Download free and open source software

What features does the open source software?

You can use the program for any purpose (freedom 0)

There aren't restrictions about use of the app. E. g. educational purposes, commercial ones... all are allowed.
You can study how it works and create modified (freedom 1)

Developers must offer software font code. Thanks to it, people with programming knowledge can add features or modify them.

You can freely redistribute it (freedom 2)

Sharing it is not a crime. You can copy open source software and give it anyone you want. Even you can earn money for this.
You can distribute the copies of the modified versiones (freedom 3)

In addition to modify the program (freedom 1) you can redistribute these modifications; even earn money selling them.

¿Is it safe to use open source software?

Is a safe software if you download it from a reliable sorce. Contrary to what it may seem, the fact that everyone has access to the source code helps erros be found and solved fast. Is very common to have a developers community behind that maintain the project.
Is is free Open Source software?

Not necessarily. Above we've seen 4 open source software features, and none of them are related with price. But it usually tends to be free to home users.
Who develops open source software?

Most small projects are developed by amateur developers communities, people who are passionate about this kind of altruistic philosophy and wants to contribute with their knowledge and work. In bigger projects, there are large companies with budgets destined to develop apps. E.g. Firefox or OpenOffice.
How open source software is earning monery?

En el software libre sí se gana dinero. Pero normalmente enfocado a nivel empresarial. No se gana dinero con licencias (el software suele ser gratuito) sino con servicios añadidos: modificaciones para personalizar el funcionamiento del programa, cursos de aprendizaje, etc..