Back تعريف البرمجيات الحرة Arabic মুক্ত সফটওয়্যার সংজ্ঞা Bengali/Bangla Definició de programari lliure Catalan Definition freier Software German Ορισμός του Ελεύθερου Λογισμικού Greek Definición de software libre Spanish تعریف نرمافزار آزاد Persian The Free Software Definition Italian 自由ソフトウェアの定義 Japanese 자유 소프트웨어의 정의 Korean
The Free Software Definition is a policy document written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It defines free software as software that grants users the freedom to use, study, share, and modify the software. The term "free" is used in the sense of "free speech", not "free of charge".[1]
The earliest known publication of the definition appeared in the February 1986 edition of the now-discontinued GNU's Bulletin published by the FSF.[2] Since 1996, the official version of the document has been maintained in the philosophy section of the GNU Project website. As of March 2025[update], the definition had seen 27 major revisions since it was originally published online and it had been translated into 65 languages.[3][4] The FSF also publishes a list of licenses that meet this definition.
- ^ "What is free software?". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Stallman, Richard M. (February 1986). "GNU's Bulletin, Volume 1 Number 1". Free Software Foundation. p. 8. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ^ "The Free Software Definition". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "The Free Software Definition – Translations". Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
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