• 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...
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    Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to...
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    the term "open-source software", the FOSS ecosystem is divided in its terminology; see also Alternative terms for free software. For example, a 2002 FOSS...
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  • movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public...
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  • The free software movement is a social movement with the goal of obtaining and guaranteeing certain freedoms for software users, namely the freedoms to...
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    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...
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    software portal Alternative terms for free software Comparison of free and open-source software licenses Free Beer (free as freedom, not gratis) Free...
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    Aegisub (category Free television software)
    Effects for typesetting, or a simple text editor for translation. Comparison of subtitle editors List of free television software Free software portal...
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  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar (category Books about free software)
    The software essay contrasts two different free software development models: The Cathedral model, in which source code is available with each software release...
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  • organizations for different domains in Free Software Definition, Open Source Definition, Debian Free Software Guidelines, Definition of Free Cultural Works...
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    with his earlier rejection of the term open source software (see also Alternative terms for free software). Other authors, such as Professor Joshua Pearce...
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  • Freeware (redirect from Gratis software)
    prohibited by others. Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is typically not...
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  • Nginx (category Cross-platform free software)
    software was created by Russian developer Igor Sysoev and publicly released in 2004. Nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms...
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    version of SageMath was released on 24 February 2005 as free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, with the...
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    development model rather than software freedoms. While the goals behind the terms are different, open-source licenses and free software licenses describe the...
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    magazine, as he demonstrated that a bundle of free and open-source software "could be a feasible alternative to expensive commercial packages". Since then...
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    GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the...
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    prefer to sell licenses rather than copies of the software because it enables them to enforce stricter terms on redistribution. Very few purchasers read any...
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    Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development...
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    communication is encrypted. Mumble is free and open-source software, is cross-platform, and is released under the terms of the BSD-3-Clause license. A Mumble...
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  • for having such a structure are expressed in terms of trust, acceptance, teamwork and quality. A non-free license is used to limit what free software...
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    have a bus. Free and open-source software portal Alternative terms for free software GNU variants List of GNU packages History of free software Noyes, Katherine...
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  • economy is not without alternatives. Apple's App Stores have proven very popular with both users and developers. The Free Software Foundation considers...
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    InfraRecorder (category Free optical disc authoring software)
    under the terms of the GNU General Public License 3 and is free software. In November 2007, CNET rated InfraRecorder the best free alternative to commercial...
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    ERPNext (category Free customer relationship management software)
    ERPNext is a free and open-source integrated Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developed by an Indian software company Frappe Technologies Pvt...
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    term. Developers have used the alternative terms Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), or Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS), consequently, to describe...
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  • Products - Free Simulation Software". Ansys.com. Retrieved 2017-05-28. "Packages --QuickField FEA Software". "QuickField 6.4 --QuickField FEA Software". "QuickField...
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    Copyleft (redirect from Software hoarding)
    Copyright alternatives Criticism of intellectual property Internet freedom Free content Free Culture movement Free software movement History of free and open-source...
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  • decays or expiring dates to the license terms of use. Public-domain software is a type of FOSS which is royalty-free and - openly or reservedly- can be run...
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