<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> <!-- Parent-Version:1.861.98 --> <!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> <title>The Free Software Song - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/music/po/free-software-song.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> <div class="breadcrumb" role="navigation"> <a href="/"><img src="/graphics/icons/home.png" height="26" width="26" alt="GNU Home" title="GNU Home" /></a> / <a href="/fun/humor.html#content">GNU humor</a> / <a href="/music/music.html#content">Music</a> / </div> <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> <div class="reduced-width"> <h2>The Free Software Song</h2><p>by Richard Stallman</p> <p>You<address class="byline">by <a href="https://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a></address> <p class="announcement"> You can read the story of <a href="/music/writing-fs-song.html">the writing of the song</a>, too.</p> <p>The lyrics of the“Free<cite>Free SoftwareSong”Song</cite> are sung to the melody of the Bulgarian folk song“<a<a href="#SadiMoma"id="REFSadiMoma">Sadiid="REFSadiMoma"><cite>Sadi moma belaloza</a>”loza</cite></a> <!-- :] --></p> <div class="lyrics"> <p>Join us now and share the software;<br /> You'll be free, <ahref="http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">hackers</a>,href="https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html">hackers</a>, you'll be free.<br /> Join us now and share the software;<br /> You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.</p> <p>Hoarders can get piles of money,<br /> That is true, hackers, that is true.<br /> But they cannot help their neighbors;<br /> That's not good, hackers, that's not good.</p> <p>When we have enough free software<br /> At our call, hackers, at our call,<br /> We'll kick out thosedirty licenses<br<a href="/music/writing-fs-song.html#dirtylicenses">dirty licenses</a><br /> Ever more, hackers, ever more.</p> <p>Join us now and share the software;<br /> You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.<br /> Join us now and share the software;<br /> You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.</p> </div> <p>This song is in a rhythm of 7/8; those unaccustomed to odd rhythms often take the unevenness to be a mistake. The meter can be analyzed into three subgroups as slow-quick-quick or 3-2-2. Such meters in Bulgarian music can often be stretched, and some musicians analyze this song as 3-2-3 instead; however, Yves Moreau, who collected and taught the dance, endorses the rhythm of 7.</p> <h3id="download">Downloads</h3><!-- ## added by www-de ## -->id="download">Downloads</h3> <h4>Performances</h4> <ul> <li>A <a href="/music/free-software-song.au">recording (.au format)</a> of<a href="http://www.stallman.org/">Richard Stallman</a>Richard Stallman singing this song, also available in <a href="/music/free-software-song.ogg">Ogg Vorbisformat</a>.</li>format</a>. (If you are not used to a meter of 7/8, you may perceive it as inability to keep time.)</li> <li>A <a href="/music/FreeSWSong.ogg">recording (.ogg)</a> of the piece accompanied by Bulgarian instruments played in traditional style.</li> <li>A <ahref="http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/stallman_free_software_song_320x240.ogv">videohref="https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/stallman_free_software_song_320x240.ogv"> video of RMS performing the song (ogg)</a>, released under GFDLv1.3+ by the videographer, Julian Coccia.</li> <li>A <a href="/music/free-software-song-herzog.ogg">recording (.ogg)</a> of Katie Herzog performing the Free Software Song, released under <ahref="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">CChref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">CC BY-NC-ND</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="https://archive.org/details/the_free_software_song-cover-by-daniel_kelly"> video of Daniel Kelly</a> performing the Free Software Song, released under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>.</li> </ul> <h4>Alternate versions</h4> <ul> <li><ahref="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/Fenster-Free-Software-Song.ogg">Anotherhref="https://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/Fenster-Free-Software-Song.ogg"> Another song</a>, inspired by this one but mostly different, sung by the band Fenster(4.5M).</li>(4.5MB).</li> <li>A rhythmic version of free software song in <a href="/music/free-software-song-rhythmic.ogg">Ogg Vorbis</a> format by Thor.</li> <li>An improvised piano version by Markus Haist in <a href="/music/markushaist-free-software-song.ogg">Ogg Vorbis</a> format(1.2 MB),(1.2MB), released under <a href="/licenses/gpl-3.0.html">GPLv3</a>.</li> <li>Another rock-like version by Pjj & Hairyone in <a href="/music/pjj-and-hairyone-freesoftwaresong.ogg">Ogg Vorbis</a> format(1.6 MB).</li>(1.6MB).</li> <li>A Spanish punk variant by ALEC in <ahref="http://www.pc-freak.net/files/free-software-songs/Free_Software_Song_en_espa%c3%b1ol.ogv">Ogghref="https://www.pc-freak.net/files/free-software-songs/Free_Software_Song_en_espa%c3%b1ol.ogv"> Ogg Vorbis</a> format(1.7 MB).</li>(1.7MB).</li> <li>A version with a different structure in <a href="/music/freesoft.ogg"> Ogg Vorbis</a> format(3.7 MB)(3.7MB) by Robert Kay, released under <ahref="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode">CC-BY-NC-SA</a>.</li>href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode"> CC-BY-NC-SA</a>.</li> <li>A version by the band Zweitgolf: <ahref="free_software_song_sunnata.ogg">free_software_song_sunnata.ogg</a>,href="/music/free_software_song_sunnata.ogg">free_software_song_sunnata.ogg</a>, released under theGPL</li>GPL.</li> <li>Here is a metal version by Jono Bacon in <ahref="http://www.pc-freak.net/files/free-software-songs/jonobacon-freesoftwaresong2.ogg">Ogghref="https://www.pc-freak.net/files/free-software-songs/jonobacon-freesoftwaresong2.ogg"> Ogg Vorbis</a> format(3.9 MB),(3.9MB), released under <ahref="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/"> CChref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC BY-SA</a>.</li> <li>This rock/metal version is put out by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150719082345/http://freesoftwaresong.altervista.org/"> Loneload</a> available in <ahref="/music/loneload-free-software-song.ogg">Ogghref="/music/loneload-free-software-song.ogg"> Ogg Vorbis</a> format(2.2 MB),(2.2MB), released under <ahref="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CChref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC BY</a>.</li> <li><ahref="http://archive.org/details/M00GNU">MooGNU</a>href="https://archive.org/details/M00GNU">MooGNU</a> by the anonymous posters on the 4chan technology image board /g/ is licensed under the <ahref="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode">Creativehref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a>. Available in <ahref="http://archive.org/download/M00GNU/Freedom-catmoognu.ogv">href="https://archive.org/download/M00GNU/Freedom-catmoognu.ogv"> Ogg Video</a> format(4.5 MB).</li>(4.5MB).</li> <li>In 2012, the band Sebkha-Chott released a <em>matricide</em> of the Free Software Song to celebrate the death of <ahref="http://www.laquadrature.net/en/ACTA">ACTA</a>.href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en/ACTA">ACTA</a>. It's available in <ahref="http://archive.org/download/Sebkha-Chott_FSFSongIsHip_2012/SC_FSF.ogg">Ogghref="https://archive.org/download/Sebkha-Chott_FSFSongIsHip_2012/SC_FSF.ogg"> Ogg Vorbis</a> (2.3MB), or in <ahref="http://archive.org/download/Sebkha-Chott_FSFSongIsHip_2012/SC_FSF.flac">FLAC</a>href="https://archive.org/download/Sebkha-Chott_FSFSongIsHip_2012/SC_FSF.flac"> FLAC</a> (10.1MB), under the <ahref="//directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Free-Art-L-v1.3">Freehref="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Free-Art-L-v1.3">Free Art License, version 1.3</a>.</li> <li>The <strong>ecantorix</strong> program, a singing synthesis frontend for espeak, released under the GPLv3+, features the <a href="/music/free-software-song-ecantorix.ogg">Free Software Song as an example output</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFreesoftwaresong_126_mix.ogg"> Yet another version from Wikimedia Commons</a> (967kB) is licensed under CC0.</li><li>A<li>An <ahref="https://anonfile.com/93uaA2j5b1/freesoftwaresong_organ-kalimba_ogg"> Kalimbahref="/music/free-software-song-organ-kalimba.ogg">organ and kalimba version</a> (Ogg Vorbis format, 690kB) is offered by Vaba <vaba@riseup.net> under the <ahref="http://www.wtfpl.net/about/">WTFPL</a>.</li>href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0 1.0</a>.</li> <li>A rock-style <a href="https://downloads.woralelandia.com/audio/ivan_chavero/Iv%C3%A1n%20Chavero%20y%20Renich%20-%20Canci%C3%B3n%20del%20Software%20Libre.ogg">loose adaptation</a> by Renich Bon Ćirić and Iván Chavero. <a href="https://downloads.woralelandia.com/audio/ivan_chavero/Iv%C3%A1n%20Chavero%20y%20Renich%20-%20Canci%C3%B3n%20del%20Software%20Libre%20-%20kareokee.ogg">Karaoke version</a>. Released under CC BY-SA 4.0 (<a href="https://downloads.woralelandia.com/audio/ivan_chavero/README.rst">full credits</a> in Spanish). </li> </ul> <p>You can get a <a href="/music/free-software-song.pdf">typeset score</a> of the song made with <ahref="http://lilypond.org">GNUhref="https://lilypond.org/">GNU LilyPond</a>. The LilyPond <a href="/music/free-software-song.ly">source</a> for the typeset score is also available.</p> <h4id="SadiMoma">“Sadiid="SadiMoma"><cite>Sadi moma belaloza”</h4>loza</cite></h4> <p>Here is a description of the tune of“Sadi<cite>Sadi moma belaloza,”loza</cite>, a Bulgarian dance tune, in an ad-hoc form of notation using letters for notes. A dash means the previous note continues. There are seven beats per measure, thus seven characters in each group.</p> <pre> D-CB-A- B-CBAG- G--A--B C--B-BD A--A--- D-CB--- D-CB-A- B-CBAG- G--A--B C--B-BD A--A--- A------</pre> <p>It is also available as an <a href="/music/sadi-moma.abc">ABC file</a>.</p> <div class="infobox" role="contentinfo"> <hr /> <h3id="license">Licensing</h3>id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h3> <p>Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation claim no copyright on this song.</p> </div> </div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> <divid="footer">id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. 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