Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Free Software Supporter - Issue 69, December 2013

Free Software Supporter

Issue 69, December 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Build us up! Free software is a cornerstone of a free society
  • Register for LibrePlanet today!
  • Defective by Design visits an Apple store (with photos)
  • Gluglug X60 Laptop now certified to Respect Your Freedom
  • LibrePlanet for all!
  • FSF responds to Microsoft's privacy and encryption announcement
  • Chirp along with us on your microblogging service of choice
  • FSF: Reform corporate surveillance
  • Windows 8: A "certifiable flop"
  • Ask reddit to upvote user freedom by serving no nonfree JavaScript
  • Upcoming changes for Ututo
  • Interview with Frank Karlitschek of ownCloud
  • Spring 2013 FSF Bulletin now available online
  • Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with free software
  • GNU Press announces gray GPLv3 hoodies
  • Avoiding surveillance
  • More Libre.fm news — server move, new design, kittens
  • GnuPG - Sixteen years of protecting privacy
  • GNU MediaGoblin 0.6.0 released
  • Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
  • LibrePlanet featured resource: LibreDWG
  • GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 20 new GNU releases!
  • Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
  • Thank GNUs!
  • Take action with the FSF!

Build us up! Free software is a cornerstone of a free society

They know when you are sleeping. They know when you're awake. They know if you've been bad or good... You guessed it. We're not talking about Santa. The NSA and the world's big Internet and telecommunications companies have built a massive Surveillance Industrial Complex that undermines all our freedoms.

Register for LibrePlanet today!

From December 9th

Registration is now open for LibrePlanet 2014: "Free Software, Free Society," March 22-23, 2014 in Cambridge, MA.

Defective by Design visits an Apple store (with photos)

From December 20th

Ever wonder if you're the only one concerned about DRM when you're doing your holiday shopping? The Defective by Design anti-DRM crew hit the streets to make sure that you aren't.

Press release:

Gluglug X60 Laptop now certified to Respect Your Freedom

From December 19th

The FSF has awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to Gluglug X60 laptops. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. This is the first laptop to receive RYF certification from the FSF.

LibrePlanet for all!

From December 23rd

Everyone at the FSF is excited for LibrePlanet 2014, and to make it the best conference yet, we've launched a scholarship fund so that we can bring free software movers and shakers to Cambridge in March for the conference.

FSF responds to Microsoft's privacy and encryption announcement

From December 5th

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a new effort to "[protect] customer data from government snooping." FSF executive director John Sullivan issued a statement in response to Microsoft's announcement.

Chirp along with us on your microblogging service of choice

From December 4th

There are many ways to follow with what's going on at the Free Software Foundation, and we now also have pump.io accounts.

FSF: Reform corporate surveillance

From December 11th

A group of technology companies, most of whom were implicated in handing user information over to the NSA, recently came together to ask world governments to reform the way they conduct surveillance. FSF executive director John Sullivan wrote a statement pointing out how proprietary software vendors have enabled government surveillance around the world.

Windows 8: A "certifiable flop"

From December 5th

Looking to upgrade your computer? Join a growing movement of software users and steer clear of Windows 8.

Ask reddit to upvote user freedom by serving no nonfree JavaScript

From December 27th

Reddit is a major Internet hub that's home to lots of awesome communities, and it's always been very supportive of computer user freedom. Since 2008, the vast majority of the codebase has been available under a free software license, but the JavaScript that reddit.com serves its users isn't labeled with the licensing information necessary for it to meet the free software definition.

Upcoming changes for Ututo

From December 18th

Although the oldest fully free GNU/Linux distribution has come to an end, there are many other actively maintained fully free distributions to choose from.

Interview with Frank Karlitschek of ownCloud

From December 20th

In this edition of our Licensing and Compliance Lab's series on free software developers who choose GNU licenses for their works, we conducted an email-based interview with Frank Karlitschek, the lead developer of ownCloud, a server software project that provides universal access to your files via the Web, your computer, or your mobile devices — wherever you are.

Spring 2013 FSF Bulletin now available online

From December 10th

The latest Free Software Foundation Bulletin for spring 2013 is now online. For this semester's update in free software and free software activism, check it out.

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with free software

From December 10th

December 9th to 13th marked the first ever Computer Science Education Week. Unfortunately, the Computer Science Education Week 2013 website and the affiliated Code.org website recommend sites that promote proprietary software.

GNU Press announces gray GPLv3 hoodies

From December 10th

Stay warm this winter with our GPLv3 hoodie, now available in gray! The front of the hoodie features the stylish "GPLv3: Free as in Freedom" logo in maroon, with the v3 logo emblazoned on the back.

Avoiding surveillance

By Jason Self, from December 20th

Free software activist Jason Self writes about the threat of surveillance and steps people can take to mitigate snooping.

More Libre.fm news — server move, new design, kittens

By Matt Lee, from December 19th

This month sees a massive update to Libre.fm's infrastructure thanks to our good friends at Bytemark.

GnuPG - Sixteen years of protecting privacy

By Same Tuke, from December 20th

It's been sixteen years since the first release of GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). In that time the project has grown from being a hacker's hobby into one of the world's most critical anti-surveillance tools. Today GnuPG stands at the front line of the battle between invasive surveillance and civil liberties.

GNU MediaGoblin 0.6.0 released

From December 3rd

GNU MediaGoblin 0.6.0 has been released, featuring LDAP support, a default Terms of Service, and a new admin interface including moderation tools.

Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

From December 31st

Tens of thousands of people visit https://directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and exciting free software projects.

To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place in the #fsf channel on irc.gnu.org, and usually include a handful of regulars as well as newcomers. Everyone's welcome.

The next meeting is Friday, January 3rd from 2pm to 5pm EST (19:00 to 22:00 UTC). Details here:

After this meeting, you can check https://www.fsf.org/events to see the rest of January's weekly meetings as they are scheduled.

LibrePlanet featured resource: LibreDWG

Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.

For this month, we are highlighting LibreDWG, which provides information about GNU LibreDWG, an effort to develop a free C library to handle DWG files. You are invited to adopt, spread and improve this important resource.

Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us know at campaigns@fsf.org.

GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 20 new GNU releases!

20 new GNU releases in the last month (as of December 25, 2013):

To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly all GNU software is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors (https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html). You can use the url http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ to be automatically redirected to a (hopefully) nearby and up-to-date mirror.

This month we welcome Joseph Myers as a new co-maintainer of GCC, and Mike Gerwitz as the author and maintainer of his new GNU package easejs, and German Arias as the author and maintainer of his new GNU package fisicalab. Thanks to all.

A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance. Please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html. To submit new packages to the GNU operating system, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.

As always, please feel free to write to me, karl@gnu.org, with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.

Richard Stallman's speaking schedule

For event details, as well as to sign-up to be notified for future events in your area, please visit https://www.fsf.org/events.

So far, Richard Stallman has the following events in January:

Thank GNUs!

We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation, but we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have donated $500 or more in the last month.

This month, a big Thank GNU to:

  • Hiroo Yamagata
  • John David Stone
  • Aleph Objects, Inc.
  • Julian Kalbhenn
  • Justin Baugh
  • Skowronski Foundation
  • Igalia
  • Boulder Inc.
  • Joseph Kohler
  • Donald Craig
  • Huisking Foundation
  • Kahle/Austin Foundation
  • Manoj Kumar
  • Michael Viren Towanda Charitable Foundation
  • Alipes Inc.
  • John Ramsdell
  • Viktor Przebinda
  • Michael Cavanaugh
  • Russell McManus
  • Scott Boughton
  • Eben Moglen
  • Bill Bogstad and Lenore Cowen
  • Gabor L Toth
  • Matthew Neiger
  • Agaric
  • Tom Puckett
  • Cadoles
  • Howard Bampton
  • Benjamin Wiley Sittler

You can add your name to this list by donating at https://donate.fsf.org.

Take action with the FSF

Contributions from thousands of individual members enable the FSF's work. You can contribute by joining at https://www.fsf.org/join. If you're already a member, you can help refer new members (and earn some rewards) by adding a line with your member number to your email signature like:

I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom! https://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=2442

The FSF is also always looking for volunteers (https://www.fsf.org/volunteer). From rabble-rousing to hacking, from issue coordination to envelope stuffing -- there's something here for everybody to do. Also, head over to our campaign section (https://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents, DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.

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Monday, December 30, 2013

GNU is growing, and we need your help

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GNU30 logo

The GNU System is more than a collection of software components; it's a philosophy, a social movement. The ideas Richard Stallman articulated in the GNU Manifesto spawned some of the most important ideas of our time: copyleft and free culture. It is vital that we continue to develop the ideas in the GNU Manifesto and apply them to our rapidly changing relationship to technology. In a world where our computing freedoms, privacy, and security are eroding rapidly, Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation will continue to demand better.

Donate $30 today to help GNU build on thirty years of software freedom. Your donation by January 31st will help us meet our $450,000 annual fundraising goal.

Building on GNU's mission means expanding our focus to protect users of networked computers. This includes prioritizing the development of replacements for Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS), as well as encryption and privacy protecting software. GNU is going to need more infrastructure, support, and coordination to be successful at this new goal.

Free software developers all over the world rely on GNU's infrastructure to build software that protects user freedom both online and offline. As the fiscal sponsor of GNU, the FSF provides this scaffolding, everything from maintaining server space for developers on Savannah, to hosting https://ftp.gnu.org/, which provides bandwidth for GNU downloads. All of these developer tools are run with entirely free software. FSF staff and volunteers also assist GNU projects with fundraising, promotion. and licensing, and enforce the GPL on their behalf.

We need your support to do all of this work on a larger scale. Can you give $30 to help us expand GNU in 2014?

GNU started as a way to guarantee user control over the software running on their local machine. But now, that's no longer enough. In an always-on networked world, machines elsewhere pose just as much of a threat to user freedom, even if we have complete control over what is sitting in front of us. GNU needs to -- and is -- evolving to meet this challenge.

As the GNU system turns thirty, free software and its philosophy are more relevant than ever, but there is still work to be done.

Will you help to ensure a bright future for the GNU system by donating $30 today?

Sincerely,

Libby Reinish
Campaigns Manager
Free Software Foundation

You can view this post online at https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gnu-is-growing-and-we-need-your-help.


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Monday, December 23, 2013

LibrePlanet for all!

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I can't even tell you how excited I am for LibrePlanet 2014 on March 22 and 23, 2014, which is fast approaching! Right now, the rest of the FSF staff and I are working hard on the program for our annual conference so that in the next few weeks we'll be able to share our amazing roster of speakers with you. But here's the thing: to put together the strongest possible program, we need the funds to help some of our speakers travel to Cambridge, MA so that they can share their ideas with all of us. We also want to bring attendees who will learn a ton at LibrePlanet and bring that new knowledge back to their communities, helping us make LibrePlanet's reach truly global.

We've launched a scholarship fund so that we can bring free software movers and shakers to Cambridge in March for LibrePlanet. Will you consider giving someone the gift of LibrePlanet this year by donating today?

We only have a few short weeks before we will start awarding travel scholarships. The money raised between now and January 10, 2014 will help us subsidize airfare and hotel rooms for all kinds of amazing people. We've never had a formal scholarship program for LibrePlanet before. With your help, we can get off to a great start.

A donation of $50 covers one night in a shared Boston-area hotel room, but any amount helps. Please donate to the scholarship fund today.

On the flip side of this request of course are all of you out there who need assistance in order to make it to LibrePlanet 2014. I'm happy to announce that we've just launched the scholarship application on LibrePlanet.org -- applications are due by January 10, 2014 at 22:00 UTC. Apply today!

And please, help us spread the word. If you know someone who would love to attend LibrePlanet if only they had some help paying for their travel, send them this email right away. January 10, 2014 is right around the corner.

Happy hacking,

Libby Reinish
Campaigns Manager (and Conference Guru)

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Friday, December 20, 2013

Our holiday visit to the Apple store (with photos)

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Ever wonder if you're the only one concerned about software freedom when you're doing your holiday shopping? We hit the streets yesterday to make sure that you aren't.

FSF activists took a stand in front of an Apple Store in Boston to get people thinking about the injustices of proprietary software-laden gifts and show them that they can do better by their loved ones.

Dressed as elves and accompanied by a plump gnu Santa, we distributed copies of our 2013 Giving Guide to the curious crowd. The guide raises the alarm about nonfree software and DRM in popular gadgets and tech gifts, and proposes replacements. These better options won't spoil the holiday cheer with spying, limits to copying and use, or forced upgrades, all of which are staples of nonfree software and the products that carry it.

Check out more photos from the action in the online version of this post.

We welcome you to join in the fun and distribute the Giving Guide to your loved ones and friends this holiday season.

To make a really big splash, get some friends together, print the PDF version of the Giving Guide and hand it out near a local store that sells nonfree software. Be sure to take photos! Send us photos and any questions at campaigns@fsf.org.

Sincerely,

Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager

P.S. - Santa hats and gnu costumes cost money! Can you donate $5, $10, or $20 to make actions like this a holiday tradition? You can help us meet our winter fundraiser goal of $450,000 by the end of January.


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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Gluglug X60 Laptop now certified to Respect Your Freedom

"Finally there is a free software laptop that respects your freedom as it comes from the store," Richard M. Stallman.

We don't usually send press release messages to this list, but this is a big announcement!

If you want to see even more hardware certified in 2014, please help us reach our $450k winter fundraising goal with a $20 donation.

Gluglug X60 Laptop now certified to Respect Your Freedom

Gluglug X60

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, December 19, 2013 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to Gluglug X60 laptops. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. This is the first laptop to receive RYF certification from the FSF.

It can be purchased from http://shop.gluglug.org.uk.

The FSF has had a call out for a laptop sold with a free OS and free boot system since 2005. Today it announced that the call has been met.

"Finally there is a free software laptop that respects your freedom as it comes from the store," stated Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the FSF.

The boot programs (such as a BIOS) run when a computer is turned on and their primary purpose is to initialize the hardware before loading the operating system. Computer makers not only install nonfree boot programs, but they also have made it notoriously difficult for free software developers to have access to the necessary hardware specifications and information needed to produce free software replacements.

When a user purchases a product that bears the Respects Your Freedom certification mark, they can be confident they are recieving a product that comes with a free boot program and OS, as well as documentation under free licenses, multimedia unencumbered by proprietary formats, and the assurance it is not known to contain any backdoors and is not designed to share users' information without their knowledge (e.g. spyware).

"This announcement comes at a time when people have a heightened concern over controlling their data and securing their communication. Proprietary software is by nature fundamentally insecure, because it uses both force of law and technological measures to prohibit a user from controlling and securing her own computer. This new complete system runs on free software and is backed by the FSF's commitment to do our best at ensuring respect for your freedom and privacy," said FSF executive director John Sullivan.

The Gluglug X60 laptops are refurbished models of Lenovo's ThinkPad®† X60. Gluglug has updated the computer by adding a modern wifi chipset, replacing the proprietary BIOS with a free software boot system made by modifying Coreboot to remove all proprietary microcode and proprietary blobs, and replacing the proprietary Microsoft Windows OS with the FSF-endorsed, Trisquel GNU/Linux OS.

"The Gluglug X60 laptop is a major victory for computer users and supporters of the Free BIOS campaign. Not only has Gluglug produced a 100% free version of Coreboot that carries freedom to each user, but it has made it easy and fun to install updates, which in my experience, make real and noticeable improvements to the operation of the laptop. I also found that despite the hardware being a few years old, the Gluglug X60 remains a durable machine that is more than capable of running modern GNU/Linux distro," added Joshua Gay, the licensing & compliance manager who heads-up the FSF's RYF certification program.

Francis Rowe of Gluglug issued the following statement:

Gluglug is very proud to have achieved RYF certification and we will always try to exceed the requirements. The mission of Gluglug is to promote free software in a practical way by making it easy to find a system built for total freedom. With the X60 laptops sold through the site you get everything: free boot program, free operating system, free drivers, free applications. The machines also come pre-fitted with a new 802.11n wireless card that is fully compatible with free software.

The machines come fully loaded with Trisquel GNU/Linux, and they can also have gNewSense or Parabola GNU/Linux installed on request. With the Gluglug X60, you get full source code for all of the tools used to create the boot program, plus documentation. If you want to hack your machine, you can. That's really the whole concept.

You also get updates, so when the Gluglug makes a substantial change to the firmware it ships, you will receive a copy of it along with documentation for how to flash it and tweak it to your needs.

A project like this is especially important in this day and age when more and more devices are becoming locked down with with things like Restricted Boot, and containing hardware-based backdoors. The Gluglug provides an opt-out for that kind of mistreatment.

To learn more about the Respects Your Freedom hardware certification, including details on the certification of the Gluglug X60 laptops, as well as information on source code for the device, visit https://www.fsf.org/ryf. Hardware sellers interested in applying for certification can consult criteria at https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria.

For those needing to purchase other hardware, the FSF recommends the h-node.org database, as well as direct users toward hardware sellers that offer laptops with GNU/Linux preinstalled. The FSF is also asking supporters to write to Intel asking for the company to ship laptops with a free boot system to begin with, so that users can buy brand new freedom-respecting hardware in the future.

About the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at https://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

About Gluglug

The Gluglug is a Canvey Island, Essex, UK based company dedicated to Free Software. We sell computers that are made to respect the freedom of users to study and hack their machine. Visit http://shop.gluglug.org.uk.

Media Contacts

Joshua Gay
Licensing & Compliance Manager
Free Software Foundation
+1 (617) 542 5942
licensing@fsf.org

Francis Rowe
Founder & CEO
Gluglug
info@gluglug.org.uk

†ThinkPad is a registered trademark of Lenovo.

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Register for LibrePlanet today!

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Excited to attend LibrePlanet 2014?

Registration is now open for LibrePlanet 2014: "Free Software, Free Society," March 22-23, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. Register today!

LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. LibrePlanet brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to software freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2014 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels.

FSF members attend LibrePlanet gratis.

Not a member? Join today to register gratis, or register at our non-member rate. Your donations will also help us meet our goal of raising $450,000 by January 31st.

This year, the theme of LibrePlanet is "Free Software, Free Society." How can free software protect journalists, whistleblowers, activists, and regular computer users from government and corporate surveillance? How can free software, or free software values like copyleft, community development, and transparency, be used by people fighting to create free societies around the world? What challenges are standing between us and our goal of free software ubiquity? With your help, we'll tackle these questions and more at LibrePlanet 2014, on March 22 and 23 in Cambridge, MA.

We're excited to feature keynote addresses by Eben Moglen, founder of the Software Freedom Law Center, and Karen Sandler, executive director of the GNOME Foundation. The conference will also feature workshops in using free programs, talks and discussion panels with free software luminaries, plentiful networking opportunities, and a pre-conference social gathering. And as always, FSF founder and president Richard Stallman will be on hand to present the annual Free Software Awards.

If you're interested in the role of technology in struggles for justice, community, and freedom, then you will find a lot to be excited about at LibrePlanet. Join us at LibrePlanet 2014: Free Software, Free Society.

Register for the conference now or become a member to attend at no cost.

Hope to see you at LibrePlanet!

Libby Reinish
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Build us up! Free software is a cornerstone of a free society

Dear ,

They know when you are sleeping. They know when you're awake. They know if you've been bad or good...

You guessed it. We're not talking about Santa. The NSA and the world's big Internet and telecommunications companies have built a massive Surveillance Industrial Complex that undermines all our freedoms. We need to build our own infrastructure, one that values freedom, privacy, and security for all people. We need your help to do it.

Become a member of the Free Software Foundation today to help us reach our goal of $450,000 by January 31st.

The Free Software Foundation has been defending computer users' freedoms and privacy for nearly thirty years. No matter the political climate, we have always fought to defend the freedoms of all computer users. Today, in the face of mass surveillance, more people than ever are discovering that free software is a necessary cornerstone of a free society. With this momentum, we can turn our blueprints for a free software future into brick and mortar.

Since day one of the PRISM scandal, the FSF has been sounding the alarm. We've published high-profile op-eds in Wired and Slate, and as members of the Stop Watching Us coalition we marched on Washington to protest mass surveillance. And we're not just talking about the need for change; we're doing something about it. This September, we hosted a hackathon in honor of the GNU System's 30th anniversary, where participants made contributions to a dozen projects that form key building blocks of a surveillance-free future.

All the while, we've continued to build towards many more of the prerequisites for a free society, from working with hardware manufacturers to fighting DRM in HTML5.

With your support, we can do so much more in 2014.

The Free Software Foundation is only as powerful as our membership base; individual donations account for the majority of our funding each year. This has always been a grassroots, community-supported movement, and it always will be. This year, we need to meet our goal of $450,000 to build our vision for the free software movement. You can become a member of the FSF for just $10/month ($5/month for students); when you join, you'll get a variety of benefits, including free admission to our annual conference, LibrePlanet.

Please consider joining as a member to help us meet our fundraising goal by January 31st.

Every dollar you give helps to build us up.

Happy Hacking,

All of us at the Free Software Foundation

P.S. If you believe in our work, please share our appeal with your social networks.

P.P.S. You can read our full annual appeal online.

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