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   GNU is the only operating system developed specifically to give its users
   freedom. What is GNU, and what freedom is at stake?

   [42]Escape to Freedom: A video from the FSF

What is GNU?

   GNU is an operating system that is [43]free software--that is, it respects users'
   freedom. The GNU operating system consists of GNU packages (programs specifically
   released by the GNU Project) as well as free software released by third parties.
   The development of GNU made it possible to use a computer without software that
   would trample your freedom.

   We recommend [44]installable versions of GNU (more precisely, GNU/Linux
   distributions) which are entirely free software. [45]More about GNU below.
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   The free software movement campaigns to win for the users of computing the
   freedom that comes from free software. Free software puts its users in control of
   their own computing. Nonfree software puts its users under the power of the
   software's developer. See [57]the video explanation.

What is Free Software?

   Free software means the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study,
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   Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you
   should think of "free" as in "free speech," not as in "free beer".

   More precisely, free software means users of a program have the [58]four
   essential freedoms:
     * The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
     * The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your
       computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a
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     * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
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   Developments in technology and network use have made these freedoms [59]even more
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   Nowadays the free software movement goes far beyond developing the GNU system.
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   of GNU, started in January 1984, is known as the GNU Project. Many of the
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   The name "GNU" is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix". [63]"GNU" is
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   The program in a Unix-like system that allocates machine resources and talks to
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   by millions, though many [65]call it "Linux" by mistake.

   GNU's own kernel, the [66]GNU Hurd, was started in 1990 (before Linux was
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