--- www/philosophy/free-sw.html 2005/02/24 01:44:53 1.33 +++ www/philosophy/free-sw.html 2005/06/19 14:02:11 1.39 @@ -104,14 +104,18 @@ no longer unusual; such free commercial software is very important.

Rules about how to package a modified version are acceptable, if they -don't substantively block your freedom to release modified versions. -Rules that ``if you make the program available in this way, you must -make it available in that way also'' can be acceptable too, on the -same condition. (Note that such a rule still leaves you the choice of -whether to publish the program or not.) It is also acceptable for the -license to require that, if you have distributed a modified version -and a previous developer asks for a copy of it, you must send one, -or that you identify yourself on your modifications.

+don't substantively block your freedom to release modified versions, +or your freedom to make and use modified versions privately. Rules +that ``if you make your version available in this way, you must make +it available in that way also'' can be acceptable too, on the same +condition. (Note that such a rule still leaves you the choice of +whether to publish your version at all.) Rules that require release +of source code to the users for versions that you put into public use +are also acceptable. It is also acceptable for the license to require +that, if you have distributed a modified version and a previous +developer asks for a copy of it, you must send one, or that you +identify yourself on your modifications. +

In the GNU project, we use ``copyleft'' to protect these freedoms legally for everyone. But @@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ - + @@ -255,9 +259,11 @@ | Norsk | Polski | Português -| Românã +| Română | Русский | Slovinsko +| Српски +| Tagalog | Türkçe ]

@@ -287,8 +293,8 @@

Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free -Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA -02111, USA +Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA +02110, USA
Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is @@ -298,7 +304,7 @@

Updated: -$Date: 2005/02/24 01:44:53 $ $Author: alex_muntada $ +$Date: 2005/06/19 14:02:11 $ $Author: rms $