Free software

:This article is about Free Software as defined by the sociopolitical Free Software movement; for information on software distributed without charge, see freeware. For other uses, see free software (disambiguation).

External links

• Free Software Magazine An independently published magazine about free software, which releases all of its contents under a free license (Creative_commons, GFDL or Verbatim copying only)
• History Free Software
• The Free Software Definition - published by FSF
• FSF's list of free software licenses, including clarifications on often confused non-free licenses
• FSF/UNESCO directory of free software packages
• The GNU philosophy pages
• FSF's comparison of "Open Source" and "Free Software"
• An argument for free software (Charles Stross)
• Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! — David Wheeler's analysis of the advantages of OSS/FS by an exhaustive review of published studies, analyses, and news reports.
• Directory of free software and open source software at Framasoft's site
• Some Code to Die for. On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887 — Essay by Leo Findeisen, monochrom.
• demosoftware.net — demos and documentation wiki for GNU GPL and GNU LGPL, web-based, Free Software
• Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend
• South Korea Steps Up Linux Use in Public Sector
• WebOpenSource.com A portal dedicated for open source software community - Includes reviews, latest news, free download and more.
• Why the future of science must be in free software — An essay about the relationship between free software and science by Alessio Damato (in PDF)
• "Alternative Freedom" Documentary featuring Richard Stallman