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Shareware, open source, free software and others - these are
terms that different people tend to have different understanding. Therefore
we have opted for the term 'alternative', in an attempt to distinguish them
from their relatively expensive commercial counterparts.
The term open source software can have different meanings
depending on the context in which it is used. The technical terminology for
open source software refers to applications that have a publicly
available source code and can be manipulated by any programmer.
The general public often uses the term shareware and open
source software to refer to applications that are free or low-cost to
download and run. The software presented our
software inventory contains some
open source software, but overall we chose these particular applications
based on their economical feasibility and their applicability to
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