Open Source & Free Software Reporter is a publication providing information on developments in the free software and open source software fields, as well as advocacy in bringing both the free software movement and open source software variants into the mainstream of worldwide computer use.

OSFSR chooses to leave the technical side of programming free software and open source software to the programmers, and recognizes that the range of abilities of mainstream computer users is vast. With this in mind, OSFSR strives to provide a journalistic and informational bridge between programmers who write, maintain and promote open source and free software and their users.

On a day-to-day level, OSFSR believes the publication's readers can save money by using free software and open source software if they make the right choices. Likewise, an organization choosing software for a large number of "seats" can save a lot of money. One of our primary goals, then, is to help both individuals and organizations do just that. There are also problems and pitfalls to avoid, and we will help our readers avoid them.

On theoretical and philosophical levels, OSFSR believes that freedom is about having choices. Choosing to use free software or open source software written by individuals or groups -- as opposed to software written for profit in the binary sweatshops of national or multinational corporations -- is a basic freedom for which OSFSR firmly stands.

The purpose of OSFSR includes, but is not limited to, promoting and advocating free software and open source issues in the mainstream of worldwide computer use, as well as being an voice for free software and open source advocates in the political realm.

There is no reason that a wide variety of free software and open source software cannot be used in both the personal and public realms, and OSFSR plans to provide information to the general public that can be useful in promoting all these aforementioned goals.