CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices
Question 46 of 55
Societal Impacts — Question 16
Back to all questions| Free software | Free and open source software |
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| Free software means the software is freely accessible and can be freely used, changed, improved, copied and distributed by all who wish to do so. | A software which is free as well as open belongs to category FOSS (Free and open source software). |
| Free software emphasizes the philosophical and ethical aspects of software freedom focusing on users' rights to control and modify the software they use. | Free and open source software emphasizes the practical benefits of transparency, collaboration, and the ability to modify and distribute software freely. |
| Free software adheres to specific licenses like the GNU General Public License (GPL) that ensures users' freedoms. | This software can be released under various licenses, some of which are more permissive like BSD, MIT, Apache 2. |