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Freedom
Freedom

Freedom may refer to:* Freedom * Freedom , the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression...
(disambiguation)
Freestyle
Freestyle

Freestyle or Freestyler may refer to:* FreeStyle, a television show on HGTV* Free Style, a Korean hip hop group* Freestyle , a radio program on CBC's Radio One, hosted by Marsha Lederman and Cameron Phillips...
(disambiguation)
Gratis
Gratis

Gratis is the process of providing goods or services without monetary compensation. It is often referred to in English as "free of charge"....
, process of providing goods or services without monetary compensation

Arts and philosophy

Freedom (philosophy)
Freedom (philosophy)

Freedom, or the idea of being free, is a broad concept that has been given numerous interpretations by philosophy and schools of thought. The protection of interpersonal freedom can be the object of a social and political investigation, while the metaphysical foundation of inner freedom is a philosophical and psychological question....
Free, to emancipate, to obtain political rights (usually for a disenfranchised group)
Free, a pseudonym for the activist and writer Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman

Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a social and political activism in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party . Later he became a fugitive from the law, living under an alias and working as an enviromentalist following a conviction for dealing cocaine....
"Free" (Desperate Housewives)
Free (Desperate Housewives)

"Free" is the 87th episode of the American Broadcasting Company television series Desperate Housewives. It is the seventeenth episode of the show's fourth season, and the second half of the two-hour season finale....
, a television episode
Free content
Free content

Free content, or free information, is any kind of functional work, Work of art, or other creative Content having no significant legal restriction relative to people's freedom to use, redistribute, and produce modified versions of and works derived from the content....
, content without significant legal usability restrictions
Free will
Free will

The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relationship between freedom and Causality, and determining whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic....
, control exercised by rational agents over their actions and decisions

Computing

free (command), a Linux utility for displaying memory and swap usage
free (programming), a function that releases dynamically allocated memory for reuse
Freefont, an open font project
Free software
Free software

Free Software or software libre is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and to prevent consumer-facing hardware...
, software usable with few restrictions and distributable as such
Freeware
Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee. Freeware is different from shareware; the latter obliges the user to pay ....
, a broader class of software available at no cost or for an optional fee
Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment, a description of the Shenmue
Shenmue

is an adventure game developed by Sega-AM2 and published by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki. Suzuki coined a genre title, "FREE" , for the game, based on the interactivity and freedom he wanted to give to the player....
game series' engine.

Mathematics

Free object
Free object

In mathematics, the idea of a free object is one of the basic concepts of abstract algebra. It is a part of universal algebra, in the sense that it relates to all types of algebraic structure ....

Free abelian group
Free abelian group

In abstract algebra, a free abelian group is an abelian group that has a "basis" in the sense that every element of the group can be written in one and only one way as a finite linear combination of elements of the basis, with integer coefficients....
Free algebra
Free algebra

In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra known as ring theory, a free algebra is the noncommutative analogue of a polynomial ring ....
Free group
Free group

In mathematics, a group G is called free if there is a subset S of G such that any element of G can be written in one and only one way as a product of finitely many elements of S and their inverses ....
Free module
Free module

In mathematics, a free module is a free object in the category of module s. Given a set S, a free module on S is a free module with basis S....
Free semigroup
Free semigroup

In abstract algebra, the free monoid on a Set A is the monoid whose elements are all the finite sequences of zero or more elements from A, with the binary operation of concatenation....

Free variable
Group action
Group action

In algebra and geometry, a group action is a way of describing symmetry of objects using group . The essential elements of the object are described by a Set and the symmetries of the object are described by the symmetry group of this set, which consists of bijective transformation of the set....

Music

Free (Rick Astley album)
Free (Rick Astley album)

Free is Rick Astley's third album, released in 1991 in music. It was his first album not to be produced by the noted production team of Stock Aitken Waterman....
Free (Chi Rho album)
Free (Chi Rho album)

Free features more contemporary music by artists such as DC Talk and Jars of Clay all arranged and sung by the Chi Rho Wake Forest Christian Male A Cappella Ensemble....
Free (Concrete Blonde album)
Free (Concrete Blonde album)

The second album by alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, featuring the addition of second guitarist Alan Block....
Free (Dana International album)
Free (Dana International album)

Free is the fifth studio album by Israeli singer Dana International, released in 1999, the year after she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Diva " and it also includes an alternate version of the track....
Free (For Real album)
Free (For Real album)

Free is the second Album by R&B group For Real, released in 1996 ....
Free (Free album)
Free (Free album)

Free is the second album of England rock group Free , recorded and released in 1969. The band had spent time touring after their debut album Tons of Sobs the previous year, and there is a marked difference in the musicianship of the band as well as Paul Rodgers's voice....
Free (Brad Johner album)
Free (Brad Johner album)

Free is the first solo studio album by Canada country music singer Brad Johner. It was released in Canada on February 11, 2003 by Royalty Records....
Free (Libera album)
Free (Libera album)

Free is a 5-Oct-2004 music album by Libera ...
Free (Marcus Miller album)
Free (Marcus Miller album)

Free is an album by Jazz bassist Marcus Miller. It was released in 2007.The album's title track is a cover of the 1977 Deniece Williams Free ....
; includes a song titled "Free"
Free (Negativland album)
Free (Negativland album)

Free is a 1993 Negativland album. It was originally made for SST Records, but as they dropped them for the U2 single, Negativland signed on with Mordam Records/EMI and released this album....
Free (OSI album)
Free (OSI album)

Free is the second album by OSI , released on April 21, 2006....
; includes a song titled "Free"
Free (The Party album)
Free (The Party album)

The band's second studio album really showed its changing sound. Teddy Riley wrote three songs for the album, including the New Jack Swing-tinged title song, "Free," which was also remixed by House music legends Steve "Silk" Hurley and E-Smoove....
Free (Planetshakers album)
Free (Planetshakers album)

Free is the 2008 live recorded album from Planetshakers.Recorded in August/September 2007 at Planetshakers City Church in Melbourne, the album will be released officially on 19 January 2008....
Free (Rivermaya album)
Free (Kate Ryan album)
Free (Kate Ryan album)

Free is the title of Kate Ryan's fourth studio album. It was released on May 30 2008 by ARS/Univeral. It includes the singles, "Voyage Voyage", "L.I.L.Y....
Free...
Free...

Free... is an EP by stoner metal band Acid King. It was released in February 2001 on Man's Ruin Records, as a split compact disc with Clearlight ....
(Acid King EP); includes a song titled "Free"
"Free" (Sarah Brightman song)
Free (Sarah Brightman song)

"Free" was the fourth and final single released from Sarah Brightman's 2003 in music album Harem . "Free" reached the #3 position on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts....
"Free" (Chicago song)
Free (Chicago song)

"Free" is a song written by Robert Lamm for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their third album Chicago III , with Terry Kath singing lead vocals....
"Free" (Erika song)
Free (Erika song)

"Free" is the first single by Erika Sawajiri under the alias Erika....
"Free" (Estelle song)
Free (Estelle song)

"Free" is the second solo single by United Kingdom singer-songwriter/rapper Estelle taken from her debut album The 18th Day. The song features a rap from So Solid Crew Megaman....
"Free", Chanté Moore cover of the Deniece Williams song on her album A Love Supreme
A Love Supreme (Chanté Moore album)

A Love Supreme is the second album by Chant? Moore. Released in 1994, it is her follow up to her debut album, Precious . It gave her another top 20 R&B hit, "Old School Lovin'." The album also contains a re-make of the One Way hit "I Want To Thank You." The album was RIAA Certified Gold November 7 1999....
"Free", a song by Phish from the album Billy Breathes
Billy Breathes

Billy Breathes is the eighth studio album by rock band Phish. It remains today as the one of the most popular Phish albums, and this release, along with Farmhouse , is said to have connected the band, which at the time had a strong cult following, to a more mainstream audience....
"Free" (Plumb song)
Free (Plumb song)

"Free" is a song from Plumb third studio album, Beautiful Lumps of Coal. It is available digitally on the internet....
"Free", a song by Cat Power from the album You Are Free
You Are Free

You Are Free is the sixth album by United States Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. It was released in 2003 on Matador Records....
"Free", a song by Powerman 5000 from the album Transform
Transform (album)

Transform is the fourth album by Powerman 5000, released in May, 2003. It is an enhanced CD that includes the Music video for "Free" and "Action"....
"Free", a song by Prince from the album 1999
1999 (album)

1999 is the fifth album by Prince , released on October 27, 1982. It was his first top ten album on the Billboard 200 charts in the United States and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983....
"Free" (Stryper song)
Free (Stryper song)

"Free" is a song by the band Stryper. Written by Robert & Michael Sweet, it was released as the first single from Stryper's 3rd album To Hell with the Devil on February 10, 1987....
"Free" a song by Ultra Naté from the album Situation: Critical
Situation: Critical

Situation: Critical is Ultra Nate's third album released on Strictly Rhythm in 1997. The album and especially its lead single, "Free", has become her most successful work of music in the mainstream pop world on both sides of the Atlantic so far....
"Free", a song by VAST from the album Music for People
Music for People

Music for People is the second album by the band VAST. It was released on September 12, 2000.In December 2006, a "Q & A" audio commentary of the record was made available to VAST Fan Club members, akin to the Visual Audio Sensory Theater audio commentary released in January of 2007....
"Free" (Deniece Williams song)
Free (Deniece Williams song)

"Free" is a popular song by Deniece Williams.Written by Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Susaye Greene and produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney, "Free" was Williams' breakthrough single....
Free (band)
Free (band)

Free were an England rock band, formed in London in 1968 and best known for their popular song "All Right Now".Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums....
Free (rapper)
Free (rapper)

Free also known as Marie Antoinette, is an United States television personality. She rose to fame as the first host of Black Entertainment Television's 106 & Park....
Free jazz
Free jazz

Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and '50s....

Organizations

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises
Family Residences and Essential Enterprises

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises or FREE is a New York State organization based in Bethpage, New York, serving individuals on Long Island....
, a New York agency providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities
Fight Repression of Erotic Expression, a University of Minnesota student group, now the Queer Student Cultural Center
Queer Student Cultural Center

The Queer Student Cultural Center is the current incarnation of the coming out, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and allied communities organization of the University of Minnesota system campuses that has been active since May 1969 .....
Foundation for Rational Economics and Education
Foundation for Rational Economics and Education

The Foundation for Rational Economics and Education is an U.S. nonprofit, nonpartisan Foundation dedicated to public education on the principles of the U.S....
, a Lake Jackson, Texas, libertarian think-tank founded by Ron Paul
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment , based in Bozeman, Montana, is a think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism....
, a think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism
Free (ISP), a French internet service provider
Free Airlines
Free Airlines

Free Airlines is an air operator out of N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union....
, a Kinshasa Congolese air operator

Public services

Free education
Free education

Free education is education that is provided at no cost to students. Although primary school and other comprehensive school or compulsory education is free in many countries, the Nordic countries are all examples of countries where education is mostly free all the way up , including post-graduate studies....
, education provided at no cost to students
Free public transport, zero-fare services, funded without collecting fares from passengers

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