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That term was promoted in 1998 by some who liked free software but disagreed with the ideals of the free software movement.

The rise of the Free Software Movement: freedom from proprietary control

The Free Software Movement, started along with GNU, advocates and defends these freedoms worldwide.

Richard Stallman Receives Prestigious 2001 Takeda Award

One of Moglen's essays on the Free Software Movement is available online at http://moglen.

The GNU General Public License Protects Software Freedoms

Keynote speakers include Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and one of the leaders of the free software movement, and Eric Raymond, a Linux pioneer, consultant and author of several books dealing with open-source systems.

Sair, Inc. to Host Track of Seminars At Global Linux 2000 in Seoul, Korea June 14-17

The XFree86 Project embodies the essence of the free software movement," said Charlie Greco, IDG World Expo president and CEO.

$25,000 IDG/Linus Torvalds Community Award to be Presented to the XFree86 Project, Inc.; New York City to Host First Linux Event of the New Millennium

The two other finalists for the award were: Donald Knuth for his TeX and METAFONT systems, which developed a new paradigm for typesetting and for his technique of literate programming; and John Gilmore for his work with Cygnus Solutions, the first company dedicated to supporting free software, as well as for his continued championship of the Free Software movement.

Second Free Software Foundation Award Given to Miguel de Icaza for His Work on the GNOME Project; Award Given During the Bazaar at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City

Mandrake owes a lot of its success to KDE and the Free Software movement.

Linux-Mandrake Steps Up Support For KOffice Projects

We owe much of our success to KDE and Free Software movement," said Gael Duval, co-founder, MandrakeSoft.

Linux-Mandrake Steps Up Support For KOffice and KDE Projects

FSF is one of the associations on the forefront of expanding the free software movement, and IDG is recognizing the dedication of this group with the `IDG/Linus Torvalds Community' award.

IDG World Expo Announces Winner of The $25,000 IDG/Linus Torvalds Community Award

By Rachel Chalmers The first commercial trade show held for Linux has triggered a bout of soul-searching among the leading lights of the open source and free software movements.

LINUX WORLD EXPO PROMPTS OPEN SOURCE SOUL-SEARCHING

OpenMoko's heart lies deep into the components and resources of the Open Source and Free Software Movements.

OpenMoko Announces the World's First Integrated Open Source Mobile Communications Platform at Open Source in Mobile Conference in Amsterdam