Founded by Richard M. Stallman in 1984, its aim is to develop a freely distributed Unix-like operating system, to promote the development of freely distributed software and assure access to source code.
A grant sponsored group at MIT which develops and distributes free software for UNIX operating systems. The Free Software Foundation has developed such products as , X-windows, a C++ compiler, and the glib++ library.
A foundation established in 1983 by Richard Stallman, the founder and driving force behind the "GNU's Not Unix" (GNU) operating-system project. See GNU.
An organization dedicated to creating fine, freely distributable software. Much widely used software, such as the GNU utilities, orignates from the FSF. Their software is not public domain, but rather is covered by a copyright statement and license, the effect of which is to ensure that the software remains freely available.
A group that develops the freely available GNU software. Their address is: 675 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.
The Free Software Foundation was created by Richard M Stallman in 1985. It is the principal organisational supporter of the GNU project, which has given us the GNU GPL license under which most Free Software is released. website: http:// www.gnu.org/ Keyword(s): FSF, Free Software
An organization set up by Richard Stallman to raise money for the creation of new free software. Stallman donates his time to the organization and takes no salary. The money is spent on hiring programmers to create new free software. 1457
A non-profit organization dedicated to the production and distribution of freely distributable software. It was founded by Richard M. Stallman, the author of the original Emacs editor. GNU Emacs is the most widely used version of Emacs today. gawk The GNU implementation of awk.
An organization dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying, redistribution and modification of computer software.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit corporation founded in October 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement ("free" as in "freedom"), and in particular the GNU project. The FSF is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
