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diff --git a/tmarble/posts/is-slfc-shooting-open-source-in-the-foot.mdwn b/tmarble/posts/is-slfc-shooting-open-source-in-the-foot.mdwn
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+++ b/tmarble/posts/is-slfc-shooting-open-source-in-the-foot.mdwn
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ make open source possible. It's the free software license
 which uses copyright to *enable* sharing (vs. the default
 of *disabling* sharing).
 
+<br/>
+<br/>
 <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses">
-<img src="http://info9.net/images/osi-licenses.png" style="border: solid 1px SlateGrey; border-radius: 4px;" alt="Open Source Licenses"/>
+<img src="http://info9.net/images/osi-licenses.png" alt="Open Source Licenses"/>
 </a>
+<br/>
 
 And so I have appreciated many of the writings and speeches
 from SFLC on the mechanisms of software freedom. I was
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ court that the "you know, the software license was really
 about the spirit of sharing and that means we are allowed
 to use it -- and not be held to the pesky details as written in the license".
 
-A lawyer I respect called this out: ["Equity" has no place in US law"][pchestek-on-sflc]. The point is that for lawyers software licenses work because
+A lawyer I respect called this out: ["Equity" has no place in US law][pchestek-on-sflc]. The point is that for lawyers software licenses work because
 they have clear, written rules to guarantee the spirit is upheld; but spirit
 doesn't work in front of a judge -- clear rules do.
 
@@ -59,9 +62,13 @@ of the license". Especially given the earlier comment which clearly states
 "[the combination] is inconsistent with the literal meaning of
 GPLv2 section 2(b)."
 
+<br/>
+<br/>
 **Wat?**
+<br/>
+<br/>
 
-The entire *raison d'être* for open source software licenses
+The entire [*raison d'être*][raison] for open source software licenses
 was so that developers (and users) would have clarity and
 wouldn't have to *ask permission* to use the software!!!
 
@@ -99,3 +106,4 @@ source software in general?
 [pchestek-on-sflc]: https://twitter.com/pchestek/status/703704091227246593
 [sflc-990-2013]: http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990_pdf_archive/412/412165986/412165986_201401_990.pdf
 [emacsen-on-sflc]: http://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2016/02/28/why-is-sflc-siding-with-oracle-over-linux-developers/
+[raison]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raison_d'%C3%AAtre