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Each of these countries, for example, permits its citizens to move around within their borders or even leave their territory altogether, i.e., without having to get permission first. This is in contrast with so-called <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain" class="internal" title="Iron Curtain">Iron Curtain</a> countries and other dictatorships which impose internal travel restrictions or restrict overseas and emigration <hr> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman" class="internal" title="Richard Stallman">Richard Stallman</a> and the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_movement" class="internal" title="Free software movement">free software movement</a> use the term <strong>Free World</strong> to describe the set of software, people, commercial/non-profit companies, that adhere to the 4 basic freedoms of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" class="internal" title="Free software">free software</a>. <p> So they for example speak of the Free World (note the capital letters) when they refer to a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_distribution" class="internal" title="GNU/Linux distribution">GNU/Linux distribution</a> composed only of free software (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_GNU/Linux" class="internal" title="Debian GNU/Linux">Debian GNU/Linux</a> used to be such distribution, and its "main" packages still constitute one), and they say that for example some free application that use non-free libraries can't be run in a Free World, since in a Free World these non-free libraries don't exist. <p> In a broader sense, lawyers for example are said to live in a Free World, because they have the freedom to study, modify and freely redistribute legal knowledge, decisions and strategies. </div><br clear="all"> <div id="footer"><table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="152" rowspan="1"> </td><td class="bottom" align="left" valign="top"><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Free_World&action=edit" class="internal" title="Free World">Edit this page</a></strong> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Free_World" class="internal" title="Talk:Free World">Discuss this page</a> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Free_World&action=history" class="internal" title="Free World">Older versions</a> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Free_World" class="internal" title="Special:Whatlinkshere">What links here</a> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=Free_World" class="internal" title="Special:Recentchangeslinked">Related changes</a><br> <br><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="internal" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About" class="internal" title="Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a> | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges" class="internal" title="Special:Recentchanges">Recent changes</a> | <form class="inline" method="get" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20030216131742/http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml"><input type="hidden" name="PHPSESSID" value="d7773950e43ccb877bb0ea14353c3931"/><input type="text" name="search" size="19" value=""> <input type="submit" value="Search"> <input type="submit" name="go" value="Go"></form><br><span id="pagestats"> It was last modified 09:44 May 31, 2002. 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