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Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

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Free Software, Free Society

Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

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English
Pages
224

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Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
October 2002, Free Software Foundation
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First Sentence

""When I started working at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1971, I became part of a software-sharing community that had existed for many years.""

Table of Contents

The GNU Project
The GNU Manifesto
Free Software Definition
Why Software Should Not Have Owners
What's in a Name?
Why "Free Software" is Better than "Open Source"
Releasing Free Software if You Work at a University
Selling Free Software
Free Software Needs Free Documentation
Free Software Song
The Right to Read
Misinterpreting Copyright - A Series of Errors
Science Must 'Push' Copyright Aside
What is Copyleft?
Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism
The Danger of Software Patents
Can You Trust Your Computer?
Why Software Should Be Free
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks
Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation
Words to Avoid

Classifications

Library of Congress
QA76.756 .S73 2002

Contributors

Introduction
Lawrence Lessig

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8682804M
Internet Archive
freesoftwarefree00stal
ISBN 10
1882114981
ISBN 13
9781882114986
Library Thing
179957
Wikidata
Q122964741
Goodreads
942560

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