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FSF

Proper noun

Meaning

FSF

(software, organisation) Initialism of Free Software Foundation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He announced the end of his campaign on November 2, 2015. citation Awards and honors In 2002, Lessig received the Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Source: Internet

In October 1985, Stallman set up the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Source: Internet

In this way, they imply that illegal copying is ethically equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the people on them" (FSF). Source: Internet

Richard Stallman used the already existing term free software when he launched the GNU Project —a collaborative effort to create a freedom-respecting operating system —and the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Source: Internet

LGPL for libraries The former name "GNU Library General Public License" gave some the impression that the FSF recommended software libraries use the LGPL and that programs use the GPL. Source: Internet

Left: free software, right: proprietary software, encircled: Gratis software The first formal definition of free software was published by FSF in February 1986. Source: Internet

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