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What is Free Software?
"Free software" means software that respects
users' freedom and community Roughly; it
means that the users have the freedom t0
run;
copy; distribute, study change and
improve the software: Thus; "free software"
i5 d matter of
not price. To understand
the concept; you should think of
as in
speech
not as in
beer:
We
sometimes
it "libre soltware
borrowing
the French or Spanish word for "free
as in
freedom; to show we do not mean the
software i5
You may have paid money tO get copies of a
free program; OT YOu may have obtained
conies alno charoe
But regardless ot how
liberty;
"free"
free
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call
gratis.