The Free Software Foundation is calling on developers of open-source software to put their efforts into creating a free version of a crucial but obscure piece of software used in personal computers.

When the Free Software Foundation (FSF) allowed disgraced founder Richard M. Stallman (RMS) to rejoin its board, the FSF board members clearly had no idea how others would see the move. They do now.

After several years of debate and more than 18 months of sometimes passionate public comments and revisions, the latest GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) software license will officially be ...

We knew that the FSF Board of Directors had, over the objections of at least two members, voted him back. But he was also elected by the voting members. Who were they? It certainly wasn't the rank-and ...

The Free Software Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the 'freedom' of PC users, has announced that it has received two large donations totaling $900,000 (approximately ...

More than 1,500 people, along with prominent software projects including Mozilla and the Tor Project, have signed a petition calling for the board of the Free Software Foundation to resign and Richard ...

We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...

RMS has never been known for personal tact or diplomacy, but his 2019 decision to defend MIT computer science professor Marvin Minsky was the beam that broke the camel’s back. Minsky was a sometime ...

The Free Software Foundation doubled-down on its decision to reappoint Richard Stallman to its board. Stallman issued a statement admitting that he had made people feel "uncomfortable" and has found ...

Last week, Richard M. Stallman—father of the GNU Public License that underpins Linux and a significant part of the user-facing software that initially accompanied the Linux kernel—returned to the ...

According to a recent Reuters report, the FSFs (Free Software Foundation) board was going to be looking into Novell Inc.s rights to continue selling its version of the Linux operating system. Thats ...