(1) Software that is free of charge. See freeware. (2) Software that is free of restrictions and which may be free of charge. Free software licenses grant users the freedom to use it for any purpose, ...

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

A linguistic look at some tenets of Linux. Merriam-Webster defines a tenet as "a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true; especially one held in common by members of an organization, ...

After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly ...