Freecode

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Freecode ( called Freshmeat until October 2011 ) was an online service for application development and, according to its own information, the largest directory on the global network (English Web ), preferably in the Unix and cross-platform applications sector . The service was evaluated, looked after, revised and expanded by a network community . On June 18, 2014, the operator stopped active work on the website. The existing content should remain available in static form.

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About 56 percent (as of January 2006) of the applications registered with Freecode were subject to the provisions of the so-called GNU General Public License . However, the service was not limited to certain approvals ( licenses ), so that applications in the public domain or public - as so-called open source - and also as freeware , shareware and payware (from the English pay ware for “paid product”) were represented. One condition, however, was that the applications offered could run on Unix-like operating systems.

After registering on the service page, it was possible to be informed about news by means of daily messages (in the form of a newsletter ), or to actively discuss the applications via Internet Relay Chat or directly on the site.

The total number of registered enterprises development or project, (English projects ) amounted to over 43,000, and published so far nearly 217,000 applications. (As of December 2007)

The Freecode service has been operated by Dice Holdings since September 2012 .

After Eric S. Raymond called for a replacement, freshcode.club was created; Development companies or projects as well as published applications can be entered.

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  1. ↑ About Freecode (English) - Page at Freecode (accessed on: June 20, 2014)
  2. ↑ Freshmeat Stats. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009 ; accessed on December 1, 2007 (English).
  3. ↑ Freecode (English) - homepage of the service. Accessed: June 20, 2014
  4. ↑ Dice Holdings - Company History (English)
  5. ↑ http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948
  6. ↑ Freshcode ( English ) August 3, 2014. Accessed August 4, 2014.