He conceived of the notion of "[[free software]]" being formally licensed as an alternative to the [[public domain]], thus forming a worldwide community of programmers and software users who can all equally share the benefits of new and improved software donated to the community. | He conceived of the notion of "[[free software]]" being formally licensed as an alternative to the [[public domain]], thus forming a worldwide community of programmers and software users who can all equally share the benefits of new and improved software donated to the community. |