free software n.
As defined by Richard M. Stallman and
used by the Free Software movement, this means software that gives
users enough freedom to be used by the free software community.
Specifically, users must be free to modify the software for their
private use, and free to redistribute it either with or without
modifications, either commercially or noncommercially, either
gratis or charging a distribution fee. Free software has existed
since the dawn of computing; Free Software as a movement began in
1984 with the GNU Project. See also open source.
As defined by Richard M. Stallman and
used by the Free Software movement, this means software that gives
users enough freedom to be used by the free software community.
Specifically, users must be free to modify the software for their
private use, and free to redistribute it either with or without
modifications, either commercially or noncommercially, either
gratis or charging a distribution fee. Free software has existed
since the dawn of computing; Free Software as a movement began in
1984 with the GNU Project. See also open source.
Related:
- The Movement Formerly Known As Open Source
The battle over the Open Source trademark is heating up.
Software in the Public Interest and the Open Source... - software hoarding n.
Pejorative term employed by members and
adherents of the GNU project to describe the act of holding
software proprietary,
keeping it under trade secret or license terms which... - open source n.
[common; also adj. `open-source']
Term coined in March 1998 following the Mozilla release to
describe software distributed in source under licenses guaranteeing
anybody rights to freely use,
modify, and redistribute, the code. The intent... - Pantyhose = software:
free installation available... - Support free software -
write it yourself... - GNU /gnoo/, not /noo/
1. [acronym: `GNU's Not
Unix!',
see recursive acronym] A Unix-workalike development... - Brief History Of Linux (#21)
The GNU Project
Meet Richard M.
Stallman, an MIT hacker who would found the GNU Project... - gnubie /noo'bee/ n.
Written-only variant of newbie in
common use on IRC channels,
which implies specifically someone who is new to... - GNU: /gnoo/, *not* /noo/ 1. [acronym: `GNU's Not UNIX!',
see {{recursive acronym}}] A UNIX-workalike development...
From the same category:
- bletch /blech/ interj.
[very common; from
Yiddish/German `brechen',
to vomit, poss. via comic-strip exclamation `blech']... - gag vi.
Equivalent to choke, but connotes more
disgust.
"Hey, this is FORTRAN code. No wonder the C compiler... - dike vt.
To remove or disable a portion of something,
as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a... - phreaking /freek'ing/ n.
[from `phone phreak'] 1.
The art and science of cracking the phone network... - vgrep /vee'grep/ v.,n.
Visual grep. The operation of
finding patterns in a file optically rather than digitally (also
called an `optical grep').
See grep; compare vdiff...
