Topic summary
Free software community

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Free software movement.
Free software movement
The free software community is an informal term referring to users and developers of free software, as well as supporters of the free software movement. The movement sometimes refers to the open-source software community or a subset thereof. The Linux community is a subset of the free software community. The free software communities are characterized by the values, practices and principles that differ from other models of development and collaboration.