Free Software Song
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.
Other versions I couldn’t be bothered adding
This rock/metal version is put out by Loneload available in Ogg Vorbis format (2.2 MB), released under CC BY. MooGNU by the anonymous posters on the 4chan technology image board /g/ is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Available in Ogg Video format (4.5 MB). The band Sebkha-Chott released in 2012, a matricide of the Free Software Song to celebrate the death of ACTA. It’s available in Ogg vorbis (2.3MB), or in FLAC (10.1MB), under the Free Art License, version 1.3. The ecantorix program, a singing synthesis frontend for espeak, released under the GPLv3+, features the Free Software Song as an example output. You can get a typeset score of the song made with GNU LilyPond. The LilyPond source for the typeset score is also available.
Work
Licensing Public domain (entirety) Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation claim no copyright on this song., GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 (part) A video recording is under this license., GNU General Public License 3.0 (part) A piano version is under this license., GNU General Public License (part) Zweitgolf's version., Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 (Unported) (part) Jono Bacon's version 1., Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (Unported) (part) Jono Bacon's version 2, according to the Free Music Archive.
Connections
- Richard Stallman (composer, performer)
- Free Software Foundation (host of)
- Julian Coccia (recorder of) One of the videos is recorded by Coccia.
- Markus Haist (performer) Performed a piano version.
- Zweitgolf (performer) Performed a version.
- Jono Bacon (performer) Performed two metal versions.
- Sadi moma bela loza (based on) Free Software Song uses the melody of Sadi Moma Bela Loza.
Genre IP Minimalism
Language English (original)
Grouping Music
Type Score (electronic) You can get a typeset score of the song made with GNU LilyPond. The LilyPond source for the typeset score is also available., Recording (electronic)
Versions
| Version | Format | Price | File | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A recording of Richard Stallman singing this song | AU, OGG | Free | — | License not specified. |
| A recording of the piece accompanied by Bulgarian instruments played in traditional style | OGG | Free | — | License not specified. |
| A video of Richard Stallman performing the song | OGG | Free | — | Released under GFDLv1.3+ by the videographer, Julian Coccia. |
| An improvised piano version by Markus Haist | OGG | Free | — | Released under GPLv3. |
| A version by the band Zweitgolf | OGG | Free | — | Released under the GPL. |
| A metal version by Jono Bacon | OGG | Free | — | Released under CC BY-SA. |
| Metal Free Software Song 2, by Jono Bacon | MP3 | Free | — | The link on Jono Bacon's site to a variety of versions of the song is broken: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/06/15/metal-free-software-song-2-this-time-its-personal/ |