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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:
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Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program; (1) to study
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and change the program in source code form; (2) to redistribute exact copies, and
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Software differs from material objects
such as chairs, sandwiches
and gasoline
in that it can be copied 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:
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