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Front Page — Free Software Foundation — working together for free softwareFront Page — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software Skip to content, sitemap or skip to search. Personal tools Log in Help! Members forum About Campaigns Licensing Membership Resources Community ♥Donate♥ Shop Search Info The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom. Featured A world where software freedom has a fighting chance and hope exists Featured Let's not celebrate CrowdStrike -- let's point to a better way Free software means that the users have the freedom to run, edit, contribute to, and share the software. Thus, free software is a matter of liberty, not price. We have been defending the rights of all software users for the past 35 years. Help sustain us for many more; become an associate member today. 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