A further definition of from the Free Software Foundation : “Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,”not as in “free beer.” Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it means that the program's users have the four essential freedoms: - The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. - The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2). - *The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.* I've highlighted the most important part of a community as the FSF. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:24 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
*The 4 ethical principles of Free Software Foundation :* ** *- FREE FROM RESTRICTION* ** *- FREE TO SHARE AND COPY* ** *- FREE TO LEARN AND ADAPT* ** *- FREE TO WORK OTHERS* ** http://www.fsf.org/ OPEN SOURCE Ethical principles?
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