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	{{Library work\|title=Free Software, Free Society\|author=Richard Matthew Stallman\|publisher=Free Software Foundation\|published_date=2010\|type=Book\|source=https://annas-archive.~~org~~/md5/386a43f921ed1cc48c4cd7c1910ff073\|pdf=https://annas-archive.~~org~~/search?q=free+software+free+society}}		{{Library work\|title=Free Software, Free Society\|author=Richard Matthew Stallman\|publisher=Free Software Foundation\|published_date=2010\|type=Book\|source=https://annas-archive.gl/md5/386a43f921ed1cc48c4cd7c1910ff073\|pdf=https://annas-archive.gl/search?q=free+software+free+society}}

	== Editor's Note ==		== Editor's Note ==

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	~~This book is currently under the process of being transcribed~~.		{{Library work\|title=Free Software, Free Society\|author=Richard Matthew Stallman\|publisher=Free Software Foundation\|published_date=2010\|type=Book\|source=https://annas-archive.org/md5/386a43f921ed1cc48c4cd7c1910ff073\|pdf=https://annas-archive.org/search?q=free+software+free+society}}

	== Editor's Note ==		== Editor's Note ==
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	So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I will be able to get along without any software that is not free. I have resigned from the AI lab to deny MIT any legal excuse to prevent me from giving GNU away.		So that I can continue to use computers without dishonor, I have decided to put together a sufficient body of free software so that I will be able to get along without any software that is not free. I have resigned from the AI lab to deny MIT any legal excuse to prevent me from giving GNU away.
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 ''Professor of Law, Stanford Law School.''
-== Section One: The GNU Project and Free Software ==
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 '''[3]''' The Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm is used for compressing data.
-'''[4]'''  XFree86 is a program that provides a desktop environment that interfaces with your display hardware (mouse, keyboard, etc). It runs on many different platforms.
+'''[4]''' XFree86 is a program that provides a desktop environment that interfaces with your display hardware (mouse, keyboard, etc). It runs on many different platforms.
 '''[5]''' Motif is a graphical interface and window manager that runs on top of X Windows.
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 '''[7]''' I probably meant to write “of the ‘bazaar’ model,” since that was the alternative that was new and initially controversial.

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Editor's Note

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	== Editor's Note ==		== Editor's Note ==
	The waning days of the 20th century seemed like an Orwellian nightmare: laws preventing publication of scientific research on software; laws preventing sharing software; an overabundance of software patents preventing development; and enduser license agreements that strip the user of all freedoms—including ownership, privacy, sharing, and understanding how their software works. This collection of essays and speeches by Richard M. Stallman addresses many of these issues. Above all, Stallman discusses the philosophy underlying the free software movement. This movement combats the oppression of federal laws and evil end-user license agreements in hopes of spreading the idea of software freedom.		The waning days of the 20th century seemed like an Orwellian nightmare: laws preventing publication of scientific research on software; laws preventing sharing software; an overabundance of software patents preventing development; and enduser license agreements that strip the user of all freedoms—including ownership, privacy, sharing, and understanding how their software works. This collection of essays and speeches by [[Richard M. Stallman]] addresses many of these issues. Above all, Stallman discusses the philosophy underlying the free software movement. This movement combats the oppression of federal laws and evil end-user license agreements in hopes of spreading the idea of software freedom.

	With the force of hundreds of thousands of developers working to create GNU software and the GNU/Linux operating system, free software has secured a spot on the servers that control the Internet, and—as it moves into the desktop computer market—is a threat to Microsoft and other proprietary software companies.		With the force of hundreds of thousands of developers working to create GNU software and the GNU/Linux operating system, free software has secured a spot on the servers that control the Internet, and—as it moves into the desktop computer market—is a threat to Microsoft and other proprietary software companies.

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The Collapse of the Community

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	The situation changed drastically in the early 1980s, with the collapse of the AI Lab hacker community followed by the discontinuation of the PDP-10 computer.		The situation changed drastically in the early 1980s, with the collapse of the AI Lab hacker community followed by the discontinuation of the PDP-10 computer.

	In 1981, the spin-off company Symbolics hired away nearly all of the hackers from the AI Lab, and the depopulated community was unable to maintain itself. (The book Hackers, by Steven Levy, describes these events, as well as giving a clear picture of this community in its prime.) When the AI Lab bought a new PDP10 in 1982, its administrators decided to use Digital’s non-free timesharing system instead of ITS on the new machine.		In 1981, the spin-off company [[Symbolics, Inc.\|Symbolics]] hired away nearly all of the hackers from the AI Lab, and the depopulated community was unable to maintain itself. (The book Hackers, by Steven Levy, describes these events, as well as giving a clear picture of this community in its prime.) When the AI Lab bought a new PDP10 in 1982, its administrators decided to use Digital’s non-free timesharing system instead of ITS on the new machine.

	Not long afterwards, Digital discontinued the PDP-10 series. Its architecture, elegant and powerful in the 60s, could not extend naturally to the larger address spaces that were becoming feasible in the 80s. This meant that nearly all of the programs composing ITS were obsolete. That put the last nail in the coffin of ITS; 15 years of work went up in smoke.		Not long afterwards, Digital discontinued the PDP-10 series. Its architecture, elegant and powerful in the 60s, could not extend naturally to the larger address spaces that were becoming feasible in the 80s. This meant that nearly all of the programs composing ITS were obsolete. That put the last nail in the coffin of ITS; 15 years of work went up in smoke.

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SovietPasiune: Create empty stub article, so I can begin to transcribe this work on the visual editor. (ISBN: 978-0-9831592-0-9) Reason for inclusion: Includes criticisms and details about copyright and patent law related to ethics in the software space. Good as a historiographical piece to be used as a source in future articles that bring up the fringe of liberal-academic views on ethics in the modern era, along with vigilance.

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Create empty stub article, so I can begin to transcribe this work on the visual editor. (ISBN: 978-0-9831592-0-9) Reason for inclusion: Includes criticisms and details about copyright and patent law related to ethics in the software space. Good as a historiographical piece to be used as a source in future articles that bring up the fringe of liberal-academic views on ethics in the modern era, along with vigilance.

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