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Free Software Foundation

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Linus Torvalds: Disagreement With Free Software Foundation

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Free Software Foundation - 30 Years

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History of free software and free software foundation

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10 What is the free software foundation?

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Free Software Foundation: Fight to Repair (with subtitles)

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License. The FSF was incorporated in Massachusetts, US, where it is also based.
  • History 

  • Current and ongoing activities 

  • High priority projects 

  • Operating systems 

  • Discontinued operating systems 

  • Hardware endorsements (RYF) 

  • Board 

  • Voting 

  • Membership 

  • Legal 

  • Financial 

  • Position on DRM 

  • ''Defective by Design'' campaign 

  • GNU LibreDWG license controversy 

  • Recognition