QUESTION = Okay, so does Free Software Foundation just expect us to give everything away for free? How do you make money on free software? GENERATION = People donate for free because it makes them feel good. Usually they receive a portion of what they donate back (or it can be donated to a charity that makes them feel good and a percentage of that money will be spent on advertising). For example, the free encyclopedia Club is doing a pretty good job of providing a summary of your life that's worth reading. From there, they can send you a free cookie to advertise. You can also make a donation where you'll only get a cookie from Amazon, a source they trust. There are lots of companies that do it, like _URL_0_. If you're comfortable giving away free software, it's likely that the way you spend it will encourage you to do it again, or at least encourage you to keep doing it. Of course, there are also companies that pay you to give away their software, and that's not necessarily free either (because most people never make a profit on it). To make money off donations, it's usually a good idea to write a small number of advertisements, or to make an app that turns the free money into ads. Or, in a business where you know you can get paid. RETRIEVAL #0 = Free Software Supports---Free Software Supports There are lots of free software and many of them need donation and support to continue their works. There are some foundations to support these free software, and many organizations support these foundations. Knowing about these foundations and organizations might help in spending money in the right way and advancement of free software movement. RETRIEVAL #1 = Freeware---by the Free Software Foundation RETRIEVAL #2 = Freedesktop.org---commercial and volunteer; BULLET::::8. Communicate with the developers of free operating system kernels, the X Window System itself, free OS distributions, and so on to address desktop-related problems; BULLET::::9. Provide source repositories (git), and CVS web hosting, Bugzilla, mailing lists, and other resources to free software projects that work toward the above goals. Section::::See also. BULLET::::- X.Org Foundation BULLET::::- Comparison of open source software hosting facilities BULLET::::- Linux on the desktop Section::::References. BULLET::::- Notes BULLET::::- The Big freedesktop.org Interview (Rayiner Hashem & Eugenia Loli-Queru, OSNews, 24 November 2003) RETRIEVAL #3 = LinuxFund---decided to clean up the organizational backlog and start funding FOSS projects again. In June 2005, Bank of America bought MBNA. In April 2007, Bank of America gave Linux Fund notice that the affinity MasterCard program would be discontinued effective June 30, 2007. On July 1, 2007 US Bank released a Linux Fund Visa card. In August 2007 the IRS granted Linux Fund 501(c)(3) status. In May 2009 the Open Hardware Foundation joined Linux Fund. Section::::Current projects. Prior to cancellation by Bank of America, Linux Fund was supporting about 10 different projects including Debian, the Wikimedia Foundation, Blender (software), Free Geek, freenode, and OpenSSH. A typical grant was $500/month with renewable 6 and 12-month commitments. Linux Fund has also given lump-sum donations on the order of $1,000–$5,000. Project funding was frozen briefly when Bank of America canceled the USA MasterCard agreement. Funding has since resumed with the new US Bank Visa card. Current projects include a mix of open-source software and hardware projects including Gnash, Inkscape, LiVES, and the Open Graphics Project. Section::::Funding model. In 2005 Debian RETRIEVAL #4 = Software in the Public Interest---BULLET::::- Treasurer: Michael Schultheiss BULLET::::- Board of Directors: BULLET::::- Stephen Frost BULLET::::- Dimitri John Ledkov BULLET::::- Martin Michlmayr BULLET::::- Andrew Tridgell BULLET::::- Martin Zobel-Helas BULLET::::- Advisors: BULLET::::- Legal counsel — Software Freedom Law Center BULLET::::- Debian Project Leader BULLET::::- PostgreSQL Project Board representative — currently Robert Treat Section::::See also. Other free software umbrella organizations: BULLET::::- Apache Software Foundation (ASF) BULLET::::- Software Freedom Conservancy RETRIEVAL #5 = Freeware---BY-NC) or no-derivatives (CC BY-ND), see description of licenses. There are , for instance The White Chamber, Mari0 or Assault Cube, all freeware by being CC BY-NC-SA licensed: free sharing allowed, selling not. Section::::Restrictions. Freeware cannot economically rely on commercial promotion. In May 2015 advertising freeware on Google AdWords was restricted to "authoritative source"[s]. Thus web sites and blogs are the primary resource for information on which freeware is available, useful, and is not malware. However, there are also many computer magazines or newspapers that provide ratings for freeware and include compact discs or other storage media containing freeware. Freeware is also often bundled with other products such as digital cameras or scanners. Freeware has been criticized as "unsustainable" because it requires a single entity to be responsible for updating and enhancing the product, which is then given away without charge. Other freeware projects are simply released as one-off programs with no promise or expectation of further development. These may include source code, as does free software, so that users can make any required or desired changes themselves, but this code remains subject to the license of the compiled executable and does not constitute free software. Section::::See also. BULLET:: RETRIEVAL #6 = Free and open-source software---to also be open source. These include the latest versions of the FSF's three main licenses: the GPL, the Lesser General Public License (LGPL), and the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL). Section::::Overview.:Free software. Richard Stallman's Free Software Definition, adopted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as a matter of liberty not price, and it upholds the Four Essential Freedoms. The earliest-known publication of the definition of his free-software idea was in the February 1986 edition of the FSF's now-discontinued GNU's Bulletin publication. The canonical source for the document is in the philosophy section of the GNU Project website. As of August 2017, it is published there in 40 languages. Section::::Overview.:Free software.:Four essential freedoms of Free Software. To meet the definition of "free software", the FSF requires the software's licensing respect the civil liberties / human rights of what the FSF calls the software user's "Four Essential Freedoms". BULLET::::- The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). BULLET::::- The freedom to study how the program