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ABOUT GNU
PHILOSOPHT
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Philosophy_
Essals Bartieles
Abbudlee sollwaale
Prnelples;
What is Free Software?
"Eree soltwware
means software that respects users"
[reedmtand
community; Roughly; Itemeans (hat the
users have the freedom t run; copy; distribute.
study clange and improve the software.Thus.
Hftee software
is d matter 0f liberty, nOt price. To
nderstand the coneept; you should thinkol "[ree"ra5
In "free speech
nOL 05 In tfree beer
We sometimes
eall L "libre soitware;
borowing the French 0F:
Spanish word for "free" as in freedom;
LO show werdo"
nokmean the softwaare IS
You may have paid money t0-ger copies of a freer
prOgram; OFVOU may have obrained copies aL nO
charge. But tegardless of how yOUL got
copiess
ou always have the freedom [0 copy and
the
softwale, even (0 sell copies
We campalgn [0r these [reedoms because everyone deserves
them: Wih these [reedoms, the usets (botli individually and
collectively) contr] Ihe prognm and whalil does f0r theni;
When Lsers don( tontol the progranl we @lli d "nonfee"
propretily" progum: The nonfree program conols [he
users, and_he developer conuols the program; [his makes
the progrm an insmmumentof unjust power.
"Open source" is
somelhing different: It has
veryadifferent
eratis
our
change