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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985. The organization supports the free software movement, with its preference for software being distributed under copyleft terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License. The FSF was incorporated in Boston where it is also based. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Free Software FoundationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Thermodynamic and CFD analysis of recycling Cu-As-containing filter cake waste and black copper sludge by feeding them back into FSFInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (series, needs splitting)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Triplet proximity effect in FSF trilayersCited 143 times
- Go sideways: TivoizationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Bradley M. KühnA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Triplet proximity effect in FSF trilayers
FSF MUSIC for Joint DOA and Frequency Estimation and Its Performance Analysis
Der Einfluss des fibrinstabilisierenden Faktors (FSF) auf Funktion und Morphologie von Fibroblasten in vitro
Full-switching FSF-type superconducting spin-triplet magnetic random access memory element
Fast Swinnex filtration (FSF): a fast and robust sampling and extraction method suitable for metabolomics analysis of cultures grown in complex media
Stabilization of soluble fibrin/fibrinogen complexes by Fibrin Stabilizing Factor (FSF)
An Inhibitor to Fibrin Stabilizing Factor (FSF, Factor XIII)
Forest Smoke-Fire Net (FSF Net): A Wildfire Smoke Detection Model That Combines MODIS Remote Sensing Images with Regional Dynamic Brightness Temperature Thresholds
🆕 Influential since 2022
Thermodynamic and CFD analysis of recycling Cu-As-containing filter cake waste and black copper sludge by feeding them back into FSF
High-Efficiency homojunction GaAs solar cell using InGaP as FSF and AlGaInP as BSF
FSF-GA: A Feature Selection Framework for Phenotype Prediction Using Genetic Algorithms
FSF-ViT: Image augmentation and adaptive global-local feature fusion for Few-Shot Food classification
FSF-Net: Enhance 4D occupancy forecasting with coarse BEV scene flow for autonomous driving
📚 Books worth reading
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (series, needs splitting)Edward L. Ferman · 1973
Year's Best FantasyPaula Guran, Marika Bailey · 2022
Dragons Can Only RustChrys Cymri · 1995- 📕FSF FINANCIAL CORPICON Group Ltd. · 2000
Naval WarshipSteve White · 2007- 📕F.R.E.E.Lancers (Tsr Books, Special F/Sf)Joss Whedon · 1995
- 📕Gymnastics (FSF)Kay Robertson · 2013
- 📕Hiking (FSF)Julie Lundgren · 2013
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- Bradley M. Kühn Bradley M. Kühn (born 1973) is a free software activist from the United States. Kühn is currently Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence of the Software…
- GNU Project The GNU Project (/ɡnuː/ GNOO) is a free software, mass collaboration project announced by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. Its goal is to provide…
- GNU General Public License The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses. The GPL is a copyleft license, which means…
- Software Freedom Law Center The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is an organization that provides pro bono legal representation and related services to not-for-profit developers…
- LibreDWG GNU LibreDWG is a software library programmed in C to manage DWG computer files, native proprietary format of computer-aided design software AutoCAD. It…
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- FSF Free Software Awards The Free Software Foundation (FSF) grants two annual awards. Since 1998, FSF has granted the award for Advancement of Free Software and since 2005, also…