Revision of What does it mean to be Free Software? from Sat, 12/20/2008 - 18:48

Free software, unlike propietary, is known to respect its users essential rights, to ensure they can:

• run the program, for any purpose
• study how the program works, and adapt it to their needs (Access to the source code is a precondition for this).
• redistribute copies so they can help anyone
• improve the program, and release their improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits. Once again, access to the source code is a precondition for this