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A [[Free Software License]] must grant people all the freedoms listed in one of the more elaborate definitions of free software.

The four freedoms listed in the Free Software Definition published by [[Free Software Foundation]] are numbered 0 to 3 as follows:

*Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose. 
*Freedom 1: The freedom to study and modify the program. 
*Freedom 2: The freedom to copy the program so you can help your neighbour [by passing along a copy]. 
*Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

This definition also notes that "access to the source code is a precondition" for freedoms 1 and 3.

==Links==
*Wikipedia article on the Free Software Defintion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition

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