From 287631d43b83efe7f33f51033ba0e88fa36c4b9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: P. J. McDermott Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:35:32 -0500 Subject: Fix some formatting errors. --- (limited to 'essays/commercial-free-software.html') diff --git a/essays/commercial-free-software.html b/essays/commercial-free-software.html index 0267525..7721c11 100755 --- a/essays/commercial-free-software.html +++ b/essays/commercial-free-software.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 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.

Free software is in fact used commercially, and successful business models @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@

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 monopoly. (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. + free market. [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.

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ per month, a respectable income from something that's "free"! [13]

- *Conclusion* + Conclusion

In short, programmers have always had ways to earn money with free @@ -185,32 +185,32 @@

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  3. - Williams, Sam. "For Want of a Printer". Free as in Freedom. 2002: + Williams, Sam. "For Want of a Printer". Free as in Freedom. 2002: O'Reilly. http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html.
  4. - The Codebreakers. 2006: Asia Pacific Development Information + The Codebreakers. 2006: Asia Pacific Development Information Programme. Aired on BBC World. http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc, http://www.archive.org/details/The-Codebreakers.
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  7. Kroah-Hartman, Greg; Corbet, Jonathan; and McPherson, Amanda. "Who is - Doing the Work" Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who is + Doing the Work" Linux Kernel Development: How Fast it is Going, Who is Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It. 2010: The Linux Foundation. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf. 10.
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  10. @@ -238,20 +238,20 @@ http://qt.nokia.com/products/licensing.
  11. - "Qt Development Frameworks". Wikipedia. July 8, 2011. + "Qt Development Frameworks". Wikipedia. July 8, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_Development_Frameworks.
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    15. @@ -261,23 +261,23 @@ http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/22677-amd-to-use-coreboot-in-llano-other-upcoming-parts.
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  19. @@ -286,22 +286,22 @@ http://www.toad.com/gnu/cygnus/.
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  24. @@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ http://qt.nokia.com/partners/partner-locator.
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  26. - "Company". Sencha. Sencha Inc. + "Company". Sencha. Sencha Inc. http://www.sencha.com/company/.
  27. @@ -326,12 +326,12 @@ http://www.fsf.org/resources/service/.
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