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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-04-10 21:15:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2021-04-10 21:15:26 +0200 |
| commit | e0cb7bee715e49e7d882de821d39bdbf8d600401 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a0c3c25cf62eb27bc1e994061b801ef1a25fd93 | |
| parent | website: Add free software definition. (diff) | |
website: free-software: Add note on "open source".
* website/free-software.md: Add note about "open source".
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diff --git a/website/free-software.md b/website/free-software.md index d173927..65bca7d 100644 --- a/website/free-software.md +++ b/website/free-software.md | |||
| @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ author: The GNU Assembly | |||
| 5 | # What’s “free software”? | 5 | # What’s “free software”? |
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | The GNU Assembly produces _free software_, also referred to as “_libre_ | 7 | The GNU Assembly produces _free software_, also referred to as “_libre_ |
| 8 | software”, “liberating software”, or “open source”. Software is “free” | 8 | software”, “liberating software”, or “open source” — though we think |
| 9 | if it _respects its user’s freedom_, namely the following four essential | 9 | this last one fails to convey the main idea, as we shall see. Software |
| 10 | freedoms: | 10 | is “free” if it _respects its user’s freedom_, namely the following four |
| 11 | essential freedoms: | ||
| 11 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 1. The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any purpose. | 13 | 1. The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any purpose. |
| 13 | 2. The freedom to study how the program works and to change it to suit | 14 | 2. The freedom to study how the program works and to change it to suit |