Free Software

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Definition

From the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software:


"Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction. Freedom from such restrictions is central to the concept, with the opposite of free software being proprietary software (a distinction unrelated to whether a fee is charged). The usual way for software to be distributed as free software is for the software to be licensed to the recipient with a free software license (or be in the public domain), and the source code of the software to be made available (for a compiled language)." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software)


More Information

See our entry on the Free Software Principles and visit the site of the Free Software Foundation

The vision of Oekonux on free software is here at http://www.oekonux.org/introduction/blotter/

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