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	'''Free software''' refers to a "freedom to share and modify software" as ~~advocated by~~ the [[Free Software Foundation]]. Freedom of use is of course only available to those who have the hardware and expertise to use the software, whose needs are addressed by the software. Freedom to modify is of course only available to those who have the skills, education and time to learn sometimes very complex and involved code, often in low level languages such as C.		'''Free software''' is most often '''[[copyleft]]ed''' but there are other kinds. The freedom refers to a "freedom to share and modify software" as the [[Free Software Foundation]] connotates the word "free". Freedom of use is of course only available to those who have the hardware and expertise to use the software, whose needs are addressed by the software. Freedom to modify is of course only available to those who have the skills, education and time to learn sometimes very complex and involved code, often in low level languages such as C.

	The [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] may decide that some other balance of freedoms is appropriate to maximize delivery of [[Consumerium Services]], so it is, as stated in the [[Consumerium:FAQ]], not a feature of Consumerium that it rely entirely on free software.		The [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] may decide that some other balance of freedoms is appropriate to maximize delivery of [[Consumerium Services]], so it is, as stated in the [[Consumerium:FAQ]], not a feature of Consumerium that it rely entirely on free software.