Author: ari.constancio Date: Fri Sep 7 17:27:50 2007 New Revision: 1155 Log: More 'free-vs-open-source'
Modified: trunk/pt-pt/ch01.xml Modified: trunk/pt-pt/ch01.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/pt-pt/ch01.xml (original) +++ trunk/pt-pt/ch01.xml Fri Sep 7 17:27:50 2007 @@ -586,16 +586,15 @@ estava dificultando a compreensão deste software por parte do público. </para> -<para>But the problem went deeper than that. The word "free" carried -with it an inescapable moral connotation: if freedom was an end in -itself, it didn't matter whether free software also happened to -be better, or more profitable for certain businesses in certain -circumstances. Those were merely pleasant side effects of a motive -that was, at bottom, neither technical nor mercantile, but moral. -Furthermore, the "free as in freedom" position forced a glaring -inconsistency on corporations who wanted to support particular free -programs in one aspect of their business, but continue marketing -proprietary software in others.</para> +<para>O problema era, todavia, mais profundo. A palavra "free" trazia consigo +uma conotação moral inescapável: se a liberdade era um fim em si mesma, não +era importante se o software livre era também melhor, ou mais lucrativo em +certas circunstâncias. Esses eram apenas efeitos laterais interessantes de +um motivo que era, no fundo, nem técnico nem mercantil, mas moral. +Além disso, a posição "free as in freedom" forçava uma inconsistência evidente +nas empresas que queriam suportar certos programas livres numa área do seu +negócio, mas que queriam continuar a comercializar software proprietário em +outras áreas.</para> <para>These dilemmas came to a community that was already poised for an identity crisis. The programmers who actually _______________________________________________ Producingoss-translators mailing list [email protected] http://www.red-bean.com/mailman/listinfo/producingoss-translators
