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With software, there are two possibilities: either the users control the software or the software controls the users. The first case we call &ldquo;free software&rdquo;, free as in freedom, because the users have effective control of the software if they have certain essential freedoms. We also call it &ldquo;free/libre&rdquo; to emphasize that this is a question of freedom, not price. The second case is proprietary software. Windows and MacOS are proprietary; so is iOS, the software in the iPhone. Such a system controls its users, and a company controls the system.