Table of contents

Philosophy

What is free software?

• What is Free Software?
  • Why should I care about software?
  • How can we trust our technology?
  • What does "free" mean in free software philosophy?
  • What is copyleft?
• What types of free software are there?
• Who are the major FLOSS thinkers?
  • Free Software
    • Richard Stallman
    • Eben Moglen
    • Lawrence Lessig
    • John Gilmore
  • open source
    • Eric Steven Raymond
    • Tim O'Reilly
    • Linus Torvalds
    • Larry Wall
    • Brian Benhlendorf
    • Eric Allman
    • Guido Van Rossum
    • Michael Tiemann
    • Paul Vixie
    • Jamie Zawinski
    • Andrew Tridgell
• What are some examples of "Free Software in Action"?
  • List of formerly proprietary software
  • The GNU Project and Richard Stallman
  • The Linux operating system.
  • The Free Software Foundation
  • The Open Source Initiative.
  • Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.
  • LibreOffice and OpenOffice.
  • Android and AOSP (Android Open Source Project).

Why do free software proponents oppose proprietary software?

• Critisim of free software
  • History Few discoveries irritate more than those that reveal the origin of an idea - Lord Action
  • What are the economic impacts of proprietary software?
• What is proprietary software?
  • What is the economic impact of free software?
• What is the future of free software?
  • What are the current trends in free software?
  • What are the challenges facing free software?

Free Software and the Environment

• What is the relationship between Free Software and the environment?
• How does Free Software support ecological sustainability?
  • What is the role of Free Software in promoting circular economy?
  • How does Free Software contribute to reducing e-waste?
• Can Free Software address climate change?
  • How does Free Software support renewable energy technologies?
  • What is the role of Free Software in promoting sustainable transportation?
• What impact does Free Software have on resource consumption?
  • How does Free Software promote efficiency and reduce waste?
  • What is the role of Free Software in addressing overconsumption?
• How does Free Software affect environmental justice?
  • What is the relationship between access to technology and environmental justice?
  • How does Free Software address issues of environmental racism?
• What are the challenges facing Free Software in promoting ecological sustainability?
  • How does the current economic system affect the adoption of Free Software?
  • What are the barriers to implementing Free Software in environmental governance?
  • How can Free Software continue to contribute to ecological sustainability in the future?
• What do free software proponents think causes ecological problems?
  • Planned obsolescence
  • Vendor lock-in

What do Free Software Proponents Do?

• What do free software proponents do?
  • Saying No to unjust computing even once is help
  • We Can Put an End to Word Attachments
  • Why the Devil's Advocate Doesn't Help Reach the Truth
    • Install Fests: What to Do about the Deal with the Devil
• Appendix: The Symbols

Libre Software

main - Freedom Ladder

• Applying the Free Software Criteria
• Should Rockets Have Only Free Software? Free Software and Appliances
  • When Free Software Depends on Nonfree
  • Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program?
• Operating Systems
  • GNU/Linux
    • History of GNU/Linux
    • Linux, GNU, and Freedom
    • Android and users freedom
      • BSD
      • Minix
    • Others
      • RISC OS
      • Redox
      • XNU
      • PureDarwin

Libre Hardware

• Certified hardware by FSF RYF
• h-node.org - devices list
• Hardware Group - Research regarding the freedom status of hardware projects.

Libre network

• Ham radio

Lifestyle

• Introduction
• Delete vendors lock-in in your life
  • Instant messengers
    • XMPP
  • Finance
    • Gold
    • Cash
    • Barter

Advocacy

• Activism Guide
  • Advocacy strategies
  • Convert friends
• Admonitions
  • Why fundamentalism is bad for the movement and you

Community

• Discussion channels