应避免使用（或慎用）的词语，由于它们是不公正的或者引起混淆的

Copyright (C) 1996–1999，2001–2004，2007–2015，自由软件基金会。本列单最初于 1996 年发表于 http://gnu.org。

There are a number of words and phrases that we recommend avoiding, or avoiding in certain contexts and usages. Some are ambiguous or misleading; others presuppose a viewpoint that we disagree with, and we hope you disagree with it too. (See also “Categories of Free and Nonfree Software” (@pageref{Categories}) and “Why Call It the Swindle?” (@pageref{Swindle}).)

有些单词或短语是我们建议避免使用或者避免在特定上下文或应用场景使用的。其中的一些词语具有歧义或误导性；而其他一些词语则预设了某种我们所不赞同的观点，并且我们希望您也不会同意那些观点。（参见“Categories of Free and Nonfree Software” (@pageref{Categories}) 和 “Why Call It the Swindle?” (@pageref{Swindle})两篇文章。）

“Access” {#access .subheading}

可获得性（Access）

It is a common misunderstanding to think free software means that the public has “access” to a program. That is not what free software means.

有一种普遍的误解认为，自由软件意味着公众必须可以获得某一程序。这并非自由软件的本意。

The criterion for free software(1) is not about who has “access” to the program; the four essential freedoms concern what a user that has a copy of the program can do with it. For instance, freedom 2 says that that user is free to make another copy and give or sell it to you. But no user is obligated to do that for you; you do not have a right to demand a copy of that program from any user.

自由软件的准则(1)并不是关于谁能够获得某一程序的；四项基本自由所关注的是拥有它的一份副本的用户可以用它做什么。例如，自由之二称该用户拥有为其复制一份副本并且送给或卖给您的自由。但是任何用户都没有为您复制副本的义务；并且您也没有权利强行要求任何用户为您提供副本。

In particular, if you write a program yourself and never offer a copy to anyone else, that program is free software (in a trivial way) because you (the sole user that has it) have the four essential freedoms.

特别地，如果您为您自己编写了一个程序并且从不向任何人提供副本，该程序也是自由软件（尽管是在一种平凡的意义上），由于您（作为拥有它的唯一用户）拥有四项基本自由。

In practice, when many users have copies of a program, someone is sure to post it on the internet, giving everyone access to it. We think people ought to do that, if the program is useful. But this isn’t a requirement of free software.

事实上，当很多用户拥有某一程序的副本时，某些人确实会将其发布到万维网上，并且供其他人访问。我们认为人们应当如此做，如果该程序确实有用。但这并非自由软件的强制要求。

There is one specific point in which a question of having access is directly pertinent to free software: the GNU GPL permits giving a particular user access to download a program’s source code as a substitute for physically giving that user a copy of the source. This applies to the special case in which the user already has a copy of the program in non-source form.

确实有一种特殊情况，此时是否拥有可获得性与自由软件直接相关：GNU 通用公共许可证（GNU GPL）允许赋予一位特定用户下载程序源代码的访问权，作为以实物载体的形式为该用户提供源代码副本的替代方案。这条规则也适用于用户已经拥有一份非源代码形式的副本这一特例。

“Alternative” {#alternative .subheading}

可选择物（Alternative）

We don’t describe free software as an “alternative” to proprietary, because that word presumes all the “alternatives” are legitimate and each additional one makes users better off. In effect, it assumes that free software ought to coexist with software that does not respect users’ freedom.

我们从不将自由软件描述为私有软件之外的可选择物，由于这一单词假设所有“可选择物”都是合法的，并且每增加一种“可选择物”都对用户有利。事实上，这一单词假设自由软件应该和那些不尊重用户自由的软件共存。

We believe that distribution as free software is the only ethical way to make software available for others to use. The other methods, nonfree software and {@parfillskip=0pt@par Service as a Software Substitute subjugate their users.(2) We do not think it is good to offer users those “alternatives” to free software.

我们坚信以自由软件形式发布是发布软件以供他人使用的唯一符合伦理的方式。而其他方式，不论是私有软件还是“服务作为软件替代品”（SaaSS）都会迫使用户屈从。(2)因此我们认为不向用户提供这些自由软件之外的“可选择物”才是好的。

“BSD-Style” {#bsd-style .subheading}

BSD 风格（BSD-Style）

The expression “BSD-style license” leads to confusion because it lumps together licenses that have important differences.(3) For instance, the original BSD license with the advertising clause is incompatible with the GNU General Public License, but the revised BSD license is compatible with the GPL.

“BSD 风格许可证”这一表述将会引起混淆，由于它将具有显著不同的许可证混为一谈。(3)例如，最初的 BSD 许可证由于带有广告条款从而与 GNU GPL 不兼容，但是改进过的 BSD 许可证与 GPL 兼容。

To avoid confusion, it is best to name the specific license in question(4) and avoid the vague term “BSD-style.”

为了避免混淆，最好在谈论中明确给出许可证的名字(4)并且避免使用含混不清的短语“BSD 风格”。

“Closed” {#closed .subheading}

闭源（Closed）

Describing nonfree software as “closed” clearly refers to the term “open source.” In the free software movement, we do not want to be confused with the open source camp, so we are careful to avoid saying things that would encourage people to lump us in with them.(5) For instance, we avoid describing nonfree software as “closed.” We call it “nonfree” or “proprietary.”(6)

将私有软件描述为“闭源”很明显是与“开源”概念相对。在自由软件运动中，我们不希望被别人同开源阵营混为一谈，因此我们谨慎地避免使用那种促使人们将我们与他们混在一起的表达方式。(5)例如，我们避免将非自由软件描述为“闭源”，我们称之为“非自由”或“私有”。(6)

“Cloud Computing” {#cloud-computing .subheading}

云计算（Cloud Computing）

The term “cloud computing” (or just “cloud,” in the context of computing) is a marketing buzzword with no coherent meaning. It is used for a range of different activities whose only common characteristic is that they use the internet for something beyond transmitting files. Thus, the term spreads confusion. If you base your thinking on it, your thinking will be confused.

“云计算”这一短语（或者在表示计算的上下文中进一步简称为“云”）是一种含混不清的市场化流行语，它没有任何合乎逻辑的涵义。它被用于指代一系列不同的活动，其唯一的共同点是它们都使用互联网进行文件传输以外的事情。因此，这一短语是在散布混淆。如果您基于它进行思考，您的思考将会是混乱的。

When thinking about or responding to a statement someone else has made using this term, the first step is to clarify the topic. What scenario is the statement about? What is a good, clear term for that scenario? Once the topic is clearly formulated, coherent discussion is possible.

当您思考或是回应一个由他人提出的并且使用这一概念的论述时，第一步是要澄清话题。该论述是关于什么场景的？适用于此场景的恰当并且清晰的概念是什么？只有当话题被清晰阐述之时，合乎逻辑的讨论才是可能的。

One of the many meanings of “cloud computing” is storing your data in online services. In most scenarios, that is foolish because it exposes you to surveillance.(7)

“云计算”的众多可能的涵义之一是将您的数据存储于在线服务上。在大多数场景中，这是愚蠢的做法，由于这使您暴露在监控之下。(7)

Another meaning (which overlaps that but is not the same thing) is Service as a Software Substitute, which denies you control over your computing. You should never use SaaSS.(8)

另一种可能的涵义（与上一条有所重叠但又不完全相同）是“服务作为软件替代品”（SaaSS），它拒绝了您对于您自己的计算的控制权。您应该从不使用 SaaSS。(8)

Another meaning is renting a remote physical server, or virtual server. These practices are OK under certain circumstances.

另一种可能的涵义包括租赁远程的实体或虚拟服务器。这些实践在某些特定环境下是可以接受的。

Another meaning is accessing your own server from your own mobile device. That raises no particular ethical issues.

另一种可能的涵义是通过您自己的移动设备访问您自己的服务器。这并不会产生特别的伦理问题。

The NIST definition of “cloud computing” (9) mentions three scenarios that raise different ethical issues: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. However, that definition does not match the common use of “cloud computing,” since it does not include storing data in online services. Software as a Service as defined by NIST overlaps considerably with Service as a Software Substitute, which mistreats the user, but the two concepts are not equivalent.

美国国家标准技术研究所（NIST）为“云计算”的定义(9)提出了三种场景，它们会带来不同的伦理问题：软件即服务（SaaS）、平台即服务（PaaS）、基础设施即服务（IaaS）。然而，这种定义与“云计算”通常的用法并不匹配，由于它并未包括向在线服务中存储数据。由 NIST 定义的 SaaS 在很大程度上与 SaaSS 重叠，后者虐待它的用户，但这两个概念并不等同。

These different computing practices don’t even belong in the same discussion. The best way to avoid the confusion the term “cloud computing” spreads is not to use the term “cloud” in connection with computing. Talk about the scenario you mean, and call it by a specific term.

这些不同的计算实践甚至不属于同一个讨论范围。避免使用“云计算”这一概念所带来的混淆的最佳方式是不使用术语“云”与计算相关联。只谈论您想要表达的话题，并且以一种具体的概念称呼它。

Curiously, Larry Ellison, a proprietary software developer, also noted the vacuity of the term “cloud computing.”(10) He decided to use the term anyway because, as a proprietary software developer, he isn’t motivated by the same ideals as we are.

有趣的是，Larry Ellison，一位私有软件开发者也注意到了“云计算”这一概念的空泛性。(10)他决定仍然使用这一概念，由于作为一位私有软件开发者，此人与我们不是由相同理念所驱使的。

“Commercial” {#commercial .subheading}

商业（Commercial）

Please don’t use “commercial” as a synonym for “nonfree.” That confuses two entirely different issues.

请不要将“商业”用作“非自由”的同义词。这将两种完全不同的问题混为一谈。

A program is commercial if it is developed as a business activity. A commercial program can be free or nonfree, depending on its manner of distribution. Likewise, a program developed by a school or an individual can be free or nonfree, depending on its manner of distribution. The two questions—what sort of entity developed the program and what freedom its users have—are independent.

一个程序称为商业软件，如果它是作为一种商业行为而被开发的。一个商业软件可以是自由或非自由的，取决于它的发布方式。类似地，由学校或个人开发的程序也可以是自由或非自由的，取决于它的发布方式。这两个问题——程序由何种实体开发，以及它的用户应当拥有什么自由——是不相关的。

In the first decade of the free software movement, free software packages were almost always noncommercial; the components of the GNU/Linux operating system were developed by individuals or by nonprofit organizations such as the FSF and universities. Later, in the 1990s, free commercial software started to appear.

在自由软件运动的最初十年，自由软件包几乎都是非商业的；GNU/Linux 操作系统的组件由个人或者诸如自由软件基金会（FSF）和大学的非盈利性组织所开发。其后，在 20 世纪 90 年代，自由的商业软件开始出现。

Free commercial software is a contribution to our community, so we should encourage it. But people who think that “commercial” means “nonfree” will tend to think that the “free commercial” combination is self-contradictory, and dismiss the possibility. Let’s be careful not to use the word “commercial” in that way.

自由的商业软件是对我们的社区的贡献，因此我们应当鼓励。但是那些认为“商业”等同于“非自由”的人们倾向于认为“自由商业”的组合是自相矛盾的并且否定其可能性。让我们小心对待，不要以这种方式使用“商业”一词。

“Compensation” {#compensation .subheading}

补偿（Compensation）

To speak of “compensation for authors” in connection with copyright carries the assumptions that (1) copyright exists for the sake of authors and (2) whenever we read something, we take on a debt to the author which we must then repay. The first assumption is simply false,(11) and the second is outrageous.

当与版权联系在一起的时候谈论“补偿作者”将会带来以下两种假设：（1）版权是以作者之名而存在的；以及（2）每当我们阅读任何东西的时候，我们已经欠下了作者一笔债务并且必须补偿。第一个假设是错误的(11)，而第二个假设是不可容忍的。

“Compensating the rights-holders” adds a further swindle: you’re supposed to imagine that means paying the authors, and occasionally it does, but most of the time it means a subsidy for the same publishing companies that are pushing unjust laws on us.

而“补偿版权持有人”的鬼话在此基础上又附加了一层诈骗：您很可能认为这是在补偿作者，尽管在少数情况下确实是这样，但是绝大多数情况下这是在补偿出版商，正是那些对我们强行施加不平等法律的出版商。

“Consume” {#consume .subheading}

消费（Consume）

“Consume” refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, after which the food as such no longer exists. By analogy, we employ the same word for other products whose use uses them up. Applying it to durable goods, such as clothing or appliances, is a stretch. Applying it to published works (programs, recordings on a disk or in a file, books on paper or in a file), whose nature is to last indefinitely and which can be run, played or read any number of times, is simply an error. Playing a recording, or running a program, does not consume it.

消费是指我们对食物所做的事情：当我们消化了它以后，它就不再作为食物继续存在。作为类比，我们可以将相同的词语用于那些我们可以将其消耗殆尽的其他产品。将其用于耐用品诸如衣物或电器是一种涵义的延伸。然而，如果将其应用于发表的作品（计算机程序、保存于盘片或文件中的唱片、保存于纸上或文件中的书籍），这些作品的本质意义是永续保存并且可以被无限次地运行、播放或阅读，这显然就是一种错误。播放唱片或者运行程序并不消费它们。

The term “consume” is associated with the economics of uncopyable material products, and leads people to transfer its conclusions unconsciously to copyable digital works—an error that proprietary software developers (and other publishers) dearly wish to encourage. Their twisted viewpoint comes through clearly in a Business Insider article,(12) which also refers to publications as “content.”

“消费”一词是与不可复制的实物产品的经济层面相关联的，而引导人们在毫无察觉的情况下将这一结论套用到可复制的数字作品上——这种错误正是私有软件开发者（以及其他出版商）所热切希望并且积极推动的。他们的这种扭曲的观点在一篇 Business Insider 文章中暴露无遗。(12)这篇文章还将出版的作品称为“内容”。

The narrow thinking associated with the idea that we “consume content” paves the way for laws such as the DMCA that forbid users to break the Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) facilities in digital devices. If users think what they do with these devices is “consume,” they may see such restrictions as natural.

与我们“消费内容”相关的狭隘想法为诸如数字千年版权法案（DMCA）这样的法律奠定了基础，它们禁止用户破解数字设备中的数字限制管理（DRM）。如果用户认为他们对这些设备所做的事情是“消费”，他们就可以将这种限制视为自然的要求。

It also encourages the acceptation of “streaming” services, which use DRM to limit use of digital recordings to a form that fits the word “consume.”

它还鼓励人们将利用 DRM 对数字唱片的使用进行限制的“串流”服务也认可为一种适用于“消费”这一概念的形式。

Why is this perverse usage spreading? Some may feel that the term sounds sophisticated; if that attracts you, rejecting it with cogent reasons can appear even more sophisticated. Others may be acting from business interests (their own, or their employers’). Their use of the term in prestigious forums gives the impression that it’s the “correct” term.

为何这种不合理的用法广泛流传？有人也许认为这一概念过于高深；如果它吸引了您，用强有力的理由来拒绝它就会显得更为高深。其他人也许是出于商业利益（他们自己的或是他们的雇主的）。他们在各种有声望的地方对这一概念的使用将会给人以它是“正确”的错觉。

To speak of “consuming” music, fiction, or any other artistic works is to treat them as products rather than as art. If you don’t want to spread that attitude, you would do well to reject using the term “consume” for them. We recommend saying that someone “experiences” an artistic work or a work stating a point of view, and that someone “uses” a practical work.

说“消费”音乐、小说或是任何其他艺术作品就是将它们视为产品而非艺术。如果您不想散播这种态度，您应当努力拒绝对它们使用“消费”这一概念。我们建议您说某人“体验”一件艺术作品或者一件表达一种观点的作品，以及某人“使用”一件实用作品。

“Consumer” {#consumer .subheading}

消费者（Consumer）

The term “consumer,” when used to refer to the users of computing, is loaded with assumptions we should reject. Some come from the idea that using the program “consumes” the program (see the previous entry), which leads people to impose on copyable digital works the economic conclusions that were drawn about uncopyable material products.

当“消费者”一词被用于指代计算机用户的时候，它被附加了一种我们应当拒绝的假设。其中一些假设来自于使用程序就是“消费”程序这一理念（参见上一条目），这将会引导人们将那些从不可复制的实物产品中得出的结论也强行套用到可复制的数字作品上来。

In addition, describing the users of software as “consumers” refers to a framing in which people are limited to selecting between whatever “products” are available in the “market.” There is no room in this framing for the idea that users can directly exercise control over what a program does.(13)

此外，将软件用户描述为“消费者”指的是这样一种境地，人们被限制为只能在“市场”中可以买到的“产品”中做出选择。这里没有这种理念的容身之地，即用户可以对程序所做的事情直接行使控制权。(13)

To describe people who are not limited to passive use of works, we suggest terms such as “individuals” and “citizens,” rather than “consumers.”

为了描述那些并不被限制为被动使用作品的人们，我们建议使用“个人”或者“公民”而非“消费者”。

This problem with the word “consumer” has been noted before.(14)

“消费者”一词所带来的问题已经在此前有所注释。(14)

“Content” {#content .subheading}

内容（Content）

If you want to describe a feeling of comfort and satisfaction, by all means say you are “content,” but using the word as a noun to describe publications and works of authorship adopts an attitude you might rather avoid: it treats them as a commodity whose purpose is to fill a box and make money. In effect, it disparages the works themselves. If you don’t agree with that attitude, you can call them “works” or “publications.”

如果您想要描述一种舒适和满足的感觉，您一定会说“content”，但如果将这个词语用作名词以指代具有作者权的出版物和作品，这将服务于一种您可能很想避免的态度，这种态度将它们视为商品，其目的是装满包装盒并且用于赚钱。事实上，这贬低了作品本身。如果您不同意这种态度，您可以称之为“作品”或者“出版物”。

Those who use the term “content” are often the publishers that push for increased copyright power in the name of the authors (“creators,” as they say) of the works. The term “content” reveals their real attitude towards these works and their authors. (See Courtney Love’s open letter to Steve Case(15) and search for “content provider” in that page. Alas, Ms. Love is unaware that the term “intellectual property” is also biased and confusing.(16))

那些使用“内容”一词的人们通常是那些以作者（它们称之为“创造者”，creator）之名攫取更多版权权力的出版商。“内容”一词暴露了它们对于这些作品及其作者的真实态度。（参见 Courtney Love 致 Steve Case 的公开信(15)并且在页面中搜索 content provider（内容提供商）。哎呀，Love 女士没有注意到“知识产权”一词也是带有偏见和欺骗性的。(16)）

However, as long as other people use the term “content provider,” political dissidents can well call themselves “malcontent providers.”

然而，只要其他人仍然使用“内容提供商”这一概念，持不同政见者也可以称他们自己为“恶意内容提供商”。

The term “content management” takes the prize for vacuity. “Content” means “some sort of information,” and “management” in this context means “doing something with it.” So a “content management system” is a system for doing something to some sort of information. Nearly all programs fit that description.

“内容管理”（content management）这一短语的涵义的空泛性无出其右。“内容”指代“某种信息”，而“管理”在此上下文中指代“对它们做一些事情”。因此某种“内容管理系统”是一种用于对某种信息做出某种事情的系统。几乎所有计算机程序都符合这个定义。

In most cases, that term really refers to a system for updating pages on a web site. For that, we recommend the term “web site revision system” (WRS).

在大多数情况下，这一概念指代用于更新网站页面的系统。对于这种定义，我们推荐“网站修改系统”（WRS）这一概念。

“Creative Commons Licensed” {#creative-commons-licensed .subheading}

创作共用许可的（Creative Commons Licensed）

The most important licensing characteristic of a work is whether it is free. Creative Commons publishes seven licenses; three are free (CC BY, CC BY-SA and CC0) and the rest are nonfree. Thus, to describe a work as “Creative Commons licensed” fails to say whether it is free, and suggests that the question is not important. The statement may be accurate, but the omission is harmful.

对于一篇作品的许可证，最重要的方面是它是否自由。创作共用（CC）发布了七种许可证；其中三种（CC BY、CC BY-SA 和 CC0）是自由的，而其他几种则是非自由的。因此，将一篇作品描述为“创作共用许可的”未能说明它是否是自由的，并且暗示这个问题并不重要。这一论述也许是准确的，但它对于自由的省略是有害的。

To encourage people to pay attention to the most important distinction, always specify which Creative Commons license is used, as in “licensed under CC BY-SA.” If you don’t know which license a certain work uses, find out and then make your statement.

为了鼓励人们关注最重要的区别，务必具体指定哪种创作共用许可证被使用，例如“使用 CC BY-SA 许可证”。如果您不知道一篇特定的作品应该使用哪种许可证，您需要设法获知这一点才能做出您的论述。

“Creator” {#creator .subheading}

创造者（Creator）

The term “creator” as applied to authors implicitly compares them to a deity (“the creator”). The term is used by publishers to elevate authors’ moral standing above that of ordinary people in order to justify giving them increased copyright power, which the publishers can then exercise in their name. We recommend saying “author” instead. However, in many cases “copyright holder” is what you really mean. These two terms are not equivalent: often the copyright holder is not the author.

当“创造者”一词被应用于作者时，这是在暗含着将他们比作神（造物主，deity）。这一概念被出版商所使用，以便将作者的道德高度提升到普通人之上，进而以此为理由赋予他们更多的版权权力，然后出版商就能够以作者之名来行使这种权力。我们建议您仍然说“作者”。然而，在很多情况下，“版权持有人”才是您所真正想要表达的。这两个概念是不同的，“版权持有人”通常不是作者。

“Digital Goods” {#digital-goods .subheading}

数字物品（Digital Goods）

The term “digital goods,” as applied to copies of works of authorship, identifies them with physical goods—which cannot be copied, and which therefore have to be manufactured in quantity and sold. This metaphor encourages people to judge issues about software or other digital works based on their views and intuitions about physical goods. It also frames issues in terms of economics, whose shallow and limited values don’t include freedom and community.

当“数字物品”这一短语被应用于具有作者权的作品副本时，这将它们与实体物品等同起来——这些实体物品不可复制，并且因此必须被量产并且销售。这种比喻鼓励人们将他们用于评估实物商品的观点和直觉也套用到评估软件或者其他数字作品上来。这种比喻同样将问题限定在经济方面，其肤浅和有限的价值并不包括自由和社区。

“Digital Locks” {#digital-locks .subheading}

数字锁（Digital Locks）

“Digital locks” is used to refer to Digital Restrictions Management by some who criticize it. The problem with this term is that it fails to do justice to the badness of DRM. The people who adopted that term did not think it through.

“数字锁”这一短语被某些批评者用于指代数字限制管理（DRM）。这一短语的问题在于它未能批判 DRM 的危害。而那些接受这一概念的人们未能对其进行透彻的思考。

Locks are not necessarily oppressive or bad. You probably own several locks, and their keys or codes as well; you may find them useful or troublesome, but they don’t oppress you, because you can open and close them. Likewise, we find encryption(17) invaluable for protecting our digital files. That too is a kind of digital lock that you have control over.

锁并不一定是压迫性的或者坏的。您可能拥有很多把锁，以及它们的钥匙或代码；您可能觉得它们有用或是会带来麻烦，但它们并未压迫您，由于您可以自己打开或锁上它们。类似地，我们发现加密(17)对于保护我们的数字文件是无价之宝。这也是一种数字锁，并且您拥有其控制权。

DRM is like a lock placed on you by someone else, who refuses to give you the key—in other words, like handcuffs. Therefore, the proper metaphor for DRM is “digital handcuffs,” not “digital locks.”

而 DRM 就像是由其他人为您安置的锁，他们拒绝给您钥匙——换言之，就像手铐。因此，对于 DRM 的恰当的比喻是“数字手铐”而非“数字锁”。

A number of opposition campaigns have chosen the unwise term “digital locks”; to get things back on the right track, we must firmly insist on correcting this mistake. The FSF can support a campaign that opposes “digital locks” if we agree on the substance; however, when we state our support, we conspicuously replace the term with “digital handcuffs” and say why.

一系列反对 DRM 的运动为其选择了不明智的术语“数字锁”；为了让事情重回正轨，我们必须坚持改正这一错误。FSF 可以为一场反对“数字锁”的运动提供支持，如果我们同意其基本立场；然而，当我们表示我们的支持的时候，我们将会引人注目地将该短语更改为“数字手铐”，并且解释为何如此做。

“Digital Rights Management” {#digital-rights-management .subheading}

数字版权管理（Digital Rights Management）

“Digital Rights Management” (abbreviated “DRM”) refers to technical mechanisms designed to impose restrictions on computer users. The use of the word “rights” in this term is propaganda, designed to lead you unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that impose the restrictions, and ignoring that of the general public on whom these restrictions are imposed.

“数字版权管理”（简写为 DRM）是指那些被设计用于对计算机用户强行施加限制条件的技术机制。其中“权利”（rights）一词的使用是一种鼓吹，其用意是诱使您在不经意间以那些施加这些限制的少数人的观点来看待这一问题，并且忽略被强行施加了这些限制的公众。

Good alternatives include “Digital Restrictions Management,” and “digital handcuffs.”

较好的替代短语包括“数字限制管理”和“数字手铐”。

@raggedright Please sign up to support our campaign to abolish DRM, at DefectiveByDesign.org. @end raggedright

请您签名支持我们致力于废除 DRM 的运动，它位于DefectiveByDesign.org。

“Ecosystem” {#ecosystem .subheading}

生态系统（Ecosystem）

It is inadvisable to describe the free software community, or any human community, as an “ecosystem,” because that word implies the absence of ethical judgment.

我们不建议将自由软件社区或是任何人类社区描述为“生态系统”，由于这一短语暗示伦理评价的缺失。

The term “ecosystem” implicitly suggests an attitude of nonjudgmental observation: don’t ask how what should happen, just study and understand what does happen. In an ecosystem, some organisms consume other organisms. In ecology, we do not ask whether it is right for an owl to eat a mouse or for a mouse to eat a seed, we only observe that they do so. Species’ populations grow or shrink according to the conditions; this is neither right nor wrong, merely an ecological phenomenon, even if it goes so far as the extinction of a species.

“生态系统”这一短语暗含着建议这样一种不加批判地服从的态度：不要问什么应该发生，只要学习并理解发生了什么。在生态系统中，一些机体吃掉其他一些机体。在生态学中，我们从不追问一只猫头鹰吃掉一只老鼠或是一只老鼠吃掉一颗种子是好是坏，我们只需观察到它们这样做。物种种群的增长或衰退基于它的生存条件；这无所谓对错，这只是一种生态现象，即使到了某一物种灭绝的程度。

By contrast, beings that adopt an ethical stance towards their surroundings can decide to preserve things that, without their intervention, might vanish—such as civil society, democracy, human rights, peace, public health, a stable climate, clean air and water, endangered species, traditional arts…and computer users’ freedom.

与之相反，对其生存环境持有伦理立场的存在可以决定保护那些如果没有它们的干预就会消亡的东西——诸如公民社会、民主、人权、和平、公共卫生、稳定的气候、洁净的空气和水、濒危物种、传统艺术……以及计算机用户的自由。

“FLOSS” {#floss .subheading}

自由和开源软件（FLOSS）

The term “FLOSS,” meaning “Free/Libre and Open Source Software,” was coined as a way to be neutral between free software and open source.(18) If neutrality is your goal, “FLOSS” is the best way to be neutral. But if you want to show you stand for freedom, don’t use a neutral term.

FLOSS 意指“自由和开源软件”（Free/Libre and Open Source Software），这一概念试图在自由和开源之间寻求中立。(18)如果保持中立就是您的最终目标，使用 FLOSS 是保持中立的最佳方式。但如果您想要表达您对自由的支持，就不要使用这种中立性的短语。

“For Free” {#for-free .subheading}

免费（For Free）

If you want to say that a program is free software, please don’t say that it is available “for free.” That term specifically means “for zero price.” Free software is a matter of freedom, not price.

如果您想要表述一个程序是自由软件，不要说它是可以“免费获得”的。这一短语明确表示“零价格”。自由软件关乎的是自由而非价格。

Free software copies are often available for free—for example, by downloading via FTP. But free software copies are also available for a price on CD-ROMs; meanwhile, proprietary software copies are occasionally available for free in promotions, and some proprietary packages are normally available at no charge to certain users.

自由软件副本通常可以免费获得——例如，从文件传输协议（FTP）服务器下载。但自由软件副本也可以存储在只读光盘（CD-ROM）上进行贩卖；与此同时，私有软件副本有时也可以作为促销手段而免费获得，并且一些私有软件也通常对于某些特定用户可免费获得。

To avoid confusion, you can say that the program is available “as free software.”

为了避免混淆，您可以称该程序可以“作为自由软件而获得”。

“FOSS” {#foss .subheading}

自由和开源软件（FOSS）

The term “FOSS,” meaning “Free and Open Source Software,” was coined as a way to be neutral between free software and open source, but it doesn’t really do that.(19) If neutrality is your goal, “FLOSS” is better. But if you want to show you stand for freedom, don’t use a neutral term.

FOSS 意指“自由和开源软件”（Free and Open Source Software），这一概念试图在自由和开源之间寻求中立。(19)如果保持中立就是您的最终目标，使用 FLOSS 更好。但如果您想要表达您对自由的支持，就不要使用这种中立性的短语。

“Freely Available” {#freely-available .subheading}

可自由获得（Freely Available）

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

不要将“可自由获得的软件”用作自由软件的同义词。这两个短语并不等同。如果任何人可以轻松获得一份副本，就可称其为“可自由获得”。而自由软件的定义是基于那些拥有其一份副本的用户所拥有的自由。这是对于不同的问题的回答。

“Freeware” {#freeware .subheading}

免费软件（Freeware）

Please don’t use the term “freeware” as a synonym for “free software.” The term “freeware” was used often in the 1980s for programs released only as executables, with source code not available. Today it has no particular agreed-on definition.

不要将“免费软件”用作自由软件的同义词。“免费软件”这一短语在 20 世纪 80 年代常用于指代那些仅以可执行文件形式发布的程序，其源代码不可获得。现在这一短语没有任何特别的公认定义。

When using languages other than English, please avoid borrowing English terms such as “free software” or “freeware.” It is better to translate the term “free software” into your language. (Please see @pageref{FS Translations} for a list of recommended unambiguous translations for the term “free software” into various languages.)

当使用英语以外的语言时，请避免直接借用英语短语诸如“free software”或“freeware”。最好能将 free software 翻译为您所说的语言。（参见 @pageref{FS Translations} 以获得将 free software 无歧义地翻译为多种语言的方式。）

By using a word in your own language, you show that you are really referring to freedom and not just parroting some mysterious foreign marketing concept. The reference to freedom may at first seem strange or disturbing to your compatriots, but once they see that it means exactly what it says, they will really understand what the issue is.

通过使用您自己的语言中的词汇，您表明了您真正想要表达的自由之意，而非只是对某些神秘的外国市场概念鹦鹉学舌。首次引用自由的概念可能会使您的同胞感到奇怪和不安，但是一旦他们发现它所表达的正是它所宣称的涵义，他们将会真正地理解问题的实质。

“Give Away Software” {#give-away-software .subheading}

赠送软件（Give Away Software）

It’s misleading to use the term “give away” to mean “distribute a program as free software.” This locution has the same problem as “for free”: it implies the issue is price, not freedom. One way to avoid the confusion is to say “release as free software.”

用“赠送”指代“将程序作为自由软件发布”是误导性的。这种表达方式与“免费”一词相似：它暗示问题的关键是价格而非自由。避免这种混淆的方式是说“作为自由软件发布”。

“Google” {#google .subheading}

谷歌（Google）

Please avoid using the term “google” as a verb, meaning to search for something on the internet. “Google” is just the name of one particular search engine among others. We suggest to use the term “web search” instead. Try to use a search engine that respects your privacy; DuckDuckGo claims not to track its users,(20) although we cannot confirm.

请不要将“谷歌”用作动词以指代在万维网上进行搜索。它只是众多搜索引擎中的一种。我们建议使用“网络搜索”这一短语。尽可能使用一种尊重您的隐私的搜索引擎；DuckDuckGo 声称它不会跟踪其用户(20)，尽管我们不能确认这一点。

“Hacker” {#hacker .subheading}

黑客（Hacker）

A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness(21)—not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and 70s referred to themselves as hackers. Around 1980, journalists who discovered the hacker community mistakenly took the term to mean “security breaker.”

黑客是指享受智慧乐趣的人们(21)——并不一定与计算机有关。在 20 世纪 60 至 70 年代，麻省理工学院（MIT）的自由软件社区的程序员称他们自己为黑客。大约在 1980 年，那些发现了黑客社区的记者们错误地将这一词语用于指代“安全破坏者”。

Please don’t spread this mistake. People who break security are “crackers.”

请不要散播这种错误。那些破坏安全的人称为骇客（cracker）。

“Intellectual Property” {#intellectual-property .subheading}

知识产权（Intellectual Property）

Publishers and lawyers like to describe copyright as “intellectual property”—a term also applied to patents, trademarks, and other more obscure areas of law. These laws have so little in common, and differ so much, that it is ill-advised to generalize about them. It is best to talk specifically about “copyright,” or about “patents,” or about “trademarks.”

出版商和律师喜好将版权描述为“知识产权”——这一短语也被应用于专利、商标以及其他更为晦涩的法律领域。这些法律之间的共同特性如此之少，而它们之间的区别如此之大，以至于对它们进行广义化是无谋的。最好还是具体地讨论版权，或是专利，或是商标。

The term “intellectual property” carries a hidden assumption—that the way to think about all these disparate issues is based on an analogy with physical objects, and our conception of them as physical property.

“知识产权”这一短语带有一种隐藏的假设——即对于那些不同类的问题的思考方式应当基于同实物对象的类比，以及我们关于它们的概念应当基于同实物产权的类比。

When it comes to copying, this analogy disregards the crucial difference between material objects and information: information can be copied and shared almost effortlessly, while material objects can’t be.

当涉及复制的时候，这种类比抹杀了实物对象和信息之间的本质区别：信息可以被毫不费力地复制，而实物对象则不能。

To avoid spreading unnecessary bias and confusion, it is best to adopt a firm policy not to speak or even think in terms of “intellectual property.”

为了避免不必要的偏见和混淆，最好能够采取这样一种严格的策略，不允许将“知识产权”作为讨论甚至是思考的基础。

The hypocrisy of calling these powers “rights” is starting to make the World “Intellectual Property” Organization embarrassed.(22)

虚伪地将这些权力称为“权利”已经开始使得世界“知识产权”组织（WIPO）感到尴尬。(22)

“LAMP System” {#lamp-system .subheading}

LAMP 系统（LAMP System）

“LAMP” stands for “Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP”—a common combination of software to use on a web server, except that “Linux” in this context really refers to the GNU/Linux system. So instead of “LAMP” it should be “GLAMP”: “GNU, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.”

LAMP 是指“Linux，Apache，MySQL 和 PHP”——用于网络服务器的一种常见的软件组合，除了此上下文环境中的“Linux”实际上是指 GNU/Linux 操作系统。因此，LAMP 应该改为 GLAMP，即“GNU，Linux，Apache，MySQL 和 PHP”。

“Linux System” {#linux-system .subheading}

Linux 系统（Linux System）

Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting in 1991. The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU with Linux added. To call the whole system “Linux” is both unfair and confusing. Please call the complete system GNU/Linux, both to give the GNU Project credit and to distinguish the whole system from the kernel alone.(23)

Linux 是由 Linus Torvalds 于 1991 年开始开发的内核的名字，使用 Linux 内核的操作系统基本上是由 GNU 再加上 Linux 内核组成的。将整个操作系统称为“Linux”是不公平并且引起混淆的。请将此完整的操作系统称为 GNU/Linux，既尊重 GNU 计划，也将整个操作系统和它的内核区分开来。(23)

“Market” {#market .subheading}

市场（Market）

It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the software users in general, as a “market.”

将自由软件用户，或者更普遍地将软件用户称为“市场”是误导性的。

This is not to say there is no room for markets in the free software community. If you have a free software support business, then you have clients, and you trade with them in a market. As long as you respect their freedom, we wish you success in your market.

这并不意味着自由软件社区之中没有市场的立锥之地。如果您拥有一项自由软件的支持业务，您就可以拥有客户，并且您可以在市场中同他们进行交易。只要您仍然尊重他们的自由，我们就会祝愿您在自己的市场中取得成功。

But the free software movement is a social movement, not a business, and the success it aims for is not a market success. We are trying to serve the public by giving it freedom—not competing to draw business away from a rival. To equate this campaign for freedom to a business’s efforts for mere success is to deny the importance of freedom and legitimize proprietary software.

但是，自由软件运动是一场社会运动而非一项业务，其致力于的成功并非某种市场上的成功。我们试图通过赋予公众自由来服务于公众——而非通过竞争从对手手中夺取市场份额。将这场为自由而战的运动同某种仅仅是为了商业上的成功而进行的行为等量齐观，就是否认了自由的重要性，并且使得私有软件合法化了。

“Monetize” {#monetize .subheading}

货币化（Monetize）

The proper definition of “monetize” is “to use something as currency.” For instance, human societies have monetized gold, silver, copper, printed paper, special kinds of seashells, and large rocks. However, we now see a tendency to use the word in another way, meaning “to use something as a basis for profit.”

“monetize”一词的恰当定义是“将某物用作货币”。例如，人类社会曾经将金、银、铜、印刷的纸、某些种类的贝壳、大块的岩石等货币化。然而，我们现在见到一种趋势正在将这个词语用作另一种用途，即“将某物用作盈利的基础”。

That usage casts the profit as primary, and the thing used to get the profit as secondary. That attitude applied to a software project is objectionable because it would lead the developers to make the program proprietary, if they conclude that making it free/libre isn’t sufficiently profitable.

这种用法将利润置于首要位置，而将用于盈利的东西置于次要位置。将这种态度用于软件工程是令人反感的，由于这将引导开发者将软件变为私有的，如果他们得出的结论是使其成为自由软件不能为其带来足够的利润。

A productive and ethical business can make money, but if it subordinates all else to profit, it is not likely to remain ethical.

一家富有生产力并且合乎伦理的企业也可以盈利，但只要它将所有其他东西置于利润之下，它就不再是合乎伦理的。

“MP3Player” {#mp3player .subheading}

MP3 播放器（MP3 Player）

In the late 1990s it became feasible to make portable, solid-state digital audio players. Most support the patented MP3 codec, but not all. Some support the patent-free audio codecs Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, and may not even support MP3-encoded files at all, precisely to avoid these patents. To call such players “MP3 players” is not only confusing, it also privileges the MP3 that we ought to reject. We suggest the terms “digital audio player,” or simply “audio player” if context permits.

在 20 世纪 90 年代后期，制造便携式、固态存储的数字音频播放器成为可能。其中的大部分支持受专利限制的 MP3 编码译码器（codec），但这并不是全部。某些播放器支持不受专利限制的音频编码译码器诸如 Ogg Vorbis 或者自由无损音频编码译码器（FLAC），还有些播放器甚至完全不支持 MP3 编码的文件，这显然是为了回避这些专利。将这些设备称为“MP3 播放器”不仅仅是引起混淆的，它也赋予了 MP3 额外的好处，而这正是我们应当拒绝的。我们建议使用“数字音频播放器”或者更简单的“音频播放器”，如果上下文允许如此简略。

“Open” {#open .subheading}

开源（Open）

Please avoid using the term “open” or “open source” as a substitute for “free software.” Those terms refer to a different position(24) based on different values. Free software is a political movement; open source is a development model.

请不要将“开放”或者“开源”用作自由软件的替代词语。这些短语基于不同的价值观代表不同的立场。(24)自由软件是一场政治运动；开源只是一种开发模式。

When referring to the open source position, using its name is appropriate; but please do not use it to label us or our work—that leads people to think we share those views.

当指代开源的立场时，使用它的名字是恰当的；但不要为我们或我们的作品贴上“开源”的标签——那将会使人们误认为我们也持有那样的立场。

“PC” {#pc .subheading}

个人计算机（PC）

It’s OK to use the abbreviation “PC” to refer to a certain kind of computer hardware, but please don’t use it with the implication that the computer is running Microsoft Windows. If you install GNU/Linux on the same computer, it is still a PC.

使用 PC 这一缩略词指代某一特定类型的计算机硬件是可以的，但是请您不要用它来暗示该计算机必须运行微软 Windows 操作系统。如果您在同一台计算机上安装 GNU/Linux，它仍然是一台 PC。

The term “WC” has been suggested for a computer running Windows.

建议使用 WC 来称呼一台运行 Windows 的计算机。

“Photoshop” {#photoshop .subheading}

Photoshop（PS）

Please avoid using the term “photoshop” as a verb, meaning any kind of photo manipulation or image editing in general. Photoshop is just the name of one particular image editing program, which should be avoided since it is proprietary. There are plenty of free programs for editing images, such as the GIMP.(25)

请不要将 photoshop 用于动词以在普遍意义上指代任何照片处理或图像编辑。它只是一款特定的图像编辑软件的名字，我们应当尽量避免使用它，由于它是私有软件。有很多自由软件可用于图像编辑，例如 GNU 图像操作程序（GIMP）。(25)

“Piracy” {#piracy .subheading}

盗版（Piracy）

Publishers often refer to copying they don’t approve of as “piracy.” In this way, they imply that it is ethically equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the people on them. Based on such propaganda, they have procured laws in most of the world to forbid copying in most (or sometimes all) circumstances. (They are still pressuring to make these prohibitions more complete.)

出版商通常将不被它们批准的复制行为称为“盗版”。通过这种形式，它们暗示这在伦理上与在外海攻击船只以及绑架谋杀船上的人一样坏。基于这样一种鼓吹，它们在世界上的大部分地区骗取到了法律支持以便在绝大多数（有时是全部）环境下进行复制。（它们仍在继续施压以使得这些禁令更加完整。）

If you don’t believe that copying not approved by the publisher is just like kidnapping and murder, you might prefer not to use the word “piracy” to describe it. Neutral terms such as “unauthorized copying” (or “prohibited copying” for the situation where it is illegal) are available for use instead. Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term such as “sharing information with your neighbor.”

如果您不认可未经批准的复制行为就像绑架谋杀的理念，您可能也不愿意使用“盗版”一词来描述此行为。中立性的短语诸如“非授权复制”（或者“被禁止的复制”，用于此种行为不合法的情况）可作为替代。我们中的一些人甚至倾向于使用某种褒义词，诸如“与我们的邻居分享信息”。

A US judge, presiding over a trial for copyright infringement, recognized that “piracy” and “theft” are smear words.(26)

一位主持了一场版权侵犯审判的美国法官认可“盗版”和“盗窃”属于诽谤性的词语。(26)

“PowerPoint” {#powerpoint .subheading}

PowerPoint（PPT）

Please avoid using the term “PowerPoint” to mean any kind of slide presentation. “PowerPoint” is just the name of one particular proprietary program to make presentations. For your freedom’s sake, you should use only free software to make your presentations. Recommended options include TeX’s beamer class and OpenOffice.org’s Impress.

请不要使用 PowerPoint 指代任何类型的幻灯片演示文稿。它只是一款特定的用于制作演示文稿的私有软件的名字。为了您的自由，您应该只用自由软件来制作演示文稿。推荐的可选工具包括 TeX 的 beamer 类以及 OpenOffice.org 的 Impress。

“Protection” {#protection .subheading}

保护（Protection）

Publishers’ lawyers love to use the term “protection” to describe copyright. This word carries the implication of preventing destruction or suffering; therefore, it encourages people to identify with the owner and publisher who benefit from copyright, rather than with the users who are restricted by it.

出版商的律师喜爱使用“保护”一词来描述版权。这个单词带有防止破坏或者痛苦的暗示；因此，它鼓励人们去同情那些通过版权得利的版权持有人和出版商，而非那些受到版权限制的用户。

It is easy to avoid “protection” and use neutral terms instead. For example, instead of saying, “Copyright protection lasts a very long time,” you can say, “Copyright lasts a very long time.”

避免说“保护”而改用中立性的词语是容易做到的。例如，与其说“版权保护持续很长时间”，不如说“版权持续很长时间”。

Likewise, instead of saying, “protected by copyright,” you can say, “covered by copyright” or just “copyrighted.”

类似地，与其说“受版权保护”，不如说“被版权覆盖”或者更简单的“具有版权”。

If you want to criticize copyright rather than be neutral, you can use the term “copyright restrictions.” Thus, you can say, “Copyright restrictions last a very long time.”

如果您想要批判版权制度而非只是想保持中立，您还可以使用“版权限制”这一短语。因此，您可以说“版权限制持续很长时间”。

The term “protection” is also used to describe malicious features. For instance, “copy protection” is a feature that interferes with copying. From the user’s point of view, this is obstruction. So we could call that malicious feature “copy obstruction.” More often it is called Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)—see the Defective by Design campaign, at DefectiveByDesign.org.

“保护”一词还被用于描述恶意功能。例如，“复制保护”是一种干扰复制行为的功能。从用户的观点来看，这是一种阻碍。因此我们将此恶意功能称为“复制阻碍”。它更多地被称为数字限制管理（DRM）——参见 Defective by Design 运动， 它位于DefectiveByDesign.org。

“RAND (Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory)” {#rand-reasonable-and-non-discriminatory .subheading}

合理与无差别（RAND，Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory）

Standards bodies that promulgate patent-restricted standards that prohibit free software typically have a policy of obtaining patent licenses that require a fixed fee per copy of a conforming program. They often refer to such licenses by the term “RAND,” which stands for “reasonable and non-discriminatory.”

推广那些禁止自由软件实现的受专利限制的标准的标准化组织通常拥有这样的专利许可获得政策，它要求符合此标准的软件的每份副本支付一笔固定的专利费。它们通常将这样的专利许可条款称为 RAND，即“合理与无差别”。

That term whitewashes a class of patent licenses that are normally neither reasonable nor nondiscriminatory. It is true that these licenses do not discriminate against any specific person, but they do discriminate against the free software community, and that makes them unreasonable. Thus, half of the term “RAND” is deceptive and the other half is prejudiced.

这一短语洗白了一系列通常既不合理也并非无歧视的专利许可条款。确实，这些许可条款并不歧视任何特定的个人，但它们确实是在歧视自由软件社区，这使得它们成为不合理的。因此，RAND 的一半是欺骗性的，而另一半是带有偏见的。

Standards bodies should recognize that these licenses are discriminatory, and drop the use of the term “reasonable and non-discriminatory” or “RAND” to describe them. Until they do so, writers who do not wish to join in the whitewashing would do well to reject that term. To accept and use it merely because patent-wielding companies have made it widespread is to let those companies dictate the views you express.

标准化组织应该认识到这些许可条款是具有歧视性的，并且放弃使用“合理与无差别”或者 RAND 来描述它们。直到它们如此做，不希望加入这种“洗白”的政策制定者才能拒绝这一短语。仅仅由于那些持有大量专利的商业公司使其变得普遍流行就接受并使用这一短语，将会允许那些商业公司支配您所表达的观点。

We suggest the term “uniform fee only,” or “UFO” for short, as a replacement. It is accurate because the only condition in these licenses is a uniform royalty fee.

我们建议使用“仅限统一付费”（uniform fee only）或者简写为 UFO 来作为替代，这种描述是精准的，由于这些许可条款的唯一条件就是统一的权利金。

“SaaS” or “Software as a Service” {#saas-or-software-as-a-service .subheading}

软件即服务（SaaS，Software as a Service）

We used to say that SaaS (short for “Software as a Service”) is an injustice, but then we found that there was a lot of variation in people’s understanding of which activities count as SaaS. So we switched to a new term, “Service as a Software Substitute” or “SaaSS.” This term has two advantages: it wasn’t used before, so our definition is the only one, and it explains what the injustice consists of.

我们曾经说“软件即服务”是一种不公，但我们随后发现人们对于哪些活动属于 SaaS 的理解还存在诸多分歧。于是我们转为使用一个新的短语，“服务作为软件替代品”，即 SaaSS。这个短语有两个优点：由于它从未被使用过，因此我们的定义是其唯一定义；另外它解释了这种不公包括哪些方面。

See “Who Does That Server Really Serve?” (@pageref{Server}) for discussion of this issue.

参见 “Who Does That Server Really Serve?” (@pageref{Server}) 一文以获得关于此问题的更多讨论。

In Spanish we continue to use the term “software como servicio” because the joke of “software como ser vicio”(27) is too good to give up.

在西班牙语中，我们继续使用“software como servicio”这一短语，这是由于“software como ser vicio”(27)这个笑话太精妙绝伦了，以至于我们不舍得放弃它。

“Sell Software” {#sell-software .subheading}

贩卖软件（Sell Software）

The term “sell software” is ambiguous. Strictly speaking, exchanging a copy of a free program for a sum of money is selling the program, and there is nothing wrong with doing that. However, people usually associate the term “selling software” with proprietary restrictions on the subsequent use of the software. You can be clear, and prevent confusion, by saying either “distributing copies of a program for a fee” or “imposing proprietary restrictions on the use of a program.”

“贩卖软件”这一短语是含混不清的。严格地说，用一份自由软件副本换取一笔资金是在贩卖该软件，这样做也无可厚非。然而，人们通常将“贩卖软件”与对该软件的后续使用的私有限制相关联。您可以保持清醒并且拒绝混淆，通过说“有偿发布软件副本”或者“为软件的使用施加私有限制”。

See “Selling Free Software” (@pageref{Selling}) for further discussion of this issue.

参见 “Selling Free Software” (@pageref{Selling}) 一文以获得关于此问题的更多讨论。

“Sharing Economy” {#sharing-economy .subheading}

分享经济（Sharing Economy）

The term “sharing economy” is not a good way to refer to services such as Uber and Airbnb that arrange business transactions between people. We use the term “sharing” to refer to noncommercial cooperation, including noncommercial redistribution of exact copies of published works. Stretching the word “sharing” to include these transactions undermines its meaning, so we don’t use it in this context.

“分享经济”这一短语不是一种用于指代诸如 Uber 或者 Airbnb 这样的在人与人之间安排商业交易的服务的好方式。我们使用“分享”这一词语来指代非商业合作，包括对已发布的作品的原始版本进行非商业性的再分发。将“分享”一词的涵义延伸至包含这些商业交易的程度破坏了它的本意，因此我们不会在这种上下文中使用它。

A more suitable term for businesses like Uber is the “piecework service economy.”

用于描述诸如 Uber 的业务的更好的短语是“计件工作服务经济”（piecework service economy）。

“Skype” {#skype .subheading}

Skype

Please avoid using the term “skype” as a verb, meaning any kind of video communication or telephony over the internet in general. “Skype” is just the name of one particular proprietary program, one that spies on its users.(28) If you want to make video and voice calls over the internet in a way that respects both your freedom and your privacy, try one of the numerous free Skype replacements, at https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement.

请不要将 Skype 作为动词使用，用于从一般意义上指代任何类型的视频通讯或者网络电话。Skype 只是一种特定的私有软件的名字，它会窥探用户。(28)如果您想要以一种同时尊重您的自由和隐私的方式进行网络音视频通话，您可以试用众多自由的 Skype 替代品之一，位于https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement。

“Software Industry” {#software-industry .subheading}

软件工业（Software Industry）

The term “software industry” encourages people to imagine that software is always developed by a sort of factory and then delivered to “consumers.” The free software community shows this is not the case. Software businesses exist, and various businesses develop free and/or nonfree software, but those that develop free software are not run like factories.

“软件工业”一词鼓励人们想象软件总是由某种工厂开发并且送达“消费者”手中的。自由软件社区已经证实了事情并非如此。软件企业确实存在，并且不同的企业开发自由和/或私有软件，但那些开发自由软件的企业并不是像工厂那样运营的。

The term “industry” is being used as propaganda by advocates of software patents. They call software development “industry” and then try to argue that this means it should be subject to patent monopolies. The European Parliament, rejecting software patents in 2003, voted to define “industry” as “automated production of material goods.”(29)

“工业”一词正在被软件专利的倡导者用作一种鼓吹。他们将软件开发称为“工业”，然后试图争论这意味着它也应该受到专利垄断权的支配。欧洲议会于 2003 年拒绝软件专利，并且通过表决，将“工业”一词定义为“实物物品的自动化生产”。(29)

“Source Model” {#source-model .subheading}

源代码模型（Source Model）

Wikipedia uses the term “source model” in a confused and ambiguous way. Ostensibly it refers to how a program’s source is distributed, but the text confuses this with the development methodology. It distinguishes “open source” and “shared source” as answers, but they overlap— Microsoft uses the latter as a marketing term to cover a range of practices, some of which are “open source.” Thus, this term really conveys no coherent information, but it provides an opportunity to say “open source” in pages describing free software programs.

Wikipedia 以一种使人混淆的方式使用“源代码模型”这一概念。从表面看，它指的是程序的源代码如何分发，但其文本将这一概念与开发方法论混淆起来。它将区分“开放源代码”和“共享源代码”作为答案，但它们是重叠的——微软将后者作为一种市场概念以覆盖一系列实践，其中的一些也是“开放源代码”的。因此，这一概念实际上未能传达任何合乎逻辑的信息，但它为连篇累牍地将自由软件描述为“开源”提供了机会。

“Terminal” {#terminal .subheading}

终端（Terminal）

Mobile phones and tablets are computers, and people should be able to do their computing on them using free software. To call them “terminals” supposes that all they are good for is to connect to servers, which is a bad way to do your own computing.

移动电话和平板设备是计算机，并且人们应当被允许在它们上面使用自由软件以进行他们的计算。将它们称为“终端”暗示它们仅仅适合于连接到服务器，这是您进行您自己的计算的一种坏的方式。

“Theft” {#theft .subheading}

盗窃（Theft）

The supporters of a too-strict, repressive form of copyright often use words like “stolen” and “theft” to refer to copyright infringement. This is spin, but they would like you to take it for objective truth.

一种过于严格和专制的版权制度的支持者通常使用诸如“盗版”或者“盗窃”这样的词语来指代侵犯版权的行为。这是一种偏见，但是它们希望您将其作为客观事实而接受。

Under the US legal system, copyright infringement is not theft. Laws about theft are not applicable to copyright infringement. The supporters of repressive copyright are making an appeal to authority—and misrepresenting what authority says.(30) which shows what can properly be described as “copyright theft.”

在美国法律体系中，版权侵犯并不属于盗窃。适用于盗窃的法律并不适用于版权侵犯。专制性的版权制度的支持者正在请求权力机构——并且错误地解读权力机构所说的话(30)，这显示了什么才能被恰当地描述为“版权盗窃”。

Unauthorized copying is forbidden by copyright law in many circumstances (not all!), but being forbidden doesn’t make it wrong. In general, laws don’t define right and wrong. Laws, at their best, attempt to implement justice. If the laws (the implementation) don’t fit our ideas of right and wrong (the spec), the laws are what should change.

非授权复制在很多情况下（不是全部！）被版权法所禁止，但是被禁止并不意味着它是错误的。从普遍意义上说，法律并不定义正确与错误。法律充其量只能试图实施公正。如果法律（实现）不能适应我们的是非观（具体），那么这样的法律就应该被改变。

A US judge, presiding over a trial for copyright infringement, recognized that “piracy” and “theft” are smear words.(31)

一位主持了一场版权侵犯审判的美国法官认可“盗版”和“盗窃”属于诽谤性的词语。(31)

“Trusted Computing” {#trusted-computing .subheading}

信任计算（Trusted Computing）

“Trusted computing” is the proponents’ name for a scheme to redesign computers so that application developers can trust your computer to obey them instead of you.(32) From their point of view, it is “trusted”; from your point of view, it is “treacherous.”

“信任计算”是其倡导者所起的名字，用于指代这样一种重新设计计算机的阴谋，这使得应用程序开发者可以信任您的计算机将会服从他们而非您。(32)从他们的角度看，这是“信任”；从您的角度看，这是“背叛”。

“Vendor” {#vendor .subheading}

供应商（Vendor）

Please don’t use the term “vendor” to refer generally to anyone that develops or packages software. Many programs are developed in order to sell copies, and their developers are therefore their vendors; this even includes some free software packages. However, many programs are developed by volunteers or organizations which do not intend to sell copies. These developers are not vendors. Likewise, only some of the packagers of GNU/Linux distributions are vendors. We recommend the general term “supplier” instead.

请不要使用“供应商”一词一般性地指代任何开发或者打包软件的人。很多程序被开发的目的是贩卖其副本并且它们的开发者自然也是其供应商；这甚至也包括部分自由软件包。然而，很多程序是由志愿者或者并非致力于贩卖副本的组织开发的。这些开发者不是供应商。类似地，只有部分 GNU/Linux 发行版的打包者是供应商，我们建议“供应者”（supplier）这一通用性的概念。

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