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Petition to protect the right to unlock cellphones garners 111,000+ signers; White House must now respond
On February 13th, we asked you to join in with thousands of others to call on the White House to protect users where the Copyright Office had failed. Because of your actions, the White House now must respond to the call to fix the DMCA anti-circumvention exemptions list in order to protect the right to unlock cell phones. But there is more we should do.
Excitement building for LibrePlanet! Sign up before it fills up!
It's only a month before LibrePlanet 2013: "Commit Change" and the campaigns team is in a flurry of activity, putting the finishing touches on the conference plans. People are registering quickly and it's great to see how much everyone is looking forward to the conference.
Winners announced for free software gaming's highest honor, the Liberated Pixel Cup
We're proud to announce the completion of the first LPC, a design competition of free software video games using only freely licensed art and media. The winner is Lurking Patrol Comrades, which, according to judges, is an "impressive MMORPG with a vast world, plenty of characters to speak to [and] both a melee and a magic based battle system."
GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 27 new GNU releases!
27 new GNU releases this month (as of January 24, 2012):
Keep the pressure on the White House and US Copyright Office to fix anti-circumvention provisions
When the Copyright Office announced its updated DMCA exemptions list, we were saddened to find that the office had abdicated its duty on multiple fronts. While that sad result was announced back in October, the downgraded exemptions list has just now come into effect. We need your voice in this fight.
Announcing status.fsf.org: Our new home for microblogging
StatusNet is free software microblogging, similar to Twitter but without requiring nonfree JavaScript or trust in a single Web site. Unlike Twitter, we don't all have to be using the same server to read each other's messages, making it function more like email.
Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24
We're excited to announce that registration is now open for LibrePlanet 2013: "Commit Change."
FSF licensing team: What we did in 2012 & why it matters for 2013
Help us to continue to grow and expand the FSF licensing team.
Announcing the Empowermentors Collective: a group for women of color and queer people of color
The Empowermentors Collective is a new space by and for women of color and queer people of color within free software and free culture.