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  1. GNU General Public License

    The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License.
    Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, US
    President: Geoffrey Knauth
    Purpose: Educational
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation
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    Is free software in the public domain?
    This is not free software, because free software requires accessibility of source code. Meanwhile, most free software is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted, and the copyright holders have legally given permission for everyone to use it in freedom, using a free software license.
    www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html
    What is the Free Software Foundation?
    The Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985 as a non-profit corporation supporting free software development. It continued existing GNU projects such as the sale of manuals and tapes, and employed developers of the free software system.
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    Who is the president of the Free Software Foundation?
    ^ "Geoffrey Knauth elected Free Software Foundation president; Odile Bénassy joins the board — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08. ^ "Alexandre Oliva joins Free Software Foundation board of directors". www.fsf.org. Free Software Foundation. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
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    Is the source code in the public domain?
    If the source code is in the public domain, that is a special case of noncopylefted free software, which means that some copies or modified versions may not be free at all. In some cases, an executable program can be in the public domain but the source code is not available.
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  3. https://www.fsf.org

    The Licensing and Compliance Lab is the preeminent resource for public education on licensing best practices and enforcing the GPL. ... The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to protect computer user freedom, seeks a motivated and talented Boston-based individual to be our full-time ...

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation

    The Free Software Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft terms, such as with its own GNU General Public …

  5. https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/index.en.html
    • The numerous advantages of Free Software are a benefit in themselves, but also contribute positively to other technical and non-technical fields. Since the FSFE's foundation in 2001, we have been exploring different areas and how Free Software can make a difference. 1. Democracy: technology greatly influences today's society. That is why control ov...
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  6. https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/PublicDomain

    PublicDomain navigation search Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

  7. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/public-domain-manifesto

    Feb 23, 2010 · The Public Domain Manifesto tries to defend our freedom within the walled garden of the public domain, but abandons that freedom outside it. This is not enough. I ask the authors of the Public Domain Manifesto, and the public, to please join me in demanding the freedom to noncommercially share copies of all published works.

  8. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html

    Sep 11, 2021 · Meanwhile, most free software is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted, and the copyright holders have legally given permission for everyone to use it in freedom, using a free software license. Sometimes people use the term “public domain” in a loose fashion to mean “free” or “available gratis.” However, “public domain” is a legal term and means, precisely, “not …

  9. https://directory.fsf.org

    The Free Software Directory (FSD, or simply Directory) is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). We catalog useful free software that runs under free GNU-like systems, not limited to the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Many of those programs also runs on proprietary operating systems which can be used to replace nonfree software.

  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-domain_software

    Public-domain software is software that has been placed in the public domain: in other words, software for which there is absolutely no ownership such as copyright, trademark, or patent. Software in the public domain can be modified, distributed, or sold even without any attribution by anyone; this is unlike the common case of software under exclusive copyright, where software

  11. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html

    Jan 02, 2022 · Copyleft is a general method for making a program (or other work) free ( in the sense of freedom, not “zero price” ), and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well. The simplest way to make a program free software is to put it in the public domain, uncopyrighted. This allows people to share the program and their …

  12. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_c64_publicdomain

    Lady Pac is a maze game for the Commodore 64. It is a homage to Ms. Pac-Man, an arcade game published by Midway in 1982. Main differences from the original version: - Randomly generated mazes - Bonus rounds Version 1.0.1 - On NTSC machines, a slight slowdown could occur every few seconds.

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