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Fix typo.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:50:37 +0000
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304 problem--they expected and intended this to happen. Their goal was not 304 problem--they expected and intended this to happen. Their goal was not
305 freedom, just "success", defined as "having many users." They did not 305 freedom, just "success", defined as "having many users." They did not
306 care whether these users had freedom, only that they should be 306 care whether these users had freedom, only that they should be
307 numerous. 307 numerous.
308 308
309 This lead to a paradoxical situation where two different ways of 309 This led to a paradoxical situation where two different ways of
310 counting the amount of freedom gave different answers to the question, 310 counting the amount of freedom gave different answers to the question,
311 "Is this program free?" If you judged based on the freedom provided by 311 "Is this program free?" If you judged based on the freedom provided by
312 the distribution terms of the MIT release, you would say that X was 312 the distribution terms of the MIT release, you would say that X was
313 free software. But if you measured the freedom of the average user of 313 free software. But if you measured the freedom of the average user of
314 X, you would have to say it was proprietary software. Most X users were 314 X, you would have to say it was proprietary software. Most X users were