Gpl Licensing
Comptetive advantages trought tecnologies
GPL licensing
What is the free software?
The meaning of free software derives from the principles of freedom of ideas and information exchange. In the scientific discipline the principle of free information exchange is highly considered. In fact this principle is usually seen to be linked to the importance of the extraordinary growth of knowledge in the last 3 centuries.
The freedom of idea exchange is not only characterised by practical aspects, it is even the basic condition for freedom of thought and action. Like the ideas the software is immaterial, and can be copied and sent in a simple way. Everyday like the ideas, the softwares give their influence in social background, deterrminating etical,economical and politcals effects.
Richard M. Stallman, in the early 1980s, introduced the meaning of free software.The definition that Stallman gave has since been viewed as the main definition of free software and it is characterized by 4 points of liberty. These are as follows;
Liberty0 (or main freedom)
The liberty to run the programm for every aim without limit in its usage
Liberty1
The liberty to study how the program works,and taylor it for every request
Liberty2
The liberty to spread between people copies of the program
Liberty3
The liberty to impower the program and,and to destributed its apgraded versions.
The software
that is distributed that contain these criteria
are called "free software". In 1984 Richard Stallman started the "GNU project" with the aim to realise the free software concept, creating a free software fondation, to give economical, tecnical and logistic support.
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