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2. List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source.

3. Outline of free software - Wikipedia

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   Outline of free software. The following outline is 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, modified, and redistributed freely (without any cost). This type of software, which was given its name in 1983, has also come to be known ...

4. List of free and open-source web applications - Wikipedia

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   All web applications, both traditional and Web 2.0, are operated by software running somewhere. This is a list of free software which can be used to run alternative web applications. Also listed are similar proprietary web applications that users may be familiar with. Most of this software is server-side software, often running on a web server .

5. Free Software Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Free Software Foundation ( FSF) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman [5] on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, [6] such as with its own GNU General Public License. [7] The FSF was incorporated in Boston, [8] Massachusetts, United ...

6. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   Overview Further information: Alternative terms for free software "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open-source software. The precise definition of the terms "free software" and "open-source software" applies them to any software distributed under terms that allow users to use, modify, and ...

7. Portal:Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   Portal. : Free and open-source software. Free and open-source software ( FOSS) is software that is distributed in a manner that allows its users to run the software for any purpose, to redistribute copies of it, and to examine, study, and modify, the source code. FOSS is also a loosely associated movement of multiple organizations, foundations ...

8. Freeware - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) defines "open source software" (i.e., free software or free and open-source software), as distinct from "freeware" or "shareware"; it is software where "the Government does not have access to the original source code". [4] The "free" in "freeware" refers to the price of the software, which is typically ...

9. Free-software license - Wikipedia

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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.