Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE FSF IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING AND DEFENDING COMPUTER USERS' RIGHTS TO USE, STUDY, COPY, AND MODIFY THE SOFTWARE ON THEIR COMPUTERS, AS WELL AS THE RELATED DOCUMENTATION. THE FSF ASSISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF FREE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION.
THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM ADVOCATES FOR COMPUTER USER FREEDOMTHROUGH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON CAMPAIGNS, AND HELPS INDIVIDUALS WITH THEPRACTICAL DETAILS OF USING COMPUTERS IN AN ETHICAL MANNER.THIS INCLUDES PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT HOW TO USE ANDDEVELOP FREE SOFTWARE, WRITING ISSUE-FOCUSED ARTICLES AND ACTION ALERTSRELATED TO PERSONAL COMPUTING FREEDOM AND FREEDOM ON THE INTERNET,SPEAKING AT EVENTS, COORDINATING AND EMPOWERING VOLUNTEERS TO ADVOCATEFOR FREE SOFTWARE IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, ANSWERING THOUSANDS OFEMAILS EACH YEAR FROM PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FREE SOFTWARE, ANDORGANIZING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT BRINGS THE FREE SOFTWARE COMMUNITYTOGETHER.
THE GNU PROJECT DOES COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANOPERATING SYSTEM (OS) THAT RESPECTS USERS' FREEDOM. GNU SOFTWARE ISLICENSED FREELY SO THAT USERS CAN RUN, SHARE, STUDY AND MODIFY ITHOWEVER IS BEST FOR THEM. THE GNU SYSTEM IS USED MOST POPULARLY WITHTHE KERNEL LINUX, FORMING THE GNU/LINUX OS USED ON MILLIONS OFCOMPUTERS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF WEB AND EMAIL SERVERS.THE FSF SUPPORTS GNU WITH RESOURCES FOR COORDINATION, PLANNING,SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, WEB AND DOWNLOAD HOSTING,COPYRIGHT STEWARDSHIP, PROGRAMMING WORK, AND PUBLIC PROMOTION.
THE LICENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSISTS DEVELOPERS AND USERS INUNDERSTANDING SOFTWARE LICENSING AND DETERMINING WHICH SOFTWARE ISETHICALLY SAFE FOR THEM TO USE. IT ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC;OFFERS GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICES; PUBLISHES ARTICLES ON FREE SOFTWARELICENSING ISSUES; SENDS SPEAKERS TO EVENTS; INVESTIGATES AND RESOLVESVIOLATIONS OF THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL), LESSER GPL, AND GNUFREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE; CERTIFIES HARDWARE PRODUCTS THAT RESPECTUSER FREEDOM; AND PRESENTS CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COURSES FORLAWYERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| John Sullivan | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 45 | $99,507 |
| John Hsieh | DEPUTY DIRECTOR | 45 | $91,053 |
| Alexandre Oliva | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Kat Walsh | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Gerald Sussman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Henry Poole | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Benjamin Mako Hill | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Bradley Kuhn | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Geoffrey Knauth | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Richard M Stallman | PRESIDENT EXPIRING 9/16/19 | 40 | $0 |
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