Outline of free software

• GNU Project
• Linux
• Berkeley Software Distribution

Free software by type

Free and open-source software packages (by type)

• Comparison of free off-line GPS software
• Comparison of free software for audio
• Free statistical software
• Free television software
• Free web application software

Free software products

• List of free software project directories
• List of formerly proprietary software
• List of Linux distributions
  • List of Ubuntu-based distributions
• List of open source software packages
  • Comparison of open source wireless drivers
  • List of open source statistical packages
  • List of trademarked open source software
• List of free and open-source Android applications
• List of free and open-source software packages
• List of free software web applications

Operating system families

• Comparison of open-source operating systems
• AROS
• BSD
• Darwin
• eCos
• FreeDOS
• GNU
• Haiku
• Inferno
• Linux
• Mach
• MINIX
• OpenSolaris
• Plan 9
• ReactOS

Open-source software development products

• Eclipse
• F#
• Free Pascal
• FreeBASIC
• Gambas
• GCC
• Java
• LLVM
• Lua
• NetBeans
• Open64
• Perl
• PHP
• Python
• ROSE
• Ruby
• Tcl
• TypeScript

Free software movement

• Alternative terms for free software
• Debian Social Contract
• Free-software licence
• Gratis versus Libre
• Open source
  • Open-source definition
  • Open-source software
  • Open-source-software movement
  • Comparison of open source and closed source
  • Comparison of open-source software hosting facilities
• Open standard
• Long-term support
• Software Package Data Exchange

Challenges

• Proprietary software
• Proprietary device driver ("binary blobs")
• Free and open-source graphics device driver
• Proprietary firmware
• Secure boot
• Digital rights management
• License proliferation
• Software patents and free software
• SCO–Linux controversies
• Mozilla software rebranded by Debian
• Open-source software security
• Trusted Computing

Free software licenses

Specific licenses

• Apache
• Artistic
• Beerware
• Boost Software License
• BSD licenses
• CC0
• GNU General Public License
• GNU Lesser General Public License
• ISC license
• MIT License
• Mozilla Public License
• Ms-PL/RL
• WTFPL
• zlib License

License types and standards

• Comparison of free and open-source software licenses
• Contributor License Agreement
• Copyleft
• Debian Free Software Guidelines
• Definition of Free Cultural Works
• Free license
• The Free Software Definition
• The Open Source Definition
• Open-source license
• Permissive free software licence
• Public domain
• Viral license

History of the free software movement

• Free Software Foundation
• SCO-Linux controversies
• Open Source Initiative
• History of GNU
• History of Haiku
• History of Linux
• History of the Linux kernel
• Mozilla
  • History of Mozilla Application Suite
  • History of Firefox
  • History of Mozilla Thunderbird
• Timeline of free and open-source software

Events

• List of free-software events

Organizations

• .NET Foundation
• Android Open Source Project
• Apache Software Foundation
• Blender Foundation
• The Document Foundation
• Eclipse Foundation
• F Sharp Software Foundation
• Free Software Foundation
  • Free Software Foundation Europe
  • Free Software Foundation of India
  • Free Software Foundation Latin America
• FreeBSD Foundation
• freedesktop.org
• Free Software Movement of India
• GNOME Foundation
• GNU Project
• Google Code
• KDE e.V.
• Linux Foundation
• Mozilla Foundation
• Open Knowledge Foundation
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation
• Open Source Initiative
• Outercurve Foundation
• Software Freedom Conservancy
• SourceForge
• Symbian Foundation
• X.Org Foundation
• Xiph.Org Foundation
• XMPP Standards Foundation

Persons influential in the free software movement

Well known scholars

• Lawrence Lessig
• John Gilmore
• Eben Moglen
• Eric S. Raymond

Other leading personalities

See also

• Comparison of free and open-source software licenses
• List of free and open-source software packages
• Category
• Commons
• Portal

External links

• The Free Software Definition
• Transcripts about Free Software by
  FSFE
• Free Software Magazine, which bills itself as "a free magazine for the free software world."
• Free cultural works definition
• FLOSSWorld - Free/Libre/Open-Source Software: Worldwide impact study, to find out more about the recently announced European Union funded study.
• Software Freedom: An Introduction, by Robert J. Chassell