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