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4.5. Origin of Free Software
In 70s software was
not
a product. Usually complete OS was distributed with hardware
Advent of microcomputers opened a "market" for software
How to treat software: Is it a
Formula
or
Prose
?
Richard Stallman
realized the implications of copyright
Using the machinery for his purpose, he
inverted
the copyright ->
GPL
also called
Copyleft
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