News from the Last Month
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Matt Lee
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Sep 07, 2004 04:53 PM
- Sugar Labs and FSF announce joint efforts to promote learning platform for children — by Peter Brown — last modified Sep 17, 2009 04:09 PM
- Sugar Labs and Free Software Foundation Celebrate Software Freedom Day, Announce Joint Efforts to Promote the Sugar Learning Platform for Children Worldwide
- Why is free software important to you? Submit your response to our new video campaign! — by root — last modified Apr 14, 2010 05:53 PM
- 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!
- Breaking the dependency on proprietary software: A call to nonprofits to refuse Microsoft Windows 7 — by Peter Brown — last modified Apr 14, 2010 05:53 PM
- "sinking money and time into proprietary software is inconsistent with the core values of freedom and progress."
- FSF files brief in Bilski case calling on the Supreme Court to eliminate software patents — by John Sullivan — last modified Oct 02, 2009 09:48 PM
- FSF announces LibrePlanet 2010 free software community conference: March 19-21 — by Peter Brown — last modified Apr 14, 2010 05:53 PM
- FSF works with PayPal to the benefit of the free software community — by Peter Brown — last modified Apr 14, 2010 05:53 PM
- The Free Software Foundation thanks PayPal for responding to its concerns and making its terms more free software friendly.
- Free Software Foundation files new objection to amended Google Book Search settlement — by Brett Smith — last modified Apr 01, 2010 04:19 PM
- iPad is iBad for freedom — by Peter Brown — last modified Apr 01, 2010 04:20 PM
- With new tablet device, Apple's Steve Jobs pushes unprecedented extension of DRM to a new class of general purpose computers
- Defective by Design delivers iPad anti-DRM petition with 5,000 signatures to Jobs -- more coming — by holmes — last modified Apr 01, 2010 04:19 PM
- 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.
- LibrePlanet Free Software Conference: Free as in Freedom! — by Matt Lee — last modified Mar 29, 2010 10:18 AM
- 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.
- Day Against DRM: Tuesday, May 4th 2010 — by Peter Brown — last modified Mar 17, 2010 04:33 PM
- "When companies organize to design products to restrict us, we have to organize to defeat them" -- FSF president Richard Stallman
- Debian "Squeeze" makes key progress toward being a fully free distribution — by John Sullivan — last modified Feb 08, 2011 03:25 PM
- Cheers to the Debian community!
- Women's Caucus internship opportunity — by deborah — last modified Aug 02, 2010 03:28 PM
- The Women's Caucus is seeking an intern to assist with its work to increase the number of women involved in free software.
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FSF Job Opportunity: Operations Assistant
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Matt Lee
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May 14, 2012 03:26 PM
- This position is now closed for applications. Thank you to everyone who applied.
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FSF statement on jury's partial verdict in Oracle v Google
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Josh Gay
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May 09, 2012 04:40 PM
- Were it grounded in reality, Oracle's claim that copyright law gives them proprietary control over any software that uses a particular functional API would be terrible for free software and programmers everywhere.
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Richard Stallman speech in Barcelona canceled
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John Sullivan
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May 21, 2012 04:12 PM