- Outline of free software
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to free software:
Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined, modified, and redistributed. This type of software, which was given its name in 1983, has also come to be known as "open-source software", "software libre", "FOSS", and "FLOSS". The term "Free" refers to it being unfettered, rather than being free of charge.
Contents
Fundamentals
- Main article: Free software
General concepts
- Open source
- Gratis versus Libre
- Open standard
- Free-software licence
- Open-source definition
- Debian Social Contract
Large projects
History
- Main article: History of free software
- History of the Linux kernel
- Free Software Foundation
- SCO-Linux controversies
- Open Source Initiative
Well known scholars
Other leading personalities
- Rick Adams
- Eric Allman
- Brian Behlendorf
- Keith Bostic
- Alan Cox
- Miguel de Icaza
- Theo de Raadt
- Jim Gettys
- Jon Hall
- Jordan Hubbard
- Lynne Jolitz
- William Jolitz
- Rasmus Lerdorf
- Marshall Kirk McKusick
- Bram Moolenaar
- Ian Murdock
- Tim O'Reilly
- Keith Packard
- Brian Paul
- Bruce Perens
- Bob Scheifler
- Mark Shuttleworth
- Richard Stallman
- Linus Torvalds
- Andrew Tridgell
- Guido van Rossum
- Larry Wall
Software by topic
- Free statistical software
Software lists
- Main article: List of free software topics
- List of Linux distributions
- List of formerly proprietary software
- List of free software project directories
- Comparison of open source wireless drivers
- List of open source software packages
- List of trademarked open source software
- List of Ubuntu-based distributions
See also
External links
- The Free Software Definition
- Transcripts about Free Software by FSFE
- Free Software Magazine, which bills itself as "a free magazine for the free software world."
- Free cultural works definition
- Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!, analysis of the advantages of OSS/FS by David A. Wheeler.
- FLOSSWorld - Free/Libre/Open-Source Software: Worldwide impact study, to find out more about the recently announced European Union funded study.
- Software Freedom: An Introduction, by Robert J. Chassell
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