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  1. .. Note
  2. Copyright 2017 Digital
  3. This file is part of BeeWatch.
  4. BeeWatch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  5. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  6. the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  7. (at your option) any later version.
  8. BeeWatch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  9. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  10. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  11. GNU General Public License for more details.
  12. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  13. along with BeeWatch. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  14. .. toctree::
  15. :maxdepth: 2
  16. :caption: Contents:
  17. .. include:: links.rst
  18. Fee Software
  19. ============
  20. My goal is to produce free software. 'Free' as in freedom or libre. That means I and the software I write respect your privacy and rights. Sounds great but what does that mean? Let's take a look at the definition of free software by `gnu.org - free software`_ :
  21. A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential freedoms:
  22. 0. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
  23. 1. 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 precondition for this.
  24. 2. The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
  25. 3. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
  26. So basically you are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve my software.
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