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<p>ConservaDev: Added new categories</p> <hr /> <div>The '''free software movement''' advocates the creation and sharing of '''free software''' (compare [[open source]]).<br /> <br /> Software genius, [[GNU]] pioneer and [[Communist]] [[Richard Stallman]] defines free software as respecting the &quot;essential freedoms&quot; to:<br /> <br /> * Run the program for any purpose<br /> * Study how the software works and modify it to meet your needs<br /> * Distribute copies of the software<br /> * Publish modifications to the software<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Stallman and his [[Free Software Foundation]] created the [[General Public License]], which grants the user specific rights that are not typically granted for proprietary software.<br /> <br /> Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server, which this very site runs on.<br /> <br /> ==Liberal Bias==<br /> <br /> The Free Software Movement shows a [[liberal bias]] by effectively requiring [[Communism]]. It seeks to replace the free market of software with common ownership of all programs. The Free Software Movement also advocates for viral licenses, which force other entities to support the Free Software Movement by preventing compatibility with proprietary software. Such licenses are therefore effectively an example of [[Totalitarianism]], but with the government replaced by an inert license.<br /> <br /> ==Free software and Open Source software==<br /> <br /> Stallman wrote:<br /> * The two terms describe almost the same category of software, but they stand for views based on fundamentally different values. Open source is a [[development methodology]]; free software is a [[social movement]]. For the free software movement, free software is an [[ethical imperative]], because only free software respects the users' freedom. By contrast, the philosophy of open source considers issues in terms of how to make software “better”—in a practical sense only. [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html]<br /> <br /> ==Links==<br /> Articles by [[Richard Stallman]]:<br /> *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html Why “Free Software” is better than “Open Source”]<br /> *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Software]]<br /> [[Category:Internet]]<br /> [[Category:Libertarianism]]<br /> [[Category:Operating Systems]]<br /> [[Category:Linux]]<br /> [[Category:Computers]]<br /> [[Category:Philosophy]]<br /> [[Category:Communism]]<br /> [[Category:Oppression]]<br /> [[Category:Anti-American]]</div>

ConservaDev https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Free_software_movement&diff=1094736 2014-07-24T17:04:35Z

<p>ConservaDev: Liberal Bias</p> <hr /> <div>The '''free software movement''' advocates the creation and sharing of '''free software''' (compare [[open source]]).<br /> <br /> Software genius, [[GNU]] pioneer and [[Communist]] [[Richard Stallman]] defines free software as respecting the &quot;essential freedoms&quot; to:<br /> <br /> * Run the program for any purpose<br /> * Study how the software works and modify it to meet your needs<br /> * Distribute copies of the software<br /> * Publish modifications to the software<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Stallman and his [[Free Software Foundation]] created the [[General Public License]], which grants the user specific rights that are not typically granted for proprietary software.<br /> <br /> Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server, which this very site runs on.<br /> <br /> ==Liberal Bias==<br /> <br /> The Free Software Movement shows a [[liberal bias]] by effectively requiring [[Communism]]. It seeks to replace the free market of software with common ownership of all programs. The Free Software Movement also advocates for viral licenses, which force other entities to support the Free Software Movement by preventing compatibility with proprietary software. Such licenses are therefore effectively an example of [[Totalitarianism]], but with the government replaced by an inert license.<br /> <br /> ==Free software and Open Source software==<br /> <br /> Stallman wrote:<br /> * The two terms describe almost the same category of software, but they stand for views based on fundamentally different values. Open source is a [[development methodology]]; free software is a [[social movement]]. For the free software movement, free software is an [[ethical imperative]], because only free software respects the users' freedom. By contrast, the philosophy of open source considers issues in terms of how to make software “better”—in a practical sense only. [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html]<br /> <br /> ==Links==<br /> Articles by [[Richard Stallman]]:<br /> *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html Why “Free Software” is better than “Open Source”]<br /> *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Software]]<br /> [[Category:Internet]]<br /> [[Category:Libertarianism]]<br /> [[Category:Operating Systems]]<br /> [[Category:Linux]]<br /> [[Category:Computers]]<br /> [[Category:Philosophy]]</div>

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