From 77f09b3493174012cd40907a4b04815164f1fd31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thing1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:07:28 +0100
Subject: made a script to get the word count, and made a couple grammar fixes

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 writeup/writeup.tex | 17 ++++++-----------
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diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex
index ab3cbdb..7063986 100644
--- a/writeup/writeup.tex
+++ b/writeup/writeup.tex
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@
 {}
 {0em}
 {}[\titlerule]
-\geometry{
-        a4paper,
-        total={170mm,257mm},
-        left=25mm,
-        right=25mm,
-}
+\geometry{a4paper,total={170mm,257mm},left=25mm,right=25mm,}
 
 \author{Lucas Standen}
 \title{WORKING TITLE: Why FOSS software is preferred in the 
@@ -93,17 +88,17 @@ is not focused on its cost.
 
 The main goal of Free Software is to allow the user to have as much freedom as possible when using 
 a piece of software for any purpose. This is in contrast to the traditional alternative, called
-Proprietary Software, which can be defined as software that the user cant edit modify or 
+Proprietary Software, which can be defined as software that the user can not edit modify or 
 redistribute without the original publishers permission. This kind of software intentionally 
 restricts the users freedom, usually for the purpose of profit or control of the software. Some 
 common examples of Proprietary Software, are Microsoft's windows, Apple's iOS, and Google's chrome
 web browser.
 
-One should also note the differences between Free Software and Open Source software. In open source
+One should also note the differences between Free Software and Open Source software. In Open Source
 software, like Free Software, the original code for a program is available to anyone, however
 in Open Source, this is to better the projects development and usability, whereas in Free Software
 it is to better the users freedom. They both use the same methods to achieve differing goals; this
-often leads them to be commonly used together, as the freedoms a user gets from Free Software is 
+often leads them to be commonly used together, as the benifits a user gets from Free Software is 
 much the same in Open Source software, and vice versa.
 
 Many people don't know that they already use Free Software\cite{COMMONfoss}, but often there core 
@@ -111,8 +106,8 @@ tools are Free Software, or are reliant on it. A few examples of this are, Dovec
 an email server which some major email providers use and is Free Software and commonly used, 
 Krita\cite{KRITA}; a graphics design and art tool that is used frequently in animation, and other 
 digital art, is made and managed by the KDE foundation\cite{KDE}, who make exclusively Free 
-Software. A final example if Firefox\cite{FIREFOX} is a Free Software web browser made by Mozilla 
-that makes up 2.71\% of the browser market share, however in the past has had up to 
+Software. A final example is Firefox\cite{FIREFOX} a Free Software web browser made by Mozilla 
+that makes up 2.71\% of the browser market share as of 2024, however in the past has had up to 
 30\%\cite{BROWSERmarketshare}.
 \section{A brief history of FOSS Software}
 \section{Examples of Free Software}
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