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<h2 (追記) id="open-source">Beyond Software</h2>
<h2>Beyond Software</h2>
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<a href="free-doc.html">Software manuals must be free</a>, for the same
reasons that software must be free, and because the manuals are in effect
part of the software.</p>
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<p>
The same arguments also make sense for other kinds of works of
practical use -- that is to say, works that embody useful knowledge,
such as educational works and reference
works. <a href="http://wikipedia.org"> Wikipedia </a> is the best known
example.
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Any kind of work <em>can</em> be free, and the definition of free software
has been extended to a definition of <a href="http://freedomdefined.org/">
free cultural works</a> applicable to any kind of works.
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<h2 (追記ここまで) id="open-source">Open Source?</h2>
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Another group has started using the term <q>open source</q> to mean
something close (but not identical) to <q>free software.</q> We
prefer the term <q>free software</q> because, once you have heard (追記) that (追記ここまで)
it refers to freedom rather than price, (削除) <a href="free-software-for-freedom.html">it (削除ここまで) (追記) it (追記ここまで) calls to mind (削除) freedom</a>. (削除ここまで) (追記) freedom. (追記ここまで)
The word <q>open</q> (追記) <a href="open-source-misses-the-point.html"> (追記ここまで)
never (削除) does that. (削除ここまで) (追記) refers to freedom </a>. (追記ここまで)
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