FSF philosophy, fatma

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Done By: Fatma Al Rahma

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Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman

It promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software.

The FSF was incorporated in Massachusetts, USA.

In 2007, the FSF published the third version of the GNU General Public License after significant outside input.

The FSF's publishing department, responsible for "publishing affordable books on computer science using freely distributable licenses.

FSF maintains many of the documents that define the free software movement.

FSF hosts software development projects on its Savannah website.

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