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<h1>Free Software Foundation of India</h1>
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FSF India is a non-profit organisation committed to
advocating, promoting and propagating the use and
development of swatantra software in India.
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<h1 class="title"><span>Free Software Movement</span></h1>
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<p>The free software movement is a world
wide effort that campaigns for the
creation, use, and adoption of free
software that entitles users to
<a href="//gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">four
essential freedoms</a>:</p>
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<li>The freedom to run the program as
they wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).</li>
<li>The freedom to study how the
program works, and change it so it
does their computing as they wish
(freedom 1). Access to the source code
is a precondition for this.</li>
<li>The freedom to redistribute copies
so they can help others (freedom 2).</li>
<li>The freedom to distribute copies
of their modified versions to others
(freedom 3). By doing this they can
give the whole community a chance to
benefit from their changes. Access to
the source code is a precondition for
this.</li>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Sep 19, 2020</span>
<a href="/news/free-software-camp-2020-announcement/">Free
Software Camp 2020 Launches on Software Freedom Day</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">July 11, 2020</span>
<a href="/news/proprietary-apps-in-schools/">Open
letter to KITE: On the use of
proprietary apps and services for
online classes in schools</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">May 29, 2020</span>
<a href="/news/arogya-sethu">Aarogya Sethu client app released as Free Software</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Sep 12, 2019</span>
<a href="/news/thottingal">Santhosh Thottingal is awarded the President's Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for 2019</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Jul 28, 2019</span>
<a href="/news/mh-schools-floss/">IT syllabus of class XI in Maharshtra now includes FLOSS</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Jul 17, 2019</span>
<a href="/news/vnrvjiet-fw/">Free Software Seminar at VNRVJIET</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Mar 07, 2014</span>
<a href="/news/free-digital-society/">FSF India's call for a free digital society supported by free software</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Oct 25, 2013</span>
<a href="/news/response-oss-framwork/">FSF India's Response to the Proposed Framework by Govt of India</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Oct 14, 2013</span>
<a href="/news/smc-twelve-years/">Swatantra Malayalam Computing completes 12 years</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Sep 28, 2013</span>
<a href="/news/gnu-thirty/">The GNU system has turned thirty years old on September 27, 2013</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Jan 23, 2021</span>
<a href="/article/better-than-whatsapp">Better
than WhatsApp: Try these Free Software
Apps and Services</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Sep 19, 2011</span>
<a href="/article/android/">Android and Users' Freedom
- By Richard Stallman</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Feb 27, 2009</span>
<a href="/article/liberating-cyberspace-rms-interview/">Liberating cyberspace -
Interview with Richard M. Stallman,
founder, Free Software Foundation,
FRONTLINE</a>
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<p><span class="tag is-white">Oct 19, 2007</span>
<a href="/article/frontline-moglen-interview/">The Spectre of Free
Information - Interview with Eben
Moglen, Professor of Law and Legal
History - FRONTLINE</a>
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