Free and open-source software

software that is both free (as in freedom) and open-source From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Free and open source software (for short: FOSS, means free software and/or open source software) is software whose source code is open and available to anyone who wishes to:

improve it,
study it,
modify it, and
share the original and the modifications with others.

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These additional rights are generally granted to the user through the GPL, LGPL, or BSD license.

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