News about Free Software Foundation
  • Software firms go to Washington to defend patents

    Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing.

  • UEFI secure boot fix released for Linux

    After just a few months of development, users finally have an official way to run Linux on machines using Windows 8's UEFI secure boot framework.

  • Stallman slams Ubuntu, calls Amazon integration 'spyware'

    Activist and free software guru Richard Stallman on Friday hammered Ubuntu for including what he termed spyware in new versions of the popular open-source operating system and urged GNU and Linux users to avoid the distribution.

  • Looking for Free Software? A new directory can help

    There are free and open source alternatives to just about every proprietary software package available today--the trick is just finding the right ones for your business.

  • Tor Project, Flash cloner win free software awards

    A project to ensure privacy and anonymity on the Web that helped dissident movements in Iran and Egypt was honored by the Free Software Foundation in the group's annual award ceremony. The Free Software Foundation also honored an individual who created an Adobe Flash player clone that contains no proprietary software.

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