Free Software Foundation
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman[5] on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms,[6] such as with its own GNU General Public License.[7] The FSF was incorporated in Boston,[8] Massachusetts, United States, where it is also based.[9]
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Abbreviation | FSF |
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Formation | October 4, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-10-04)[1] |
Founder | Richard Stallman |
Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | Educational |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | Individuals |
President | Geoffrey Knauth |
Executive director | Zoë Kooyman[2] |
Revenue (2020) | $1,149,602[3] |
Expenses (2020) | $1,809,358[3] |
Staff | 13[4] |
Website | www |
From its founding until the mid-1990s, FSF's funds were mostly used to employ software developers to write free software for the GNU Project[citation needed] and its employees and volunteers have mostly worked on legal and structural issues for the free software movement and the free software community[which?].
Consistent with its goals, the FSF aims to use only free software on its own computers.[10]