Free software – Example projects

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Free software

What can you do with a book?

  • Read it
  • Write notes into it
  • Give it to a friend
  • Sell it

What can you do with a program?

  • Install it
  • Use it

 

Disadvantages

  • You can't verify what the program does
  • You can't modify it

Free software

Think of free as in free speech or freedom, not as in free beer.

 

A program is free software if the users have the freedom to ...

run the program, for any purpose. study how the program works, and change it. redistribute copies. distribute copies of modified versions to others.

 

Complete definition: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer. 2. ... so it does what the user wants. Access to the source code is required. 3. You don't have to get a licence for every copy. 4. By doing this the community benefits from your changes. Access to the source code is required. The main point of the FSF is to give freedom to the users.

Example projects

Free software and open projects exists for mostly everything.

Linux

  • More than 200 distributions
  • 10,000 developers from 1,000 companies (since 2005)
  • More than 16 million lines of code
  • 1% of all desktop and laptop computers run with Linux
  • 40% of all websites run with Linux
  • 70% market share for Android on mobile devices
  • 100% of all supercomputers run with Linux

Tux

Data

OSM: Not all regions are mapped so good like the example, everyone can improve it.

Open source car

  • Name: OSVehicle Tabby
  • All plans and blueprints can be downloaded
  • 1 hour assembly
  • Designed with the free software FreeCAD
  • Engine: Integrated Hybrid, All Electric or Internal Combustion
  • www.osvehicle.com

Food

Free Beer was created by Danish students. Swiss FreeBeer is brew in Wintherthur.

Media

Artist can share their music on Jamendo. Consumers can donate money to the artists. Not all music is free for commercial use. Five short films. Blender announced a new feature film (Goosberry), donate to make it happen! Find content Creative Commons licenced content.

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Have fun with free software!