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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. 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.

4. Free software - Wikipedia

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   Free software advocates strongly believe that this methodology is biased by counting more vulnerabilities for the free software systems, since their source code is accessible and their community is more forthcoming about what problems exist as a part of full disclosure, [39] [40] and proprietary software systems can have undisclosed societal ...

5. Open source - Wikipedia

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   The Open Source Definition, as used by the Open Source Initiative for open source software. Open-source model, a decentralized software development model that encourages open collaboration. Open-source software, software which permits the use and modification of its source code. History of free and open-source software.

6. The Free Software Definition - Wikipedia

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   Despite the philosophical differences between the free software movement and the open-source-software movement, the official definitions of free software by the FSF and of open-source software by the OSI basically refer to the same software licences, with a few minor exceptions.

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

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   Introduction. 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 ...

8. History of free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   The history of free and open-source software begins at the advent of computer software in the early half of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, computer operating software and compilers were delivered as a part of hardware purchases without separate fees. At the time, source code —the human-readable form of software—was generally ...

9. Portal:Free and open-source software/Introduction - 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 ...