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Patrice Dumas |
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[Texi2html-cvs] Changes to texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html |
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:52:56 -0400 |
Index: texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html
diff -u texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.21
texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.22
--- texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html:1.21 Tue Aug 9 17:19:27 2005
+++ texi2html/Tests/xemacs_res/xemacs_32.html Tue Aug 23 23:51:18 2005
@@ -370,11 +370,11 @@
</tr></table>
<h2 class="unnumberedsec"> Some Easily Rebutted Objections to GNU's Goals </h2>
-<blockquote><p>"Nobody will use it if it is free, because that means they
can't rely
-on any support."
+<blockquote><p>“Nobody will use it if it is free, because that means
they can't rely
+on any support.”
</p>
-<p>"You have to charge for the program to pay for providing the
-support."
+<p>“You have to charge for the program to pay for providing the
+support.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>If people would rather pay for GNU plus service than get GNU free without
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@
of us who don't need the service should be able to use the program without
paying for the service.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"You cannot reach many people without advertising,
-and you must charge for the program to support that."
+<blockquote><p>“You cannot reach many people without advertising,
+and you must charge for the program to support that.”
</p>
-<p>"It's no use advertising a program people can get free."
+<p>“It's no use advertising a program people can get free.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>There are various forms of free or very cheap publicity that can be used to
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@
necessary to spread GNU. Why is it that free market advocates don't want
to let the free market decide this?
-</p><blockquote><p>"My company needs a proprietary operating system
-to get a competitive edge."
+</p><blockquote><p>“My company needs a proprietary operating system
+to get a competitive edge.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>GNU will remove operating system software from the realm of competition.
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
<p>I would like to see GNU development supported by gifts from many
manufacturers and users, reducing the cost to each.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Don't programmers deserve a reward for their
creativity?"
+<blockquote><p>“Don't programmers deserve a reward for their
creativity?”
</p></blockquote>
<p>If anything deserves a reward, it is social contribution. Creativity can
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict
the use of these programs.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Shouldn't a programmer be able to ask for a reward for
his creativity?"
+<blockquote><p>“Shouldn't a programmer be able to ask for a reward for
his creativity?”
</p></blockquote>
<p>There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
Specifically, the desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not
justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Won't programmers starve?"
+<blockquote><p>“Won't programmers starve?”
</p></blockquote>
<p>I could answer that nobody is forced to be a programmer. Most of us cannot
@@ -500,10 +500,10 @@
programmers made the same, that would not be an injustice either. (In
practice they would still make considerably more than that.)
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Don't people have a right to control how their creativity
is used?"
+<blockquote><p>“Don't people have a right to control how their
creativity is used?”
</p></blockquote>
-<p>"Control over the use of one's ideas" really constitutes control
over
+<p>“Control over the use of one's ideas” really constitutes
control over
other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more
difficult.
</p>
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@
practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived
even in part. The copyright system was created expressly for the purpose
of encouraging authorship. In the domain for which it was
-invented--books, which could be copied economically only on a printing
-press--it did little harm, and did not obstruct most of the individuals
+invented—books, which could be copied economically only on a printing
+press—it did little harm, and did not obstruct most of the individuals
who read the books.
</p>
<p>All intellectual property rights are just licenses granted by society
@@ -546,24 +546,24 @@
spiritually; in which a person should not do so regardless of whether the
law enables him to.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Competition makes things get done better."
+<blockquote><p>“Competition makes things get done better.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we
encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way,
it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works
this way. If the runners forget why the reward is offered and become
-intent on winning, no matter how, they may find other strategies--such as,
+intent on winning, no matter how, they may find other strategies—such as,
attacking other runners. If the runners get into a fist fight, they will
all finish late.
</p>
<p>Proprietary and secret software is the moral equivalent of runners in a
fist fight. Sad to say, the only referee we've got does not seem to
-object to fights; he just regulates them ("For every ten yards you run,
-you can fire one shot"). He really ought to break them up, and penalize
+object to fights; he just regulates them (“For every ten yards you run,
+you can fire one shot”). He really ought to break them up, and penalize
runners for even trying to fight.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Won't everyone stop programming without a monetary
incentive?"
+<blockquote><p>“Won't everyone stop programming without a monetary
incentive?”
</p></blockquote>
<p>Actually, many people will program with absolutely no monetary incentive.
@@ -590,14 +590,14 @@
competition with high-paying ones, but they do not have to do badly if the
high-paying ones are banned.
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"We need the programmers desperately. If they demand that
we
-stop helping our neighbors, we have to obey."
+<blockquote><p>“We need the programmers desperately. If they demand
that we
+stop helping our neighbors, we have to obey.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>You're never so desperate that you have to obey this sort of demand.
Remember: millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute!
</p>
-<blockquote><p>"Programmers need to make a living somehow."
+<blockquote><p>“Programmers need to make a living somehow.”
</p></blockquote>
<p>In the short run, this is true. However, there are plenty of ways that
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
</p>
<p>But if the computer buyer makes a donation to software development
himself, he can take a credit against the tax. He can donate to
-the project of his own choosing--often, chosen because he hopes to
+the project of his own choosing—often, chosen because he hopes to
use the results when
it is done. He can take a credit for any amount