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msgid "Essays and Articles - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation"
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#. type: Content of: <div><h2>
msgid "Essays and Articles"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><p>
msgid ""
"This page lists a series of articles describing the philosophy of the free "
"software movement, which is the motivation for our development of the free "
"software operating system GNU."
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"The most important articles are marked with asterisks, and listed first in "
"each category. The other ones are in reverse chronological order."
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><h3>
msgid "Table of Contents"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#aboutfs\">About Free Software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#principles\">Principles</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#practice\">Practice</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#extension\">Extension to other areas</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#mix\">Mixing free and nonfree</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#free-open\">Free software and open source</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#upholding\">Upholding Software Freedom</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/gnu/gnu.html\">The GNU Project</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#fsmovement\">The free software movement</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#need\">The need for free software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#action\">Guide for action</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#LicensingFreeSoftware\">Licensing Free Software</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/licenses/licenses.html\">General information</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#copyleft\">Copyleft</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#non-copyleft\">Non-copyleft</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#traps\">Licensing traps</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#Laws\">Legal Issues</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#patents\">Patents</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#copyright\">Copyright</a>"
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"<a href=\"#noip\">The propaganda term &ldquo;Intellectual "
"Property&rdquo;</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#sco\">Response to SCO's attacks</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#cultural\">Cultural and Social Issues</a>"
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msgid "<a href=\"#society\">Digital society</a>"
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"<a href=\"#drm\">Digital restrictions management and treacherous "
"computing</a>"
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msgid "<a href=\"#ns\">Network services</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#access\">Accessing culture</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#funding\">Funding cultural works</a>"
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msgid "<a href=\"#evils\">Surveillance, censorship, lock-in, etc.</a>"
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msgid "<a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary.html\">Proprietary malware</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"#terminology\">Terminology and Definitions</a>"
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#. type: Content of: <div><div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/third-party-ideas.html#humor\">Philosophical Humor</a>"
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msgid "About Free Software"
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msgid ""
"Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use software "
"in all the ways that are socially useful.  Software differs from material "
"objects&mdash;such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline&mdash;in that it can "
"be copied and changed much more easily.  These possibilities make software "
"as useful as it is; we believe software users should be able to make use of "
"them."
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msgid "Principles"
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#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[1996&hellip;&nbsp;]</span>'
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/free-sw.html\"> What is Free Software?</a>"
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#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2015]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-software-even-more-important.html\"> Free "
"Software Is Even More Important Now</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. *[1996]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/selling.html\"> Selling Free Software</a> &mdash; This "
"is OK!"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2012]</span>'
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"<a href=\"/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html\"> Why "
"programs must not limit the freedom to run them</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; "
"Freedom 0 must not be limited."
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#. [2007]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/your-freedom-needs-free-software.html\"> Your Freedom "
"Needs Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
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#. [1994]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/why-free.html\"> Why Software Should Not Have "
"Owners</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [1991]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/shouldbefree.html\"> Why Software Should Be Free</a> "
"(by RMS)  &mdash; An older and longer essay about the same topic as the "
"previous one."
msgstr ""

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msgid "Practice"
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#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2023]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/tivoization.html\"> Tivoization</a> &mdash; When free "
"software isn't free in practice"
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#. *[1999-2011]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/when-free-software-isnt-practically-superior.html\"> "
"When Free Software Isn't (Practically) Superior</a> (by Benjamin Mako Hill)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.html\"> Applying the Free "
"Software Criteria</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2014]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/imperfection-isnt-oppression.html\"> Imperfection is "
"not the same as oppression</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2011]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html\"> Android and Users' "
"Freedom</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [1997-2011]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
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msgid "<a href=\"/software/reliability.html\"> Free Software is More Reliable!</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Extension to other areas"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[1996]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-doc.html\"> Why Free Software Needs Free "
"Documentation</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2020]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-software-rocket.html\"> Should Rockets Have Only "
"Free Software? Free Software and Appliances</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html\"> Free Hardware and Free "
"Hardware Designs</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/loyal-computers.html\"> What Does It Mean for Your "
"Computer to Be Loyal?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2012]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html\"> Network "
"Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2000]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/gnutella.html\" id=\"Gnutella\"> Regarding "
"Gnutella</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Mixing free and nonfree"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2016]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/when-free-depends-on-nonfree.html\"> When Free "
"Software Depends on Nonfree</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2013]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/is-ever-good-use-nonfree-program.html\"> Is It Ever a "
"Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/mcvoy.html\"> Thank You, Larry McVoy</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1998]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/udi.html\"> The Free Software Movement and UDI</a> (by "
"RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Free software and open source"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2007-2021]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> Why &ldquo;Open "
"Source&rdquo; Misses the Point of Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html\"> How Free Software and Open "
"Source Relate as Categories of Programs</a>"
msgstr ""

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#. [2013]</span>'
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html\"> FLOSS and FOSS</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2002]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/linux-gnu-freedom.html\"> Linux, GNU, and Freedom</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2001]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/drdobbs-letter.html\"> Letter from RMS to the Editor "
"of Dr. Dobb's Journal</a> on the distinction between open source and the "
"free software movement."
msgstr ""

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#. [1998]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html\"> &ldquo;Open Source "
"Software&rdquo; or &ldquo;Free Software&rdquo;?</a> (replaced by <a "
"href=\"/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html\"> Why &ldquo;Open "
"Source&rdquo; Misses the Point of Free Software</a>)"
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msgid "Upholding Software Freedom"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "The GNU Project"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/gnu/gnu.html\">The GNU Operating System</a> &mdash; History, "
"relationship with Linux, etc."
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "The free software movement"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"https://www.fsf.org/\"> The official website of the Free Software "
"Foundation</a>"
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#. [2004]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/use-free-software.html\"> The Free Software Community "
"After 20 Years</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; With great but incomplete success, what "
"now?"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/15-years-of-free-software.html\"> 15 Years of Free "
"Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/free-software-intro.html\"> Free Software Movement</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "The need for free software"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2011-2017]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/government-free-software.html\"> Measures Governments "
"Can Use to Promote Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2009-2014]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/education/edu-schools.html\"> Why Schools Should Use Exclusively "
"Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2014]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/technological-neutrality.html\"> Technological "
"Neutrality and Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2013]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/uruguay.html\"> Lesson from Uruguay</a> &mdash; The "
"FSF learned something from a bill presented in Uruguay."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/second-sight.html\"> Free Software and "
"(e-)Government</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/fs-and-sustainable-development.html\"> Free Software "
"and Sustainable Development</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; A short article regarding "
"the use of proprietary software in cultural development."
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Guide for action"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2024]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/the-moral-and-the-legal.html\"> The Moral and the "
"Legal</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2020]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/saying-no-even-once.html\"> Saying No to unjust "
"computing even once is help</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2009]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/fs-motives.html\"> Motives For Writing Free "
"Software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2002-2020]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html\" id=\"NoWordAttachments\"> "
"We Can Put an End to Word Attachments</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2019]</span>'
#.   
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/install-fest-devil.html\"> Install Fests: What to Do "
"about the Deal with the Devil</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2019]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/upgrade-windows.html\"> What Is the Right Way to "
"Upgrade an Installation of Windows?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2018]</span>'
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#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/kind-communication.html\"> GNU Kind Communications "
"Guidelines</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2017]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/hackathons.html\"> Why Hackathons Should Insist on "
"Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2014]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/contradictory-support.html\"> Beware of Contradictory "
"&ldquo;Support&rdquo;</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2012]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/devils-advocate.html\"> Why the Devil's Advocate "
"Doesn't Help Reach the Truth</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2010]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/practical.html\"> The Advantages of Free Software</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2009]</span>'
#.   
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#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/pirate-party.html\"> How the Swedish Pirate Party "
"Platform Backfires on Free Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2009]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/lest-codeplex-perplex.html\"> Lest CodePlex "
"perplex</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2008]</span>'
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#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/ucita.html\"> Why We Must Fight UCITA</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2008]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/compromise.html\"> Avoiding Ruinous Compromises</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2007]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/social-inertia.html\"> Overcoming Social Inertia</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2004]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/my_doom.html\"> MyDoom and You</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/kevin-cole-response.html\"> A Response Letter to the "
"Word Attachments</a> (by Kevin Cole)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/anonymous-response.html\"> A Response to Word "
"Attachments</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h3>
msgid "Licensing Free Software"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/licenses/licenses.html\"> Licenses</a> &mdash; General "
"information on licensing and copyleft"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Copyleft"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/why-copyleft.html\"> Why Copyleft?</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[1998]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/pragmatic.html\"> Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism</a> (by "
"RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2009-2017]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html\"> On Selling Exceptions to "
"the GNU GPL</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2014]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/assigning-copyright.html\"> When a Company Asks For "
"Your Copyright</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/20050211.html\"> Censorship "
"envy and licensing</a> (by David &ldquo;Novalis&rdquo; Turner, on "
"<i>fsf.org</i>)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2004]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133128/https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/downloads/research/gpl/OIIFB_GPL2_20040903.pdf\"> "
"English translation of the famous decision of the District Court of "
"Munich</a> regarding the enforceability and validity of the GPL (by the "
"translators of the Oxford Internet Institute, on <i>oii.ox.ac.uk</i>)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2002]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/university.html\"> Releasing Free Software if You Work "
"at a University</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html\" id=\"GPLAmericanWay\"> The GNU "
"GPL and the American Way</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/gpl-american-dream.html\" id=\"GPLAmericanDream\"> The "
"GNU GPL and the American Dream</a> (by Bradley&nbsp;M.&nbsp;Kuhn)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/freedom-or-power.html\" id=\"FreedomOrPower\"> Freedom "
"or Power?</a> (by Bradley&nbsp;M.&nbsp;Kuhn and RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/rtlinux-patent.html\"> GPL-compliant version of "
"RTLinux Open Patent License in Works</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html\" id=\"EnforcingGPL\"> Enforcing "
"the GNU GPL</a> (by Eben Moglen)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/using-gfdl.html\" id=\"UsingGFDL\"> Using the GNU "
"FDL</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Non-copyleft"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/apsl.html\"> FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source "
"License (APSL) 2.0</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2000]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/plan-nine.html\" id=\"PlanNineLicense\"> The Problems "
"of the (Earlier) Plan 9 License</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1998]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/netscape-npl.html\"> On the Netscape Public "
"License</a> (by RMS)  [<a href=\"/philosophy/netscape-npl-old.html\">older "
"version</a>]"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1998]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/netscape.html\"> Netscape and Free Software</a> "
"&mdash; An old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an "
"announcement by Netscape."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1997]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/motif.html\" id=\"MotifLicense\"> The Motif "
"License</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Licensing traps"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2009-2019]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/javascript-trap.html\"> JavaScript Trap</a> (by RMS)  "
"&mdash; You may be running nonfree programs on your computer every day "
"without realizing it&mdash;through your web browser."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2004-2015]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/java-trap.html\" id=\"JavaTrap\"> Free But Shackled - "
"The Java Trap</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; Although Sun has <a "
"href=\"https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html\"> relicensed</a> "
"most of its Java platform reference implementation under the GNU General "
"Public License, the issue described in this article still remains important."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1998-2009]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/x.html\"> The X Window System Trap</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2006]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/sun-in-night-time.html\"> The Curious Incident of Sun "
"in the Night-Time</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h3>
msgid "Legal Issues"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Patents"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2012]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/limit-patent-effect.html\"> Giving the Software Field "
"Protection from Patents</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2011]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/europes-unitary-patent.html\"> Europe's &ldquo;unitary "
"patent&rdquo; could mean unlimited software patents</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2000-2007]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"https://www.eff.org/search/site/dvd%20cases/\"> EFF "
"&ldquo;Intellectual Property&rdquo;: MPAA (Motion Picture Association of "
"America) DVD Cases Archive</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2006]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/trivial-patent.html\"> The Anatomy of a Trivial "
"Patent</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html\"> Microsoft's New "
"Monopoly</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/02/comment.business\"> "
"Soft sell</a> (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)  &mdash; Comments on the "
"defeat of the EU software patenting directive."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/bill-gates-and-other-communists.html\"> Bill Gates and "
"Other Communists</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/software-literary-patents.html\" "
"id=\"SoftwareLiteraryPatents\"> Software Patents and Literary Patents</a> "
"(by RMS)  &mdash; Speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent "
"(6,935,954)  covers making game characters start to hallucinate when "
"(according to the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty "
"close to the hypothetical examples cited in this article."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2004]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/fighting-software-patents.html\" "
"id=\"FightingSoftwarePatents\"> Fighting Software Patents&mdash;Singly and "
"Together</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2005]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/jun/23/onlinesupplement.insideit\"> "
"Patent absurdity</a> (by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/w3c-patent.html\"> FSF's Position on W3 Consortium "
"&ldquo;Royalty-Free&rdquo; Patent Policy</a> (rewritten)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2003]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/guardian-article.html\"> Opposing The European "
"Software Patent Directive</a> (by RMS and Nick&nbsp;Hill)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://www.eff.org/press/releases/princeton-scientists-sue-over-squelched-research\"> "
"Princeton Scientists Sue Over Squelched Research</a> (press release on "
"<i>eff.org</i>)  &mdash; In <cite>Felten v. RIAA</cite>, scientists ask a "
"court to rule that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not "
"prohibit them from publishing their research."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/hague.html\"> Harm from the Hague</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2000]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064858/http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf\" "
"id=\"SequentialIPandI\"> Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation</a> "
"(by James Bessen and Eric Maskin, on <i>researchoninnovation.org</i>, "
"archived)  &mdash; This paper presents a mathematical model showing how "
"patents can impede progress in fields like software."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html\"> Letter from RMS to Tim "
"O'Reilly</a> in regard to a statement by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, on the "
"duration of software patents."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/amazon-nat.html\"> Amazon Boycott Success!</a> (a "
"letter from Nat Friedman to RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/amazon.html\"> (Formerly) Boycott Amazon!</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/amazonpatent.html\"> Method and system for placing a "
"purchase order via a communications network</a> &mdash; Amazon patent with "
"notes by RMS"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1997]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/gif.html\"> Why There Are No GIF Files on GNU Web "
"Pages</a> &mdash; While this story is a historical illustration of the "
"danger of software patents, these particular patents are now no longer a "
"concern.  For details of our website policies regarding GIFs, see our <a "
"href=\"/server/standards/gnu-website-guidelines.html#UseofGraphics\">web "
"guidelines</a>."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1996]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/savingeurope.html\"> Saving Europe from Software "
"Patents</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1996]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/protecting.html\"> Help Protect the Rights to Write "
"Both Nonfree and Free Software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1996]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/patent-reform-is-not-enough.html\"> Patent Reform Is "
"Not Enough</a>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Copyright"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2002]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html\"> Misinterpreting "
"Copyright&mdash;A Series of Errors</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; About the flaws in "
"popular defenses of copyright law."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[1996]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/reevaluating-copyright.html\"> Reevaluating Copyright: "
"The Public Must Prevail</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2010]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/public-domain-manifesto.html\"> Why I Will Not Sign "
"the Public Domain Manifesto</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2008]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright.html\"> Freedom&mdash;or "
"Copyright?</a> (by RMS)  [<a "
"href=\"/philosophy/freedom-or-copyright-old.html\">older version</a>]"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2002]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/eldred-amicus.html\"> FSF's Brief Amicus Curiae in the "
"<cite>Eldred v. Ashcroft</cite> Supreme Court case</a> (by Eben Moglen)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/push-copyright-aside.html\"> Science must &ldquo;push "
"copyright aside&rdquo;</a> (by RMS, first published in <a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20050729110347/http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/stallman.html\"> "
"<cite>Nature WebDebates</cite></a> in 2001)  &mdash; This article explains "
"how copyright is impeding progress in scientific research.  You may also be "
"interested in <a href=\"https://plos.org/\">The Public Library of "
"Science</a>, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely "
"available to all on the Internet."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2001]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20030604075825/http://www.humaninfo.org/copyrigh.htm\"> "
"Examples of Excellent Copyright Policies</a> (on <i>humaninfo.org</i>, "
"archived)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/cyber/complaint_orig.html\"> "
"Original complaint in <cite>Eldred v. Reno</cite></a> (on "
"<i>harvard.edu</i>)  &mdash; A lawsuit to overturn a law that extends "
"copyright by 20 extra years."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1996]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/rms-comment-longs-article.html\"> Comments on Roderick "
"Long's Article</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid ""
"The propaganda term &ldquo;<a "
"href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty\">Intellectual "
"Property</a>&rdquo;"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2004]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/not-ipr.html\"> Did You Say &ldquo;Intellectual "
"Property&rdquo;? It's a Seductive Mirage</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/komongistan.html\"> The Curious History of Komongistan "
"(Busting the term &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;)</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2006]</span>'
#.   
#. #echo encoding='none' var='DATE' 
#. type: Content of: <div><ul><li>
msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/no-ip-ethos.html\"> Don't Let &ldquo;Intellectual "
"Property&rdquo; Twist Your Ethos</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/ipjustice.html\"> Reject IP Enforcement Directive</a> "
"&mdash; Comments on the rejection of this directive by the International "
"Civil Liberties Coalition."
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/boldrin-levine.html\"> Review: Boldrin and Levine, "
"&ldquo;The Case Against Intellectual Property&rdquo;</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/sco/sco.html\"> FSF's Position regarding SCO's attacks "
"on Free Software</a>"
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/sco/sco-gnu-linux.html\"> SCO, GNU, and Linux</a> (by "
"RMS)  &mdash; How SCO's lawsuit against IBM pertains to the work of the GNU "
"project."
msgstr ""

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msgid "Cultural and Social Issues"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Digital society"
msgstr ""

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#.   
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/stallmans-law.html\"> Stallman's Law</a>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/digital-inclusion-in-freedom.html\"> Is Digital "
"Inclusion A Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/computing-progress.html\"> Computing "
"&ldquo;progress&rdquo;: good and bad</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/wsis.html\"> World Summit on the Information "
"Society</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Digital restrictions management and treacherous computing"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/opposing-drm.html\"> Opposing Digital Rights "
"Mismanagement</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; Answers to a few common questions about "
"DRM."
msgstr ""

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#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/can-you-trust.html\"> Can You Trust Your Computer?</a> "
"(by RMS)  &mdash; About the so-called &ldquo;trusted computing&rdquo; "
"initiatives."
msgstr ""

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#. [2013]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/nonfree-games.html\"> Nonfree DRM'd Games on "
"GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/correcting-france-mistake.html\"> Correcting My "
"Mistake about French Law</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "Network Services"
msgstr ""

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#. *[2010-2020]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html\"> Who does "
"that server really serve?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/posting-videos.html\"> Posting Videos</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2015]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/whats-wrong-with-youtube.html\"> What's Wrong with "
"YouTube</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2014]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/bug-nobody-allowed-to-understand.html\"> The Bug "
"Nobody is Allowed to Understand</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2011]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/judge-internet-usage.html\"> A wise user judges each "
"Internet usage scenario carefully</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html\"> Keep control of "
"your computing, so it doesn't control you!</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "Accessing culture"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/right-to-read.html\"> The Right to Read: A Dystopian "
"Short Story</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2012]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/ebooks-must-increase-freedom.html\"> Ebooks must "
"increase our freedom, not decrease it</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/the-danger-of-ebooks.html\"> The Danger of E-Books</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2010]</span>'
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"<a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman\"> "
"Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away</a> "
"(by RMS, on <i>theguardian.com</i>)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2000]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/ebooks.html\"> Ebooks: Freedom Or Copyright</a> (by "
"RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2000]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/encyclopedia/free-encyclopedia.html\"> The Free Universal "
"Encyclopedia and Learning Resource</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/new-monopoly.html\"> U.S. Congress Threatens to "
"Establish a New Kind of Monopoly</a> &mdash; An attempt of the Congress to "
"create a private monopoly over repeating publicly known information."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/stophr3028.html\"> Stop H.R. 3028 - Protect the Net - "
"Stop the Trademark Monopolists</a> (by Marc Rotenberg)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Content of: <div><h4>
msgid "Funding cultural works"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2013]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/funding-art-vs-funding-software.html\"> Funding Art vs "
"Funding Software</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [1992]</span>'
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/dat.html\"> The Right Way to Tax DAT</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "Surveillance, censorship, lock-in, etc."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2013&hellip;&nbsp;]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/proprietary/proprietary.html\"> Proprietary Software Is Often "
"Malware</a> &mdash; Clearly established cases of proprietary software that "
"does nasty things to the users."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. *[2015-2019]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html\"> How Much "
"Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/wwworst-app-store.html\"> The WWWorst App Store</a> "
"(by Alexandre Oliva)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2018]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/phone-anonymous-payment.html\"> Anonymous Payment by "
"Phone</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a "
"href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/facebook-abusing-data-law-privacy-big-tech-surveillance\"> "
"A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe</a> (by RMS, on "
"<i>theguardian.com</i>)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/surveillance-testimony.html\"> Surveillance "
"Testimony</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2012]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.html\"> Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2009]</span>'
#.   
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/microsoft.html\"> Is Microsoft the Great Satan?</a> "
"[<a href=\"/philosophy/microsoft-old.html\">older version</a>]"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/the-root-of-this-problem.html\"> The Problem Is "
"Software Controlled By Its Developer</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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#. [2008]</span>'
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"<a href=\"/philosophy/gates.html\"> It's not the Gates, it's the bars</a> "
"(by RMS)"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [2002]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/wassenaar.html\"> The Wassenaar Arrangement</a> "
"&mdash; Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without export "
"control."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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"<a href=\"/philosophy/ms-doj-tunney.html\"> FSF's Statement in Response to "
"Proposed Revised Final Judgment in <cite>Microsoft v. United "
"States</cite></a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid "<a href=\"/philosophy/microsoft-verdict.html\"> On the Microsoft Verdict</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/microsoft-antitrust.html\"> The Microsoft Antitrust "
"Trial and Free Software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1996]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/privacyaction.html\"> Protect Postal Privacy</a> (by "
"Kathleen Ellis)  &mdash; A campaign to resist the proposed rule by the "
"United States Postal Service to collect private information from customers."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/basic-freedoms.html\"> Freedoms of Speech, Press, and "
"Association</a> &mdash; How to protect these freedoms on the Internet."
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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"<a href=\"/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html\"> Censoring My Software</a> (by "
"RMS)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "Terminology and Definitions"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html\"> Words to Avoid (or Use with "
"Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
#. [1999&hellip;&nbsp;]</span>'
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/fs-translations.html\"> Translations of the term "
"&ldquo;free software&rdquo;</a> into various languages."
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/categories.html\"> Categories of Free and Nonfree "
"Software</a>"
msgstr ""

#. #set var='DATE' value='<span class="date-tag">
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msgid ""
"<a href=\"/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html\"> Why Call It The "
"Swindle?</a> (by RMS)"
msgstr ""

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"<a href=\"/philosophy/wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002.html\"> Public "
"Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002</a> (by RMS)  &mdash; How WIPO "
"recognizes that their system is designed to restrict the public, and how "
"they propose to modify terminology so that people won't notice."
msgstr ""

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"Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to <a "
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