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> From: Javier Fernandez <jafernan@faeroes.freeshell.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:11:10 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> gnuplot despite its name is not 'free' software in the sense of
> freedom.  You can distribute gnuplot's source, but you cannot
> distribute modified versions of the source.
> 
> http://gnuplot.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnuplot/gnuplot/Copyright?view=markup

But you _can_ distribute the source modifications as patches to
released sources, so what's the difference?