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| student:freesoftware:start [2019/09/10 19:22] – Created "free software" page lam2mo | student:freesoftware:start [2019/11/05 10:32] (current) – added headings lam2mo |
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| Many software and technologies companies make their commercial software or services available for free to university students: | ==== Zero-cost Software ==== |
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| | Many software and technologies companies make their commercial software or services available at no cost to university students: |
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| * Amazon's [[https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ | AWS Educate]] | * Amazon's [[https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ | AWS Educate]] |
| Besides VMWare products, other packages are available from [[https://onthehub.com/ | OnTheHub]]. Search for JMU and choose either "James Madison University" or "College of Integrated Science and Engineering" as the department to find other packages. | Besides VMWare products, other packages are available from [[https://onthehub.com/ | OnTheHub]]. Search for JMU and choose either "James Madison University" or "College of Integrated Science and Engineering" as the department to find other packages. |
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| **Important:** The above offerings are "free as in beer" not "free as in speech" (for more info, see "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre | gratis vs. libre]]" and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software | Free Software]] movement). For the most part, these companies make their software and services available for free with the goal of acquiring you or your employer as a paying customer after you graduate. | **Important:** The above offerings are "free as in beer" not "free as in speech" (for more info, see "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre |gratis vs. libre]]" and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software |Free Software]] movement). For the most part, these companies make their software and services available for free with the goal of acquiring you or your employer as a paying customer after you graduate. |
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| | ==== Free/Libre Software ==== |
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| Here are some popular "free as in speech" alternatives to commercial software: | Here are some popular "free as in speech" alternatives to commercial software: |
