Thus, “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”.
A program is free software if 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.
A program is free software if users have all of these freedoms. Thus, you should be free to redistribute copies, either with or without modifications, either gratis or charging a fee for distribution, to anyone anywhere. Being free to do these things means (among other things) that you do not have to ask or pay for permission to do so.> paimta is http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Idomus temos pavadinimas. Kaip suprantu is pavadinimo GPL licenzija buvo priskirta prie Free, kai tuo tarpu MIT, BSD prie open.
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12 ... -than-free
Dar tema apie GPL licenzijos naudojima
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source- ... ine-191816
Tema perkelta iš https://legacy.ubuntu.lt/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8192