2. Definition The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit
organization founded by Richard Stallman on 4
October 1985 to support the free software
movement, which promotes the universal freedom to
study,.
3. Free Software
The free software definition presents the
criteria for whether a particular software
program qualifies as free software.
4. Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of the general and
fundamental nature
of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mi
nd, and language.
5. History The Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985 as
a non-profit corporation supporting free
software development.
6. projects
The FSF maintains a list of "high priority
projects’’ to which the Foundation claims that "there
is a vital need to draw the free software
community's attention".
7. Structure
The FSF's board of governors includes amongst
themselves professors at leading universities, senior
engineers, and founders.
