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Beyond Software

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Beyond Software

-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.

+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, +practical use — that is to say, works that embody useful knowledge, such as educational works and reference -works. Wikipedia is the best known +works. Wikipedia is the best known example.

@@ -262,13 +262,11 @@ 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 that -it refers to freedom rather than price, it calls to mind freedom. -The word open -never refers to freedom . +it refers to freedom rather than price, it calls to mind freedom. The +word open +never refers to freedom.

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