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r/freesoftware
Free Software - Libre software and formats
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"Free software" means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, "free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech," not as in "free beer".
"Free software" means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, "free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free...
26,204
May 7, 2008
public
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Total Submissions
7,044
Total Comments
33,740
Earliest Submission
July 27, 2008
Earliest Comment
July 27, 2008
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 134 | 31,965 | 1511.7 | 0.3 | 5671.58 | |
| #2 | 113 | 56,498 | 1274.8 | 0.5 | 2705.95 | |
| #3 | 82 | 121,258 | 925.1 | 1.0 | 914.91 | |
| #4 | 33 | 67,084 | 372.3 | 0.6 | 665.53 | |
| #5 | 126 | 284,133 | 1421.5 | 2.4 | 599.96 | |
| #6 | 32 | 123,760 | 361.0 | 1.0 | 349.82 | |
| #7 | 68 | 428,438 | 767.1 | 3.6 | 214.73 | |
| #8 | 804 | 6,773,826 | 9070.3 | 56.5 | 160.58 | |
| #9 | 157 | 2,155,212 | 1771.2 | 18.0 | 98.56 | |
| #10 | 217 | 3,302,297 | 2448.1 | 27.5 | 88.90 | |
| #11 | 32 | 549,357 | 361.0 | 4.6 | 78.81 | |
| #12 | 204 | 3,573,754 | 2301.4 | 29.8 | 77.23 | |
| #13 | 42 | 831,638 | 473.8 | 6.9 | 68.33 | |
| #14 | 54 | 1,899,501 | 609.2 | 15.8 | 38.46 | |
| #15 | 30 | 1,102,709 | 338.4 | 9.2 | 36.81 | |
| #16 | 97 | 4,185,858 | 1094.3 | 34.9 | 31.35 | |
| #17 | 63 | 2,808,600 | 710.7 | 23.4 | 30.35 | |
| #18 | 55 | 2,516,582 | 620.5 | 21.0 | 29.57 | |
| #19 | 45 | 2,256,829 | 507.7 | 18.8 | 26.98 | |
| #20 | 81 | 4,380,738 | 913.8 | 36.5 | 25.02 | |
| #21 | 286 | 15,798,434 | 3226.5 | 131.7 | 24.49 | |
| #22 | 65 | 3,623,918 | 733.3 | 30.2 | 24.27 | |
| #23 | 33 | 1,878,037 | 372.3 | 15.7 | 23.77 | |
| #24 | 40 | 2,379,002 | 451.3 | 19.8 | 22.75 | |
| #25 | 418 | 25,600,257 | 4715.7 | 213.5 | 22.09 | |
| #26 | 117 | 7,215,553 | 1319.9 | 60.2 | 21.94 | |
| #27 | 52 | 3,231,369 | 586.6 | 26.9 | 21.77 | |
| #28 | 83 | 5,576,447 | 936.4 | 46.5 | 20.14 | |
| #29 | 33 | 2,271,653 | 372.3 | 18.9 | 19.65 | |
| #30 | 51 | 3,997,214 | 575.4 | 33.3 | 17.26 | |
| #31 | 62 | 5,274,415 | 699.5 | 44.0 | 15.90 | |
| #32 | 51 | 4,475,343 | 575.4 | 37.3 | 15.42 | |
| #33 | 629 | 58,591,843 | 7096.0 | 488.6 | 14.52 | |
| #34 | 34 | 3,199,540 | 383.6 | 26.7 | 14.38 | |
| #35 | 65 | 6,314,760 | 733.3 | 52.7 | 13.93 | |
| #36 | 78 | 7,750,568 | 880.0 | 64.6 | 13.62 | |
| #37 | 101 | 10,177,436 | 1139.4 | 84.9 | 13.43 | |
| #38 | 47 | 4,770,346 | 530.2 | 39.8 | 13.33 | |
| #39 | 85 | 8,707,453 | 958.9 | 72.6 | 13.21 | |
| #40 | 64 | 6,576,962 | 722.0 | 54.8 | 13.17 | |
| #41 | 53 | 5,618,308 | 597.9 | 46.8 | 12.76 | |
| #42 | 60 | 6,686,656 | 676.9 | 55.8 | 12.14 | |
| #43 | 322 | 37,662,904 | 3632.6 | 314.1 | 11.57 | |
| #44 | 34 | 4,054,220 | 383.6 | 33.8 | 11.35 | |
| #45 | 44 | 5,568,888 | 496.4 | 46.4 | 10.69 | |
| #46 | 61 | 7,946,469 | 688.2 | 66.3 | 10.39 | |
| #47 | 115 | 15,359,808 | 1297.4 | 128.1 | 10.13 | |
| #48 | 32 | 4,318,461 | 361.0 | 36.0 | 10.03 | |
| #49 | 60 | 8,469,324 | 676.9 | 70.6 | 9.58 | |
| #50 | 39 | 6,108,545 | 440.0 | 50.9 | 8.64 |