free software
noun[U]
ITukussoftwarethat isavailableforfreeand thatpeopleareallowedtochange,copy, ordevelopinto newprograms
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More recently, principles of open design have been related to thefreesoftwareand open source movements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are many possible ways to write copyleft distribution terms, so in principle there can be many copyleftfreesoftwarelicenses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is held in high regard within thefreesoftwaremovement as a fundamental philosophical source.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, older versions are available asfreesoftware.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termfreesoftwarein thefreesoftwaremovement is meant to imply freedom of software exchange and modification.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Conversion of files from one to another line-ending convention is easy withfreesoftware.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It aimed to encourage the media to makefreesoftwarepart of their agenda.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has a large repository of free educational resources and a wide range of educationalfreesoftwaretools.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There exists afreesoftwarere-implement of the tool.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The foundation is focused on the creation of quality documentation about how to usefreesoftware.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.