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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FreewareFreeware - Wikipedia

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   Freeware. Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines freeware unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the freeware it offers.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Free_and_open-source_softwareFree and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   Free and open-source software ( FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge. The public availability of the source code is, therefore, a necessary but not sufficient condition.

3. www.britannica.com › topic › freewareFreeware | Definition, Software, Shareware, & Facts | Britannica

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   Freeware is software that is typically proprietary and is offered at no cost to users, but with some legal restrictions. Learn about the history, types, and examples of freeware, and how it differs from shareware and freemium software.

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   XOWA is the free, open-source application that lets you download Wikipedia to your computer. Access all of Wikipedia offline -- without an internet connection! XOWA showing Wikipedia's article on Wikipedia. Features. Download a complete, recent copy of English Wikipedia. Display 5.0+ million articles in full HTML formatting.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_free_and_openHistory of free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   History of free and open-source software - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Sharing techniques before software. Free software before the 1980s. 1980s and 1990s. Desktop (1984–present) Microsoft, SCO and other attacks (1998–2014) Open source and programming languages. Distributed version control (2001–present) Recent developments. See also.

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   What is open source software?

   • The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) defines "open source software" (i.e., free software or free and open-source software), as distinct from "freeware" or "shareware"; it is software where "the Government does not have access to the original source code".

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   What does freeware mean?

   • The "free" in "freeware" refers to the price of the software, which is typically proprietary and distributed without source code.

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   When was free software invented?

   • The first formal definition of free software was published by FSF in February 1986. That definition, written by Richard Stallman, is still maintained today and states that software is free software if people who receive a copy of the software have the following four freedoms.

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   What does free software mean?

   • According to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), "freeware" is a loosely defined category and it has no clear accepted definition, although FSF asks that free software (libre; unrestricted and with source code available) should not be called freeware.

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