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Free Software, Free Society, 3rd ed.
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This is the third edition of Richard Stallman’s collection of essays.
@raggedright This is the third edition of Free Software, Free Society:
Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.\
@end raggedright Free Software Foundation\
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor\
Boston, MA 02110-1335\
Copyright © 2002, 2010, 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire book are permitted
> worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice is
> preserved. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations
> of this book from the original English into another language provided
> the translation has been approved by the Free Software Foundation and
> the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all
> copies.
ISBN 978-0-9831592-5-4\
\
Cover design and photograph by Kyle Winfree.\
[Foreword to the Third Edition](#Foreword-v3)
[Foreword to the First Edition](#Foreword-v1)
[Preface](#Preface)
• Part One
[1. What Is Free Software?](#Definition)
[2. The GNU Project](#GNU-Project)
[3. The Initial Announcement of the
GNU Operating System](#Initial-Announcement)
[4. Free Software Is Even More Important Now](#More-Important-Now)
[5. Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software](#Schools)
[6. Measures Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software](#Government)
[7. Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation](#Free-Doc)
[8. Selling Free Software](#Selling)
[10. Applying the Free Software Criteria](#Applying-FS-Criteria)
• Part Two
[11. What’s in a Name?](#Whats-Name)
[12. Linux and the GNU System](#Linux-and-GNU)
[13. Categories of Free and Nonfree Software](#Categories)
[14. Why Open Source Misses the Point of
Free Software](#OS-Misses-Point)
[15. Did You Say “Intellectual
Property”?@entrybreak{}It’s a Seductive Mirage](#Not-IPR)
[16. Why Call It the Swindle?](#Swindle)
[17. Words to Avoid (or Use with Care)\
Because They Are Loaded or Confusing](#Words-to-Avoid)
• Part Three
[18. The Right to Read](#Right-to-Read)
[19. Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors](#Mis-Cop)
[20. Science Must Push Copyright Aside](#Push-Cop-Aside)
[21. Copyright vs. Community\
@entrybreak{}in the Age of Computer
Networks](#Copyright-vs_002e-Community)
• Part Four
[22. Software Patents and Literary Patents](#SPLP)
[23. The Danger of Software Patents](#DSP)
[24. Giving the Software Field Protection
from Patents](#Limit-Patent-Effect)
• Part Five
• Licenses Intro
[27. The X Window System Trap](#X)
[28. Programs Must Not Limit
the Freedom to Run Them](#No-Limit-on-Freedom-0)
[29. What Is Copyleft?](#Copyleft)
[30. Why Copyleft?](#Why-Copyleft)
[31. Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism](#Pragmatic)
[32. The GNU General Public License](#GPL)
[33. Why Upgrade to GPLv3](#Why-V3)
[34. The GNU Lesser General Public License](#LGPL)
[35. GNU Free Documentation License](#FDL)
[36. On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL](#Exceptions)
• Part Six
[37. Can You Trust Your Computer?](#Can-You-Trust)
[39. Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University](#University)
• Games
[41. The Danger of E-Books](#E_002dBooks-Danger)
• E-Books and Freedom
[43. Who Does That Server Really Serve?](#Server)
• Part Seven
[44. Avoiding Ruinous Compromises](#Compromise)
[45. Overcoming Social Inertia](#Social-Inertia)
[46. Freedom or Power?](#Freedom-or-Power)
[47. Imperfection Is Not the Same as Oppression](#Imperfection)
[48. How Much Surveillance Can Democracy
Withstand?](#Surveillance-vs_002e-Democracy)
[**A:** A Note on Software](#Appendix-A)
[**B:** Translations of “Free Software” and
“Gratis Software”](#Appendix-B)
[**C:** The Free Software Song](#Appendix-C)
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