In order for the Users to have Control
over a Program,

or some other Work that they
use to do practical Jobs,

the users need four essential Freedoms.

Freedom zero is the Freedom,
to use the Work, as you wish,

to run the Program, as you wish,

doing whatever Job, you want to do.

Freedom one is the Freedom, to study the Work
in the best possible Form

and change it, so the Work does the Job,
the way you wish.

In the case of Software, this means
to study the real

Source Code and change that.

Well, these two Freedoms provide
individual Control over the Program

or other Work,

meaning each User can Adapt the Work
to that User's needs.

For collective Control, we need two more
essential Freedoms.

Freedom two is the Freedom, to
redistribute exact Copies

and Freedom three is the Freedom, to
redistribute your modified Versions.

This allows the People in a Group to
cooperate with each other

as they make Changes in the Program or
other Work

And also to offer their Version to others,
if they wish.

So, with these four Freedoms, the Users
control the Work

and they control, what they do with it.

In the Case of Software the Users can
control their Computing.

And that's what this is Fundamentally about-
Users deserve to have Control

of their own Computing.

It's wrong, for someone else to Control
your Computing.

That's an Injustice.

and We should get rid of that.

[Trade-free means you are in control]