From 3d7357d76dfd3ab2ae9ec1ab7b29b487a4e96918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 18:58:07 +0200 Subject: website: Add free software definition. * website/free-software.md: New file. * website/haunt.scm (static-pages): Add it. * website/index.md: Refer to it. --- website/free-software.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/free-software.md (limited to 'website/free-software.md') diff --git a/website/free-software.md b/website/free-software.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d173927 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/free-software.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +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”. 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 are at the core of the +[Social Contract](/en/documents/social-contract) of the GNU Assembly. -- cgit v1.2.1