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!!Application for Funding
!1.6 Tell us about the focus and purpose of your organisation and what you are hoping to achieve
-The Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated (commonly known as WLUG) is an incorporated society designed to advocate and promote the usage of Open Source and Free Software, particularly (***)
the Linux operating system.
+The Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated (commonly known as WLUG) is an incorporated society designed to advocate and promote the usage of Open Source and Free Software, particularly the Linux operating system.
Full definitions of Open Source Software and Free Software are attached to this application, however in summary “Free” software is free in both senses of the word; it comes at no cost, and it contains the liberty to control and modify the software through the availability of the 'source code', the instructions the computer uses to run the program and that any programmer can modify.
-WLUG is a member of a worldwide network of Linux User Groups, grassroots organisations dedicated to (***)
the advancement of software that both adheres to open standards (***)
and allows users the freedom to improve the software. (***)
+WLUG is a member of a worldwide network of Linux User Groups, grassroots organisations dedicated to the advancement of software that both adheres to open standards and allows users the freedom to change and
improve the software.
The charter of the Waikato Linux Users Group Incorporated defines the purpose of the WLUG as “a support community for Open Source and Free Software”:
* As a support community for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD (and other Open Source or Free Operating Systems)