Libre software

This page describes a concept which is part of our glossary

Law professor Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. By disrupting traditional economic production, copyright law and established competition, they’re paving the way for a new set of economic laws, where empowered individuals are put on a level playing field with industry giants.

See also the Free software brochure :-)

Free Server Software

• MediaWiki
• Apache
• ImageMagick
• MySQL
• phpMyAdmin
• LaTeX

Free Applications

• Open Office
• Open-Xchange (OX) - a very good open source web-based office suite
• InkScape vector design package
• GIMP
• GIMPshop
• Blender3D
• MakeHuman
• eMule P2P filesharing
• Freeproxy
• PuTTY
• FileZilla
• Mozilla Firefox
• Skype Phone
• TextPad
• UltraVNC
• UltimateZip

Free Operating Systems

• Debian Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• Knoppix
• μClinux

Programming Languages & Compilers

• PERL
• PHP
• Python
• C++
• R
• Ruby
• ECMA Script
• Ming SWF Compiler
• GNU Compiler Collection
• Tiny C Compiler

Code Libraries we use

• GeSHi Syntax Highlighter
• PclZip
• PHPMailer
• Win32::Daemon
• SDL
• TRE regular expressions

See also

• Open Source
• Free Software Directory
• List of free software packages
• List of free software project directories.
• Yochai Benkler - good talk on P2P and free software
• Open-source business
• Legal milestone for open source
• EU Court: When You Buy Software You Own It
• Introduction to Free Software - mathaba.net article