trans-coord/gnun/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Yavor Doganov]

CVSROOT:        /sources/trans-coord
Module name:    trans-coord
Changes by:     Yavor Doganov <yavor>   08/06/10 20:12:08

Modified files:
        gnun/philosophy: words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Automatic sync from the master www repository.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.1&r2=1.2

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /sources/trans-coord/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- words-to-avoid.html 29 Apr 2008 17:52:00 -0000      1.1
+++ words-to-avoid.html 10 Jun 2008 20:12:07 -0000      1.2
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@
        name="TOCOpen">Open</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PC"
        name="TOCPC">PC</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Photoshop"
+       name="TOCPC">Photoshop</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Piracy"
        name="TOCPiracy">Piracy</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#PowerPoint"
+       name="TOCPC">PowerPoint</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#Protection"
        name="TOCProtection">Protection</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a href="words-to-avoid.html#RAND"
@@ -431,6 +435,15 @@
 install GNU/Linux on the same computer, it is still a PC.</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="Photoshop">&ldquo;Photoshop&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term &ldquo;Photoshop&rdquo; as a verb, meaning
+any kind of photo manipulation or image editing in general.  Photoshop
+is just the name of one particular proprietary image editing program, and
+there are plenty of free alternatives, such as <a
+href="/software/gimp">GIMP</a>.</p>
+
+
 <h4 id="Piracy">&ldquo;Piracy&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers often refer to prohibited copying as &ldquo;piracy.&rdquo;
@@ -446,6 +459,15 @@
 &ldquo;sharing information with your neighbor.&rdquo;</p>
 
 
+<h4 id="PowerPoint">&ldquo;PowerPoint&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+Please avoid using the term &ldquo;PowerPoint&rdquo; to mean any kind of
+slide presentation.  PowerPoint is just the name of one particular
+proprietary program to make presentations, and there are plenty of free
+alternatives, such as the <tt>beamer</tt> class available with any
+(La)TeX distribution.</p>
+
+
 <h4 id="Protection">&ldquo;Protection&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
 Publishers' lawyers love to use the term &ldquo;protection&rdquo; to
@@ -615,7 +637,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/04/29 17:52:00 $
+$Date: 2008/06/10 20:12:07 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>