Software Patents And Free Software ... Techniques for opposing patents Patent retaliation "Patent retaliation" clauses are included in several free software licences...
Controlled-access Highway ... They are free of any at-grade crossings with other roads, railways, or pedestrian paths, which are instead carried by overpasses and underpasses across the highway...
Freedmen's Bureau ... The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves through legal food and housing, oversight, education, health care, and employment contracts with private landowners...
Freestyle Motocross ... The two main types of freestyle events are: Big Air (also known as Best Trick), in which each rider gets two jumps — usually covering more than 60 feet (18 m) — from a dirt-covered ramp. A panel of judges evaluates the style, trick difficulty, and originality and produces a score on a 100-point scale...
Free Improvisation ... and Europe in the mid to late 1960s, largely as an outgrowth of free jazz and modern classical musics... None of its primary exponents can be said to be famous amongst the general public; however, in experimental circles, a number of free musicians are well known, including saxophonists Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton and Peter Brötzmann, trombonist George Lewis, guitarist Derek Bailey, and the improvising groups The Art Ensemble of Chicago and AMM... Characteristics Although performers may choose to play in a certain style or key, or at a certain tempo, conventional songs are highly uncommon in free improvisation; more emphasis is generally placed on mood, texture or more simply, on performative gesture than on preset forms of melody, harmony or rhythm...
Free Love ... According to this concept, the free unions of adults are legitimate relations which should be respected by all third parties whether they are emotional or sexual relations... Later, a new theme developed, linking free love with radical social change, and depicting it as a harbinger of a new anti-authoritarian, anti-repressive sensibility... This mentality created a vision on strongly defined gender roles, which led to the advancement of the free love movement...
The Open Source Definition ... While stressing the philosophical differences, the Free Software Foundation comments: The term “open source” software is used by some people to mean more or less the same category as free software... It is not exactly the same class of software: they accept some licenses that we consider too restrictive, and there are free software licenses they have not accepted... However, the differences in extension of the category are small: nearly all free software is open source, and nearly all open source software is free...
Free Software ... Fees are usually charged for distribution on compact discs and bootable USB drives, or for services of installing or maintaining the operation of free software... Development of large, commercially-used free software is often funded by a combination of user donations, corporate contributions, and tax money... The SELinux project at the United States National Security Agency is an example of a federally-funded free software project...
Sales Promotion ... Kids eat free specials: Offers a discount on the total dining bill by offering 1 free kids meal with each regular meal purchased... BOGOF for Buy One Get One Free Three for two Buy a quantity for a lower price Political issues Sales promotions have traditionally been heavily regulated in many advanced industrial nations, with the notable exception of the United States...
Free Software Licence ... During the 1990s, free software licences began including clauses, such as patent retaliation, in order to protect against software patent litigation cases - a problem which had not previously existed... It is viewed by the FSF as a way to turn free software to effectively non-free, and is why they have chosen to prohibit it in GPLv3... Copyleft The free software licences written by Richard Stallman in the mid-1980s pioneered a concept known as copyleft...
Scale-free Network ... Many networks are conjectured to be scale-free, including World Wide Web links, biological networks, and social networks, although the scientific community is still discussing these claims as more sophisticated data analysis techniques become available. Preferential attachment and the fitness model have been proposed as mechanisms to explain conjectured power law degree distributions in real networks...
Free-market Environmentalism ... Free market environmentalists believe that if affected parties can compel producers to compensate them, producers will reduce or eliminate the externality...
Freedom Project ... The OVA is animated and produced by Sunrise and distributed by Bandai Visual. It is being distributed in North America by Bandai Visual USA...
Freedom Of Movement For Workers ... It is part of the free movement of persons and one of the four economic freedoms: free movement of goods, services, labour and capital... ” The right to free movement has both 'horizontal' and 'vertical' direct effect, such that a private citizen can invoke the right, without more, in an ordinary court, against other persons, both governmental and non-governmental... History The Treaty of Paris (1951) establishing the European Coal and Steel Community established a right to free movement for workers in these industries and the Treaty of Rome (1957) provided for the free movement of workers within the European Economic Community...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ... Early history Radio Free Europe Radio Free Europe was created and grew in its early years through the efforts of the National Committee for a Free Europe (NCFE), a US anti-communist organization that was formed in New York City in 1949... Although exile relations were initially its first priority, Radio Free Europe (RFE) became the NCFE's greatest legacy...
Gratis ... In addition, many companies would often provide complementary goods and services free of charge (i.e., on a complimentary basis)... Companies may also distribute branded stationery, refrigerator magnet, or similar items free to promote their brand instead of any specific line of products... In this model, companies would often distribute most of their products and services free of charge, so they can reach the largest possible audience...
Freedom Of Thought ... Bill of Rights contains the famous guarantee in the First Amendment that laws may not be made that interfere with religion "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"...
Smoking Cessation ... Plastic cigarette substitute: In one 2006 study, giving people a free "Better Quit" hollow tube resembling a cigarette did not improve quit rates...
Freedom Of Religion ... Freedom of religion is considered by many people and nations to be a fundamental human right. In a country with a state religion, freedom of religion is generally considered to mean that the government permits religious practices of other sects besides the state religion, and does not persecute believers in other faiths...
Risk-free Interest Rate ... Note that some finance and economic theories assume that market participants can borrow at the risk free rate; in practice, of course, very few borrowers have access to finance at the risk free rate...
Freeview (New Zealand) ... The Freeview service started in May 2007, introducing free-to-air digital television to the country and preparing for analogue switchoff, which will begin on 30 September 2012 and be completed on 1 December 2013a In May 2011, it was estimated that 77% of New Zealand households have at least one digitally-equipped television set (including Freeview, Sky and TelstraClear), with Freeview making up approximately 45% of the digital television share. Freeview-certified set-top boxes and IDTVs, as well as PVRs, are available at most major New Zealand retailers...
Freedom Of Speech ... The Declaration provides for freedom of expression in Article 11, which states that: "The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man...