FSF News
FSF files amicus brief in Supreme Court music-sharing case
The Free Software Foundation today will file an amicus brief in support of its colleagues at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who are representing Grokster, Ltd. and others before the US Supreme Court in MGM v. Grokster, which will be heard at the end of this month.
Stallman calls for action on Free BIOS
FOSDEM - Brussels, Belgium - Saturday February 26, 2005. Speech by FSF President Richard Stallman
Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award
FOSDEM - Brussels, Belgium - Saturday February 26, 2005. At the award ceremony for the 2004 Advancement of Free Software.
A Call to Action in OASIS
The free and open source software community has long demanded that industry standards be freely available to all to implement without patent or other licensing encumbrances. Open standards are essential for free software and open source to thrive.
FSF Responds to LinuxWorld in Boston
In our backyard.
FSF announces new Executive Director
Boston, MA, USA - Monday, February 14, 2005 - The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the appointment of Peter T. Brown as its new Executive Director.
FSF will be moving
The FSF will be relocating within Boston on May 1, 2005.
Software Freedom Law Center opens
Get referral gifts from the Free Software Foundation
If you are an FSF associate member, a way to contribute further is by recruiting others to join and support our work. Spreading the word about our work, and how FSF members enable us to do our work, is help that we appreciate.
Lessig Book Offer Extended
We are continuing to mail complimentary copies of Free Culture to our members.
GPLv3 Discussion Draft released
The first draft was released this morning at an internationally attended conference in Cambridge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Theo de Raadt presented with the 2004 Free Software Award
FOSDEM - Brussels, Belgium - Saturday February 26, 2005. At the award ceremony for the 2004 Advancement of Free Software.
Free Software Directory in the News
Janet Casey, curator of the FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory, was interviewed in Linux Weekly News.
Eben Moglen to Speak at Stanford Seminars
Professor Eben Moglen has just confirmed that he will be speaking at both of the upcoming FSF licensing seminars, on August 24th and 25th at Stanford University. His topics will include patents and GPL 3.
GPL and Free Software Licensing Seminars Approved for MCLE Credit
GPL Compliance News
Forged Emails
Some people have been receiving mail that appears to come from us that carries attachments which are probably dangerous. It's not really from us.
FSF Offers GPL & Licensing Seminars
FSF is offering two days of seminars at Stanford University in northern California on the GPL and Free Software Licensing. The dates are August 24 and 25.
About the Free Software Directory
One of our most important projects is the Free Software Directory. Janet Casey, the Directory's Maintainer, describes its scope and background.