freedomware

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noun

Free software (with source code available), distinguished from freeware.

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Meanings

nounfreedomware (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablecomputingFree software (with source code available), distinguished from freeware.

    […] And last of the “open software”, a rarer implementation is sourceware. A variation of freedomware, sourceware offers “open source” code with “closed (proprietary) standards”.

    2005, Sys Admin: The Journal for UNIX System Administrators, page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
free software

Origin

From freedom + -ware.

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Cite this entry
APA

freedomware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedomware

MLA

“freedomware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedomware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freedomware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freedomware.

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