Free software and research
Francesco Potortì, 2003
- Free software and research
- What is free software?
- The four freedoms
- The four dimensions of free software
- Practical advantages: a developer's view
- Practical advantages: a user's view
- Practical advantages: a political view
- Common misconceptions and false assessments
- Free software and research
- Advantages in academia: scientific production
- Advantages in academia: commercial applications
- Encouraging the production of free software in research institutions
- Cultural environment
- How to make a program free
- Acknowledgements