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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. Free Software Foundation - Wikipedia

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   The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman [6] on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, [7] such as with its own GNU General Public License. [8]

4. 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 ...

5. 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 individuals ...

6. Sesam (structural analysis software) - Wikipedia

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   Sesam is a software suite for structural and hydrodynamic analysis of ships and offshore structures. [1] It is based on the displacement formulation of the Finite Element Method . The first version of Sesam was developed at NTH, now Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet ( NTNU Trondheim ), in the mid-1960s. [2]

7. List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia

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   Moodle – Free and open-source learning management system. OLAT – Web-based Learning Content Management System. Omeka – Content management system for online digital collections. openSIS – Web-based Student Information and School Management system. Sakai Project – Web-based learning management system.

8. Free software - Wikipedia

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   Free software. GNU Guix. An example of a GNU FSDG complying free-software operating system running some representative applications. Shown are the GNOME desktop environment, the GNU Emacs text editor, the GIMP image editor, and the VLC media player. Free software, libre software, libreware[1][2] or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is ...

9. Open source - Wikipedia

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   Richard Stallman, the founder of the free software foundation (FSF) in 1985, quickly decided against endorsing the term. [17] [18] The FSF's goal was to promote the development and use of free software, which they defined as software that grants users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the code. This concept is similar to open source ...