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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.
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January–December. May 4 – Battle of Grotnik: Władysław III 's royal army defeats the Hussite movement in Poland. June 29 – Date of Venerable Macarius ' Miracle of the Moose, according to Russian hagiographers. July 6 – Pope Eugene IV issues the Bull of Union with the Greeks, proclaiming the end of the East–West Schism.
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 distributed with the software providing the ability to fix bugs or add new functions. [1] Universities were early adopters of ...
October 16 – King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) and his twin Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1430) October 28 – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, English soldier, son of Reginald West (d. 1475) November 11 – Jošt of Rožmberk, Bishop of Breslau, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John (d. 1467) date unknown.
May 14 – First French attempts to relieve the Siege of Compiègne. May 23 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne. June 14 – William Waynflete becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire. The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to free software and the free software movement: Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined, modified, and redistributed freely (without any cost).
