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[GNU-traductores] gnudist:/home/www/html/philosophy/free-sw.html -- rece
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[GNU-traductores] gnudist:/home/www/html/philosophy/free-sw.html -- recent changes |
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:22:40 -0800 (PST) |
This is an automated report from gnudist.
Recent changes to /home/www/html/philosophy/free-sw.html:
8 -rw-rw-rw- 1 mhw www 7570 Jan 24 09:38
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+++ /home/www/html/philosophy/free-sw.html Wed Jan 24 09:38:50 2001
@@ -60,28 +60,29 @@
notify anyone in particular, or in any particular way.
<P>
-In order for the freedom to make changes, and to publish improved
-versions, to be meaningful, you must have access to the source code of
-the program. Therefore, accessibility of source code is a necessary
-condition for free software.
+The freedom to use a program means the freedom for any kind of person
+or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind
+of overall job, and without being required to communicate subsequently
+with the developer or any other specific entity.
<P>
-You may have paid money to get copies of GNU software, or you may have
-obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your
-copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software,
-even to <A HREF="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</A>.
+The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable
+forms of the program, as well as source code. (It is ok if there is
+no way to produce a binary or executable form, but people must have
+the freedom to redistribute such forms should they find a way to make
+them.)
<P>
-``Free software'' does not mean ``non-commercial''. A free program
-must be available for commercial use. Commercial development of free
-software is no longer unusual; such programs are free commercial
-software.
+In order for the freedoms to make changes, and to publish improved
+versions, to be meaningful, you must have access to the source code of
+the program. Therefore, accessibility of source code is a necessary
+condition for free software.
<P>
In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be irrevocable as
long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the software has the
-power to revoke the license, even though you have not given cause, the
-software is not free.
+power to revoke the license, without your doing anything to give
+cause, the software is not free.
<P>
However, certain kinds of rules about the manner of distributing free
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@
the central freedoms; rather it protects them.
<P>
+Thus, you may have paid money to get copies of GNU software, or you
+may have obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got
+your copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the
+software, even to <A HREF="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</A>.
+
+<P>
+``Free software'' does not mean ``non-commercial''. A free program
+must be available for commercial use. Commercial development of free
+software is no longer unusual; such programs are free commercial
+software.
+
+<P>
Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they
don't effectively block your freedom to release modified versions.
Rules that ``if you make the program available in this way, you must
@@ -161,7 +174,7 @@
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.<P>
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