Free software | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/10/2019

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00:01:41 1 Context
00:03:35 1.1 Naming and differences with Open Source
00:05:21 2 Definition and the Four Freedoms
00:08:26 3 Examples
00:09:30 4 History
00:13:31 4.1 1980s: Foundation of the GNU project
00:14:30 4.2 1990s: Release of the Linux kernel
00:15:41 5 Licensing
00:20:46 6 Security and reliability
00:22:22 6.1 Binary blobs and other proprietary software
00:24:10 7 Business model
00:27:28 8 Economical aspects and adoption
00:29:46 9 See also



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Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, not price: users—individually or in cooperation with computer programmers—are free to do what they want with their copies of a free software (including profiting from them) regardless of how much is paid to obtain the program. Computer programs are deemed free if they give users (not just the developer) ultimate control over the software and, subsequently, over their devices.The right to study and modify a computer program entails that source code—the preferred format for making changes—be made available to users of that program. While this is often called "access to source code" or "public availability", the Free Software Foundation recommends against thinking in those terms, because it might give the impression that users have an obligation (as opposed to a right) to give non-users a copy of the program.
Although the term "free software" had already been used loosely in the past, Richard Stallman is credited with tying it to the sense under discussion and starting the free-software movement in 1983, when he launched the GNU Project: a collaborative effort to create a freedom-respecting operating system, and to revive the spirit of cooperation once prevalent among hackers during the early days of computing.