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The Free Software
ify anyone in particular, or in any particular way.

The freedom to use a program means the freedom for

Definition
any kind of person or organization to use it on any
kind of computer system, for any kind of overall job,
and without being required to communicate subsequen-
tly with the developer or any other specific entity.

The freedom to redistribute copies must include bina-

Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, ry or executable forms of the program, as well as
Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Verbatim copying and distribution of source code, for both modified and unmodified versio-
this entire article are permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medi-
um, provided this notice is preserved. ns. (Distributing programs in runnable form is neces-
sary for conveniently installable free operating
We maintain this free software definition to show systems.) It is ok if there is no way to produce a bin-
clearly what must be true about a particular softwa- ary or executable form for a certain program (since
re program for it to be considered free software. some languages don't support that feature), but you
must have the freedom to redistribute such forms sho-
"Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To uld you find or develop a way to make them.
understand the concept, you should think of "free" as
in "free speech", not as in "free beer". In order for the freedoms to make changes, and to pub-
lish improved versions, to be meaningful, you must
Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, have access to the source code of the program. Theref-
copy, distribute, study, change and improve the softw- ore, accessibility of source code is a necessary condi-
are. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, tion for free software.
for the users of the software:
In order for these freedoms to be real, they must be
* The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (fr- irrevocable as long as you do nothing wrong; if the
eedom 0). developer of the software has the power to revoke the
license, without your doing anything to give cause,
* The freedom to study how the program works, and the software is not free.
adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source
code is a precondition for this. However, certain kinds of rules about the manner of
distributing free software are acceptable, when they
* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help don't conflict with the central freedoms. For example,
your neighbor (freedom 2). copyleft (very simply stated) is the rule that when
redistributing the program, you cannot add restricti-
* The freedom to improve the program, and release your ons to deny other people the central freedoms. This
improvements to the public, so that the whole commun- rule does not conflict with the central freedoms; rat-
ity benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a her it protects them.
precondition for this.
You may have paid money to get copies of free softwa-
A program is free software if users have all of these re, or you may have obtained copies at no charge. But
freedoms. Thus, you should be free to regardless of how you got your copi-
redistribute copies, either with or es, you always have the freedom to
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without modifications, either gratis copy and change the software, even to
or charging a fee for distribution, sell copies.
to anyone anywhere. Being free to do
these things means (among other thi- "Free software" does not mean "non-c-
ngs) that you do not have to ask or ommercial". A free program must be
pay for permission. available for commercial use, commer-
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cial development, and commercial dis-

You should also have the freedom to tribution. Commercial development of
make modifications and use them pri- free software is no longer unusual;
vately in your own work or play, such free commercial software is
without even mentioning that they very important.
exist. If you do publish your change-
s, you should not be required to not- Rules about how to package a modifi-

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ed version are acceptable, if they don't substantively ds and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding for a discuss-
block your freedom to release modified versions. Rules ion of these terms. We also have a list of translatio-
that "if you make the program available in this way, ns of "free software" into various languages.
you must make it available in that way also" can be
acceptable too, on the same condition. (Note that such Finally, note that criteria such as those stated in
a rule still leaves you the choice of whether to pub- this free software definition require careful thought
lish the program or not.) It is also acceptable for the for their interpretation. To decide whether a specific
license to require that, if you have distributed a software license qualifies as a free software license,
modified version and a previous developer asks for a we judge it based on these criteria to determine whet-
copy of it, you must send one, or that you identify her it fits their spirit as well as the precise words.
yourself on your modifications. If a license includes unconscionable restrictions, we
reject it, even if we did not anticipate the issue in
In the GNU project, we use "copyleft" to protect these these criteria. Sometimes a license requirement raises
freedoms legally for everyone. But non-copylefted an issue that calls for extensive thought, including
free software also exists. We believe there are impor- discussions with a lawyer, before we can decide if the
tant reasons why it is better to use copyleft, but if requirement is acceptable. When we reach a conclusion
your program is non-copylefted free software, we can about a new issue, we often update these criteria to
still use it. make it easier to see why certain licenses do or don't
qualify.
See Categories of Free Software for a description of
how "free software," "copylefted software" and other If you are interested in whether a specific license
categories of software relate to each other. qualifies as a free software license, see our list of
licenses. If the license you are concerned with is not
Sometimes government export control regulations and listed there, you can ask us about it by sending us
trade sanctions can constrain your freedom to distri- email at <[email protected]>.
bute copies of programs internationally. Software
developers do not have the power to eliminate or ove- If you are contemplating writing a new license, plea-
rride these restrictions, but what they can and must se contact the FSF by writing to that address. The
do is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of proliferation of different free software licenses
the program. In this way, the restrictions will not means increased work for users in understanding the
affect activities and people outside the jurisdictions licenses; we may be able to help you find an existing
of these governments. Free Software license that meets your needs.

Most free software licenses are based on copyright, If that isn't possible, if you really need a new licen-
and there are limits on what kinds of requirements se, with our help you can ensure that the license
can be imposed through copyright. If a copyright-bas- really is a Free Software license and avoid various
ed license respects freedom in the ways described practical problems.
above, it is unlikely to have some other sort of prob-
lem that we never anticipated (though this does happ- Another group has started using the term "open sourc-
en occasionally). However, some free software licenses e" to mean something close (but not identical) to "free
are based on contracts, and contracts can impose a software". We prefer the term "free software" because,
much larger range of possible restrictions. That mea- once you have heard it refers to freedom rather than
ns there are many possible ways such a license could price, it calls to mind freedom. The word "open" never
be unacceptably restrictive and non-free. does that.
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We can't possibly list all the possible contract restr-

ictions that would be unacceptable. If a contract-bas-
ed license restricts the user in an unusual way that
copyright-based licenses cannot, and which isn't ment-
ioned here as legitimate, we will have to think about
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it, and we will probably decide it is non-free.

When talking about free software, it is best to avoid

using terms like "give away" or "for free", because
those terms imply that the issue is about price, not
freedom. Some common terms such as "piracy" embody
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