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free software
Summary
free software is a software category[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- free software's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
- free software is associated with the free software movement movement[4].
- free software is a type of freely redistributable software[5].
- free software is a type of source-available software[6].
- free software is a type of open-source software[7].
- free software is part of open source movement[8].
- free software's Commons category is recorded as Free software[9].
- free software's said to be the same as is recorded as open-source software[10].
- free software's said to be the same as is recorded as free and open-source software[11].
- free software is the opposite of proprietary software[12].
- free software's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Free software[13].
- free software's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Free software[14].
- free software's facet of is recorded as computer program[15].
- free software's has characteristic is recorded as four freedoms[16].
- free software's different from is recorded as freeware[17].
- free software's different from is recorded as freely redistributable software[18].
- free software's different from is recorded as open-source software[19].
- free software's different from is recorded as free software license[20].
- free software's history of topic is recorded as history of free and open-source software[21].
- free software's hashtag is recorded as freesoftware[22].
- free software's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as ?item wdt:P275/wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q3943414[23].
- free software's P6009 is recorded as 7305[24].
- free software's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24965'}[25].
- free software's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11000'}[26].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for free software include Libera.Chat[27], an IRC network[28], in Sweden[29], founded in 2021[30]; freenode[31], an IRC network[32], founded in 1994[33]; it movement[34], a social movement[35]; Free Software Directory[36], a MediaWiki wiki[37]; Free Software Street[38], a street[39], in Spain[40], founded in 2010[41]; Open and Free Technology Community[42], an IRC network[43], founded in 2001[44]; Software Freedom Day[45], a holiday[46], founded in 2004[47]; and it community[48], a software ecosystem[49].
Why It Matters
free software has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include Libera.Chat[27], an IRC network[28], in Sweden[29], founded in 2021[30]; freenode[31], an IRC network[32], founded in 1994[33]; it movement[34], a social movement[35]; Free Software Directory[36], a MediaWiki wiki[37]; Free Software Street[38], a street[39], in Spain[40], founded in 2010[41]; and Open and Free Technology Community[42], an IRC network[43], founded in 2001[44].