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This Wiki provides information about Free Open Source Software (FOSS), software that is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute. In return for this value, some FOSS licenses require all modifications distributed in binary computer code to be made publicly available in human modifiable source code under the same license as the original code, continually growing the shared capability.  While [[Commercial Open Source Software]] usually contains elements of FOSS, it limits availability of enhanced functionality to closed proprietary software and so does not qualify as FOSS as a whole.
This Wiki provides information about Free Open Source Software (FOSS), software that is [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category licensed] to be free to use, modify, and distribute. In return for this value, some FOSS licenses require all modifications distributed in binary computer code to be made publicly available in human modifiable source code under the same license as the original code, continually growing the shared capability.  While [[Commercial Open Source Software]] usually contains elements of FOSS, it limits availability of enhanced functionality to closed proprietary software and so does not qualify as FOSS as a whole.


FOSS is developed and maintained by globally distributed communities of developers, associations of companies, non-profit foundations, businesses that sell associated added value support and services, and academic and research insitutions. It is increasingly becoming the global standard, the default choice for development tools and component modules to operating systems and business applications, because it can help individuals and organizations structurally reduce their software costs, provide more security, enhance open standards compliance, and build long-term investment protection so these benefits are passed on over many years.
FOSS is developed and maintained by globally distributed communities of developers, associations of companies, non-profit foundations, businesses that sell associated added value support and services, and academic and research insitutions. It is increasingly becoming the global standard, the default choice for development tools and component modules to operating systems and business applications, because it can help individuals and organizations structurally reduce their software costs, provide more security, enhance open standards compliance, and build long-term investment protection so these benefits are passed on over many years. The following sections provide more information about FOSS:
 
The following sections provide more information about FOSS:


* [[History]]
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* [[News]]
* [[News]]


== Other Site Information ==
== Site Editing ==
 
Anyone can add to [[Special:Allpages|existing pages]] by clicking the "Edit" tab at the top of the page (except for this Main Page and a few other locked pages). To create a new page on a FOSS related topic, first search for the intended page name in the Search box on the left navigation bar, and if it was not found then click "create new page" on the search results page. A formatting bar is provided at the top of the Edit box when editing a page, and the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page] provides additional formatting information.
 
== Other Information ==


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Revision as of 00:30, 29 June 2008

This Wiki provides information about Free Open Source Software (FOSS), software that is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute. In return for this value, some FOSS licenses require all modifications distributed in binary computer code to be made publicly available in human modifiable source code under the same license as the original code, continually growing the shared capability. While Commercial Open Source Software usually contains elements of FOSS, it limits availability of enhanced functionality to closed proprietary software and so does not qualify as FOSS as a whole.

FOSS is developed and maintained by globally distributed communities of developers, associations of companies, non-profit foundations, businesses that sell associated added value support and services, and academic and research insitutions. It is increasingly becoming the global standard, the default choice for development tools and component modules to operating systems and business applications, because it can help individuals and organizations structurally reduce their software costs, provide more security, enhance open standards compliance, and build long-term investment protection so these benefits are passed on over many years. The following sections provide more information about FOSS:

Site Editing

Anyone can add to existing pages by clicking the "Edit" tab at the top of the page (except for this Main Page and a few other locked pages). To create a new page on a FOSS related topic, first search for the intended page name in the Search box on the left navigation bar, and if it was not found then click "create new page" on the search results page. A formatting bar is provided at the top of the Edit box when editing a page, and the Wikipedia page How to edit a page provides additional formatting information.

Other Information

Other site information: