Wikimedians for software freedom/Glossary

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Here some terms and their definition. Note that this glossary is limited to the scope of this document.

Free software (and Open Source)

A software allowing to use it, study, edit and share without restrictions. See Free software on Wikipedia.

Tip: all Wikimedia Foundation's production infrastructure is designed with Free software, starting from MediaWiki.

DRM

The "Digital rights management" are technical restrictions designed to deny users from copying or sharing a content. See Digital Restriction Management on Wikipedia.

Tip: Wikipedia contents are proudly not restricted by any DRM.

Tip: The Creative Commons BY-SA license (in use in Wikipedia) also expressly prohibit the use of DRM.