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

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   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 operating systems such as Linux distributions and descendants of BSD are widely used today, powering millions of servers, desktops, smartphones, and other devices. [3] [4] Free-software licenses and open-source licenses are used by many software packages today.

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!

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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   Is free software a junkyard of software spare parts?

   • "Free software - Free software is a junkyard of software spare parts". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2016-02-10. "In contrast to commercial software is a large and growing body of free software that exists in the public domain.

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   Who made software in the 1950s?

   • In the 1950s and into the 1960s almost all software was produced by academics and corporate researchers working in collaboration, often shared as public-domain software.

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