. [13] There is competition in free software support.
Companies and individuals must please their clients, because their clients
are free to go elsewhere for support.
</p>
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
per month, a respectable income from something that's "free"! [13]
</p>
<h3>
- *Conclusion*
+ Conclusion
</h3>
<p>
In short, programmers have always had ways to earn money with free
@@ -185,32 +185,32 @@
</p>
<ol>
<li>
- "Proprietary Software". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 10, 2011.
+ "Proprietary Software". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 10, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Open Letter to Hobbyists". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 6, 2011.
+ "Open Letter to Hobbyists". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 6, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists</a>.
</li>
<li>
- Williams, Sam. "For Want of a Printer". <span style="cite-title">Free as in Freedom</span>. 2002:
+ Williams, Sam. "For Want of a Printer". <span class="cite-title">Free as in Freedom</span>. 2002:
O'Reilly.
<a href="http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html">http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html</a>.
</li>
<li>
- <span style="cite-title">The Codebreakers</span>. 2006: Asia Pacific Development Information
+ <span class="cite-title">The Codebreakers</span>. 2006: Asia Pacific Development Information
Programme. Aired on BBC World.
<a href="http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc">http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc</a>,
<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers">http://www.archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Operating system Family share for 11/2010". <span style="cite-title">Top500 Supercomputing
+ "Operating system Family share for 11/2010". <span class="cite-title">Top500 Supercomputing
Sites</span>. Top500.Org.
<a href="http://www.top500.org/stats/list/36/osfam">http://www.top500.org/stats/list/36/osfam</a>.
</li>
<li>
Kroah-Hartman, Greg; Corbet, Jonathan; and McPherson, Amanda. "Who is
- Sponsoring the Work" <span style="cite-title">Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who
+ Sponsoring the Work" <span class="cite-title">Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who
is Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It</span>. 2010: The
Linux Foundation.
<a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf</a>.
@@ -218,19 +218,19 @@
</li>
<li>
Kroah-Hartman, Greg; Corbet, Jonathan; and McPherson, Amanda. "Who is
- Doing the Work" <span style="cite-title">Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who is
+ Doing the Work" <span class="cite-title">Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who is
Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It</span>. 2010: The Linux
Foundation.
<a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf</a>.
10.
</li>
<li>
- Larabel, Michael. "AMD's New Open-Source Employees". <span style="cite-title">Phoronix</span>. July 5,
+ Larabel, Michael. "AMD's New Open-Source Employees". <span class="cite-title">Phoronix</span>. July 5,
2011.
<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTYzOA">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTYzOA</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Qt (framework)". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 13, 2011.
+ "Qt (framework)". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 13, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28framework%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28framework%29</a>.
</li>
<li>
@@ -238,20 +238,20 @@
<a href="http://qt.nokia.com/products/licensing">http://qt.nokia.com/products/licensing</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Qt Development Frameworks". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 8, 2011.
+ "Qt Development Frameworks". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. July 8, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_Development_Frameworks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_Development_Frameworks</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "GNAT". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. May 9, 2011.
+ "GNAT". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. May 9, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNAT</a>.
</li>
<li>
- Stallman, Richard. "Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation". <span style="cite-title">GNU
+ Stallman, Richard. "Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation". <span class="cite-title">GNU
Project</span>. Free Software Foundation, Inc. July 13, 2011.
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.html">http://www.gnu.org/events/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.html</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Coreboot and Open Source Development". <span style="cite-title">Business Blog</span>. Advanced Micro
+ "Coreboot and Open Source Development". <span class="cite-title">Business Blog</span>. Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. February 28, 2011.
<a href="http://blogs.amd.com/work/2011/02/28/amd-coreboot/">http://blogs.amd.com/work/2011/02/28/amd-coreboot/</a>.
</li>
@@ -261,23 +261,23 @@
<a href="http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/22677-amd-to-use-coreboot-in-llano-other-upcoming-parts">http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/22677-amd-to-use-coreboot-in-llano-other-upcoming-parts</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Benefits". <span style="cite-title">coreboot</span>. January 15, 2008.
+ "Benefits". <span class="cite-title">coreboot</span>. January 15, 2008.
<a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Benefits">http://www.coreboot.org/Benefits</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Categories of Free and Nonfree Software". <span style="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software
+ "Categories of Free and Nonfree Software". <span class="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software
Foundation, Inc. July 13, 2011.
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#PrivateSoftware">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#PrivateSoftware</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Support Options". <span style="cite-title">Microsoft Support</span>. Microsoft Corporation. (No
+ "Support Options". <span class="cite-title">Microsoft Support</span>. Microsoft Corporation. (No
portable URI. Go to
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn">https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173&st=1&wfxredirect=1&sd=gn</a>,
click "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition", select "Other", and
click "Continue".)
</li>
<li>
- "Cygnus Solutions". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. June 8, 2011.
+ "Cygnus Solutions". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. June 8, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_Solutions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_Solutions</a>.
</li>
<li>
@@ -286,22 +286,22 @@
<a href="http://www.toad.com/gnu/cygnus/">http://www.toad.com/gnu/cygnus/</a>.
</li>
<li>
- Woods, Dan. "Red Hat At $1 Billion". <span style="cite-title">CIO Central</span>. Forbes.com LLC.
+ Woods, Dan. "Red Hat At $1 Billion". <span class="cite-title">CIO Central</span>. Forbes.com LLC.
November 30, 2010.
<a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2010/11/30/red-hat-at-1-billion/">http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2010/11/30/red-hat-at-1-billion/</a>.
</li>
<li>
Dignan, Larry. "Red Hat: Nearing $1 billion in revenue; Not bad for
- free software". <span style="cite-title">ZDNet</span>. CBS Interactive. March 23, 2011.
+ free software". <span class="cite-title">ZDNet</span>. CBS Interactive. March 23, 2011.
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/red-hat-nearing-1-billion-in-revenue-not-bad-for-free-software/46445">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/red-hat-nearing-1-billion-in-revenue-not-bad-for-free-software/46445</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Canonical Ltd.". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. June 12, 2011.
+ "Canonical Ltd.". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. June 12, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_Ltd.">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_Ltd.</a>.
</li>
<li>
Nystrom, Sebastian. "Nokia and Digia working together to grow the Qt
- community". <span style="cite-title">The Qt Blog</span>. Nokia Corporation. March 7, 2011.
+ community". <span class="cite-title">The Qt Blog</span>. Nokia Corporation. March 7, 2011.
<a href="http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/07/nokia-and-digia-working-together/">http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/07/nokia-and-digia-working-together/</a>.
</li>
<li>
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@
<a href="http://qt.nokia.com/partners/partner-locator">http://qt.nokia.com/partners/partner-locator</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "AdaCore". <span style="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. May 20, 2011.
+ "AdaCore". <span class="cite-title">Wikipedia</span>. May 20, 2011.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdaCore">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdaCore</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Company". <span style="cite-title">Sencha</span>. Sencha Inc.
+ "Company". <span class="cite-title">Sencha</span>. Sencha Inc.
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/company/">http://www.sencha.com/company/</a>.
</li>
<li>
@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/resources/service/">http://www.fsf.org/resources/service/</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "The Free Software Definition". <span style="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software
+ "The Free Software Definition". <span class="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software
Foundation, Inc. July 13, 2011.
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a>.
</li>
<li>
- "Selling Free Software". <span style="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ "Selling Free Software". <span class="cite-title">GNU Project</span>. Free Software Foundation, Inc.
July 13, 2011.
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html</a>.
</li>