Deletion of Free alternatives to proprietary software

Comment: The article needs to be recast as a list by tweaking the already short lead, and possibly by renaming the page. As a |list article, it provides good information that is very useful to readers interested in the topic. The page contains only two external links (in the ''External links'' section), so the page really is a list of links to Wikipedia articles and is original research only in the sense that someone has gathered all the information into one page. However, the page is ''not''  because there is no original thought, analysis or synthesis in the article.  does not prohibit the compilation of a list; for example, see List of software engineering topics and Index of Windows games (A). I mentioned this at WT:WikiProject Software/Free Software
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Lists (WP:LIST||WP:OR)

Comment: I don't see how the nom could possibly consider this to be OR. Each entry is clearly either Proprietary software or Free software. Each entry is clearly a specific type of software. There is nothing at all wrong with grouping these in a table by software type and license. The only way something like this could become OR is if it were stated that one particular type of software was better than the other. states: ''"The notability guidelines determine whether a topic is notable enough to be a '''separate article''' in Wikipedia. They do not give guidance on the '''content''' of articles, except for lists of people. Instead, various :Category:Wikipedia content policy|content policies govern article content, with the amount of coverage given to topics '''within''' articles decided by its appropriate |weight."''While the notability guideline may apply to the individual entries listed in these tables for the purposes of determining if each should have it's own standalone article, it does not in any way limit how these articles may be linked and listed elsewhere.From where I sit, this article appears to me to be a typical :Category:Indexes of articles|article index with the benefits of listing both proprietary and free software side by side
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NNC||WP:WEIGHT)

Comment: per .  The list may be redundant, but redundancy in lists can be an asset.  It's not meaningless, it has potential organisational value, and it's well presented.  Should be retained
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Lists (WP:LIST)

Comment: In its present form, this list is unquestionably |original research. But there actually are reliable sources that discuss specific free and/or open source alternatives to specific proprietary software applications. This could be a valid list if it was rewritten from the ground up, sticking with what the sources say
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:NOR)