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'''Free software''' is software that is made available under a licence that grants the user specific rights that are not typically granted for proprietary software, which include:

'''Free software''' is software that is made available under a license that grants the user specific rights that are not typically granted for proprietary software, which include:

* Run the program for any purpose

* Run the program for any purpose

* Study how the software works and modify it to meet your needs

* Study how the software works and modify it to meet your needs

* Publish modifications to the software

* Publish modifications to the software

In order to fulfil these requirements access to the [[source code]] is essential, so free software is a type of [[open source]] software. The right to distribute the software may be subject to a clause that ensures that future recipients of the software have the same freedoms.

In order to fulfill these requirements access to the [[source code]] is essential, so free software is a type of [[open source]] software. The right to distribute the software may be subject to a clause that ensures that future recipients of the software have the same freedoms.

Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server.

Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server.