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and avoid various practical problems. |
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<a href="free-doc.html">Software manuals must be free</a>, for the same |
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Any kind of work <em>can</em> be free, and the definition of free software |
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Another group has started using the term <q>open source</q> to mean |
Another group has started using the term <q>open source</q> to mean |
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something close (but not identical) to <q>free software.</q> We prefer |
something close (but not identical) to <q>free software.</q> We |
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the term <q>free software</q> because, once you have heard it refers to |
prefer the term <q>free software</q> because, once you have heard that |
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freedom rather than price, <a href="free-software-for-freedom.html">it |
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