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<h2>Privacy policy</h2>
<p>The fsfe.org web site is run by the FSFE e.V. When this policy refers to “we”, this means the FSFE.</p>
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<h2>Politica sulla privacy</h2>
<p>Il sito web fsfe.org è gestito dalla FSFE e.V. Quando in questa policy ci si riferisce a "noi", si intende la FSFE.</p>
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<p>The FSFE aims to make Free Software licensing more understandable and manageable, and to provide assistance to those who may need help to properly fulfil their license obligations. Below you can find the most frequently asked questions about Free Software, copyright, and licensing.</p>
<p>If your question is not covered here or in any of our other resources, you can consider asking our <ahref="#lqteam">License Questions team</a> by sending them an email at <emailmailto="yes">licence-questions@fsfe.org</email>.</p>
<p>If your question is not covered here or in any of our other resources, you can consider asking our <ahref="#lqteam">License Questions team</a> by sending them an email at <emailmailto="yes">licence-questions@fsfe.org</email>.</p>
<p>The FSFE's License Questions mailing list is our group of volunteers dedicated to provide with Free Software licenses and compliance. You can find out more information about our <ahref="#lqteam">License Questions team</a> at the bottom of this page.</p>
<h2>Frequently Asked Questions on Free Software Licensing</h2>
<h3>The Basics</h3>
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<li><ahref="#freesoftware">What is Free Software?</a></li>
<li><ahref="#opensource">What is Open Source Software?</a></li>
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<h3id="opensource">What is Open Source software?</h3>
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You might have also come across the term “Open Source” software, which was created as
You might have also come across the term “Open Source” software, which was created as
a synonym for Free Software in 1998. The term also
describes the complete set and range of software licenses that give
users the right to use, study, share, and improve the software. The
term “Open Source” is regulated by the Open Source Initiative (the OSI), which
states that “Open Source” (Free Software) doesn't just mean access to the source code,
states that “Open Source” (Free Software) doesn't just mean access to the source code,
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While software in the public domain certainly can overlap with the aims of Free Software, as a rule, Free Software is not synonymous with public domain. Indeed, most of Free Software is bound by the rules of copyright. Especially in the European Union, the existing copyright and patent systems make it difficult to identify a work under the public domain accurately.
While software in the public domain certainly can overlap with the aims of Free Software, as a rule, Free Software is not synonymous with public domain. Indeed, most of Free Software is bound by the rules of copyright. Especially in the European Union, the existing copyright and patent systems make it difficult to identify a work under the public domain accurately.
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use, study, share, and improve the software, it is a Free Software
license. You can find here lists of Free Software licenses <a
href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html">evaluated by the Free Software Foundation</a> and <a
href="https://opensource.org/licenses/category">approved Free Software licenses by the Open Source Initiative</a>.
href="https://opensource.org/licenses/category">approved Free Software licenses by the Open Source Initiative</a>.
The FSFE’s License Questions mailing list is our group of
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If you need advice on what Free Software licence you should use,
or if you want to know more about what rights you have over a
piece of Free Software, see if our <ahref="/freesoftware/legal/faq.html">FAQs on Free Software Legal and Licensing issues</a> can help you to address your issue. If you need more help than the FAQ can provide, please contact us by sending a message