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LibrePlanet Free Software Conference: Free as in Freedom!

The annual free software conference LibrePlanet is the place for the free software community -- from old school hackers to brand new users -- to come together and further the collective goals of the free software movement. At LibrePlanet 2010 you can help your neighbor get a head-start in free software or explore the very latest philosophical ideas that will shape computing and user freedom for the next generation.

Posted by mattl
Published: 2010-02-08

Defective by Design delivers iPad anti-DRM petition with 5,000 signatures to Jobs -- more coming

The first 5,000 names have been printed on a four-foot tall "tablet" and shipped to Cupertino. Defective by Design will send a new tablet for every 5,000 signatures.

Posted by holmes
Published: 2010-02-04

Free Software Foundation files new objection to amended Google Book Search settlement

Posted by brett
Published: 2010-02-01

iPad is iBad for freedom

With new tablet device, Apple's Steve Jobs pushes unprecedented extension of DRM to a new class of general purpose computers

Posted by peterb
Published: 2010-01-27

FSF announces LibrePlanet 2010 free software community conference: March 19-21

Posted by peterb
Published: 2010-01-05

FSF works with PayPal to the benefit of the free software community

The Free Software Foundation thanks PayPal for responding to its concerns and making its terms more free software friendly.

Posted by peterb
Published: 2009-11-23

Why is free software important to you? Submit your response to our new video campaign!

At the Women in Free Software Summit and the Boston celebration of Software Freedom Day 2009, the FSF kicked off a new video testimonial campaign. See how it went, and help support the campaign by submitting a video response to these questions!

Posted by root
Published: 2009-10-21

Breaking the dependency on proprietary software: A call to nonprofits to refuse Microsoft Windows 7

"sinking money and time into proprietary software is inconsistent with the core values of freedom and progress."

Posted by peterb
Published: 2009-10-08

FSF files brief in Bilski case calling on the Supreme Court to eliminate software patents

Posted by johns
Published: 2009-10-02

FSF announces new bounty program, offering "GNU Bucks" for finding nonfree works in free distributions

Posted by brett
Published: 2009-10-01

Sugar Labs and FSF announce joint efforts to promote learning platform for children

Sugar Labs and Free Software Foundation Celebrate Software Freedom Day, Announce Joint Efforts to Promote the Sugar Learning Platform for Children Worldwide

Posted by peterb
Published: 2009-09-17