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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

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

Windows7sins: FSF launches campaign against Windows 7 and proprietary software

Windows7Sins.org: Free Software Foundation launches public awareness campaign against Microsoft and proprietary software

  • Posted by peterb
  • Published: 2009-08-26

Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software

The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Women in Free Software to discuss how the free software community can cultivate and increase participation by women in free software's development and activism communities.

  • Posted by peterb
  • Published: 2009-08-24

Microsoft's Empty Promise

Last week, Microsoft extended the terms of their Community Promise to implementations of the ECMA 334 and 335 standards. You might think this means it's safe to write your software in C#. However, this promise is full of loopholes, and it's nowhere near enough to make C# safe.

  • Posted by brett
  • Published: 2009-07-16

Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#

by Richard M. Stallman

  • Posted by johns
  • Published: 2009-06-26
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