In order for freedoms 1 and 3 (the freedom to make changes and the -freedom to publish improved versions) to be meaningful, you must have +freedom to publish the changed versions) to be meaningful, you must have access to the source code of the program. Therefore, accessibility of source code is a necessary condition for free software. Obfuscated “source code” is not real source code and does not count @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
Whether a change constitutes an improvement is a subjective matter. -If your modifications are limited, in substance, to changes that -someone else considers an improvement, that is not freedom. +If your right to modify a program is limited, in substance, to changes that +someone else considers an improvement, that program is not free.
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ and avoid various practical problems.
-Software manuals must be free, @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ free cultural works applicable to any kind of works.
-Another group has started using the term “open source” to mean @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ never refers to freedom.
-From time to time we revise this Free Software Definition. Here is the list of changes, along with links to show exactly what was @@ -454,18 +454,19 @@
-Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, -2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright © 1996-2002, 2004-2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 Free Software +Foundation, Inc.
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Updated: -$Date: 2012/05/18 19:49:07 $ +$Date: 2013/02/09 06:11:14 $