From a07b193a7548cbc04d9822e11281cb9c9edfafc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:07:39 +0200 Subject: free-software: Move "open source" aside to a footnote. The extra markup and styling necessitates the conversion from markdown to sxml. --- free-software.md | 21 --------------------- 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 free-software.md (limited to 'free-software.md') diff --git a/free-software.md b/free-software.md deleted file mode 100644 index 178740a..0000000 --- a/free-software.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -title: Free software -author: The GNU Assembly ---- - -# What’s “free software”? - -The GNU Assembly produces _free software_, also referred to as “_libre_ -software”, “liberating software”, or “open source” — but that last one -fails to convey the main idea, that the goal is freedom. Software -is “free” if it _respects its user’s freedom_, namely the following four -essential freedoms: - - 1. The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any purpose. - 2. The freedom to study how the program works and to change it to suit - their needs. - 3. The freedom to redistribute it. - 4. The freedom to distribute copies of modified versions. - -These criteria were spelled out by Richard M. Stallman in the 1980s. -The defense of the freedom of computer users is at the core of the -[Social Contract](/en/documents/social-contract) of the GNU Assembly. -- cgit v1.2.1