FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)

 

What is FOSS?

Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that can be classified as both free software and open-source software.

That is, anyone is freely licensed to use, copy, study, and change the software in any way, and the source code is openly shared so that people are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of the software.

FOSS is also called FLOSS (Free Libre and Open Source Software or Free Livre and Open Source Software). Libre (Spanish Word), Livre(Portuguese Word).

Free software:- 

“Free Software” is a matter of liberty not price. It provides four freedom to Run, Study how the program works, Redistributes copies, Releases improvement to the Public.

 Open-Source Software:- In this type of software, the source code is freely available.

Example of FOSS

Linux – Operating System

Apache – Web Server

CamStudio – Screen Recording

NetBeans

LibreOffice 

OpenOffice

DOSBox

Firefox – Web Browser developed by Mozilla

etc.

Information collected from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages