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18 free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.
27 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use,
29 you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge
32 it in new free programs; and that you are informed that you can do
53 there is no warranty for the free library. Also, if the library is
60 any free program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot
61 effectively restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a
71 libraries into non-free programs.
83 Public License. It also provides other free software developers Less
84 of an advantage over competing non-free programs. These disadvantages
91 a de-facto standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must be
92 allowed to use the library. A more frequent case is that a free
93 library does the same job as widely used non-free libraries. In this
94 case, there is little to gain by limiting the free library to free
97 In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free
99 free software. For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in
100 non-free programs enables many more people to use the whole GNU
382 license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Library by
394 integrity of the free software distribution system which is
426 14. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free
431 decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status
432 of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing