Free Software

The Free Software movement was started in 1983 by Richard Stallman with the GNU Project, which proposed to build a free operating system that anyone could use or modify. Over time, Free Software evolved into a movement as well as an entire software ecosystem. Free Software is often compared with the more corporate-friendly term "Open Source", but RMS hates and rejects the label.

Meeting Free Software Federated Folk in Meatspace

3 Feb 2016 • 2 min read

We spend so much time in online communities - what's it like to actually meet somebody there in person?

Free Software: We Have the Capacity

31 Oct 2014 • 2 min read

When discussing the principles of Free Software, it is all too easy to make the mistake of emphasizing one interpretation of Free Software idealism over another. You can frame it two unique ways: “Microsoft is bad” vs “Free Software is great.” One way of interpreting Free Software is in its

Boxing Out: The Value of Free Software in an Appified World

23 Sep 2012 • 7 min read

What does Free Software look like when proprietary applications in the cloud seem to loom over the future of computing?

Liberated Pixel Cup: Creative Commons, FSF, Mozilla and OpenGameArt Team Up

11 May 2012 • 1 min read

Four awesome organizations are banding together to form a contest for budding indie game developers!