To help promote knowledge of free software that isn't GNU software released under the auspices of the GNU Project, we have collected the following links to other web sites that contain free software, or are directly related to the issue of free software.
We do not have links to web sites of the well-known GNU/Linux system distributions, or to the well-known BSD system distributions, because all those sites explicitly describe, and facilitate access to, various nonfree programs. We would be glad to know of other free software web sites that we could link to here.
The FSF is not responsible for the contents of other web sites, or how up-to-date they are.
We maintain information about fully-free GNU/Linux distributions.
We maintain information about fully-free system distributions that are not GNU/Linux.
The documentation at these sites may be older than the latest versions distributed by GNU.
The OpenCores project is a volunteer group interested in developing hardware, with a similar ethos to the free software movement: information on using the hardware must be available; the design of the hardware must be available; design software for hardware must be available. Note: The website describes the project by using the biased and confusing term “Intellectual Property,” which the GNU Project does not recommend.
Lumen, formerly Chilling Effects, is a collection point for cease and desist notices concerning online activity—we invite visitors to enter C&Ds they have received or sent. The website collects the C&Ds in a searchable database and hyperlinks them to explanations of the legal issues.
The League for Programming Freedom was an organization that opposed software patents and user interface copyrights. It is inactive now. Please join our End Software Patents campaign!
A non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet. It does not, however, advocate users' freedom to redistribute and change software.
A public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
Dissolved in 2013. It was a public interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society. They worked to influence decisions regarding the development and use of computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences and reflect our basic values and priorities.
The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights—litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
A coalition that includes among its members the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Society, Privacy International, the Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet, and other civil liberties and human rights organizations. They advocate the prohibition of censorship in online communications, and insist that free expression online should not be restricted by indirect means such as excessively restrictive governmental or private controls over computer hardware or software, telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential components of the Internet.
A non-profit national organisation representing Internet users concerned with online freedoms and rights.
These sites provide hosting for free software packages, focused on source code. We don't list other well-known hosting sites since they do not fully comply with the GNU Ethical Repository Criteria. As usual, contact us at <webmasters@gnu.org> if you have suggestions for the list.
These sites offer updated news about GNU and other free software.