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Free Software for business use?
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 18:11 GMT

To some, downloading a needed software application from the internet and then using it is as every-day as drinking coffee. Yet, there are many who simply have not yet encountered the realm of free software before.

For those who are new not only to the benefits, but also the concept I try to provide a very brief overview.

There are entire organizations dedicated to the principal that software should be free and accessible. One example is the Free Software Foundation and it’s GNU GPL, a rather long acronym for a very reasonable concept: “General Public License.” Almost all software made originally for Linux and Linux itself operate under this license.

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