Editing Free Software Song

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| artist     = [[Richard Stallman|Richard M. Stallman]]
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| released   = {{Start date|1993}}
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| genre      = [[Filk music|Filk]], [[folk music|folk]]
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[[File:30C3 Free Software Song 2.jpg|thumb|right|MQuintus performing the Free Software Song along with the audience at German hackerconference 30C3]]
The '''Free Software Song''' is a [[Filk music|filk]] song by [[Richard Stallman|Richard M. Stallman]] about [[free software]].  The song is set to the melody of the [[Bulgarian music|Bulgarian]] "[[Sadi Moma]]".

A version of this song is also performed by a band (the GNU/Stallmans) during the credits of the documentary ''[[Revolution OS]]''. In 1998, Matt Loper recorded a [[techno]] version of the song.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jwz.org/blog/2003/08/why-cooperation-with-rms-is-impossible-part-3/ | title=Why Cooperation with RMS is Impossible, Part 3 | date=March 2008 | accessdate=5 July 2013 | author=Zawinski, Jamie}}</ref> [[Jono Bacon]] also recorded a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] version of the song,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lastfm.com/music/Jono+Bacon/_/Free+Software+Song | title=Jono Bacon - Free Software Song | work=Last.fm | accessdate=5 July 2013}}</ref> and the band Fenster recorded a rhythmic version.<ref name="gnu">{{cite web | url=https://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html | title=The Free Software Song | work=GNU Operating System | year=1993 | accessdate=2008-10-30 | author=Stallman, Richard}}</ref> In addition, there is a Spanish [[pop punk]] version  recorded by ALEC,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artelibreestudio.com.ar/?p=63 |title=Arte Libre Estudio Cooperativo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029051520/http://www.artelibreestudio.com.ar/?p=63 |archivedate=October 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://e3.ututo.org/users/musix/ALEC/cancion_software_libre/master/ALEC_Cancion_SL_master.ogg |title=Archived copy |website=e3.ututo.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515035918/http://e3.ututo.org/users/musix/ALEC/cancion_software_libre/master/ALEC_Cancion_SL_master.ogg |archive-date=15 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and a [[Rick Astley]] [[mashup (music)|mashup]], "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061725if_/http://i.cr3ation.co.uk/dl/s1/mp3/c85d0c594de9cd97ff2fe2e3f4b027a7_freeasinrickrolled.mp3 Never Gonna Give GNU Up]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.systemed.net/blog/legacy/28.html|title=Système D » Never Gonna Give GNU Up|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref>

A version is used in the free software [[karaoke]] [[video game]] Sinatra.<ref>[http://fredrik.jemla.eu/sinatra/ Sinatra Homepage] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507053156/http://fredrik.jemla.eu/sinatra/ |date=May 7, 2011 }}</ref>

==Lyrics==
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:Join us now and share the software;
:You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
:Join us now and share the software;
:You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.

:Hoarders can get piles of money,
:That is true, hackers, that is true.
:But they cannot help their neighbors;
:That's not good, hackers, that's not good.

:When we have enough free software
:At our call, hackers, at our call,
:We'll kick out those dirty licenses
:Ever more, hackers, ever more.

:Join us now and share the software;
:You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
:Join us now and share the software;
:You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.

The lyrics have been placed in the [[public domain]].<ref name="gnu" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Free Software Song}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [https://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html The Free Software Song] at the official [[GNU Project]] Website
* {{YouTube|id=1BH7poMtPVU|title=Richard Stallman - Free Software Song}}
* An [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/The_Free_Software_Song_(Traditional) SATB choir version] on the [[Choral Public Domain Library]] and [http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Song_(Folk_Songs,_Bulgarian) the same arrangement] at the [[International Music Score Library Project]]

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[[Category:Filk songs]]
[[Category:Free software culture and documents]]
[[Category:Works about intellectual property law]]
[[Category:Public domain music]]
[[Category:American songs]]
[[Category:Bulgarian songs]]
[[Category:Propaganda songs]]
[[Category:Hacker culture]]
[[Category:1993 songs]]