www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       19/03/20 06:47:46

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Clarify that the four freedoms apply to any and all users,
        and that requiring users to pay to exercise some of these freedoms is
        a way of denying them.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.162&r2=1.163

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.162
retrieving revision 1.163
diff -u -b -r1.162 -r1.163
--- free-sw.html        15 Dec 2018 14:02:38 -0000      1.162
+++ free-sw.html        20 Mar 2019 10:47:44 -0000      1.163
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@
 <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</a>.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+A free program must offer the four freedoms to any user that obtains a
+copy of the software, provided the user has complied thus far with the
+conditions of the free license covering the software.  Putting some of
+the freedoms off limits to some users, or requiring that users pay, in
+money or in kind, to exercise them, is tantamount to not granting the
+freedoms in question, and thus renders the program nonfree.
+</p>
+
 <p>The rest of this page clarifies certain points about what makes
 specific freedoms adequate or not.</p>
 
@@ -439,6 +448,11 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.162&amp;r2=1.163";>Version
+1.163</a>: Clarify that the four freedoms apply to any and all users,
+and that requiring users to pay to exercise some of these freedoms is
+a way of denying them.</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.152&amp;r2=1.153";>Version
 1.153</a>: Clarify that freedom to run the program means nothing stops
 you from making it run.</li>
@@ -628,7 +642,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/12/15 14:02:38 $
+$Date: 2019/03/20 10:47:44 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>