Recent blog posts
Join the struggle to keep digital restrictions out of Web standards
An important development is ongoing in our Defective by Design campaign, which fights Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
One month until LibrePlanet! Pre-order t-shirts through February 28th
LibrePlanet is coming in less than one month, on March 19th and 20th.
Get ready to Fork the System at LibrePlanet
In little more than a month, free software hackers, lawyers, activists, students, educators, librarians, and community organizers will gather to Fork the System.
You did it! The fundraiser was a success -- are you ready for what's next?
You did it: thanks to your generous support, the Free Software Foundation raised $452,000 in its winter fundraiser. Thank you.
Encryption: probably better than a box of chocolates
Roses are red, violets are blue; I use free software to encrypt my online communication and you can too.
Support the FSF for thirty more years
Publicly declaring a goal for a free operating system was visionary in 1984. We have quite a bit to celebrate - this vision has manifested. We could retire fulfilled.
We're so close! Will you help the FSF shine in 2016?
Sunday is the last day of our winter fundraiser, and we want to blow the roof off our goal of raising $450,000, so we can make our work supporting the GNU Project, advocating for free software, and enforcing the GPL even more effective.
Edward Snowden will kick off LibrePlanet 2016: Will you be there?
This is huge: the opening keynote for LibrePlanet 2016: Fork the System is a conversation with National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Technologist Daniel Kahn Gillmor.
Key charities that advance software freedom are worthy of your urgent support
In this blog post, Bradley discusses his years of work for both the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Software Freedom Conservancy and explains why your donations, before the January 31st fundraising deadlines for both charities, are essential and urgent. He asks you today to become both a a Supporter of Conservancy and an Associate Member of the FSF before the fundraising deadlines of January 31st.