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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-19 17:10:09
bkuhn@ebb.org
This is a useful statement that Fontana added, but it should be a footnote.
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@@ -276,15 +276,15 @@ share commercially.)
 
The freedom to modify and improve is somewhat empty without the freedom to
 
share those improvements.  The Software freedom community is built on the
 
pillar of altruistic sharing of improved Free Software. Historically
 
it was typical for a
 
Free Software project to sprout a mailing list where improvements
 
would be shared
 
freely among members of the development community.  This is still
 
freely among members of the development community\footnote{This is still
 
commonly the case, though today there are other or additional ways of
 
sharing Free Software. Such noncommercial
 
sharing Free Software.}.   Such noncommercial
 
sharing is the primary reason that Free Software thrives.
 

	
 
Commercial sharing of modified Free Software is equally important.
 
For commercial support to exist in a competitive free market, all
 
developers -- from single-person contractors to large software
 
companies -- must have the freedom to market their services as
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