--- www/philosophy/free-sw.html 2007/03/08 22:19:23 1.56 +++ www/philosophy/free-sw.html 2007/03/10 15:26:30 1.57 @@ -234,14 +234,39 @@ and avoid various practical problems.
++Software manuals must be free, for the same +reasons that software must be free, and because the manuals are in effect +part of the software.
+ + ++The same arguments also make sense for other kinds of works of +practical use -- that is to say, works that embody useful knowledge, +such as educational works and reference +works. Wikipedia is the best known +example. +
+ ++Any kind of work can be free, and the definition of free software +has been extended to a definition of +free cultural works applicable to any kind of works. +
+
Another group has started using the term open source
to mean
-something close (but not identical) to free software.
We prefer
-the term free software
because, once you have heard it refers to
-freedom rather than price, it
-calls to mind freedom. The word open
never does that.
+something close (but not identical) to free software.
We
+prefer the term free software
because, once you have heard that
+it refers to freedom rather than price, it calls to mind freedom.
+The word open
+never refers to freedom .
Updated: -$Date: 2007/03/08 22:19:23 $ $Author: karl $ +$Date: 2007/03/10 15:26:30 $ $Author: rms $