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{{Infobox organization
| name              = Free Standards Group
| abbreviation      = FSG
| type              = [[Nonprofit organization]]
| founded           = {{start date and age|2000|05|08}}<ref name="pr20000508"/>
| location          = [[San Francisco]]<ref name=briefintro>{{cite web |url=http://www.linfo.org/free_standards_group.html |title=The Free Standards Group: A Brief Introduction |access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref>
| region            = Worldwide
| focus             = [[open standards]], [[free software movement]]<ref name=briefintro />
| dissolved         = {{end date and age|2007|01|22}}<ref name="pr20070122"/>
| merger            = [[Open Source Development Labs]]
| successor         = [[Linux Foundation]]
}}
The '''Free Standards Group''' was an industry non-profit [[consortium]] chartered to primarily specify and drive the adoption of [[Open-source model|open source]] [[open standard|standards]], founded on May 8, 2000.<ref name="pr20000508">{{cite press release |last=Zovod |first=Sharon |date=2000-05-08 |title=Linux Standard for Software Development Moves Closer to Reality |work=The Free Standards Group |url=http://www.freestandards.org/news/2000/20000508.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818000537/http://www.freestandards.org/news/2000/20000508.shtml |archive-date=2000-08-18}}</ref>

All standards developed by the Free Standards Group (FSG) were released under open terms (the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] with no cover texts or invariant sections) and test suites, [[sample implementation]]s and other software were released as [[free software]].

On January 22, 2007, the Free Standards Group and the [[Open Source Development Labs]] (OSDL) merged to form [[The Linux Foundation]], narrowing their focus to promoting [[Linux]] in competition with [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref name="pr20070122">{{cite press release
 |title       = New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group
 |publisher   = The Linux Foundation
 |date        = 2007-01-22
 |url         = http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/01/21/new-linux-foundation-launches-%E2%80%93-merger-of-open-source-development-labs-and-free-standards-group/
 |accessdate  = 2007-01-22
 |quote       = Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows.
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080408224303/http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/01/21/new-linux-foundation-launches-%E2%80%93-merger-of-open-source-development-labs-and-free-standards-group/
 |archivedate = 2008-04-08
}}</ref>

==Work groups==
FSG was responsible for the following work groups, and transferred responsibility to The Linux Foundation:

* The [[Linux Standard Base]] (LSB), a set of interface standards to maintain ultimate portability of applications across various Linux versions and distributions. Conformance with this specification is certified by [[The Open Group]] (under contract with the Free Standards Group).
* The Open Internationalization Initiative (OpenI18N), a standard that creates a foundation for language globalization of compliant distributions and applications
* The [[Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority]] (LANANA)
* [[OpenPrinting]], creating a scalable printing architecture and high-level requirements for a standardized printing system
* Accessibility, developing [[Computer accessibility|accessibility]] standards for free and open source platforms
* Open Cluster, defining a set of [[Computer clustering|clustering]] interface standards
* The [[DWARF]] [[Debugging]] Format Standard

==Corporate members==
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*[[Advanced Micro Devices]]
*[[Dell]]
*[[Hewlett-Packard]]
*[[Intel Corporation]]
*[[IBM|International Business Machines]]
*[[Linuxcare]]
*[[Mandriva]]
*[[Miracle Linux]]
*[[Google]]
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*[[MontaVista]]
*[[Oracle Corporation]] (Platinum Member)
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[SCO Group]]
*[[Sun Microsystems]]
*[[Novell]] (through its acquisition of [[SUSE S.A.|SUSE]])
*[[Turbolinux]]
*[[VA Software]]
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==Not-for-profit members==
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*{{ill|Japan Linux Association|qid=Q11505519}} (JLA)
*[[Linux International]] (LI)
*[[Linux Professional Institute]] (LPI)
*[[Open Source Development Labs]] (OSDL)
*[[PC Open Architecture Developers' Group]] (OADG)
*[[Software in the Public Interest]] (SPI)
*[[Software Liberty Association of Taiwan]] (SLAT)
*[[The Open Group]]
*[[USENIX]] Association
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The Free Standards Group also had individual memberships; the board of directors was elected annually by all of the membership.

==See also==
*[[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]] (FHS)

==References==
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