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Free Technology Academy courses start September 12th!
The Free Technology Academy (FTA) is a joint initiative from several educational institutions in various countries. It aims to contribute to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build upon existing knowledge without restrictions.
Join the petition asking for This American Life in Ogg Vorbis and help us reach 1,000 signatures!
This American Life still hasn't responded to your many messages asking them to use Ogg Vorbis for their downloads and streams. Sign the petition and make your voice heard!
Send in your nominations for the Nordic Free Software Award!
The Nordic Free Software Award is given to people, projects or organizations in the Nordic countries that have made a prominent contribution to the advancement of free software.
GNU Emacs Manual, Sixteenth Edition for Version 23.3 now available
We here at GNU Press are proud to announce the release of the latest version of our GNU Emacs Manual for GNU Emacs version 23.3.
Helping out This American Life—with an Ogg copy of the show
Last week, we asked you all to write to This American Life to thank them for their episode about software patents, "When Patents Attack!", and ask them to make it available in Ogg Vorbis format. We thought it would also be helpful to offer them a copy of the show that's already been converted to Ogg Vorbis; with this, the only work they have to do is copy that file and post it on their own servers. Here's the text of the letter we sent them.
Thank 'This American Life' and ask them to set an example
'This American Life' did some great reporting about software patents. Ask them to help solve these problems and offer the show in patent-free formats.
Interview with MusicBrainz developer Kuno Woudt
We're currently publishing articles from the Fall 2010 issue of the FSF bulletin. Here's an interview I did with Kuno Woudt from MusicBrainz.
Two new hoodies available in the FSF store
We are excited to bring a much-missed item back to the FSF shop: hooded sweatshirts!
The Free Game Lag
There is one category of software that many see as being unsustainable as free software: Free video games have lagged behind other areas of free software, and the reasons behind this are fairly simple.