While free software by any other name would give you the same freedom, it makes a big difference which name we use: different words convey different ideas.

If you focus your mind on the freedom and community that you can build by staying firm, you will find the strength to do it. 'Stand for something, or you will …

In 1998, some of the people in the free software community began using the term 'open source software' instead of 'free software' to describe what they do. The…

The GNU GPL is not Mr. Nice Guy. It says 'no' to some of the things that people sometimes want to do. There are users who say that this is a bad thing--that th…