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'''Free and open source software''' is [[software]] whose source is [[Open source|open and available]] to anyone who wishes to improve, study or modify it. These additional rights are generally granted to the user through the [[GPL]],[[LGPL]] or the [[BSD License]].
'''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.


These additional rights are generally granted to the user through the [[GPL]], [[LGPL]], or [[BSD license]].
==See also==

==Related pages==
* [[Free software]]
* [[Open source]]
* [[Free software movement]]
* [[Free software movement]]
* [[Free Software Foundation]]
* [[Free Software Foundation]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Ubuntu]]
* [[GNU]]


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Latest revision as of 08:08, 24 December 2023

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.

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

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