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Philosophy of the GNU Project
Free software means that the software's users have freedom. (The issue is not about price: 
We developed the
GNU operating system s0 that users can have freedom in their
computing:
Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program; (1) to study
and change the program in source code form, (2) to redistribute exact copies
to distribute modified
versions.
Software differs from material objects
such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline
in that it can be
and
changed much more easily: These facilities are why software is useful; we believe
program's users should be
free to take
advantage of them, not solely its developer:
For further
please select
section from the menu above.
See audio-video gnu:org for
recordings of Richard Stallman's speeches:
Introduction
What is Free Software?
Why we must insist on free software
Proprietary software is often malware
History_of GNUILinux
Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism
Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation
Selling Free Software is OK!
Motives For Writing Free Software
The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story by Richard Stallman
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copied
reading,