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==Overview== FreeGEM is the [[free software]]/[[open-source software|open source]] version of GEM developed after Caldera Thin Clients released the GEM code under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL-2.0-only]] free software license in April 1999.<ref name="Jemmett_1999"/> Caldera Thin Clients owned the source code to GEM through [[Caldera, Inc.|Caldera]]'s purchase of the remaining Digital Research assets from [[Novell]] on 23 July 1996,<ref name="Leon_1996_Caldera"/> who had acquired Digital Research in June 1991.<ref name="Scott_1991"/><ref name="BW_1991"/> FreeGEM code works on almost every version of [[DOS]], and runs on almost every [[IBM compatible PC]]. One can download all the FreeGEM binaries and source code in one package through the OpenGEM SDK. The OpenGEM SDK also contains language bindings, documentation, and compilers. There are additional FreeGEM resources available through John C. Elliott's GEM website. OpenGEM is a popular FreeGEM distribution. Other distributions include Owen's FreeGEM Distribution.
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