Z:gnu-www-ja-open-source-misses-the-point--ce924b-The free software movement has/en

The free software movement has campaigned for computer users' freedom since 1983. In 1984 we launched the development of the free operating system GNU, so that we could avoid the nonfree operating systems that deny freedom to their users. During the 1980s, we developed most of the essential components of the system and designed the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) to release them under&mdash;a license designed specifically to protect freedom for all users of a program.