Free Software N. As Defined By Richard M. Stallman And Used By The Free Software Movement, This Means Software That Gives Users Enough Freedom To Be Used By The Free Software Community.

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free software n.

As defined by Richard M. Stallman and
used by the Free Software movement, this means software that gives
users enough freedom to be used by the free software community.
Specifically, users must be free to modify the software for their
private use, and free to redistribute it either with or without
modifications, either commercially or noncommercially, either
gratis or charging a distribution fee. Free software has existed
since the dawn of computing; Free Software as a movement began in
1984 with the GNU Project. See also open source.

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