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1title: Free software
2author: The GNU Assembly
3---
4
5# What’s “free software”?
6
7The GNU Assembly produces _free software_, also referred to as “_libre_
8software”, “liberating software”, or “open source” — but that last one
9fails to convey the main idea, that the goal is freedom. Software
10is “free” if it _respects its user’s freedom_, namely the following four
11essential freedoms:
12
13 1. The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any purpose.
14 2. The freedom to study how the program works and to change it to suit
15 their needs.
16 3. The freedom to redistribute it.
17 4. The freedom to distribute copies of modified versions.
18
19These criteria were spelled out by Richard M. Stallman in the 1980s.
20The defense of the freedom of computer users is at the core of the
21[Social Contract](/en/documents/social-contract) of the GNU Assembly.