GNU is the only operating system developedspecifically to give its users freedom. What is GNU, and what freedomis at stake?
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What is GNU?
GNU is an operating system thatis free software—that is,it respects users' freedom. The GNU operating system consists of GNUpackages (programs specifically released by the GNU Project) as wellas free software released by third parties. The development of GNUmade it possible to use a computer without software that would trampleyour freedom.
We recommend installableversions of GNU (more precisely, GNU/Linux distributions) whichare entirely free software. More about GNUbelow.
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What is the Free Software Movement?
The free software movement campaigns to win for the users ofcomputing the freedom that comes from free software. Free softwareputs its users in control of their own computing. Nonfree softwareputs its users under the power of the software's developer. Seethe video explanation.
What is Free Software?
Free software means the users have the freedom to run,copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand theconcept, you should think of “free” as in “freespeech”, not as in “free beer”.
More precisely, free software means users of a program havethe four essentialfreedoms:
- 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 precondition for this.
- The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
- 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.
Developments in technology and network use have made these freedomseven moreimportant now than they were in 1983.
Nowadays the free software movement goes far beyond developing theGNU system. See the Free SoftwareFoundation's web site for more about what we do, and a listof ways you can help.
More about GNU
GNU is a Unix-like operating system. Thatmeans it is a collection of many programs: applications, libraries,developer tools, even games. The development of GNU, started inJanuary 1984, is known as the GNU Project. Many of the programs inGNU are released under the auspices of the GNU Project; those wecall GNU packages.
The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for “GNU'sNotUnix.” “GNU”is pronounced g'noo, as one syllable, like saying“grew” but replacing the r with n.
The program in a Unix-like system that allocates machine resourcesand talks to the hardware is called the “kernel”. GNU istypically used with a kernel called Linux. This combination isthe GNU/Linux operatingsystem. GNU/Linux is used by millions, thoughmany call it “Linux” bymistake.
GNU's own kernel, The Hurd,was started in 1990 (before Linux was started). Volunteers continuedeveloping the Hurd because it is an interesting technicalproject.
The GNU Project supports the Free Software Foundation's petition to call on school administrators around the world to stop requiring students to run nonfree software. Sign the petitionfor freedom in the classroom.
The GNU Project strongly urges the community to communicate in ways that are friendly, welcoming and kind. See the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines.
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Can you contribute to any ofthese HighPriority Areas?
- Free phone operating system,
- decentralization, federation and self-hosting,
- free drivers, firmware and hardware designs,
- real-time voice and video chat,
- encourage contribution by people underrepresented in the community,
- and more.
Can you help maintain a GNU package?
- cfengine, freedink, freetalk, halifax, mcron, quickthreads,are all looking for maintainers.
- Also, these packages are looking for co-maintainers:aspell, bison, gnuae, gnubik, metaexchange, powerguru, xboard.
See the package web pages for more information.
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Gneural Network implements a programmable neural network. It currentlysupports feed-forward networks which can learn simple tasks such ascurve-fitting.(doc)