{"id":24916,"date":"2024-05-06T06:28:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/?post_type=definition&#038;p=24916"},"modified":"2024-05-06T07:22:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T07:22:13","slug":"software-gratuito","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/software-gratuito","title":{"rendered":"Software gratuito"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"que_significa_software_gratuito\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa software gratuito?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El software gratuito es un <strong>programa utilizado y distribuido sin costo alguno para el usuario.<\/strong> Sin embargo, la mayor\u00eda de las licencias de software gratuito incluyen cl\u00e1usulas que proh\u00edben la venta, la reventa o el uso comercial.<\/p>\n<p>El software gratuito se publica a menudo con fines promocionales. Por ejemplo, algunos programas de software libre pueden requerir el registro con una direcci\u00f3n de correo electr\u00f3nico. El propietario del software recopila estas direcciones de correo electr\u00f3nico, que pueden utilizarse para promocionar o vender otros productos.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"definicion_de_software_gratuito\">Definici\u00f3n de software gratuito<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El concepto de software gratuito implicaba originalmente que cuando se liberara el c\u00f3digo fuente se dar\u00eda permiso para reutilizar el software dentro del dominio p\u00fablico. Sin embargo, este concepto cambi\u00f3 con la formulaci\u00f3n del software libre y de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/es\/definicion\/iniciativa-codigo-abierto\">c\u00f3digo abierto<\/a> (FOSS), que <strong>delimita las diferencias entre software libre y software gratuito de c\u00f3digo abierto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los conceptos de software libre y gratuito pueden ser confusos porque algunos desarrolladores distribuyen software libre con ciertas restricciones. Por ejemplo, un paquete de software libre puede no incluir todas las caracter\u00edsticas y puede ser necesario pagar para habilitar ciertas funciones del software. El software gratuito funciona con todas las funciones y no suele ser actualizable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa software gratuito? El software gratuito es un programa utilizado y distribuido sin costo alguno para el usuario. 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