On the Sustainability of Free Software

URL : https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/sustainability/sustainability.html

Authors : Erik Albers / FSFE

> A definition of [[software sustainability]] is introduced and its characteristics. It is shown how the inherent characteristics of [[Free Software]] are sustainable as well as their impact on IT infrastructures. [[Software obsolescence]] is explained and the possibilities of using Free Software to save natural resources by extending hardware usage lifetime and through energy consumption savings. Finally, four politically necessary directives for a more sustainable digital society are outlined.  

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> the [[FSFE]] demands the publication of a device's underlying source code under a free licence 30 at the end of support for any software necessary to run or modify the initial functioning of the device.