freedomware

English

Etymology

From freedom +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

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”.