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Free software, libre software, libreware sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users...52 KB (5,526 words) - 05:51, 15 April 2025
Free and open-source software (redirect from Open source vs. free software)encompassing free software and open-source software. The rights guaranteed by FOSS originate from the "Four Essential Freedoms" of The Free Software Definition...89 KB (7,562 words) - 18:05, 7 May 2025- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985. The organisation supports the...62 KB (5,554 words) - 22:39, 27 April 2025
Proprietary software (redirect from Non-free software)restricting their freedoms. Proprietary software is a subset of non-free software, a term defined in contrast to free and open-source software; non-commercial...44 KB (4,905 words) - 13:47, 28 April 2025
Open-source software (redirect from List of trademarked free software)Debian Free Software Guidelines, written and adapted primarily by Bruce Perens. Perens did not base his writing on the "four freedoms" from the Free Software...79 KB (9,433 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2025- The free software movement is a social movement with the goal of obtaining and guaranteeing certain freedoms for software users, namely the freedoms to...43 KB (4,492 words) - 11:57, 12 April 2025
A free-software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. These...56 KB (6,399 words) - 15:34, 20 April 2025- The Free Software Definition, written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as being software...7 KB (914 words) - 21:09, 23 March 2025
- Comparison of free and open-source software licenses (redirect from Comparison of free software licences)which are approved by at least one of the following expert groups: the Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative, the Debian Project and the Fedora...39 KB (1,951 words) - 23:44, 16 March 2025
- The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based Free Software Foundation. It was founded in Thiruvananthapuram...6 KB (353 words) - 23:52, 11 September 2022
- Permissive software license (redirect from Permissive free software licenses)license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections, carries only minimal...24 KB (2,535 words) - 08:25, 17 March 2025
- The Open Source Definition (redirect from Debian Free Software Guidelines)and free software. Amongst the earliest was Free Software Foundation's Free Software Definition, which then defined as the three freedoms of Free Software...20 KB (2,579 words) - 06:25, 7 May 2025
- This comparison of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved...22 KB (158 words) - 00:38, 14 April 2025
- under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the...73 KB (5,390 words) - 21:10, 5 May 2025
- and using free and open-source software (FOSS). Some general-purpose free-software events have Linux in their name, often because they began as Linux-only...8 KB (924 words) - 06:54, 24 March 2025
History of free and open-source software (redirect from Free software history)needed] the existing term "free software" and founded the Free Software Foundation to promote the concept. The Free Software Definition was published in...77 KB (8,857 words) - 19:25, 28 March 2025- Alternative terms for free software, such as open source, FOSS, and FLOSS, have been a recurring issue among free and open-source software users from...40 KB (4,753 words) - 02:53, 9 April 2025
- provided as an overview of and topical guide to free software and the free software movement: Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined...9 KB (691 words) - 12:28, 14 February 2024
- Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities (redirect from Comparison of Free Software Hosting Facilities)March 2019. "GitLab FOSS – free software". GitLab.com. Gerwitz, Mike (20 May 2015). "GitLab, Gitorious, and Free Software". GitLab.com. GitLab. Retrieved...33 KB (1,280 words) - 03:50, 30 March 2025
- Opposition to software patents is widespread in the free software community. In response, various mechanisms have been tried to defuse the perceived problem...23 KB (2,200 words) - 03:41, 5 February 2025
- English Wikipedia has an article on: free software Wikipedia free software (uncountable) (software) Software that can be freely copied, redistributed
- Versions of Free as in Freedom by Sam Williams 2004485Free as in FreedomSam Williams Versions of Free as in Freedom include: Free as in Freedom (2002)
- of free software has been extended to a definition of free cultural works applicable to any kind of works. What is free software? The Free Software Foundation
- of charge. Open Source : a label for a product approved by the OSI. Free Software : a label for a product approved by the FSF. When someone says the word