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<title>What is "free software"?</title>
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<a href="harbour.html"><em>Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <a href="harbour6.html"><em>About Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <em>What is "free software"?</em><br />
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<b>Previous:</b> <a href="harbour12.html"><em>How did Harbour get started?</em></a><br />
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<b>Next:</b> <a href="harbour14.html"><em>So is Harbour in the public domain?</em></a>
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<h2><a name="13"></a>2.7. What is "free software"?<a name="FreeSoftware"></a></h2>
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<p>In general terms free software is one phrase for describing software that
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comes with certain freedoms, the free doesn't speak about the price, it
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speaks about your freedoms to use the software. A common suggestion is that
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you think "free speech" instead of "free beer".</p>
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<p>See <a href="http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a> for the Free
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Software Foundation's definition of "free software".</p>
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<p>A related term is OpenSource, you can find out more about the idea of
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OpenSource at <a href="http://www.opensource.org/">http://www.opensource.org/</a>. You might also
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want to note that the FSF don't consider OpenSource and Free Software to be
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the same thing, see <a href="http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html</a> for more
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details.</p>
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<hr noshade>
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<a href="harbour.html"><em>Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <a href="harbour6.html"><em>About Harbour</em></a>
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<b>:</b> <em>What is "free software"?</em><br />
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<b>Previous:</b> <a href="harbour12.html"><em>How did Harbour get started?</em></a><br />
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<b>Next:</b> <a href="harbour14.html"><em>So is Harbour in the public domain?</em></a>
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