What is Free and open-source software?
{{Nosources|date=December 2023}} '''Free and open source software''' (for short: '''FOSS''', means '''[[free software]]''' and/or '''[[open source software]]''') is [[software]] whose [[source code]] is open and available to anyone who wishes to: * improve it, * study it, * modify it, and * share the original and the modifications with others. These additional rights are generally granted to the user through the [[GPL]], [[LGPL]], or [[BSD license]]. ==Related pages== * [[Free software]] * [[Open source]] * [[Free software movement]] * [[Free Software Foundation]] * [[Linux]] * [[GNU]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Free software]]