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'''Free information''' or '''free content''' is any kind of functional work, artwork, or other creative content, which meets the free content definition,<ref>http://freecontentdefinition.org/Definition</ref> by having no restrictions on one's freedom to use, distribute copies, modify, and to distribute derived works of the content.<ref>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html</ref> Free information in its various forms is leveraged and created by a number of Virginia Tech services and projects. Most frequently encountered are software libre projects.
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'''Free information''' or '''free content''' is any kind of functional work, artwork, or other creative content, which meets the free content definition,<ref>http://freecontentdefinition.org/Definition</ref> by having no restrictions on one's freedom to use, distribute copies, modify, and to distribute derived works of the content.<ref>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html</ref> Free information in its various forms is leveraged and created by a number of Virginia Tech services and projects.
  
=Works Originating at Virginia Tech=
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==Software Libre==
Below are listed the known original free works made by individuals associated with Virginia Tech.
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'''Software libre''' or '''free software''' is software that allows all users to:
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# Run the software as they wish
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# Study and change the source code as they wish
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# Copy and distribute the software as they wish
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# Create and distribute modified versions as they wish
  
==Software Libre==
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A number of projects at Virginia Tech either leverage existing software libre, or new projects themselves.
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===Software Libre Projects Originating at Virginia Tech===
 
* [[GEZEL]]
 
* [[GEZEL]]
 
* [[OSSIE]]
 
* [[OSSIE]]
 
* [[VTCalendar]]
 
* [[VTCalendar]]
  
==Cultural Works==
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===Virginia Tech Projects Leveraging Software Libre===
* [[Gobblerpedia]]
 
* [[Uniluug]]
 
 
 
=Virginia Tech Projects Leveraging Existing Works=
 
Listed below are known Virginia Tech projects that primarily use software libre.
 
 
 
 
* [[Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team]]
 
* [[Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team]]
 
* [[L2ORK]]
 
* [[L2ORK]]
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* [[Webmail]]
 
* [[Webmail]]
  
=External Links=
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==Free Cultural Works==
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Some free cultural works have also originated at from Virginia Tech. These include:
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* [[Gobblerpedia]]
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* [[Linux and Unix Users Group Wiki]]
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* [[Uniluug]]
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==External Links==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content Wikipedia Free content article]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content Wikipedia Free content article]
 
* [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Freedom Defined definition of free cultural works]
 
* [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Freedom Defined definition of free cultural works]
  
=References=
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Campus computing resources]]

Latest revision as of 22:26, 14 October 2012

Free information or free content is any kind of functional work, artwork, or other creative content, which meets the free content definition,[1] by having no restrictions on one's freedom to use, distribute copies, modify, and to distribute derived works of the content.[2] Free information in its various forms is leveraged and created by a number of Virginia Tech services and projects.

Software Libre

Software libre or free software is software that allows all users to:

  1. Run the software as they wish
  2. Study and change the source code as they wish
  3. Copy and distribute the software as they wish
  4. Create and distribute modified versions as they wish

A number of projects at Virginia Tech either leverage existing software libre, or new projects themselves.

Software Libre Projects Originating at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Projects Leveraging Software Libre

Free Cultural Works

Some free cultural works have also originated at from Virginia Tech. These include:

External Links

References


This article has been modified from an original version written for Wikipedia. The original version was made available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license.