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An USA based open source organisation with branches in a number of other countries, organised as charities in some jurisdictions, and as companies in jurisdictions where for profit charities are not allowed. Originally founded to develop an open source [[UNIX]] clone (later known as [[HURD]]), in its early years the company collected donations and spent them on paying full time developers, however in later years they have discontinued that practice for the most part, with donations being spent on organisational and propaganda. This has left most of their software collection unmaintained, with the exception of the most popular projects. | An USA based open source organisation with branches in a number of other countries, organised as charities in some jurisdictions, and as companies in jurisdictions where for profit charities are not allowed. Originally founded to develop an open source [[UNIX]] clone (later known as [[HURD]]), in its early years the company collected donations and spent them on paying full time developers, however in later years they have discontinued that practice for the most part, with donations being spent on organisational and propaganda expenses. This has left most of their software collection unmaintained, with the exception of the most popular projects. | ||
==Known projects== | ==Known projects== | ||
Most of the software the FSF holds out gets the '''GNU''' moniker, but that is name they took from [[Gnuplot]]. | Most of the software the FSF holds out gets the '''GNU''' moniker, but that is name they took from [[Gnuplot]]. | ||
* [[Bash]] | |||
* [[GCC]] | * [[GCC]] | ||
* [[GNU Common Lisp]] | |||
* [[GNU Pascal]] | * [[GNU Pascal]] | ||
====Licences==== | ====Licences==== | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 27 June 2016
An USA based open source organisation with branches in a number of other countries, organised as charities in some jurisdictions, and as companies in jurisdictions where for profit charities are not allowed. Originally founded to develop an open source UNIX clone (later known as HURD), in its early years the company collected donations and spent them on paying full time developers, however in later years they have discontinued that practice for the most part, with donations being spent on organisational and propaganda expenses. This has left most of their software collection unmaintained, with the exception of the most popular projects.
Known projects
Most of the software the FSF holds out gets the GNU moniker, but that is name they took from Gnuplot.
Licences
Open source licences written by or at the behest of the FSF.
Known personnel
- Richard Stallman (Founder)
- Peter Gerwinski (FSF Germany)