The Free Software Foundation (FSF), established in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of Free Software, particularly the GNU operating system, used widely in its GNU/Linux variant. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues surrounding freedom in the use of software.
Free Software is a matter of liberty not price. You should think of "Free" as in "Free Speech".
Also see: Free Software Foundation, GNU, GPL Free Software
Wikipedia:Free Software Foundation
Related: Free software,GNU,Richard Stallman,Linux,Debian
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