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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. [1]

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Open-source software - Wikipedia

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   Open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration, meaning any capable user is able to participate onlinein development, making the number of possible contributors indefinite. The ability to examine the code facilitates public trust in the software.

6. LibreOffice - Wikipedia

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   LibreOffice ( / ˈliːbrə /) [11] is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF). It was forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. It consists of programs for word processing; creating and editing spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams, and ...

7. Open source - Wikipedia

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   Open-source appropriate technology (OSAT) refers to technologies that are designed in the same fashion as free and open-source software. [69] These technologies must be " appropriate technology " (AT) – meaning technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, and economic ...

8. Free software - Wikipedia

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   This Euler diagram describes the typical relationship between freeware and free and open-source software (FOSS): According to David Rosen from Wolfire Games in 2010, open source / free software (orange) is most often gratis but not always. Freeware (green) seldom expose their source code. [13] Free software differs from:

9. Comparison of free and open-source software licenses

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   The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is one such organization keeping a list of open-source licenses. [ 1] The Free Software Foundation (FSF) maintains a list of what it considers free. [ 2] FSF's free software and OSI's open-source licenses together are called FOSS licenses. There are licenses accepted by the OSI which are not free as per the Free ...