The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985. The organisation supports the...
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Free software, libre software, libreware sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to...
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The Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) is an organization that supports free software and all aspects of the free software movement in Europe...
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Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a license that grants users the right to use, modify, and distribute the software – modified...
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Stallman later established the Free Software Foundation in 1985 to support the movement. The philosophy of the Free Software Movement is based on promoting...
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A free-software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. These actions...
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of open-source licenses. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) maintains a list of what it considers free. FSF's free software and OSI's open-source licenses...
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The Apache Software Foundation (/əˈpætʃi/ ə-PATCH-ee; ASF) is an American nonprofit corporation (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization in the United...
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The Free Software Definition is a policy document written by Richard Stallman and published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It defines free software...
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awarded the 2001 Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software for changing the license to fix this incompatibility. Free and open-source...
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as an overview of and topical guide to free software and the free software movement: Free software – software which can be run, studied, examined, modified...
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The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based Free Software Foundation. It was founded in Thiruvananthapuram...
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Comparison of Linux distributions (redirect from List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation)
latest version, etc. Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation are marked 100% Free under the System distribution commitment column. Debian...
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list of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits...
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redistributions. Free software that depends on proprietary software is considered "trapped" by the Free Software Foundation. This includes software written only...
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) grants two annual awards. Since 1998, FSF has granted the award for Advancement of Free Software and since 2005, also...
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Group. Despite the similarities in name, OSF was unrelated to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), or the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The organization was...
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practices. In 1983 Richard Stallman launched the free software movement and founded the Free Software Foundation to promote the movement and to publish its...
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The Free Software Directory (FSD) is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It catalogs free software that runs under free operating systems—particularly...
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Free content, libre content, libre information, or free information is any kind of creative work, such as a work of art, a book, a software program, or...
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GNU General Public License (redirect from Software propagation)
the Free Software Foundation (FSF), for the GNU Project. The license grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the Free Software Definition...
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The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for...
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A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free-software license which instead of copyleft protections,...
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Opposition to software patents is widespread in the free software community. In response, various mechanisms have been tried to defuse the perceived problem...
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GNU Savannah (category Open-source software hosting facilities)
the Free Software Foundation initiated by Loïc Dachary, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for free software projects...
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Freeware (redirect from Gratis software)
an unlimited period of time. In contrast to what the Free Software Foundation calls free software, the author of freeware usually restricts the rights...
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action for a Day Without DRM on September 18th — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26. Gall, Richard...
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open-source software Free software, defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which may be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed ("free as...
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from the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which were only widely available later. Under Perens' definition, open source is a broad software license that...
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Richard Stallman (category Members of the Free Software Foundation board of directors)
that software. Software which ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF)...
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