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This manual contains a list of free software terms.
Terms
- Distribution: A configuration of software which comprises an operating system. The software can vary depending on the goal of the distribution. For example, Musix's software configuration is designed to for music production.
- Free Software: Free Software is software that respects your freedom. To be considered Free Software the software must provide the:
- 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.
- See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html The Free Software Definition
- Quote: "Free as in speech, not as in beer."
- GNU's not Unix! (GNU): GNU is a Unix-like operating system comprised of free software. The GNU software packages are often combined with the Linux kernel forming the combination known as GNU/Linux.
- Linux: A kernel developed by Linus Torvalds et al. The Linux kernel contains non-free software and is not suitable in it's current state for usage in fully free distributions.
- Linux-libre: A project maintained by the Free Software Foundation Latin America which removes all non-free parts from the plain Linux kernel.
- See: Linux-libre Homepage
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