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free_software

free software

English

Noun

free software

Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre.
Any software that is free of charge, such as freeware.

Antonyms

proprietary software

Translations

software that can be freely copied and modified

Catalan: programari lliure m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自由軟件, 自由软件 ‎(zìyóu ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese mainland), 自由軟體, 自由软体 ‎(zìyóu ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)
Dutch: vrije software f
Esperanto: libera programaro
French: logiciel libre (fr) m
German: freie Software f
Hungarian: szabad szoftver (hu)
Japanese: フリーソフトウェア ‎(furī sofutowea)

Lithuanian: laisva programinė įranga f
Polish: wolne oprogramowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: software livre m
Russian: свобо́дное програ́ммное обеспече́ние n ‎(svobódnoje prográmmnoje obespečénije), свобо́дный софт m ‎(svobódnyj soft), СПО n ‎(SPO)
Swedish: fri programvara n
Tamil: கட்டறு மென்பொருள் ‎(kaṭṭaṟu meṉporuḷ)
Turkish: hür yazılım, özgür yazılım

free of charge software — see freeware

See also

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