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freedoms to its users. It is 'free' as in freedom not as in 'free of charge'.
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Although some people refer to it, such as Libre Software, Open Source,
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FOSS, and FLOSS, at FSFE, <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/documents/whyfs.en.html">we prefer to talk
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href="/documents/whyfs.en.html">we prefer to talk
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about Free Software</a> because this better reflects the
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philosophy of the <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/4freedoms.en.html">four
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href="/freesoftware/basics/4freedoms.en.html">four
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freedoms</a> which are intrinsic to it.
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</p>
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<p>The Free Software movement was started by Richard Stallman in 1983
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when he inaugurated the <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/gnuproject.en.html">GNU
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href="/freesoftware/basics/gnuproject.en.html">GNU
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project</a>. This was based on the idea that people should
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have full control over the software they they use. Stallman recognised that in order to achieve this, access to the computer program's <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/sourcecode.en.html">source
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href="/freesoftware/basics/sourcecode.en.html">source
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code</a> was a fundamental requirement. Beyond the realm of just the computer industry, the struggle for
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Free Software has extended to the adoption of laws on <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/openstandard.en.html">open
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href="/freesoftware/basics/openstandard.en.html">open
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standards</a>.</p>
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<h2>Quick access to Free software knowledge</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>You hear about Free Software, Open Source, Libre Software, FOSS,
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FLOSS, ... but <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html">what is
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Free Software?</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/documents/whyfs.en.html">Why do we support the use of "Free Software" over the other names ?</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/sourcecode.en.html">What is a source code</a></li>
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<li> <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/openstandard.en.html">What are open standards</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/4freedoms.en.html">Explain the four freedoms to children</a></li>
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<li> What is the <a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/gnuproject.en.html">GNU project</a> ?</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="related">
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<h2>Transcripts</h2>
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<h2>Related content</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-2009-05-22-eliberatica.en.html">Lecture given by Richard Stallman in Bucharest on May 22nd 2009</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html">Lecture given by Richard Stallman in Zagreb on March 9th 2006</a></li>
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<li><a href="/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html">A definition of Free Software</a></li>
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<li><a href="/documents/whyfs.en.html">A comparison of the different terms for Free Software (Open Source, FOSS, FLOSS etc.)</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/basics/sourcecode.en.html">What is a 'source code'?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="/freesoftware/basics/openstandard.en.html">What are 'Open Standards'?</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/basics/4freedoms.en.html">How to explain the four freedoms of Free Software to children</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/basics/gnuproject.en.html">What is the 'GNU project'?</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-2009-05-22-eliberatica.en.html">Richard Stallman lecture on the meaning and importance of Free Software</a></li>
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<li><a href="/freesoftware/transcripts/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html">Richard Stallman lecture on the Free Software movement and the future of freedom</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</body>
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<timestamp>$Date: 2009-07-09 10:06:27 +0200 (Thu, 09 Jul 2009) $ $Author: maelle $</timestamp>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<h3><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/summary.en.html">What is Free Software?</a></h3>
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<h3><a href="http://www.fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/summary.en.html">Free Software: its origin and definition</a></h3>
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