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The freedom to run the program, for any purpose

The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish

The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor

The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others

Free software is more than just the bits that you downloaded and installed on your computer. It is a practice, philosophy and community best illustrated by four principles:

You can learn more about free software at the <a href="http://fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation (FSF)</a> and open source software at the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source Initiative (OSI)</a>.

Free and Open Source Software