Why software should be free

In this article I try to explain why software should be free, why you should avoid proprietary (“non-free”) software, why your organization should choose Linux rather than Windows or OS X as the operating system on your computers. I also try to explain why this choice is currently not the mainstream and why you should nevertheless consider it.

• Introduction
• What is free software?
• Sovereignty and software
• Challenges
• Free software is less foolproof
• Being brave
• The LiMux project in München
• Solutions
• Miscellaneous links