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diff --git a/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/__index.html.jinja b/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/__index.html.jinja new file mode 100644 index 0000000..480c4c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/koszko_org_website/templates/en/__index.html.jinja @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +{# +SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 + +koszko.org website start page (english). + +Copyright (C) 2021,2022 Wojtek Kosior <koszko@koszko.org> +#} +{% extends "__index.html.jinja" %} + +{% block title %} Libre programs {% endblock %} + +{% block content %} + {{ header(1, 'Campaign for libre software') }} + + {% call section('what-software') %} + {{ header(2, 'What software?') }} + + {% call para() %} + Libre program is one its user can use for any purpose, modify in the form + of source code and redistribute, including for commercial + purposes. Examples are GNU/Linux operating system, VLC media player, GIMP, + LibreOffice, WordPress and also (except for certain components): Firefox + browser, Android operating system and Chromium browser. A program user + cannot modify or redistribute for either legal or technical reasons is + called proprietary or nonfree. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + + {% call section('who-needs-this') %} + {{ header(2, 'Who needs this?') }} + + {% call para() %} + Libre program gives user control. Computer is a useful device, yet is does + nothing by itself. To work it needs a program. Computer's owner is only + able to control it indirectly, through a program. If the software being + run is libre, the user has control over it and hence over the device. A + proprietary program, on the other hand, is controlled by its vendor (or + speaking 100% strictly - the party holding its cource code). Such program + only does what its vendor wants it to. As a result, the device also does + not what its owner wants but rather what program's vendor wants. Instead + of the desired situation where device user controls the device, we get a + reversed one: vendor, through program, controls the user and decides what + user can and cannot do. Of course, in practice we witness different levels + of users mistreatment. One edge case is an operating system only allowing + installation of applications approved by its vendor. + {% endcall %} + + {% call para() %} + Everyone should care about using libre programs simply because it is good + to have control over one's own devices. The issue is not, however, limited + to personal preferences. The more people in a society rely on proprietary, + incompatible tools, the harder life is for those willing to choose libre + ones. + {% endcall %} + + {% call para() %} + The problem is also worth looking at on a different scale. A state with + proprietary programs in widespread use is not fully independent - it + depends indirectly on vendors of these programs. For this reason a duty of + responsibility for one's state also means taking action to stop its + economy and education from relying on proprietary operating systems or + tools. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + + {% call section('how-this-matters-to-non-programmers') %} + {{ header(2, 'How does all this matter to someone who cannot program?') }} + + {% call para() %} + One does not need to be a programmer in order to utilize the control libre + programs give. Quite often when a direction of some libre program is bad + (e.g. antifeatures are being added like telemetry in Firefox), independent + people come up with a version of that program without the original + drawbacks (example would be the + {{ link('https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/', 'LibreWolf') }} + browser). All that's needed is a bit of demand for a modified version of + some program. Bussinessmen, on the other hand, might find it practical to + employ someone to adapt a libre program to company's needs. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + + {% call section('how-is-moneymaking-affected') %} + {% call header(2) %} + Does it mean programmers shouldn't be paid for writing software? + {% endcall %} + + {% call para() %} + Equating libre program with gratis and proprietary with paid is a very + common misunderstanding. In reality proprietary programs often come for + free (Adobe Reader, Chrome browser, Google Docs) and libre tools can also + be made available for a fee (e.g. commercial GNU/Linux distrubutions). + Many people associate programming with a business model where a customer + is being sold a license for use of some proprietary program. Because such + model is less practical in case of libre programs, some think their + creation cannot be commercialized. However, most code - both libre and + nonfree - is not being written with the goal of selling licenses for its + use. Income often comes from different sources, such as selling services + or hardware the program works with. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + + {% call section('how-it-started') %} + {{ header(2, 'Who came up with all this?') }} + + {% call para() %} + In 1983 + {% call link('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman') -%} + Richard Stallman + {%- endcall %}, + a + {% call link('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology') -%} + MIT + {%- endcall %} + scientist, started the + {{ link('https://www.gnu.org/', 'GNU project') }} with a goal of + developing a libre replacement for proprietary UNIX system. 2 years later + in Boston he founded the + {{ link('https://www.fsf.org/', 'Free Software Foundation (FSF)') }} which + still promotes and develops these ideals. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + + {% call section('how-to-come-to-the-good-side') %} + {{ header(2, 'How to come to the good side?') }} + + {% call para() %} + You can help in many ways. For example by + {% endcall %} + + {% call unordered_list() %} + {% call list_entry() %} + using libre programs on daily basis, + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + making others aware of the problem (you can link this site + or the {{ link('https://fsf.org', 'FSF\'s site') }}), + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + refusing to use proprietary tools to the best of your ability, + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + complaining to vendors of proprietary programs asking for their source + code to be released under some libre license, + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + calling on people in charge of various organizations and educational + facilities to deploy a libre operating system and tools, + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + calling on politicians to enact laws good for software freedom + (e.g. making code written for public money available under a libre + license) and + {% endcall %} + {% call list_entry() %} + {{ link('https://my.fsf.org/join', 'donating to the FSF') }} or various + projects developing libre programs. + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} + {% endcall %} +{% endblock %} |