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     1.4  \chapter{About \freesw\ projects}
     1.5  
     1.6 +% http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/
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     1.8  There are several differences between \freesw\ projects and projects about proprietary software.
     1.9  To understand \freesw\ projects, one needs to understand \freesw\ itself first.
    1.10  
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    1.12  Although various licenses make software free, none of them represents the thinking of \freesw\ like the the \GNU\ \gpl\ (short: \GPL). Its first version was written by Stallman in 1989.
    1.13  One could say, the \GPL\ catalized the \name{Free Software movement}.
    1.14  
    1.15 +% http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
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    1.17  After all, the \GPL\ was not the first \freesw\ license used.
    1.18  The \name{MIT License} (or \name{X Consortium License}) for example is older; published in 1988.
    1.19  Licenses providing the same rights have been used since long time ago.
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    1.21  \freesw\ gives freedoms to its users.
    1.22  In contrast to proprietary software restricting the users freedom.
    1.23  The freedoms (or rights) the user has are stated in the \name{Free Software Definition} of the \NAME{FSF}. Namely these are:
    1.24 +% http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
    1.25 +% http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html
    1.26  \begin{enumerate}
    1.27  	\item The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
    1.28  	\item The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
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    1.30  
    1.31  \name{Open Source Software} is a subset of \freesw, meaning: All \freesw\ is \name{Open Source}, but there exists \name{Open Source Software} that is not free.
    1.32  
    1.33 +% http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
    1.34 +% http://catb.org/~esr/open-source.html
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    1.36  
    1.37  \section{Development of \freesw}
    1.38  Having source code available and the right to modify it, encouridges programmers to actually do so.