ද්වාරය:නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග/නීතිමය සහ ව්යාවස්ථාදායක
Free software exists in an environment which includes laws, standards, and technology. These things can encourage, allow, or inhibit free software. Current issues, sometimes perceived as threats to free software or related more general freedoms, include the following:
- Digital Rights Management (sometimes altered to Digital Restrictions Management by critics)
- Software patents
- Trusted Computing (dubbed Treacherous Computing by RMS)