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by id 4434 days ago
Doesn't libre require access to source code?

According to the free software definition [1], it's one of the essential freedoms:

>The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw

1 comments

Absolutely, libre implies code.

Access to compilable code can happen in more ways than fully libre release though.

I think that is what the parent post to yours meant.