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| @@ -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 |