Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study,...
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Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a license that grants users the right to use, modify, and distribute the software – modified...
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the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration...
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The open-source software movement is a social movement that supports the use of open-source licenses for some or all software, as part of the broader...
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of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the...
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Open-source software development (OSSD) is the process by which open-source software, or similar software whose source code is publicly available, is developed...
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by at least one of the following expert groups: the Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative, the Debian Project and the Fedora Project. For...
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Software companies focusing on the development of open-source software (OSS) employ a variety of business models to solve the challenge of making profits...
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Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared. They facilitate free and open-source software (FOSS) development...
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their freedoms. Proprietary software is a subset of non-free software, a term defined in contrast to free and open-source software; non-commercial licenses...
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and open-source software are much narrower. Free software and/or open-source software is also always source-available software, but not all source-available...
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Free/open-source software – the source availability model used by free and open-source software (FOSS) – and closed source are two approaches to the distribution...
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is a list of notable open-source video games. Open-source video games are assembled from and are themselves open-source software, including public domain...
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The history of free and open-source software begins at the advent of computer software in the early half of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, computer...
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software. Free Software Movement of India International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) Free Software and Open Source Foundation for...
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The Open Source Definition (OSD) is a policy document published by the Open Source Initiative. Derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines written...
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The following is a list of notable software packages and applications licensed under an open-source license or in the public domain for use in the health...
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Open-source software security is the measure of assurance or guarantee in the freedom from danger and risk inherent to an open-source software system....
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prohibited by copyright law without explicit permission, but free and open-source software, by definition, may be forked without permission. The word fork has...
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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 the late...
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which location is important. The GIS software industry encompasses a broad range of commercial and open-source products that provide some or all of these...
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Open-source software advocacy is the practice of attempting to increase the awareness and improve the perception of open-source software. In some cases...
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aid, financial aid, technical aid, governance, etc. of free and open-source software (FOSS) as a whole, or of one or more specific FOSS projects. For...
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open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and apply a like concept...
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computer software which is made for bioinformatics and released under open-source software licenses with articles in Wikipedia. Comparison of software for...
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This is a list of open-source software to be used for high-order mathematical calculations. This software has played an important role in the field of...
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The open-core model is a business model for the monetization of commercially produced open-source software. The open-core model primarily involves offering...
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This list is divided into proprietary or free software, and open source software, with several comparison tables of different product and vendor characteristics...
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strategic alignment to mission. The Open Source Definition is a derivative document based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), released in 1997...
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corpora of programs, the Free Software Foundation recommends using the term "free software" rather than "open-source software" (an alternative, yet similar...
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