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diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex index ab3cbdb..7063986 100644 --- a/writeup/writeup.tex +++ b/writeup/writeup.tex @@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ {} {0em} {}[\titlerule] -\geometry{ - a4paper, - total={170mm,257mm}, - left=25mm, - right=25mm, -} +\geometry{a4paper,total={170mm,257mm},left=25mm,right=25mm,} \author{Lucas Standen} \title{WORKING TITLE: Why FOSS software is preferred in the @@ -93,17 +88,17 @@ is not focused on its cost. The main goal of Free Software is to allow the user to have as much freedom as possible when using a piece of software for any purpose. This is in contrast to the traditional alternative, called -Proprietary Software, which can be defined as software that the user cant edit modify or +Proprietary Software, which can be defined as software that the user can not edit modify or redistribute without the original publishers permission. This kind of software intentionally restricts the users freedom, usually for the purpose of profit or control of the software. Some common examples of Proprietary Software, are Microsoft's windows, Apple's iOS, and Google's chrome web browser. -One should also note the differences between Free Software and Open Source software. In open source +One should also note the differences between Free Software and Open Source software. In Open Source software, like Free Software, the original code for a program is available to anyone, however in Open Source, this is to better the projects development and usability, whereas in Free Software it is to better the users freedom. They both use the same methods to achieve differing goals; this -often leads them to be commonly used together, as the freedoms a user gets from Free Software is +often leads them to be commonly used together, as the benifits a user gets from Free Software is much the same in Open Source software, and vice versa. Many people don't know that they already use Free Software\cite{COMMONfoss}, but often there core @@ -111,8 +106,8 @@ tools are Free Software, or are reliant on it. A few examples of this are, Dovec an email server which some major email providers use and is Free Software and commonly used, Krita\cite{KRITA}; a graphics design and art tool that is used frequently in animation, and other digital art, is made and managed by the KDE foundation\cite{KDE}, who make exclusively Free -Software. A final example if Firefox\cite{FIREFOX} is a Free Software web browser made by Mozilla -that makes up 2.71\% of the browser market share, however in the past has had up to +Software. A final example is Firefox\cite{FIREFOX} a Free Software web browser made by Mozilla +that makes up 2.71\% of the browser market share as of 2024, however in the past has had up to 30\%\cite{BROWSERmarketshare}. \section{A brief history of FOSS Software} \section{Examples of Free Software} |