https://paradigmfringe.org/ 2026-04-23T20:43:19+00:00 https://paradigmfringe.org/ https://paradigmfringe.org/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2024-12-26T10:14:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://paradigmfringe.org/encyclopedia/technology/free_and_open_source_software?rev=1735208071&do=diff Free and Open Source Software Software is more consumer-friendly when it has a free and open-source software license (not to be confused with freeware). This is because the code is freely available to audit by anyone knowledgeable, as well as create their own fork if they want to modify the original software.