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Free Software Federation

The Free Software Federation is a de facto group of organisations and institutions that advocate for free software.

Other organisations that are currently forming (which we are eager to add to this list) notwithstanding, this includes (in alphabetical order):

  • April
  • Dyne.org
  • Freelabs Federation
  • Free Media Alliance (disbanded)
  • Free Silicon Foundation
  • Free Software Community of India
  • Free Software Fellowship
  • Free Software Force
  • Free Software Foundation funding from IBM
  • Free Software Foundation Europe funding from Google, Microsoft
  • Free Software Foundation India
  • Free Software Foundation Latin America
  • Irish Free Software Organisation
  • Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free software movement
  • Software Freedom Conservancy funding from Google, IBM
  • Software Freedom Law Center
  • Software Freedom Law Center India
  • Swisslinux.org
  • Techrights


  • This list includes groups that endorse the idea of federation, and those that may not. Inclusion does not denote endorsement. If you know of other groups that advocate free software, let us know.

    If you would like to join this federation, there is a Free_Software_Federation_HOWTO|HOWTO for getting started.

    Related pages:

  • Free Software Foundation
  • Free Software timeline
  • Librethreat Database
  • Librethreat Forecast