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free software
Summary
free software is a software category[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (967 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- free software's video is recorded as What is Free Software (Open Source, FOSS).webm[3].
- free software's image is recorded as Categories of free and nonfree software.svg[4].
- free software's instance of is recorded as software category[5].
- free software's movement is recorded as free software movement[6].
- free software's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86005933[7].
- free software's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13537550p[8].
- free software's IdRef ID is recorded as 050678051[9].
- free software's subclass of is recorded as freely redistributable software[10].
- free software's subclass of is recorded as source-available software[11].
- free software's subclass of is recorded as open-source software[12].
- free software's part of is recorded as open source movement[13].
- free software's Commons category is recorded as Free software[14].
- free software's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteur Journée 2 - 2 (Madehub)-logiciel privateur.wav[15].
- free software's said to be the same as is recorded as open-source software[16].
- free software's said to be the same as is recorded as free and open-source software[17].
- free software's opposite of is recorded as proprietary software[18].
- free software's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 7535[19].
- free software's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w7h[20].
- free software's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Free software[21].
- free software's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX549777[22].
- free software's spoken text audio is recorded as Wikipedia - Free software.mp3[23].
- free software's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.36[24].
- free software's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Free software[25].
- free software's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 530291[26].
- free software's facet of is recorded as computer program[27].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for free software include it movement[28], a social movement[29]; Libera.Chat[30], an IRC network[31], in Sweden[32], founded in 2021[33]; freenode[34], an IRC network[35], founded in 1994[36]; Free Software Directory[37], a MediaWiki wiki[38]; Open and Free Technology Community[39], an IRC network[40], founded in 2001[41]; Lingua Libre[42], a web application[43], founded in 2015[44]; Software Freedom Day[45], a holiday[46], founded in 2004[47]; and Free Software Street[48], a street[49], in Spain[50], founded in 2010[51].
Why It Matters
free software ranks in the top 3% of software_category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (967 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include it movement[28], a social movement[29]; Libera.Chat[30], an IRC network[31], in Sweden[32], founded in 2021[33]; freenode[34], an IRC network[35], founded in 1994[36]; Free Software Directory[37], a MediaWiki wiki[38]; Open and Free Technology Community[39], an IRC network[40], founded in 2001[41]; and Lingua Libre[42], a web application[43], founded in 2015[44].