diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'free-software.sxml')
-rw-r--r-- | free-software.sxml | 35 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/free-software.sxml b/free-software.sxml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e09afbc --- /dev/null +++ b/free-software.sxml | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ | |||
1 | `((title . "Free software") | ||
2 | (author . "The GNU Assembly") | ||
3 | (content | ||
4 | (h1 "What’s “free software”?") | ||
5 | |||
6 | (p "The GNU Assembly produces " (em "free software") | ||
7 | " — also referred to as “" (em "libre") " software”, “liberating | ||
8 | software”, or " | ||
9 | (a (@ (aria-describedby "footnote-label") | ||
10 | (href "#open-source")) "“open source”") | ||
11 | ". " | ||
12 | "Software is “free” if it " (em "respects its user’s | ||
13 | freedom") ", namely the following four essential freedoms:") | ||
14 | |||
15 | (ol | ||
16 | (li "The freedom to run the program as the user wishes, for any | ||
17 | purpose.") | ||
18 | (li "The freedom to study how the program works and to change it | ||
19 | to suit their needs.") | ||
20 | (li "The freedom to redistribute it.") | ||
21 | (li "The freedom to distribute copies of modified versions.")) | ||
22 | (p "These criteria were spelled out by Richard M. Stallman in the | ||
23 | 1980s. The defense of the freedom of computer users is at the core of | ||
24 | the " (a (@ (href "/en/documents/social-contract")) "Social | ||
25 | Contract") " of the GNU Assembly.") | ||
26 | |||
27 | (div | ||
28 | (@ (id "footnote-labels")) | ||
29 | (h2 "Footnotes") | ||
30 | (ol | ||
31 | (li (@ (id "open-source")) | ||
32 | "The term “open source” fails to convey the main idea: that | ||
33 | the goal is freedom."))))) | ||
34 | |||
35 | |||