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@ -172,8 +172,24 @@ Software'' to refer to noncommercial software that restricts freedom
commercial software that restricts freedom (such as nearly all of
Microsoft's and Oracle's offerings).
The remainder of this section considers each of the four freedoms in
detail.
Keep in mind that the none of the terms ``software freedom'', ``open source''
and ``free software'' are not known to be trademarked by any organization in
any jurisdiction. As such, it's quite common that these terms are abused and
misused by parties who wish to bank on the popularity of software freedom.
When one considers using, modifying or redistributing a software package that
purports to be Open Source or Free Software, one \textbf{must} verify that
the license grants software freedom
Furthermore, throughout this text, we generally prefer the term ``software
freedom'', as this is the least ambiguous term available to describe software
that meets the Free Software Definition. For example, it is well known and
often discussed that the adjective ``free'' has two unrelated meanings in
English: ``free as in freedom'' and ``free as in price''. Meanwhile, the
term ``open source'' is even more confusing, because it refers only to the
``freedom to study'', which is merely a subset of one of the four freedoms.
The remainder of this section considers each of each component of software
freedom in detail.
\subsection{The Freedom to Run}