history of software freedom in the beginning, all users were free computers [examples?] came with software software source code was shared freely companies saw no reason to lock it away or forbid sharing and modification something about hackers and the MIT model railroad club? proprietarization mostly through the 1970s IBM in 1969[?] copyright extended to software "Open Letter to Hobbyists" GNU FSF EULAs legally-binding contracts began as a way to limit warranties and disclaim liability in the mid 1980s, became popular in forbidding sharing and modification Linux open source, Netscape something on DRM maybe? modern EULAs limit free speech allow developer to change software remotely without notice