Free software free society : selected essays of Richard M. Stallman

Table of Contents
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
Part I: The GNU Project and Free Software
	1 What Is Free Software?
	2 The GNU Project
	3 The Initial Announcement of the GNU Operating System
	4 Free Software Is Even More Important Now
	5 Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software
	6 Measures Governments Can Use to Promote Free Software
	7 Why Free Software Needs Free Documentation
	8 Selling Free Software
	9 Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs
	10 Applying the Free Software Criteria
Part II: What’s in a Name?
	11 What’s in a Name?
	12 Linux and the GNU System
	13 Categories of Free and Nonfree Software
	14 Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
	15 Did You Say “Intellectual Property”?
	It’s a Seductive Mirage
	16 Why Call It the Swindle?
	17 Words to Avoid (or Use with Care)
	Because They Are Loaded or Confusing
Part III: Copyright and Injustice
	18 The Right to Read
	19 Misinterpreting Copyright—A Series of Errors
	20 Science Must Push Copyright Aside
	21 Copyright vs. Community
	in the Age of Computer Networks
Part IV: Software Patents: Danger to Programmers
	22 Software Patents and Literary Patents
	23 The Danger of Software Patents
	24 Giving the Software Field Protection from Patents
Part V: Free Software Licensing
	25 Introduction to the Licenses
	26 How to Choose a License for Your Own Work
	27 The X Window System Trap
	28 Programs Must Not Limit the Freedom to Run Them
	29 What Is Copyleft?
	30 Why Copyleft?
	31 Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism
	32 The GNU General Public License
	33 Why Upgrade to GPLv3
	34 The GNU Lesser General Public License
	35 GNU Free Documentation License
	36 On Selling Exceptions to the GNU GPL
Part VI: Traps and Challenges
	37 Can You Trust Your Computer?
	38 The JavaScript Trap
	39 Releasing Free Software If You Work at a University
	40 Nonfree DRM’d Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?
	41 The Danger of E-Books
	42 E-books Must Increase Our Freedom, Not Decrease It
	43 Who Does That Server Really Serve?
Part VII: Value Community and Your Freedom
	44 Avoiding Ruinous Compromises
	45 Overcoming Social Inertia
	46 Freedom or Power?
	47 Imperfection Is Not the Same as Oppression
	48 How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?
A: A Note on Software
B: Translations of “Free Software” and “Gratis Software”
C: The Free Software Song
Index