Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. StallmanEssay Collection covering the point where software, law and social justice meet. |
Contents
Short Contents Editors Note | 1 |
A Note on Software | 3 |
Topic Guide | 5 |
Introduction | 7 |
Section One | 11 |
The GNU Project | 13 |
The GNU Manifesto | 27 |
Free Software Definition | 35 |
Misinterpreting CopyrightA Series of Errors | 63 |
Science Must Push Copyright Aside | 71 |
What is Copyleft? | 73 |
Pragmatic Idealism | 75 |
The Danger of Software Patents | 77 |
Section Three | 91 |
Can You Trust Your Computer? | 93 |
Why Software Should Be Free | 97 |
Why Software Should Not Have Owners | 37 |
Whats in a Name? | 41 |
Why Free Software is Better than Open Source | 43 |
Releasing Free Software if You Work at a University | 49 |
Selling Free Software | 51 |
Free Software Needs Free Documentation | 53 |
Free Software Song | 55 |
Section Two | 57 |
The Right to Read | 59 |
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks | 109 |
Freedom and Cooperation | 127 |
Words to Avoid | 153 |
Section Four | 159 |
GNU General Public License | 161 |
GNU Lesser General Public License | 167 |
GNU Free Documentation License | 175 |
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Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman Richard M. Stallman No preview available - 2010 |
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