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  <link rel="alternate" title="What's New" href="http://www.gnu.org/rss/whatsnew.rss" type="application/rss+xml" />
  <link rel="alternate" title="New Free Software" href="http://www.gnu.org/rss/quagga.rss" type="application/rss+xml" />
- <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
  <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-sw.translist" -->
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  <h2>What is free software?</h2>
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 make them.
  <p>
  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
  &ldquo;source code&rdquo; is not real source code and does not count
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 you always have the freedom to copy and
  <p>
  Whether a change constitutes an improvement is a subjective matter.
- If your modifications are limited, in substance, to changes that
+ If your right to modify a program is limited, in substance, to changes that
- someone else considers an improvement, that is not freedom.
+ someone else considers an improvement, that program is not free.
  </p>
  <p>
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 the program, so you won't have trouble m
  </p>
  <p>
- A special issue arises when a license requires changing the name by
- which the program will be invoked from other programs.  That
- effectively hampers you from releasing your changed version so that it
- can replace the original when invoked by those other programs.  This
- sort of requirement is acceptable only if there's a suitable aliasing
- facility that allows you to specify the original program's name as an
- alias for the modified version.</p>
- <p>
  Rules that &ldquo;if you make your version available in this way, you
  must make it available in that way also&rdquo; can be acceptable too,
  on the same condition.  An example of such an acceptable rule is one
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 are also acceptable.
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 are also acceptable.
  </p>
  <p>
+ A special issue arises when a license requires changing the name by
+ which the program will be invoked from other programs.  That
+ effectively hampers you from releasing your changed version so that it
+ can replace the original when invoked by those other programs.  This
+ sort of requirement is acceptable only if there's a suitable aliasing
+ facility that allows you to specify the original program's name as an
+ alias for the modified version.</p>
+ <p>
  In the GNU project, we use
  <a href="/copyleft/copyleft.html">copyleft</a>
  to protect these freedoms legally for everyone.  But
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 help you can ensure that the license rea
  and avoid various practical problems.
  </p>
- <h2 id="beyond-software">Beyond Software</h2>
+ <h3 id="beyond-software">Beyond Software</h3>
  <p>
  <a href="/philosophy/free-doc.html">Software manuals must be free</a>,
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 has been extended to a definition of <a
  free cultural works</a> applicable to any kind of works.
  </p>
- <h2 id="open-source">Open Source?</h2>
+ <h3 id="open-source">Open Source?</h3>
  <p>
  Another group has started using the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo; to mean
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 word &ldquo;open&rdquo; <a href="/philos
  never refers to freedom</a>.
  </p>
- <h2 id="History">History</h2>
+ <h3 id="History">History</h3>
  <p>From time to time we revise this Free Software Definition.  Here is
- the list of changes, along with links to show exactly what was
+ the list of substantive changes, along with links to show exactly what
- changed.</p>
+ was changed.</p>
  <ul>
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 translations of this article.
  </p>
  <p>
- Copyright &copy; 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
+ Copyright &copy; 1996-2002, 2004-2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 Free Software
-, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Foundation, Inc.
  </p>
  <p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
  href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative
  Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
  </p>
- <p>
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- Updated:
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