This is a list of common programs (as opposed to the other two FOSS lists which focus more on development tools) that have a Free Software Foundation approved license. The purpose of this list is to give users the ability to quickly find the best free software alternatives for many categories of applications.
ALL THE BELOW CHECKBOXES SHOULD BE DONE AND CHECKED AND THE ABOVE PLACEHOLDERS SHOULD BE FILLED IN BEFORE SUBMITTING A PULL REQUEST!
has been checked for inconsistent formatting, spelling, and grammar (This includes starting each link description with an uppercase character and ending it with a period ., and consistent naming),
has been added at the bottom of the appropriate category.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.
## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/pull/810
**Author:** [@johnjago](https://github.com/johnjago)
**Created:** 10/27/2016
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 3/7/2017
**Merged by:** [@sindresorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
**Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `patch-1`
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### 📝 Commits (4)
- [`51bc513`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/commit/51bc513cb6d3cd27c02ec769f30d82d2e4838965) Add Free Software
- [`7d61e61`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/commit/7d61e617a4e1af5e249c7274fb90b733c6030db4) Add lowercase link and shorter description
- [`fbbebd2`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/commit/fbbebd23ac7275bc604291aef8c0c4699a04fdfb) Merge branch 'master' into patch-1
- [`1e5ae8b`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/commit/1e5ae8b426c0d9a3ef2df456a450bd706d4aba32) Merge branch 'master' into patch-1
### 📊 Changes
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### 📄 Description
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**https://github.com/johnjago/awesome-free-software**
**This is a list of common programs (as opposed to the other two FOSS lists which focus more on development tools) that have a Free Software Foundation approved license. The purpose of this list is to give users the ability to quickly find the best free software alternatives for many categories of applications.**
# ALL THE BELOW CHECKBOXES SHOULD BE DONE AND CHECKED AND THE ABOVE PLACEHOLDERS SHOULD BE FILLED IN BEFORE SUBMITTING A PULL REQUEST!
- [x] I have read and understood the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/contributing.md) and the [instructions for creating a list](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/create-list.md).
- [x] This pull request has a descriptive title. _(For example: `Add Node.js`)_
- The list I added
- [x] **has been around for at least 20 days,**
- [x] is a non-generated Markdown file in a GitHub repo,
- [x] is not a duplicate,
- [x] only has awesome items with descriptions _(Awesome lists are curations of the best, not of everything)_,
- [x] contains the [awesome badge](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#awesome-badge) on the right side of the list heading,
- [x] has a Table of Contents section named `Contents` as the first section,
- [x] has an [appropriate license](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#choose-an-appropriate-license) _(Meaning something like CC0, NOT a code licence like MIT, BSD, Apache, etc)_,
- [x] has [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md#include-contribution-guidelines),
- [x] has been checked for inconsistent formatting, spelling, and grammar _(This includes starting each link description with an uppercase character and ending it with a period `.`, and consistent naming)_,
- [x] has been added at the bottom of the appropriate category.
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/pull/810
Author: @johnjago
Created: 10/27/2016
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/7/2017
Merged by: @sindresorhus
Base:
master← Head:patch-1📝 Commits (4)
51bc513Add Free Software7d61e61Add lowercase link and shorter descriptionfbbebd2Merge branch 'master' into patch-11e5ae8bMerge branch 'master' into patch-1📊 Changes
1 file changed (+1 additions, -0 deletions)
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readme.md(+1 -0)📄 Description
https://github.com/johnjago/awesome-free-software
This is a list of common programs (as opposed to the other two FOSS lists which focus more on development tools) that have a Free Software Foundation approved license. The purpose of this list is to give users the ability to quickly find the best free software alternatives for many categories of applications.
ALL THE BELOW CHECKBOXES SHOULD BE DONE AND CHECKED AND THE ABOVE PLACEHOLDERS SHOULD BE FILLED IN BEFORE SUBMITTING A PULL REQUEST!
Add Node.js)Contentsas the first section,., and consistent naming),🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.