Free Software Foundation

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501(c)(3) organization advocacy organization free software organization nonprofit organization

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.

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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 ⓘ
advocacy organization ⓘ
free software organization ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
advocatesFor use of free software ⓘ
users' control over computing ⓘ
basedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork copyleft ⓘ
digital rights ⓘ
free software ⓘ
software licensing ⓘ
foundedBy Richard Stallman ⓘ
founder Richard Stallman ⓘ
fundedBy donations ⓘ
membership fees ⓘ
hasOrganizationalRole executive director ⓘ
president ⓘ
hasPart GNU Project ⓘ
hasProgram Free Software Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FSF Associate Membership

GNU Project sponsorship ⓘ
headquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
ideology copyleft licensing ⓘ
software freedom ⓘ
inception 1985 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm charitable organization ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
maintains GNU Affero General Public License ⓘ
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 ⓘ
software ⓘ
opposes digital restrictions management ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
organizes GNU project fundraising ⓘ
campaigns for software freedom ⓘ
publisher GNU Free Documentation License ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
purpose defense of rights of software users ⓘ
promotion of computer users' freedom ⓘ
promotion of free software ⓘ
sponsor GNU Project ⓘ
website https://www.fsf.org/ ⓘ

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free software movement → hasKeyOrganization → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Press → hasParentOrganization → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Free Software Foundation → hasProgram → Free Software Foundation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FSF Associate Membership
Open Source Initiative → influencedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
BSD license → isApprovedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Free Software, Free Society → mainSubject → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Free Software Definition → maintainedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License → maintainedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Project → maintainedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Press → operatedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Award for Projects of Social Benefit → organizer → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Award for the Advancement of Free Software → organizer → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Award for Projects of Social Benefit → presentedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
this entity surface form: FSF
GNU Affero General Public License → publisher → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Free Documentation License → publisher → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU General Public License → publisher → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License → publisher → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
The GNU Manifesto → publisher → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
The GNU Manifesto → relatedTo → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Award for Projects of Social Benefit → sponsor → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
Award for the Advancement of Free Software → sponsor → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU Project → sponsor → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym) → usedBy → Free Software Foundation ⓘ
subject surface form: GNU is Not Unix