FSF News
Richard M. Stallman resigns
On September 16, 2019, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, resigned as president and from its board of directors.
International Day Against DRM (IDAD): Defending the right to read on Oct. 12
Early registration open for FSF's licensing seminar on Oct 16 in Raleigh, NC
The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Licensing and Compliance Lab is proud to announce that registration is now open for the continuing legal education (CLE) seminar on GPL Enforcement and Legal Ethics, which will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina.
Alexandre Oliva joins Free Software Foundation board of directors
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the addition of Alexandre Oliva to its board of directors.
Six more devices from ThinkPenguin, Inc. now FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, May 16th, 2019 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to a batch of six devices from ThinkPenguin, Inc.: the Penguin USB 2.0 External USB Stereo Sound Adapter (TPE-USBSOUND), the USB to Parallel Printer Cable (TPE-USBPARAL), the PCIe eSATA / SATA 6Gbps Controller Card (TPE-PCIESATA), the 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express Audio Sound Card (TPE-PCIESNDCRD), the Wireless N PCI Express Dual-Band Mini Half-Height Card (TPE-NHMPCIED2), and the Penguin Wireless N Mini PCIe Card (TPE-NMPCIE). The RYF certification mark means that these products meet the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy.
FSF job opportunity: campaigns manager
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OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards
Seven new devices from ThinkPenguin, Inc. now FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom
Activists and experts gather in Cambridge for ethical tech conference to celebrate software freedom on March 23-24
FSF Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report now available
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, February 11, 2019 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today published its Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) Annual Report.
Vikings D8 Mainboard and D8 Workstation now FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, February 7th, 2019 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to two devices from Vikings GmbH, the Vikings D8 Mainboard and the Vikings D8 Workstation. The RYF certification mark means that these products meet the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy.
FSF adds Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, December 6th, 2018-- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the addition of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre (Hyperbola) to its list of recommended GNU/Linux distributions.
Free Software Foundation receives $1 million from Handshake
Handshake has donated $1 million to support computer user freedom and free software development.
FSF job opportunity: web developer
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Keynotes announced for LibrePlanet 2019 free software conference
FSF statement on Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network
For many years, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has called on Microsoft to cease its use of computational idea patents to aggressively intimidate free software developers, distributors, and users. Today, these calls have met with some tentative success.
FSF job opportunity: program manager
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FSF takes international day of action for a Day Without DRM on September 18th
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA – Monday, September 17, 2018 – The Free Software Foundation (FSF)'s Defective by Design (DbD) campaign is holding the 12th annual International Day Against DRM (IDAD) tomorrow, on Tuesday, September 18th, 2018. IDAD is a day to take action against Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), while imagining what the world could look like without DRM.
Eleventh annual LibrePlanet conference set for March 23-24, 2019
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, September 5, 2018 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the dates of the eleventh annual LibrePlanet free software conference, to be held March 23-24, 2019, in the Boston area.
FSF job opportunity: Business operations manager
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