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Copyright Notice
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
I Part I: The GNU Project and Free Software
1 What Is Free Software?
2 The GNU Project
3 The Initial Announcement of the GNU Operating System
4 Free Software Is Even More Important Now
5 Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software
6 Measures Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software
7 Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation
8 Selling Free Software
9 Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs
10 Applying the Free Software Criteria
II Part II: What’s in a Name?
11 What’s in a Name?
12 Linux and the GNU System
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 Why Call It the Swindle?
17 Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing
III Part III: Copyright and Injustice
18 The Right to Read
19 Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors
20 Science Must Push Copyright Aside
21 Copyright vs. Communityin the Age of Computer Networks
IV Part IV: Software Patents: Danger to Programmers
22 Software Patents and Literary Patents
23 The Danger of Software Patents
24 Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents
V Part V: Free Software Licensing
25 Introduction to the Licenses
26 How to Choose a License for Your Own Work
27 The X Window System Trap
28 Programs Must Not Limit the Freedom to Run Them
29 What Is Copyleft?
30 Why Copyleft?
31 Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism
32 The GNU General Public License
33 Why Upgrade to GPLv3
34 The GNU Lesser General Public License
35 GNU Free Documentation License
36 On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL
VI Part VI: Traps and Challenges
37 Can You Trust Your Computer?
38 The JavaScript Trap
39 Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University
40 Nonfree DRM’d Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?
41 The Danger of E-Books
42 E-books Must Increase Our Freedom, Not Decrease It
43 Who Does That Server Really Serve?
VII Part VII: Value Community and Your Freedom
44 Avoiding Ruinous Compromises
45 Overcoming Social Inertia
46 Freedom or Power?
47 Imperfection Is Not the Same as Oppression
48 How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?
VIII Appendices
A: A Note on Software
B: Translations of “Free Software” and “Gratis Software”
C: The Free Software Song
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