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Fighting for essential rights and freedoms for computer users since 1985. https://fsf.org

#ThankGNU! to David Bruce, James Wilson, Stefan Antun, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Joshua Branson, Matto Fransen, Marc Albert Fargas Esteve, Nidish Narayanaa Balaji, and Thorsten Alteholz for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Did you know that the FSF tech team published 133 web pages of their sysadmin documentation? Check it out at https://u.fsf.org/423 and read more about the tech team's recent work: https://u.fsf.org/41z #GNUBash #Bash #Manuals #LearnLibre

Wensheng Xie claims: "It is easy to contribute to GNU". Learn why at #LibrePlanet2024: https://libreplanet.org/2024/speakers/#6614 More on this year's #LibrePlanet schedule: https://u.fsf.org/434 #FreeSoftware #Conference

Graduation coming up? Looking for a gift? Follow this link to give the gift of an FSF membership: https://u.fsf.org/40t #GNU #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Gifts #Birthday #Graduation #Celebration

Learn how to foster and renew community in a long-lived free software project with T. Kim Nguyen: https://libreplanet.org/2024/speakers/#6626 More on the #LibrePlanet2024 schedule: https://u.fsf.org/434 #FreeSoftware #Conference

HW [...] chose GPLv3 for that purpose. The fact that we're still going today [...] is proof he made a good choice. If KOReader had been proprietary, it may have been unnecessarily abandoned -- a fate that is all too common for similar projects. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/3zi

Discuss how to empower youth in the digital age with Leonardo Champion: https://libreplanet.org/2024/speakers/#6595 More on the #LibrePlanet2024 schedule: https://u.fsf.org/434 #FreeSoftware #Conference

#ThankGNU! to Christopher Rorvick, David Bruce, David Chapman, Makoto Nakai, Michael Henderson, Nardy Pillards, Robek World, and Steve Tuyizere for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

At the FSF, we aim to make free software the norm. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/41z Support the FSF: https://donate.fsf.org #SoftwareFreedom

The Canadian *Bill C-26* gains momentum although civil rights groups warn that the Bill "risks undermining our privacy rights, and the principles of accountable governance and judicial due process which are the fabric of Canadian democracy." https://u.fsf.org/430 https://u.fsf.org/431

Share this holiday fairy tale to teach your loved ones about free software: https://u.fsf.org/fairytale #Shoetool #SoftwareFreedom #LearnLibre

We love freedom 0, the freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose. Boost this post to share the message with others! Read about the four freedoms of #FreeSoftware: https://u.fsf.org/2cj

Together, we can build a future in which everyone will be able to learn in freedom and will know their rights as a user. Help us to get there by donating to support our work. https://donate.fsf.org/ #LearnLibre

Working on free software is much more personally gratifying for me than working on proprietary software because the work will potentially benefit everyone as it may be shared freely. - Adrien Béraud. Read more in our #WorkingTogether series: https://u.fsf.org/409

US taxpayers: Call on the IRS to provide libre tax-filing software! Read the FSF's latest article, and learn how you can participate: https://u.fsf.org/3zd

Curious how to get started contributing to Emacs? Colin Woodbury has written a helpful blog post on just that topic, including instructions for copyright assignment: https://u.fsf.org/3fr #emacs #CopyrightAssignment

This Window Friday, we encourage you to close Windows, and open doors by switching to a freedom- and privacy-respecting operating system. Read more: https://www.fsf.org/windows/

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At Sunday's #GNU40 HackDay event at the FSF office in downtown Boston, MA (USA), FSF senior sysadmin Ian Kelling demonstrated how to flash #GNUBoot onto an X200. 😮 😮 😮 🥾 🥾 🥾 #GNU #GNU40th #GNUBoot #LibreBoot #FreeSoftware #Libre #SoftwareLibre

Need help getting your session proposal for LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community in good shape? We're holding bi-weekly office hours in #LibrePlanet on Libera.chat on Thursdays at 13:00 EDT. https://u.fsf.org/40m #LibrePlanet2024 #FreeSoftware