Free software means software that respects users freedom and community. This transcript and audio recording by nicholas hill, html editing and links by markus kuhn. Richard stallman transcript of a talk presented 20020325 at the university of cambridge computer laboratory, organized by the foundation for information policy research. If you want to send me gpgencrypted mail, do not trust key servers.
Richard stallman lo explica en esta video entrevista. Free software is pedagogically superior, its basic spirit of freedom and cooperation is the proper spirit of education in a democratic environment. The term free is used in the sense of free speech, not of free of charge. Front page free software foundation working together for free. The views expressed here are my personal views, not those of the free software foundation or the gnu project. In this speech, rms specifies the issue and makes the stakes clear. The free software definition written by richard stallman and published by free software foundation fsf, defines free software as being software that ensures that the end users have freedom in using, studying, sharing and modifying that software. Richard matthew stallman leads the free software movement, which shows how the usual nonfree software subjects users to the unjust power of its developers, plus their spying and manipulation, and campaigns to replace it with free freedomrespecting software. Thus, free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Introduction to free software and the liberation of cyberspace by jeanne rasata contributions published on jul 31, 2014 12. The open source movement and many of its philosophies can be traced back to, and grew out of, richard stallmans ideas about free software.
Richard stallman las 4 libertades del software libre 1. The fsf is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in. Tectum wissenschaftsverlag, marburg 2004, isbn 3828887694 auch kostenfrei als ebook html pdf epub unter einer cclizenz erhaltlich. It is a public resource that government organisations can use, study, improve, and share with each other. The earliestknown publication of the definition was in the february.
The concepts discussed in this reading are in many ways the germ from which open education would eventually evolve. Free software foundation wikipedia, a enciclopedia libre. Stallman definicion y significado diccionario ingles collins. Richard stallman las 4 libertades del software libre. Rss site feed for the most recent political notes and new material. Richard matthew stallman wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Born in 1953, stallman graduated harvard in 1974 in physics. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. He campaigns for software to be distributed in a manner such that its users receive the freedoms to use, study, distribute, and modify that software.
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