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+<!-- This is the second edition of Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.
+
+Free Software Foundation
+
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+
+Boston, MA 02110-1335
+Copyright C 2002, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+of this book from the original English into another language provided
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+the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all
+copies.
+
+ISBN 978-0-9831592-0-9
+Cover design by Rob Myers.
+
+Cover photograph by Peter Hinely.
+ -->
+
+
+ <a name="Preface-to-the-Second-Edition">
+ </a>
+ <h1 class="unnumbered">
+ Preface to the Second Edition
+ </h1>
+ <p>
+ The second edition of
+ <cite>
+ Free Software, Free Society
+ </cite>
+ holds updated
+versions of most of the essays from the first edition, as well as many
+new essays published since the first edition.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The essays about software patents are now in one section and those
+about copyright in another, to set an example of not grouping together
+these two laws, whose workings and effects on software are totally
+different.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Another section presents the GNU licenses, with a new introduction
+written with Brett Smith giving their history and the motives for each
+of them. One of the essays explains why software projects should
+upgrade to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ There is now a section on issues of terminology, since the way we
+describe an issue affects how people think about it.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The last two sections describe some of the traps free software
+developers and users face—new ways to lose your freedom, and how to
+avoid them.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ We have also added an index, to complement the appendix on software.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ We would like to thank Jeanne Rasata for managing the project, editing
+the book, formatting the text, and creating the index. Thanks also to
+Karl Berry for technical assistance with Texinfo, Brett Smith for all
+other technical help and for valuable feedback, and Rob Myers for
+formatting the cover.
+ </p>
+