 | Free software, libre software, or libreware is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well... 51 KB (5,515 words) - 14:06, 28 April 2024 |
 | Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified... 81 KB (6,967 words) - 10:17, 27 March 2024 |
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement... 58 KB (5,276 words) - 15:40, 26 April 2024 |
share copies of software. Software which meets these requirements, The Four Essential Freedoms of Free Software, is termed free software. Although drawing... 43 KB (4,509 words) - 13:32, 11 March 2024 |
 | Software is a collection of programs and data that tell a computer how to perform specific tasks. Software often includes associated software documentation... 39 KB (3,974 words) - 15:41, 25 April 2024 |
 | 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... 56 KB (6,377 words) - 14:22, 24 March 2024 |
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) - 20:56, 9 April 2024 |
The Free Software Definition written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as being software that... 7 KB (912 words) - 03:22, 21 April 2024 |
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... 43 KB (5,163 words) - 15:06, 10 April 2024 |
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... 763 bytes (155 words) - 08:53, 17 January 2023 |
free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free... 49 KB (4,247 words) - 19:15, 23 April 2024 |
 | new organizations have been formed to promote the sharing of software. The concept of free sharing of technological information existed long before computers... 76 KB (8,745 words) - 11:43, 21 April 2024 |
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... 21 KB (2,229 words) - 13:58, 4 April 2024 |
Alternative terms for free software, such as open source, FOSS, and FLOSS, have been a controversial issue among free and open-source software users from the... 39 KB (4,670 words) - 11:51, 18 March 2024 |
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... 39 KB (1,911 words) - 06:00, 27 April 2024 |
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 (2,175 words) - 09:16, 12 March 2024 |
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... 9 KB (691 words) - 12:28, 14 February 2024 |
a list of free television software, and includes television-related software which is distributed as free software – under a free software licence, with... 2 KB (178 words) - 12:26, 9 April 2024 |
Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license... 11 KB (1,481 words) - 18:48, 5 April 2024 |
categories for software under copyright law, and therefore with licenses which grant the licensee specific rights, are proprietary software and free and open-source... 27 KB (2,932 words) - 19:43, 14 December 2023 |
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... 9 KB (828 words) - 11:30, 23 December 2021 |
Micro-cap are free proprietary softwares based on SPICE. Micro-Cap was released as freeware in July 2019, when its parent company Spectrum Software closed down... 32 KB (986 words) - 14:18, 21 April 2024 |
 | under fair-use criteria. Free and open-source software, which is often referred to as open source software and free software, is a maturing technology... 48 KB (4,719 words) - 06:56, 5 April 2024 |
 | companies. Free and open-source software portal Comparison of free and open-source software licenses Free software Free-software license Free software movement... 77 KB (8,885 words) - 19:33, 17 April 2024 |
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... 8 KB (1,041 words) - 15:28, 18 August 2023 |
License-free software is computer software that is not explicitly in the public domain, but the authors appear to intend free use, modification, distribution... 5 KB (603 words) - 15:06, 5 March 2024 |
 | The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is an organization that supports free software and all aspects of the free software movement in Europe, with... 19 KB (1,744 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2024 |
A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections,... 25 KB (2,743 words) - 13:02, 18 January 2024 |
 | Open-source video game (redirect from Free game software) are free software; some open-source games contain proprietary non-free content. Open-source games that are free software and contain exclusively free content... 180 KB (16,058 words) - 03:59, 11 April 2024 |
 | The Free Software Foundation (FSF) grants two annual awards. Since 1998, FSF has granted the award for Advancement of Free Software and since 2005, also... 28 KB (2,697 words) - 02:10, 5 April 2024 |