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diff --git a/man/gnu.texi b/man/gnu.texi index d28a4dd0350..43d4ab0cacd 100644 --- a/man/gnu.texi +++ b/man/gnu.texi @@ -382,13 +382,13 @@ other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult. People who have studied the issue of intellectual property -rights@footnote{n the 80s I had not yet realized how confusing it was +rights@footnote{In the 80s I had not yet realized how confusing it was to speak of ``the issue'' of ``intellectual property.'' That term is obviously biased; more subtle is the fact that it lumps together various disparate laws which raise very different issues. Nowadays I urge people to reject the term ``intellectual property'' entirely, lest it lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent -issue. The way to be clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and +issue. The way to be clear is to discuss patents, copyrights, and trademarks separately. See @uref{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml} for more explanation of how this term spreads confusion and bias.} carefully |