Free software, libre software, libreware sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to...
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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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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 actions...
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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...
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Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications. The history...
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This comparison of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved...
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Free Software Magazine (also known as FSM and originally titled The Open Voice) is a Web site that produces a (generally bi-monthly) mostly free-content...
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list of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits...
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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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share copies of software. Software which meets these requirements, The Four Essential Freedoms of Free Software, is termed free software. Although drawing...
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Look up free software in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Free software may refer to one of the following: Freely redistributable software Free and open-source...
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The Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) is an organization that supports free software and all aspects of the free software movement in Europe...
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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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The Free Software Directory (FSD) is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It catalogs free software that runs under free operating systems—particularly...
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License-free software is computer software that is not explicitly in the public domain, but the authors appear to intend free use, modification, distribution...
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The Free Software Definition is a policy document written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It defines free software...
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Freeware (redirect from Gratis software)
publishers but prohibited by others. Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is...
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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,...
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Free content, libre content, libre information, or free information is any kind of creative work, such as a work of art, a book, a software program, or...
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Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software tool set that runs on Windows, macOS, BSD, Haiku, IRIX and Linux. It is used for creating...
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software licenses which have a linked Wikipedia article for details and which are approved by at least one of the following expert groups: the Free Software...
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results. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of free and open-source software licenses Free software Free-software license Free software movement...
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The Free Software Song is a filk song by Richard M. Stallman about free software. The song is set to the melody of the Bulgarian "Sadi Moma". A version...
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Opposition to software patents is widespread in the free software community. In response, various mechanisms have been tried to defuse the perceived problem...
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as an overview of and topical guide to free software and the free software movement: Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined, modified...
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Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman is a collection of writings (mostly essays, with occasional articles, interviews and...
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the trimming or cropping without transcoding The software listed in this section is either free software or open source, and may or may not be commercial...
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The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based Free Software Foundation. It was founded in Thiruvananthapuram...
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The Open Source Definition (redirect from Debian Free Software Guidelines)
from the Debian Free Software Guidelines written by Bruce Perens, the definition is the most common standard for open-source software. The definition...
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active Free software community since early 1980s. The initial users were those who started using TeX in the city of Thiruvananthapuram. Subsequently Free software...
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