A software distribution is a bundle of a specific software, already compiled and configured. Sometimes free and open-source software distributions are sold together with commercial support. See Also linux-distribution – popular example

“Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free beer”. Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed with little or no restriction beyond the requirement that source code must be made available. Freedoms The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freed