free software

English

Noun

free software (uncountable)

1. (software) Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre.
2. (software) Any software that is free of charge, such as freeware.

Synonyms

• (freely distributable software with source code): freedomware
• (any software that is free of charge): freeware

Antonyms

• proprietary software

Translations

software that can be freely copied and modified

• Arabic: بَرْمَجِيَّات حُرَّة f pl (barmajiyyāt ḥurra)
• Catalan: programari lliure m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由軟件／自由软件 (zìyóu ruǎnjiàn), 自由软件 (zìyóu ruǎnjiàn) (Chinese mainland), 自由軟體／自由软体 (zìyóu ruǎntǐ), 自由软体 (zìyóu ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)

• Dutch: vrije software f
• Esperanto: libera programaro
• Finnish: vapaa ohjelmisto
• French: logiciel libre (fr) m
• Georgian: თავისუფალი პროგრამა (tavisupali ṗrograma), თავისუფალი პროგრამული უზრუნველყოფა (tavisupali ṗrogramuli uzrunvelq̇opa), თავისუფალი სოფტი (tavisupali sopṭi)
• German: freie Software f
• Greek: ελεύθερο λογισμικό n (eléfthero logismikó)
• Hungarian: szabad szoftver (hu)
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• Japanese: フリーソフトウェア (furī sofutowea)
• Lithuanian: laisva programinė įranga f
• Malay: perisian bebas
• Polish: wolne oprogramowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: software livre m
• Russian: свобо́дное програ́ммное обеспече́ние n (svobódnoje prográmmnoje obespečénije), свобо́дный софт m (svobódnyj soft), СПО n (SPO)
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodni softver m
• Slovene: svobodna programska oprema f
• Spanish: software libre m
• Swedish: fri programvara n
• Tamil: கட்டறு மென்பொருள் (kaṭṭaṟu meṉporuḷ)
• Turkish: hür yazılım, özgür yazılım

free of charge software — see freeware

See also

• freeware
• gratis
• libre
• open content
• open source

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