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Philosophy of the GNU Project
Free software means that the software'$ users have freedom: (The issue is not about price.
We developed the
GNU operating system so that users can have freedom in their
computing:
See audio-video gnu.org for
Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program; (1) to study
recordings of Richard Stallman's
and change the program in source code form,
2) to redistribute exact copies; and
to distribute modified
versions_
speeches:
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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