Appendix D. The Free Software Definition
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We maintain this free software definition to show clearly what must be true about a particular software program for it to be considered free software.
“Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.”
Free software is a matter of the users’ freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:
The freedom ...
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