What is Free and Open Source Software
Introduction
Principles
Free Software Definition
Terminology
Considerations
F.L.O.S.S. vs. Proprietary Software
Free Software
Proprietary software
Examples of Free Software
Geopolitics of Software Industry
History
"Sociology" of the movement
Legal considerations
Choosing Free/OpenSource software
Why address this question in classes at INT
Miscelleanous
Appendices
Principles
Goal of this section : give basic definitions of what Free Software and/or OpenSource software is.
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