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<h2>What is free software?</h2> |
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<h3>The Free Software Definition</h3> |
<h3>The Free Software Definition</h3> |
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Have a question about free software licensing not answered here? |
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See our other <a href="http://www.fsf.org/licensing">licensing resources</a>, |
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The free software definition presents the criteria for whether a |
The free software definition presents the criteria for whether a |
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particular software program qualifies as free software. From time to |
particular software program qualifies as free software. From time to |
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below for a list of changes that affect the definition of free |
below for a list of changes that affect the definition of free |
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“Free software” means software that respects users' |
“Open source” is something different: it has a very |
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freedom and community. Roughly, <b>the users have the freedom to run, |
different philosophy based on different values. Its practical |
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copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software</b>. With these |
definition is different too, but nearly all open source programs are |
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freedoms, the users (both individually and collectively) control the |
in fact free. We explain the |
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program and what it does for them. |
difference in <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html"> |
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Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software</a>. |
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When users don't control the program, the program controls the users. |
“Free software” means software that respects users' |
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The developer controls the program, and through it controls the users. |
freedom and community. Roughly, it means that <b>the users have the |
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This nonfree or “proprietary” program is therefore an |
freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the |
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instrument of unjust power. |
software</b>. Thus, “free software” is a matter of |
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liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of |
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“free” as in “free speech,” not as in |
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“free beer”. We sometimes call it “libre |
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software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for |
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“free” as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software |
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is gratis. |
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Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. |
We campaign for these freedoms because everyone deserves them. With |
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To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as |
these freedoms, the users (both individually and collectively) control |
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in “free speech,” not as in “free beer”. |
the program and what it does for them. When users don't control the |
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program, we call it a “nonfree” or |
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“proprietary” program. The nonfree program controls the |
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users, and the developer controls the program; this makes the |
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program <a href="/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html"> |
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an instrument of unjust power</a>. |
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<h4> The four essential freedoms</h4> |
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A program is free software if the program's users have the |
A program is free software if the program's users have the |
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four essential freedoms: |
four essential freedoms: <a href="#f1">[1]</a> |
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<li>The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li> |
<li>The freedom to run the program as you wish, |
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for any purpose (freedom 0).</li> |
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<li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it |
<li>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it |
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does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source |
does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source |
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code is a precondition for this. |
code is a precondition for this. |
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<li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor |
<li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others |
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(freedom 2). |
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<li>The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions |
<li>The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions |
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A program is free software if users have all of these freedoms. Thus, |
A program is free software if it gives users adequately all of these |
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you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or without |
freedoms. Otherwise, it is nonfree. While we can distinguish various |
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modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to |
nonfree distribution schemes in terms of how far they fall short of |
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<a href="#exportcontrol">anyone anywhere</a>. Being free to do these |
being free, we consider them all equally unethical.</p> |
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things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay |
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for permission to do so. |
<p>In any given scenario, these freedoms must apply to whatever code |
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we plan to make use of, or lead others to make use of. For instance, |
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consider a program A which automatically launches a program B to |
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handle some cases. If we plan to distribute A as it stands, that |
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implies users will need B, so we need to judge whether both A and B |
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are free. However, if we plan to modify A so that it doesn't use B, |
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only A needs to be free; B is not pertinent to that plan.</p> |
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“Free software” does not mean “noncommercial”. |
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On the contrary, a free program must be available for commercial use, |
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commercial development, and commercial distribution. This policy is |
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of fundamental importance—without this, free software could not |
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achieve its aims. |
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You should also have the freedom to make modifications and use them |
We want to invite everyone to use the GNU system, including businesses |
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privately in your own work or play, without even mentioning that they |
and their workers. That requires allowing commercial use. We hope |
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exist. If you do publish your changes, you should not be required to |
that free replacement programs will supplant comparable proprietary |
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notify anyone in particular, or in any particular way. |
programs, but they can't do that if businesses are forbidden to use |
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them. We want commercial products that contain software to include |
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the GNU system, and that would constitute commercial distribution for |
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a price. Commercial development of free software is no longer |
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unusual; such free commercial software is very important. Paid, |
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professional support for free software fills an important need. |
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Thus, to exclude commercial use, commercial development or commercial |
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distribution would hobble the free software community and obstruct its |
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path to success. We must conclude that a program licensed with such |
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restrictions does not qualify as free software. |
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A free program must offer the four freedoms to any would-be user that |
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obtains a copy of the software, who has complied thus far with the |
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conditions of the free license covering the software in any previous |
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distribution of it. Putting some of the freedoms off limits to some |
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users, or requiring that users pay, in money or in kind, to exercise |
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them, is tantamount to not granting the freedoms in question, and thus |
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renders the program nonfree. |
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You may have paid money to get copies of a free program, or you may |
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have obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your |
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copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, |
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even to <a href="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</a>. |
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<h3>Clarifying the boundary between free and nonfree</h3> |
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<p>In the rest of this article we explain more precisely how far the |
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various freedoms need to extend, on various issues, in order for a |
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<h4>The freedom to run the program as you wish</h4> |
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The freedom to run the program means the freedom for any kind of person |
The freedom to run the program means the freedom for any kind of person |
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or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind of |
or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind of |
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overall job and purpose, without being required to communicate about it |
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The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable |
The freedom to run the program as you wish means that you are not |
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forms of the program, as well as source code, for both modified and |
forbidden or stopped from making it run. This has nothing to do with what |
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unmodified versions. (Distributing programs in runnable form is necessary |
functionality the program has, whether it is technically capable of |
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for conveniently installable free operating systems.) It is OK if there |
functioning in any given environment, or whether it is useful for any |
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is no way to produce a binary or executable form for a certain program |
particular computing activity.</p> |
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(since some languages don't support that feature), but you must have the |
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freedom to redistribute such forms should you find or develop a way to |
<p>For example, if the code arbitrarily rejects certain meaningful |
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make them. |
inputs—or even fails unconditionally—that may make the |
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program less useful, perhaps even totally useless, but it does not |
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deny users the freedom to run the program, so it does not conflict |
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with freedom 0. If the program is free, the users can overcome the |
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loss of usefulness, because freedoms 1 and 3 permit users and |
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communities to make and distribute modified versions without the |
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arbitrary nuisance code.</p> |
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<p>“As you wish” includes, optionally, “not at |
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all” if that is what you wish. So there is no need for a |
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separate “freedom not to run a program.”</p> |
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<h4>The freedom to study the source code and make changes</h4> |
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In order for freedoms 1 and 3 (the freedom to make changes and the |
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freedom to publish the changed versions) to be meaningful, you must have |
freedom to publish the changed versions) to be meaningful, you need to have |
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access to the source code of the program. Therefore, accessibility of |
access to the source code of the program. Therefore, accessibility of |
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source code is a necessary condition for free software. Obfuscated |
source code is a necessary condition for free software. Obfuscated |
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“source code” is not real source code and does not count |
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run someone else's modified versions but refuse to run yours — a |
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practice known as “tivoization” or “lockdown”, |
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or (in its practitioners' perverse terminology) as “secure |
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boot” — freedom 1 becomes a theoretical fiction rather |
boot” — freedom 1 becomes an empty pretense rather than a |
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than a practical freedom. This is not sufficient. In other words, |
practical reality. These binaries are not free |
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these binaries are not free software even if the source code they are |
software even if the source code they are compiled from is free. |
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Whether a change constitutes an improvement is a subjective matter. |
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someone else considers an improvement, that program is not free. |
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<p>Freedom to distribute (freedoms 2 and 3) means you are free to |
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You should also have the freedom to make modifications and use them |
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privately in your own work or play, without even mentioning that they |
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Freedom 3 includes the freedom to release your modified versions |
Freedom 3 includes the freedom to release your modified versions |
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as free software. A free license may also permit other ways of |
as free software. A free license may also permit other ways of |
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releasing them; in other words, it does not have to be |
releasing them; in other words, it does not have to be |
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In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be permanent and |
The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable |
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irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the |
forms of the program, as well as source code, for both modified and |
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software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively add |
unmodified versions. (Distributing programs in runnable form is necessary |
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restrictions to its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give |
for conveniently installable free operating systems.) It is OK if there |
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cause, the software is not free. |
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(since some languages don't support that feature), but you must have the |
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freedom to redistribute such forms should you find or develop a way to |
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However, certain kinds of rules about the manner of distributing free |
Certain kinds of rules about the manner of distributing free |
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software are acceptable, when they don't conflict with the central |
software are acceptable, when they don't conflict with the central |
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freedoms. For example, copyleft (very simply stated) is the rule that |
freedoms. For example, <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a> |
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when redistributing the program, you cannot add restrictions to deny |
(very simply stated) is the rule that when redistributing the program, |
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other people the central freedoms. This rule does not conflict with |
you cannot add restrictions to deny other people the central freedoms. |
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the central freedoms; rather it protects them. |
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“Free software” does not mean “noncommercial”. A free |
In the GNU project, we use copyleft to protect the four freedoms |
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program must be available for commercial use, commercial development, |
legally for everyone. We believe there are important reasons why |
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and commercial distribution. Commercial development of free software |
<a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">it is better to use |
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is no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important. |
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You may have paid money to get copies of free software, or you may have |
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obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your copies, |
noncopylefted free software</a> is ethical |
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you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to |
too. See <a href="/philosophy/categories.html">Categories of Free |
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<a href="/philosophy/selling.html">sell copies</a>. |
Software</a> for a description of how “free software,” |
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“copylefted software” and other categories of software |
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If your right to modify a program is limited, in substance, to changes that |
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someone else considers an improvement, that program is not free. |
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However, rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, |
Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, |
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if they don't substantively limit your freedom to release modified |
if they don't substantively limit your freedom to release modified |
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versions, or your freedom to make and use modified versions privately. |
versions, or your freedom to make and use modified versions privately. |
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Thus, it is acceptable for the license to require that you change the |
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facility that allows you to specify the original program's name as an |
facility that allows you to specify the original program's name as an |
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alias for the modified version.</p> |
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to protect these freedoms legally for everyone. But |
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free software</a> also exists. We believe there are important reasons why |
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<a href="/philosophy/pragmatic.html">it is better to use copyleft</a>, |
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but if your program is noncopylefted free software, it is still basically |
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Sometimes government <a id="exportcontrol">export control regulations</a> |
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is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program. In this |
is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program. In this |
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way, the restrictions will not affect activities and people outside the |
way, the restrictions will not affect activities and people outside the |
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jurisdictions of these governments. Thus, free software licenses |
jurisdictions of these governments. Thus, free software licenses |
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must not require obedience to any export regulations as a condition of |
must not require obedience to any nontrivial export regulations as a |
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any of the essential freedoms. |
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Merely mentioning the existence of export regulations, without making |
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them a condition of the license itself, is acceptable since it does |
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not restrict users. If an export regulation is actually trivial for |
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free software, then requiring it as a condition is not an actual |
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<h4>Legal considerations</h4> |
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In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be permanent and |
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irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the developer of the |
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software has the power to revoke the license, or retroactively add |
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restrictions to its terms, without your doing anything wrong to give |
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cause, the software is not free. |
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A free license may not require compliance with the license of a |
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nonfree program. Thus, for instance, if a license requires you to |
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comply with the licenses of “all the programs you use”, in |
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compliance with the licenses of those nonfree programs; that makes the |
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