FSF News
Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents
As opinions form about the extent to which the Court ruling impacts the patenting of software, one thing is clear. The State Street ruling that in 1998 opened the flood gates to the patenting of business methods and software has been gutted, if not technically overturned.
FSF Releases New Version of GNU Free Documentation License
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, November 3, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the release of version 1.3 of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL). This version of the license allows public wikis to relicense their FDL-covered materials under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) 3.0 license.
FSF reboots its High Priority list with a grant and call for input
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, October 1, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a "reboot" of its High Priority Projects list with an accompanying $10,000 grant from Worldlabel.com Inc. The grant will seed a new fund to promote projects on the list, and the FSF is calling for a community conversation about the biggest challenges computer users face using free "as in freedom" software.
"Avoiding Ruinous Compromises" by Richard Stallman
Twenty-five years ago on September 27, 1983, I announced a plan to create a completely free operating system called GNU -- for 'GNU is not Unix'.
Thank you SGI, for freeing the GNU/Linux 3D desktop!
In January of 2008, software code at the heart of GNU/Linux 3D applications was discovered to be non-free—a potential disaster for free software advocates hoping to see advanced graphical acceleration now common on modern operating systems.
Stephen Fry's film "Happy Birthday to GNU" now available in 24 languages ready for Software Freedom Day
Software Freedom Day in Boston is a Wealth for the Commons: Saturday, September 20, 2008
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, September 11th, 2008 -- It's Saturday and a roomful of people are advising each other on modifying their mobile devices, optimizing their GNU/Linux systems and organizing for software freedom. But it's not a room full of experts -- at least not mostly. Artists, activists, students and others want the freedom to do anything they want with their computers and they're here to learn new tricks and garner shortcuts from each other.
FSF and Stephen Fry celebrate the GNU Project 25th anniversary
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, September 2, 2008 -- The GNU operating system is turning 25 this year, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has kicked off its month-long celebration of the anniversary by releasing "Happy Birthday to GNU," a short film featuring the English humorist, actor, novelist and filmmaker Stephen Fry.
Spring 2008 Bulletin available online
Our Bulletin from Spring 2008 is now available online.
Submit your nominations for the 2008 Free Software Awards
Nominations are requested by 31 October 2008.
FSF demonstrates iPhone's incompatibility with free software and GPLv3
Atheros releases free software wireless driver; no binary blobs
Atheros Communications has announced the release of free software wireless drivers for ath9k. The ath9k driver requires no proprietary binary blobs and works on several chipsets and over a dozen wireless devices.
Help defeat Microsoft's OOXML format!
The OOXML fight continues: here's one way you can help.
autonomo.us activist group to focus on freedom in network services
Speak out against ACTA
ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between United States, the European Community, Switzerland, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and Mexico, with Canada set to join any day now.
New FSF online store
Order from a variety of FSF apparel, books and cuddly gnu toys!
NPR station WBUR Boston adds support for free audio standard
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- May 14, 2008 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has marked a milestone in their PlayOgg.org campaign with the announcement that National Public Radio (NPR) news station WBUR Boston has begun worldwide webcasting in the free audio format Ogg Vorbis.