2.  Open-source software comes free along with source code so it can be modified.  Freeware comes free as is.  "As one person put it, 'Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.'" "As one person put it, 'Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.'"  -- GNU.org

3.  www.sourceforge.net - downloads www.sourceforge.net  www.openoffice.org - downloads www.openoffice.org  www.opensourcewindows.org - downloads www.opensourcewindows.org  www.opensourcemac.org - downloads www.opensourcemac.org  Free-codecs.com – codec downloads Free-codecs.com  www.cccp-project.net – codec download www.cccp-project.net  www.gnu.org - info www.gnu.org  www.opensource.org - info www.opensource.org

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