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authorRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2021-04-15 12:07:39 +0200
committerRicardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>2021-04-15 12:08:26 +0200
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parentkickoff: Tweak wording about the mailing list. (diff)
free-software: Move "open source" aside to a footnote.
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1`((title . "Free software")
2 (author . "The GNU Assembly")
3 (content
4 (h1 "What’s “free software”?")
5
6 (p "The GNU Assembly produces " (em "free software")
7 " — also referred to as “" (em "libre") " software”, “liberating
8software”, or "
9 (a (@ (aria-describedby "footnote-label")
10 (href "#open-source")) "“open source”")
11 ". "
12 "Software is “free” if it " (em "respects its user’s
13freedom") ", namely the following four essential freedoms:")
14
15 (ol
16 (li "The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any
17purpose.")
18 (li "The freedom to study how the program works and to change it
19to suit their needs.")
20 (li "The freedom to redistribute it.")
21 (li "The freedom to distribute copies of modified versions."))
22 (p "These criteria were spelled out by Richard M. Stallman in the
231980s. The defense of the freedom of computer users is at the core of
24the " (a (@ (href "/en/documents/social-contract")) "Social
25Contract") " of the GNU Assembly.")
26
27 (div
28 (@ (id "footnote-labels"))
29 (h2 "Footnotes")
30 (ol
31 (li (@ (id "open-source"))
32 "The term “open source” fails to convey the main idea: that
33the goal is freedom.")))))
34
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