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Sat Dec 12 14:56:55 2009 UTC
+revision 1.90 by rms,
Wed Dec 30 20:00:11 2009 UTC
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 program's users have the four essential
    <li>The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
        (freedom 2).
    </li>
-   <li>The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements
+   <li>The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions
-       (and modified versions in general)
+       to others (freedom 3).  By doing this you can give the whole
-       to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3).
+       community a chance to benefit from your changes.
        Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
    </li>
  </ul>
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 them if they like.</p>
  <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.89&amp;r2=1.90">Version
+.90</a>: Clarify that freedom 3 means the right to distribute copies
+ of your own modified or improved version, not a right to participate
+ in someone else's development project.</li>
  <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.88&amp;r2=1.89">Version
 .89</a>: Freedom 3 includes the right to release modified versions as
  free software.</li>
  <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.79&amp;r2=1.80">Version
 .80</a>: Freedom 1 must be practical, not just theoretical;
  i.e., no tivoization.</li>

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