The free software definition from WiKi
The word "free" in our name does not refer to price; it refers to freedom. First, the freedom to copy a program and redistribute it to your neighbors, so that they can use it as well as you. Second, the freedom to change a program, so that you can control it instead of it controlling you; for this, the source code must be made available to you.

The modern definition defines free software by whether or not the recipient has the following four freedoms:

  • The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
  • The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
  • The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
  • The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

    • The Open Source Software definition from WiKi
    Open-source software shares similarities with free software and is part of the broader term free and open-source software
    For broader coverage of this topic, see Open-source software movement.

    A screenshot of Linux Mint running the Xfce desktop environment, Mozilla Firefox browsing Wikipedia powered by MediaWiki, a calculator program, the built in calendar, Vim, GIMP, and the VLC media player, all of which are open-source software.
    Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner. Open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration.

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    Teacher, employees, and students.

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  • Free software from the Ministry of Education
  • ITC is periodically evaluating applicable free software for faculty and students to use.

    • Free Software

     Class Software Name  platform  source link  documents
    word processing  NDC ODF Tools  Win  NDC ODF Tools  Learning course
     
    word processing    		  LibreOffice-Writer  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://zh-tw.libreoffice.org/  PDF Doc
     
    word processing    		  LibreOffice-Impress  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://zh-tw.libreoffice.org/  PDF Doc
     word processing  LibreOffice-Calc  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://zh-tw.libreoffice.org/
     
    word processing    		  LibreOffice-Draw  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://zh-tw.libreoffice.org/  PDF Doc
     
    word processing    		  LibreOffice-Base  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://zh-tw.libreoffice.org/
     
    word processing    		  OpenOffice-Writer  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/  PDF doc
     
    word processing    		  OpenOffice-Impress  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/  PDF Doc
     
    word processing    		  OpenOffice-Calc  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/
     
    word processing    		  OpenOffice-Draw  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/  PDF Doc
     
    word processing    		  OpenOffice-Base  Win/MacOS/Linux  https://www.openoffice.org/zh-tw/
     system tool  HFS(Http File Server)  Win  Rejetto.com/hfs/ user guide
     system tool  Sun VirtualBox  Win  Virtualbox.org user guide
     system tool  iColorFolder  Win  iColorFolder Sourceforge.net user guide
     system tool  ISO Recorder  Win  ISO Recorder user guide
     statistics tool  R data processing system  www.r-web.com.tw
     Video player  VLC media player

    PS： support variou de-coders and video formats, and also support DVD, VCD, several streaming protocols.

    		  Windows/Linux/MacOS/Unix/ iOS/Android/...  VideoLAN user guide
     Video player  Winamp
    PS：support various video formats, including MP3、MP2、MIDI、MOD、AAC、FLAC、Ogg、WAV、WMA, etc.    		  Windows/MacOS/Android  Winamp Introduction from Wiki
     Compression software  7-zip
    PS：7-Zip default format is "7z", file extension is .7z.    		  Windows  7-zip Introduction from WiKi