Difference between revisions of "Free software movement"

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'''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:
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The '''free software movement''' advocates the creation and sharing of '''free software''', which 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

Revision as of 16:34, December 18, 2009

The free software movement advocates the creation and sharing of free software, which 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
  • Study how the software works and modify it to meet your needs
  • Distribute copies of the software
  • Publish modifications to the software

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 web server, which this very site runs on.