<s>
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
FSM	O
and	O
originally	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Voice	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Web	O
site	O
that	O
produces	O
a	O
(	O
generally	O
bi-monthly	O
)	O
mostly	O
free-content	O
online	O
magazine	O
about	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
November	O
2004	O
by	O
Australian	O
Tony	O
Mobily	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
editor	O
of	O
TUX	O
Magazine	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
auspices	O
of	O
The	O
Open	O
Company	O
Partners	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
carried	O
the	O
subtitle	O
The	O
free	O
magazine	O
for	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FSM	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
its	O
creator	O
as	O
a	O
magazine	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
in	O
both	O
print	O
and	O
electronic	O
formats	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
higher	O
signal-to-noise	O
ratio	O
than	O
mass-produced	O
print	O
Linux	B-Application
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
O'Reilly	O
Media	O
's	O
onLAMP.com	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
several	O
excellent	O
magazines	O
cover	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
they	O
’re	O
directed	O
at	O
particular	O
subsets	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
and	O
do	O
n’t	O
have	O
the	O
broad	O
mandate	O
of	O
Free	O
Software	O
Magazine.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
high	O
costs	O
of	O
printing	O
and	O
postage	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
moving	O
to	O
exclusively	O
electronic	O
publication	O
via	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
a	O
print-ready	O
,	O
hand-crafted	O
PDF	B-Application
version	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
from	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
printer	O
friendly	O
version	O
of	O
articles	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
entire	O
issues	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
logged-in	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
are	O
created	O
automatically	O
using	O
TOXIC	O
and	O
omit	O
the	O
styling	O
and	O
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
print-ready	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FSM	O
devotes	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
context	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
and	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
general	O
,	O
including	O
articles	O
about	O
software	O
freedom	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
protected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hacker	O
's	O
code	O
Technical	O
articles	O
about	O
what	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
with	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
articles	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
free	O
license	O
(	O
generally	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
License	O
or	O
GNU	B-Application
Free	I-Application
Documentation	I-Application
License	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
more	O
on-line	O
content	O
,	O
FSM	O
moved	O
to	O
blog-style	O
columns	O
where	O
regular	O
authors	O
write	O
on	O
more	O
political	O
,	O
philosophical	O
and	O
ethical	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
world	O
,	O
and	O
discuss	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
advocacy	O
and	O
community	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
tutorials	O
and	O
reviews	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Daily	O
(	O
FS	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
website	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
FSM	O
that	O
posted	O
summaries	O
of	O
articles	O
about	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Slash	B-Protocol
and	O
was	O
similar	O
in	O
nature	O
to	O
Slashdot.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
died	O
before	O
it	O
could	O
gain	O
momentum	O
,	O
mainly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
huge	O
hardware	O
resources	O
required	O
by	O
Slash	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
time	O
constraints	O
of	O
the	O
FSM	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FSM	O
website	O
's	O
blogs	O
somewhat	O
filled	O
the	O
gap	O
that	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Daily	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
fill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
later	O
,	O
FS	B-Application
Daily	I-Application
came	O
back	O
,	O
first	O
as	O
a	O
Pligg	O
based	O
site	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
as	O
a	O
Drigg	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drigg	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
's	O
editor	O
Tony	O
Mobily	O
specifically	O
for	O
FSDaily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Drigg	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
Drupal	B-Application
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
and	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Daily	O
share	O
similar	O
motives	O
and	O
a	O
common	O
root	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
directly	O
connected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
Press	O
published	O
their	O
first	O
book	O
under	O
the	O
imprint	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Magazine	I-Application
Press	O
.	O
</s>
