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unusual facts about Free and Open Source Software



Apache Flex

Consequently, Flex applications can be developed using standard IDEs, for example Eclipse, the free and open source IDE FlashDevelop, as well as the proprietary Adobe Flash Builder.

EasyCard

At the 27th annual German Chaos Communication Congress hacker conference ("27C3") in 2010, German free software programmer Harald Welte showed that it is possible to artificially change the amount of money stored on a first-generation EasyCard—based on the MIFARE Classic—using nothing more than a USB RFID reader and a laptop computer running open source software.

LiMux

The project was successfully completed in late 2013, which involved migrating 15,000 personal computers and laptops of public employees to free and open source software using the Linux distribution "LiMux" (an Ubuntu derivative) as the operating system and LibreOffice as the primary productivity software.

Luca Passani

Luca Passani is an Italian developer and the creator of WURFL (the Wireless Universal Resource FiLe), the de facto standard open source (FOSS) framework for addressing so-called Device Fragmentation (AKA Device Diversity) in

Ma3bar

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the United Nations Development Program – Information and Communication Technology for Development in the Arab Region (UNDP–ICTDAR) have come together to initiate Ma3bar, the Arab Support Center for Free and Open Source Software.

RecordMyDesktop

recordMyDesktop is a free and open source desktop screencasting software application written for GNU/Linux.

Squeak

The Apple Public Source License, as it turns out, fails to pass the third standard that Free and Open Source Software licenses are held to: the Debian Free Software Guidelines promulgated by the Debian project, an influential volunteer-run Linux distribution.

Syllable Desktop

Syllable Desktop is a free and open source operating system for Pentium and compatible processors.

X Window System

Microsoft Windows is not shipped with support for X, but many third-party implementations exist, as free and open source software such as Cygwin/X, and proprietary products such as Exceed, MKS X/Server, Reflection X, X-Win32 and Xming.


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Adoption of free and open-source software by public institutions

The Portuguese Vieira do Minho Municipality began switching to free and open source software in 2000.

Common Criteria

In a 2006 research paper, computer specialist David A. Wheeler suggested that the Common Criteria process discriminates against Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)-centric organizations and development models.

FOSSAP

Cambodian deputy prime minister Sok An, in a speech delivered on his behalf, argued that Free and Open Source Software could help a country like Cambodia to have a "lot of savings in license fees", make software readily available locally and reduce usage costs drastically, eliminate software piracy, and enable Cambodian students to closely study the software code and "understand its behaviour".

Fosscomm

The third conference of free and open source software communities, FOSSCOMM 2010, took place on April 24–25, 2010 in Thessaloniki.

Grokline

It is run and edited by Pamela Jones and complements her Groklaw website, which acts as a focus for legal news of interest to the Free and Open Source Software communities, including in particular SCO Group's litigation against IBM and others and its attacks on Linux.

Institute of Rural Management Anand

Satish Babu (PRM3), Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS).

IT@School Project

The Project also engaged in giving training in Animation movie making skills entirely based on Free and Open Source Software such as KToon, Gimp, OpenShot Video Editor and Audacity.

Ma3bar

#Capacity building by providing the necessary training and assistance in developing the necessary skills and competences in the public and the private sectors, as well as in non-government organizations, and encouraging the inclusion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) courses as part of the standard course offerings in universities as well as networking the various FOSS communities that exist in the Arab Region.

Markus Neteler

In September 2006, he was honored with the Sol Katz award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) for his commitment to the GRASS project coordination.

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.

Support Incident Tracker

In 2005, version 3.21 was released as free and open source software under the GNU General Public License and a Freecode project was created.