Freeware Free Software? Not to be confused with
Freeware,
Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and that manufacturers of consumer-facing hardware allow user modifications to their hardware.
Free software is generally available without charge, but can have a fee, such as in the form of charging for CDs or other distribution medium among other ways.
Is Freeware "free" + "software"?
According to
Free Software Foundation (retrieved 2011-02-16),
"Please don't use the term “freeware” as a synonym for “free software.” The term “freeware” was used often in the 1980s for programs released only as executables, with source code not available. Today it has no particular agreed-on definition."
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