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Free and Open Source Software

Free and Open Source Software

Collected by: John Gilmore

Archived since: Apr, 2007

Description:

A collection of free software and open source software. This includes the source code (instructions written by computer programmers) of thousands of computer programs that are part of various free software projects. These projects include the GNU Project to reimplement the Bell Labs UNIX system, the Linux kernel that reimplements the core operating program of a UNIX-like system, the Debian project which seeks to produce a fully free and consistent distribution (collection) of free software programs that work together well, the Ubuntu project which builds a commercially viable operating system based on the Debian project; the Fedore project which also builds a commercially viable computer operating system based on free software; and other projects.

Subject: Society & Culture, Universities & Libraries, Computers & Technology, Source Code, Linux, GNU Project, Software, Open Source Software, Free Software, Programming

Creator: John Gilmore

Publisher: John Gilmore

Format: SRPM files, ISO images of Digital Video Disc data, ISO images of Compact Disc data, Debian package files, RPM files, Tar files

Date: 2020, 2016, 2007-05-18 00:00:00

Rights: Most of this collection is licensed under copyright licenses that permit the public to use, read, copy, distribute, and modify the individual items. Read the individual copyright notices for specific rules for each item.

Language: English and various other languages

Collector: John Gilmore

Contributor: Apple Computer, The NetBSD Project, The FreeBSD Project, The OpenBSD Project, The Berkeley Standard Distribution of UNIX, The Fedora Project, The Ubuntu free software distribution, The Debian Project, The Linux Kernel, The GNU Project

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