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2. Free software - Wikipedia

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   Shown are the GNOME desktop environment, the GNU Emacs text editor, the GIMP image editor, and the VLC media player. Free software, libre software, or libreware [1] [2] is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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]

4. 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. 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 ...

5. List of free software project directories - Wikipedia

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   Apache Software Foundation. Mostly Java [2] Free Software Directory [3] Open Hub (Formerly Ohloh ) Libraries.io. Open source libraries, frameworks and tools. ibiblio. Open source software. List of free and open-source software packages.

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

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   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, communities and individuals who share ...

7. List of freeware - Wikipedia

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   Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the aim to expand the marketshare of a "premium" product. Popular examples of closed-source freeware include Adobe Reader, Free Studio and Skype. This is a list of notable software packages that ...

8. Free software movement - Wikipedia

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   Free software movement. The free software movement is a social movement with the goal of obtaining and guaranteeing certain freedoms for software users, namely the freedoms to run, study, modify, and share copies of software. [1] [2] Software which meets these requirements, The Four Essential Freedoms of Free Software, is termed free software .

9. 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]