Free software can defy dystopia

Dystopian worlds don't just pop into existence: they are built by the choices of those with substantial power, taking freedom from others. Free software has unlimited power for making our world actually better for people (not Big Tech), but we need to join together and ensure that freedom can thrive.

Help us protect user freedom -- join the thousands of free software advocates who are already Free Software Foundation (FSF) associate members. You can become one of two hundred new associate members by July 11 for only $12/month ($6 for students).

Already an associate member? Invite a friend who wants to protect freedom to join the FSF and support this just cause. Alternatively, you can now sponsor a membership for someone who can't afford one themselves.

The FSF can only continue the important work of protecting user freedom with support from the free software community. Share this message by using the hashtag #JoinFSF on social media networks.

Share the message using the hashtag #JoinFSF on social media networks.

Your associate membership funds:

• Campaigns which raise awareness of software freedom issues, such as Defective by Design, Email Self Defense, End Software Patents, and Fight to Repair;
• The organization of events, conferences, meetups, workshops, and platforms where the free software community can meet;
• The GNU Project, an ongoing effort to provide a complete operating system licensed as free software;
• The Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab, which ensures that free software distributors respect their obligations to pass on the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the sourcecode to all users;
• The certification of free hardware to help you choose a device that respects your freedom; and
• The advancement and maintenance of sixty-three different resources, websites, and services for free software developers and users.

Your associate membership:

Why other people join the FSF:

• "I would love to be part of this fantastic community. All that I love about computers and programming is because of free software and people dedicating their lives to sharing and teaching. I want to be like the ones who showed me this beautiful project." -- Dani Méndez
• "The world is heading down a dangerous, greedy, closed-source for-profit path. Here's to free software, now and for years to come!" -- Ellie Hayden
• "Just to join the people for a free world. Compartir es amor." -- Francisco Javier Delgado Grande
• "Recent developments emphasize the crucial role of free, community-owned software." -- Gjalt-Jorn Peters
• "I have gotten tired of big tech and unfair intellectual property laws everywhere I turn. I want to participate in and promote a world that I actually want to live in." -- Isaac Martinolich
• "Between my laptop running Guix and my life running Emacs, I figured it was time to monetarily contribute to the great work done by the FSF." -- Joshua Person
• "Love for free software." -- Lukáš Bačovský
• "Let's make the world a better place!" -- Olivia Cimno
• "I have been a user of GNU+Linux for many years and a supporter of free software and the four freedoms." -- Reuben James Tracey
• "Your endless effort to make the world better." -- ZJ Liu

Share your reason with the hashtag #JoinFSF or email us at campaigns@fsf.org.