Free software is a matter of liberty, not price; all users are legally free to do what they want with their copies of a free software regardless of how much is paid to obtain the program.
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18 Facts About Free software
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Proprietary Free software uses restrictive Free software licences or EULAs and usually does not provide users with the source code.
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Some free software is developed by volunteer computer programmers while other is developed by corporations; or even by both.
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Stallman has stated that considering the practical advantages of free software is like considering the practical advantages of not being handcuffed, in that it is not necessary for an individual to consider practical reasons in order to realize that being handcuffed is undesirable in itself.
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That definition, written by Richard Stallman, is still maintained today and states that software is free software if people who receive a copy of the software have the following four freedoms.
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Thus, free software means that computer users have the freedom to cooperate with whom they choose, and to control the software they use.
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Users of these systems generally find the same set of Free software to be acceptable, but sometimes see copyleft as restrictive.
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The Kerberos, X11, and Apache Free software licenses are substantially similar in intent and implementation.
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Free software developed a free software definition and the concept of "copyleft", designed to ensure software freedom for all.
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Free software, on the other hand, is a more informal classification that does not rely on official recognition.
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Development of large, commercially used free software is often funded by a combination of user donations, crowdfunding, corporate contributions, and tax money.
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The claim of incompatibility between commercial companies and free software is a misunderstanding.
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Free software played a significant part in the development of the Internet, the World Wide Web and the infrastructure of dot-com companies.
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Free software allows users to cooperate in enhancing and refining the programs they use; free software is a pure public good rather than a private good.
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Economic viability of free software has been recognized by large corporations such as IBM, Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems.
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Free software is generally available at no cost and can result in permanently lower TCO costs compared to proprietary software.
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Free software often has no warranty, and more importantly, generally does not assign legal liability to anyone.
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Eric S Raymond argued that the term free software is too ambiguous and intimidating for the business community.
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