Free Software Foundation
(FSF) An organisation d evot ed to th e cr eation and diss emination of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=free software">free software, i. e. softwar e that is fr ee from lic ensing f ees or r estrictions on us e. Th e Foundation' s main work is supporting th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=GNU">GNU proj ect, start ed by {Richard Stallman} (RMS), partly to pros elytis e for his position that information is community prop erty and all softwar e sourc e should b e shar ed. Th e GNU proj ect has d ev elop ed th e GNU ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=emacs">emacs editor and a ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=C">C compil er, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=gcc">gcc, r eplac em ents for many Unix utiliti es and many oth er tools. A compl et e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix-lik e op erating syst em ( ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=HURD">HURD) is in th e works (April 1994). Softwar e is distribut ed und er th e t erms of th e {GNU G en eral Public Lic ens e}, which also provid es a good summary of th e Foundation' s goals and principl es. Th e Fr ee Softwar e Foundation rais es most of its funds from distributing its softwar e, although it is a charity rath er than a company. Although th e softwar e is fr eely availabl e ( e.g. by ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=FTP">FTP - s ee b elow) us ers ar e encourag ed to support th e work of th e FSF by paying for th eir distribution s ervic e or by making donations. On e of th e slogans of th e FSF is "H elp stamp out softwar e hoarding!" This r emains controv ersial b ecaus e authors want to own, assign and s ell th e r esults of th eir labour. How ev er, many hack ers who disagr ee with RMS hav e n ev erth el ess coop erat ed to produc e larg e amounts of high-quality softwar e for fr ee r edistribution und er th e Fr ee Softwar e Foundation' s imprimatur. S ee ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=copyleft">copyleft, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=General Public Virus">General Public Virus, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=GNU archive site">GNU archive site. ef="ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu">. Unofficial WWW pag es: {PDX (http://www.cs.pdx. edu/~tr ent/gnu/)}, {D eLori e (http://www.d elori e.com/gnu/)}. e-mail: . Address: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Telephone: +1 (617) 876 3296. 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