Portal:Free and open-source software/Topics

Impediments and challenges

Digital Millennium Copyright Act · Digital rights management · Tivoization · Software patents and free software · Trusted Computing · Proprietary software · SCO-Linux controversies · Binary blobs

Adoption issues

OpenDocument format · Vendor lock-in · GLX · Free standards · Free software adoption cases

About licences

Free software licences · Copyleft · List of FSF-approved software licenses

Common licences

GNU General Public License · GNU Lesser General Public License · GNU Affero General Public License · IBM Public License · Mozilla Public License · Permissive free software licences

History

...of free software · Free software movement · Timeline of free and open-source software

Groupings of software

Comparison of free software for audio · List of open-source video games

Naming issues

GNU/Linux naming controversy · Alternative terms for free software · Naming conflict between Debian and Mozilla