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2. Open-source license - Wikipedia

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   Open-source licenses are software licenses that allow content to be used, modified, and shared. They facilitate free and open-source software (FOSS) development. Intellectual property (IP) laws restrict the modification and sharing of creative works. Free and open-source licenses use these existing legal structures for an inverse purpose.

3. Free and open-source software - Wikipedia

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   "Free and open-source software" (FOSS) is an umbrella term for software that is considered free software and/or open-source software. [1] 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 that they pay ...

4. Open-source software - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Software licensed to ensure source code usage rights Open-source software shares similarities with free software and is part of the broader term free and open-source software. For broader coverage of this topic, see open-source-software movement. A screenshot of Manjaro Linux running the ...

5. Open source - Wikipedia

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   Free and open-source software (FOSS) or free/libre and open-source software (FLOSS) is openly shared source code that is licensed without any restrictions on usage, modification, or distribution. [ citation needed ] Confusion persists about this definition because the "free", also known as "libre", refers to the freedom of the product, not the ...

6. Free software - Wikipedia

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   The OSI list only lists licenses that have been submitted, considered and approved. All open-source licenses must meet the Open Source Definition in order to be officially recognized as open source software. Free software, on the other hand, is a more informal classification that does not rely on official recognition.

7. Free-software license - Wikipedia

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   The group Open Source Initiative (OSI) defines and maintains a list of approved open-source licenses. OSI agrees with FSF on all widely used free-software licenses, but differ from FSF's list, as it approves against the Open Source Definition rather than the Free Software Definition. It considers Free Software Permissive license group to be a ...

8. The Open Source Definition - Wikipedia

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   The Open Source Definition is the most widely used definition for open-source software, [22] and is often used as a standard for whether a project is open source. [17] It and the official definitions of free software by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) essentially cover the same software licenses .

9. Free license - Wikipedia

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   Free and open-source licenses use these existing legal structures for an inverse purpose. [6] They grant the recipient the rights to use the software, examine the source code, modify it, and distribute the modifications. These criteria are outlined in the Open Source Definition and The Free Software Definition. [7]