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Index
Foreword
Preface to the Second Edition
Part I: The GNU Project and Free Software
1 The Free Software Definition
2: The GNU Project
3: The Initial Announcement of the GNU Operating System
4: The GNU Manifesto
5: Why Software Should Not Have Owners
6: Why Software Should Be Free
7: Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software
8: Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University
9: Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation
10: Selling Free Software
11: The Free Software Song
Part II: What’s in a Name?
12: What’s in a Name?
13: Categories of Free and Nonfree Software
14: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
15: Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It’s a Seductive Mirage
16: Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing
Part III: Copyright, Copyleft
17: The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story
18: Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors
19: Science Must Push Copyright Aside
20: Freedom—or Copyright
21: What Is Copyleft?
22: Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism
Part IV: Software Patents: Danger to Programmers
23: Anatomy of a Trivial Patent
24: Software Patents and Literary Patents
25: The Danger of Software Patents
26: Microsoft’s New Monopoly
Part V: The Licenses
27: Introduction to the Licenses
28: The GNU General Public License
29 Why Upgrade to GPLv3
30 The GNU Lesser General Public License
31 GNU Free Documentation License
Part VI: Traps and Challenges
32: Can You Trust Your Computer?
33: Who Does That Server Really Serve?
34: Free but Shackled: The Java Trap
35: The JavaScript Trap
36: The X Window System Trap
37: The Problem Is Software Controlled by Its Developer
38: We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
39: Thank You, Larry McVoy
Part VII: An Assessment and a Look Ahead
40: Computing “Progress”: Good and Bad
41: Avoiding Ruinous Compromises
42: Overcoming Social Inertia
43: Freedom or Power?
Appendix A: A Note on Software
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