English

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Etymology

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From freedom +‎ -ware.

Noun

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freedomware (uncountable)

  1. (software, rare) free software (with source code available), distinguished from freeware
    • 2005, Sys Admin: The Journal for UNIX System Administrators, page 48:
      [] And last of the “open software”, a rarer implementation is sourceware. A variation of freedomware, sourceware offers “open source” code with “closed (proprietary) standards”.