Free Software Foundation
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The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FSF | 1 |
| FSF Associate Membership | 1 |
| Free Software Foundation network | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
501(c)(3) organization
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advocacy organization ⓘ free software organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
use of free software
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users' control over computing ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
copyleft
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digital rights ⓘ free software ⓘ software licensing ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| founder | Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
donations
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membership fees ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalRole |
executive director
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president ⓘ |
| hasPart | GNU Project ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Free Software Foundation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FSF Associate Membership
GNU Project sponsorship ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ideology |
copyleft licensing
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software freedom ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | charitable organization ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintains |
GNU Affero General Public License
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GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ GNU General Public License ⓘ GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| motto | Free as in freedom ⓘ |
| movement | free software movement ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
information technology
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software ⓘ |
| opposes |
digital restrictions management
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proprietary software ⓘ |
| organizes |
GNU project fundraising
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campaigns for software freedom ⓘ |
| publisher |
GNU Free Documentation License
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GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of rights of software users
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promotion of computer users' freedom ⓘ promotion of free software ⓘ |
| sponsor | GNU Project ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fsf.org/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (76)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Free Software Foundation network
subject surface form:
Emacs Lisp
subject surface form:
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