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2. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is simultaneously considered both free software and open-source software. [5] 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 redistribute said software in any manner they see fit, without requiring ...

3. 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. [1] For more information about the philosophical background for open ...

4. Comparison of free and open-source software licenses

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   The FSF's Free Software Definition focuses on the user's unrestricted rights to use a program, to study and modify it, to copy it, and to redistribute it for any purpose, which are considered by the FSF the four essential freedoms. [6] [7] The OSI's open-source criteria focuses on the availability of the source code and the advantages of an unrestricted and community driven development model ...

5. Business models for open-source software - Wikipedia

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   A variety of open-source compatible business approaches have gained prominence in recent years, as illustrated and tracked by the Commercial Open Source Software Index (COSSI), [2] a list of commercial open source companies that have reached at least US$100 million in revenue. Notable examples include open core (sometimes referred to as dual licensing or multi-licensing ), software as a ...

6. Remote Graphics Software - Wikipedia

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   HP ZCentral Remote Boost, formerly known as HP Remote Graphics Software or HP RGS, is a client-server remote desktop software developed by HP Inc. Launched in 2003. [1] HP RGS enables remote access to workstations (or virtual workstations [2]) from many different devices, including other workstations and thin-clients. [3] Screen sharing between multiple users, remote USB, as well as Windows ...

7. 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. These actions are usually prohibited by copyright law, but the rights-holder (usually the author) of a piece of software can remove these restrictions by accompanying the software with a software license which grants the recipient these rights ...

8. Alternative terms for free software - Wikipedia

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   In 1998 the term "open-source software" (abbreviated "OSS") was coined as an alternative to "free software". There were several reasons for the proposal of a new term. [7] On the one hand a group from the free software ecosystem perceived the Free Software Foundation 's attitude toward propagandizing the "free software" concept as "moralising and confrontational", which was also associated ...

9. Category:Free business software - Wikipedia

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   Free business software. This is a category of articles relating to software which can be freely used, copied, studied, modified, and redistributed by everyone that obtains a copy: "free software" or "open-source software". Typically, this means software which is distributed with a free software license, and whose source code is available to ...