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Story connects us to what we do. At the Free Software Foundation's 30th anniversary, we asked folks in the community to share their stories. What is your free software story?
Free software developers guarantee everyone equal rights to their programs; any user can study the source code, modify it, and share the program. By contrast, most software carries fine print that denies users these basic rights, leaving them susceptible to the whims of its owners and vulnerable to surveillance.
- The FSF provides critical infrastructure and funding for the GNU project, the foundation of the popular GNU/Linux family of free operating systems and the keystone of the Internet.
- Our Campaigns Team creates educational materials about free software, convenes the yearly LibrePlanet conference and goes toe to toe against powerful interests that threaten computer user rights.
- Our Licensing & Compliance Lab defends freely licensed software from proprietary hoarding, advises on licensing issues, and certifies devices that Respect Your Freedom.
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News
- Anti-DRM activists go to W3C meeting to protest Digital Restrictions Management in Web standards
- Library Freedom Project and Werner Koch are 2015 Free Software Awards winners
- LibrePlanet free software conference coming to MIT in one week, March 19-20
- ThinkPenguin VPN mini-router now FSF-certified to respect your freedom
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Blog Posts
- GNU Spotlight with Brandon Invergo: 15 new GNU releases in the last month (as of March 24, 2016)
- April fools! Apple sues Free Software Foundation for trademark infringement
- March 2016: photos from Bhopal and Utrecht and through to Quebec City and Montreal
- The Licensing and Compliance Lab interviews Matt Lee of GNU social
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Take Action
- Tell W3C: we don't want the Hollyweb!
- Stand up for your freedom to install free software; sign the pledge against Restricted Boot
- Protect your freedom and privacy; join us in creating an Internet that's safer from surveillance
- Free a computer from Windows
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Events
- Richard Stallman - "Copyrights vs. Community" (Athens, Greece)
- Richard Stallman - "Copyright and Free Software Licences" (Athens, Greece)
- Richard Stallman - "Le logiciel libre et les libertés numériques" - Nantes, France
- Richard Stallman - "Pour une société numérique libre" (Choisy-le-Roi, France)
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