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Outline of free software

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to free software and the free software movement:

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Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined, modified, and redistributed freely (without any cost). 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.

Large free software projects

  • GNU Project
  • Linux
  • Berkeley Software Distribution

    • Free software by type

    Free and open-source software packages (by type)

  • Comparison of free geophysics software(
  • Comparison of free off-line GPS software
  • Comparison of free software for audio
  • Free statistical software
  • Free television software
  • Free web application software

    • Free software products

  • List of free software project directories
  • List of formerly proprietary software
  • List of Linux distributions
  • List of Ubuntu-based distributions
  • List of open source software packages
  • Comparison of open source wireless drivers
  • List of open source statistical packages
  • List of trademarked open source software
  • List of free and open-source Android applications
  • List of free and open-source software packages
  • List of free software web applications

    • Operating system families

  • Comparison of open-source operating systems
  • AROS
  • BSD
  • Darwin
  • eCos
  • FreeDOS
  • GNU
  • Haiku
  • Inferno
  • Linux
  • Mach
  • MINIX
  • OpenSolaris
  • Plan 9
  • ReactOS

    • Open-source software development products

    Open-source software development

  • Basic For Qt
  • Eclipse
  • Free Pascal
  • FreeBASIC
  • Gambas
  • GCC
  • Java
  • LLVM
  • Lua
  • NetBeans
  • Open64
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • ROSE
  • Ruby
  • Tcl

    • Free software movement

    Free software movement

  • Alternative terms for free software
  • Debian Social Contract
  • Free-software licence
  • Gratis versus Libre
  • Open source
  • Open-source definition
  • Open-source software
  • Comparison of open source and closed source
  • Comparison of open-source software hosting facilities
  • Open standard
  • Long-term support
  • Software Package Data Exchange

    • Challenges

  • Binary blob
  • Digital rights management
  • Free and open-source graphics device driver
  • Hardware restrictions
  • License proliferation
  • Mozilla software rebranded by Debian
  • Proprietary software
  • SCO–Linux controversies
  • Windows 8#Secure boot
  • Software patents and free software
  • Open-source software security
  • Trusted Computing

    • Free software licenses

    Free software license

    Specific licenses

  • Apache
  • Artistic
  • Beerware
  • Boost Software License
  • BSD licenses
  • CC0
  • GNU General Public License
  • GNU Lesser General Public License
  • ISC license
  • MIT License
  • Mozilla Public License
  • Ms-PL/RL
  • WTFPL
  • zlib License

    • License types and standards

  • Comparison of free and open-source software licenses
  • Contributor License Agreement
  • Copyfree
  • Copyleft
  • Debian Free Software Guidelines
  • Definition of Free Cultural Works
  • Free license
  • The Free Software Definition
  • The Open Source Definition
  • Open-source license
  • Permissive free software licence
  • Public domain
  • Viral license

    • History of the free software movement

  • Free Software Foundation
  • SCO-Linux controversies
  • Open Source Initiative
  • History of GNU
  • History of Haiku
  • History of Linux
  • History of the Linux kernel
  • Mozilla
  • History of Mozilla Application Suite
  • History of Firefox
  • History of Mozilla Thunderbird

    • Events

  • List of free-software events

    • Organizations

    Free and open-source software organizations

  • Android Open Source Project
  • Apache Software Foundation
  • Blender Foundation
  • The Document Foundation
  • Eclipse Foundation
  • Free Software Foundation
  • Free Software Foundation Europe
  • Free Software Foundation of India
  • Free Software Foundation Latin America
  • FreeBSD Foundation
  • freedesktop.org
  • Free Software Movement of India
  • GNOME Foundation
  • GNU Project
  • Google Code
  • KDE e.V.
  • Linux Foundation
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • Open Knowledge Foundation
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation
  • Open Source Initiative
  • Software Freedom Conservancy
  • SourceForge
  • Symbian Foundation
  • Ubuntu Foundation
  • X.Org Foundation
  • Xiph.Org Foundation
  • XMPP Standards Foundation

    • Well known scholars

  • Lawrence Lessig
  • John Gilmore
  • Eben Moglen
  • Eric S. Raymond

    • References

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