FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom: ThinkPenguin USB Wifi adapter with Atheros chip

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the TPE-N150USB Wireless N USB Adapter, sold by ThinkPenguin. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy. The TPE-N150USB can be purchased from http://www.thinkpenguin.com/TPE-N150USB. Software certification focused primarily on the firmware for the Atheros AR9271 chip used on the adapter.

ThinkPenguin's founder and CEO, Christopher Waid, accepted the certification: "ThinkPenguin, Inc. was founded with the goal of making free software more easily adoptable by the masses. Today I'm proud to say we are one step closer in achieving that goal. Not only do we have a product catalog that works with free software, but there is a reputable certification process to help users distinguish the good from the bad."

Only a handful of 802.11 wireless devices have both free software drivers and free firmware, so the need for wireless networking cards has been a major obstacle preventing people from running a completely free GNU/Linux operating system. Additionally, because many machines now come with a blacklist in their boot firmware that severely limits what internal wireless cards users can install, external USB devices are sometimes the best or only option.

Furthermore, even when a given wireless device is supported by free software, few sellers of such devices publish that information. The FSF supports http://h-node.org, a database of hardware compatible with free software, as a resource where users can find and share information about compatibility to help their purchasing decisions. But RYF certification goes beyond that. It is reserved for companies who promise not only that their certified device is and will continue to be compatible with free software operating systems, but also to promote this fact to their potential customers.

The TPE-N150USB Wireless N USB adapter chipset, Atheros AR9271, was developed by Qualcomm Atheros (QCA).

FSF's executive director, John Sullivan, said, "The FSF is grateful to the QCA team for publishing the firmware for this device as free software. Much credit also goes to Christopher Waid of ThinkPenguin for his central role in making this collaboration successful. At QCA, we especially want to acknowledge Adrian Chadd for his development work on the firmware and driver, and Luis Rodriguez for his related legal and policy work. We hope others will follow the example set by these two companies working together."

Once QCA published the firmware, free software developers, including Jason Self, Rubén Rodríguez, and Alexandre Oliva, completed the work of packaging it as part of the Linux-libre kernel for Trisquel, Parabola GNU/Linux, and other FSF-endorsed distributions.

The TPE-N150USB is the second product to be awarded RYF certification. The first certification was awarded in October 2012 to the LulzBot AO-100/AO-101 3D printer sold by Colorado-based Aleph Objects, Inc.

To learn more about the Respects Your Freedom hardware certification, including details on the certification of the TPE-N150USB Wireless N USB adapter, as well as information on the driver and firmware for the device, visit http://www.fsf.org/ryf. Hardware sellers interested in applying for certification can consult http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria.

Subscribers to the FSF's Free Software Supporter newsletter will receive announcements about future Respects Your Freedom products.

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 http://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

About ThinkPenguin, Inc

Started by Christopher Waid, founder and CEO, ThinkPenguin, Inc. is a consumer-driven company with a mission to bring free software to the masses. At the core of company is a catalog of computers and accessories with broad support for GNU/Linux. The company provides technical support for end-users and works with the community, distributions, and upstream projects to make GNU/Linux all that it can be.

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Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb

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Hollywood is at it again. Its latest ploy to take over the Web? Use its influence at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to weave Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) into HTML5 — in other words, into the very fabric of the Web. Millions of Internet users came together to defeat SOPA/PIPA, but now Big Media moguls are going through non-governmental channels to try to sneak digital restrictions into every interaction we have online. Giants like Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and the BBC are all rallying behind this disastrous proposal, which flies in the face of the W3C's mission to "lead the World Wide Web to its full potential."

We're not going to let this happen. Sign the petition to help us reach 50,000 signers by May 3rd, the International Day Against DRM.

On May 3rd, we'll deliver your signatures to the W3C in an eye-catching stunt that's sure to make headlines and make it impossible for the W3C to keep pretending this isn't a big deal.

Some have mistakenly thought this proposal would finally end the use of proprietary browser plugins like Silverlight and Flash. In reality, this would only make it easier for companies to achieve the same purpose via hooks in HTML itself. The difference would only be on paper; in practice, users would experience the very same unethical restrictions, platform incompatibilities, and device limitations as with proprietary browser plugins.

In addition to signing, you can:

• Build momentum: use this page to share the petition far and wide.
• If you have a Web site, paste in this code to embed our Hollyweb image as a link to the petition:
  <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5"><img src="//static.fsf.org/nosvn/dbd/drm_to-do-share.png" alt="Stop the Hollyweb! No DRM in HTML5." /></a>

If you want to learn more about the myths around this issue, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has an excellent write-up which covers all of the misleading discussion around the proposal and how, no matter what platform or browser you use, this puts the Web as we know it at stake. Read it here.

Thanks for speaking up,
John, Libby, Zak, and Kyra

You can read and share the online version of this message at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/we-dont-want-the-hollyweb.

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Friends don't let friends use Windows 8

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Sometimes, proprietary software actually helps us fight for freedom. Windows 8 is so bad it's almost funny--it's not only proprietary software full of spyware and security vulnerabilities, but it's also confusing for would-be users. Lucky for us, Microsoft's spectacular failure is the perfect time to help people switch to free software.

Today, we're launching a new infographic to encourage everyone to close Windows and open the door to software freedom. Windows 8 is so ripe for parody, we just couldn't resist. Check it out:

Upgrading to free software can be daunting for some people. That's why we need you, the free software experts, to lend a helping hand.

Take our pledge to help a friend or family member upgrade from Windows

Then, share this infographic with every Windows user you know. When your friends or family see the infographic and want to switch, set a date to help them do it. You'd be surprised what a difference a few hours of your time can make in someone else's life.

So, what are you waiting for? Take the pledge and liberate someone from Microsoft's shackles today.

Sincerely, Libby, Zak, John, and the rest of the FSF team

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Free Software Supporter -- Issue 60, March 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb
• LibrePlanet 2013 conference
• Google backslides on federated instant messaging, on purpose?
• Petition to protect the right to unlock cellphones garners 111,000+ signers; White House must now respond
• Interview with Adam Hyde of Booktype
• 2012 Free Software Award winners announced
• New and improved label for DRM-free files
• Document Freedom Day: 2013
• Trisquel 6.0 LTS "Toutatis" has arrived!
• May 2012: RMS at the Fórum da Revista Espírito Livre, in Vila Velha
• Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
• LibrePlanet featured resource: End Software Patents group
• GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 29 new GNU releases!
• GNU Toolchain update
• Richard Stallman's speaking schedule
• Thank GNUs!
• Take action with the FSF

Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb

From March 22nd

Hollywood's latest ploy to take over the Web? Use its influence at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to weave Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) into HTML5 -- in other words, into the very fabric of the Web. Sign Defective by Design's petition to say no to the Hollyweb and keep DRM in HTML5. With your help, we can reach 50,000 signers by the International Day Against DRM on May 3rd.

• http://www.defectivebydesign.org/we-dont-want-the-hollyweb

LibrePlanet 2013 conference

From March 24th

On March 23 and 24, the FSF held its yearly software freedom conference, LibrePlanet. This year's theme was "Commit Change": a focus on making connections to other movements and building diversity within free software. We at the FSF are very happy with how the conference turned out. If you weren't there this year, we hope to see you in 2014!

See our blog post from the first day of the conference (lots of photos inside):

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2013-off-to-a-great-start-1

An article about the conference by Open Media Boston:

• http://openmediaboston.org/node/2561

If you would like a LibrePlanet shirt, it's not too late:

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/gnu-press/celebrate-libreplanet-2013-with-this-commemorative-shirt

Google backslides on federated instant messaging, on purpose?

From March 15th

Turns out, Google has started blocking invites sent from non-Google Jabber servers. Subscription requests just disappear mysteriously, confusing both users and server operators. This change is akin to Google no longer accepting incoming e-mail for @gmail.com addresses from non-Google domains.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/google-backslides-on-federated-instant-messaging-on-purpose

Petition to protect the right to unlock cellphones garners 111,000+ signers; White House must now respond

From February 28th

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.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/petition-to-protect-the-right-to-unlock-cellphones-garners-111-000-signors-white-house-must-now-respond

Interview with Adam Hyde of Booktype

From March 21st

This is the latest installment of our Licensing and Compliance Lab's series on free software developers who choose GNU licenses for their works. In this edition, we interviewed Adam Hyde via email. Adam is the founder of Booktype -- a book production platform released under AGPLv3, as well as Book Sprints, and FLOSS Manuals.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/interview-with-adam-hyde-of-booktype

2012 Free Software Award winners announced

From March 23rd

Richard Stallman announced the winners of the FSF's annual Free Software Awards at a ceremony on Saturday, March 23rd, held during the LibrePlanet 2013 conference. The Award for the Advancement of Free Software was given to Dr. Fernando Perez for IPython, a tool for scientific analysis, and the Award for Projects of Social Benefit was given to OpenMRS, a medical record-keeping system being implemented in the world's poorest countries.

• http://www.fsf.org/news/2012-free-software-award-winners-announced-2

New and improved label for DRM-free files

From March 7th

We recently announced the DRM-free label, an effort to create recognizable branding for providers of DRM-free files to quickly communicate to users that they don't have to worry about being encumbered by restrictive technologies such as Digital Restrictions Management. Today, we're happy to share with you the next version of the DRM-free label, immediately available for use in multiple languages and styles.

• http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2257

Document Freedom Day: 2013

By FSF Europe, from February 26th

This year the campaign aims to have more events, in additional locations. In 2012 groups of volunteers ran 54 events in 23 different countries, including Brussels, Colombia, and Indonesia.

• http://fsfe.org/news/2013/news-20130226-01.en.html

Trisquel 6.0 LTS "Toutatis" has arrived!

From March 9th

This long awaited release is based on Ubuntu Precise, and as usual comes full of free software goodness. We continue to provide an easy to use classic desktop experience complete with full-featured browsing, office, communications and social networking utilities. Download it while it is hot!

• http://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-60-lts-toutatis-has-arrived

May 2012: RMS at the Fórum da Revista Espírito Livre, in Vila Velha

RMS was in Vila Velha, Brazil, on 29 May 2012, to speak on the free software movement, at the second edition of the Fórum da Revista Espírito Livre, to a diverse audience of about 500 students, teachers, and free software activists.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20120529-vilavelha

Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

Tens of thousands of people visit 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 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm EDT (18:00 to 21:00 UTC) . 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.

LibrePlanet featured resource: End Software Patents group

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 the LibrePlanet group page those who participate in the End Software Patents campaign. ESP works to abolish all software patents, rather than engaging in the hopeless task of swatting individual patents. There are lots of ways to get involved with this important effort. Check out the group!

• http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:End_Software_Patents

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

GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 29 new GNU releases!

29 new GNU releases this month (as of March 24, 2013):

• acct-6.6.1
• gnuchess-6.0.3
• mpfr-3.1.2
• cppi-1.18
• gnuedma-0.18.6
• nano-2.3.2
• dejagnu-1.5.1
• gnuhealth-1.8.1
• texinfo-5.1
• emacs-24.3
• gv-3.7.4
• thales-1.1.1
• freeipmi-1.2.5
• libgcrypt-1.5.1
• tramp-2.2.7
• gcc-4.8.0
• librejs-4.9.3
• trueprint-5.4
• gecb-0.8.4
• marst-2.7
• vc-dwim-1.7
• gettext-0.18.2.1
• maverik-6.5
• wdiff-1.2.1
• gidfwizard-0.6.4
• mcsim-5.5.0
• xorriso-1.2.8
• global-6.2.8
• moe-1.5

To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly all GNU software is available from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors (http://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 Cynthia Rempel as the new maintainer of the pgccfd document and Jeffrin Jose as the new maintainer of GNU dap (in addition to already maintaining GNU trueprint, with a new release this month).

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

GNU Toolchain update

By Nick Clifton, from March 18th

The GNU toolchain refers to the part of the GNU system which is used for building programs. These components of GNU are together often on other systems and for compiling programs for other platforms.

This month has been quiet for the GNU toolchain. The GCC sources are still closed to new features, pending the creation of the 4.8 branch.

• http://nickclifton.livejournal.com/12804.html

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 http://www.fsf.org/events.

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

• April 01, 2013, 06:00 PM, La Paz, Bolivia, "Copyright vs. comunidad"
• April 03, 2013, 2:00 PM, Potosí, Bolivia, "El movimiento del software libre"
• April 04, 2013, 2:00 PM, Potosí, Bolivia, "Copyright vs comunidad"
• April 06, 2013, 10:00 AM, Cochabamba, Bolivia, "El software libre en la ética y en la práctica"
• April 06, 2013, 3:30 PM, Cochabamba, Bolivia, "Por una sociedad digital libre"
• April 11, 2013, 8:45 AM, Chicago, USA, "Questioning the assumptions of the patent system"

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.

• http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2013supporters.html

This month, an extra big Thank GNU to:

• Michael Dorrington

This month, a big Thank GNU to:

• Mikaël Cluseau
• Dmitry Sagalovskiy
• Jason Schaefer
• Neil Gower
• Terrance Druggan
• Stephen Compall
• Mikko Värri
• Vinod Kurup
• Yuji Shinokawa
• Rick and Betsy Bronson
• Denis López
• David A. Mellis
• Roland Emile Jacoby
• Jason Self
• Jeff Weston
• John J Watzke III
• Michael J Meehan

You can add your name to this list by donating at http://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 http://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! http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=2442

The FSF is also always looking for volunteers (http://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 (http://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents, DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.

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Watch LibrePlanet live this weekend

Dear ,

LibrePlanet 2013 is just days away. If you can't be in Cambridge in person, you can tune in live on March 23rd and 24th to catch all the action.

We'll be streaming every session in each of the three program tracks. You won't want to miss highlights like:

• Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman presenting the 2012 Free Software Awards
• Keynote speakers Karen Sandler and Leslie Hawthorn
• Debian project leader Stefano Zacchiroli

While you're watching the livestream, you can participate in conference chatter on IRC #libreplanet on FreeNode, and on StatusNet (#libreplanet).

And if you can't tune into the livestream, don't worry. We'll make video of the sessions available on libreplanet.org in the days after the conference.

Happy hacking,
Libby and Zak, Campaigns Managers

PS. There's still time to register for LibrePlanet. Members get in gratis!

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LibrePlanet in three weeks (3/23-3/24)! Sign up by Thursday to get a shirt

Hello ,

March 23 and 24 are coming up fast, and there are already 150 people signed up for LibrePlanet 2013. Attendees are coming to Cambridge, Massachusetts from around the US as well as far-flung countries. So many free software lovers coming together to swap stories and share ideas!

Our goal is to make this the most exciting and mind-expanding LibrePlanet conference so far, so we decided that the t-shirt would also be the best-looking. We think we were successful, but you can judge for yourself from the image on the right. We're putting in the printing order this week in order to have the shirts in time for the conference, so...

Sign up by this Thursday if you want one of these shirts!

But there's obviously more to LibrePlanet than looking amazing. Libby is finalizing the program now, and we have some new sessions to feature:

• The announcement and bestowing of the Award for the Advancement of Free Software and the Award for Free Software Projects of Social Benefit. Winners are kept secret until they accept their awards at the conference.
• Upstream University, a seminar where developers will learn to contribute more successfully and efficiently to free software. This requires separate registration and space is limited, so sign up now!.
• A demonstration of LulzBot, the 3D printer that runs on 100% free software. LulzBot is the first piece of hardware to earn the FSF's Respects Your Freedom certification.

I'm sad that I won't be able to be at all of these things, but Libby and I will be busy keeping the conference running smoothly and making sure you all are having a great time. It's going to be a lot of work, but we're looking forward to it.

By the way, the conference costs nothing for FSF members. So if you've been thinking about becoming one, now is the time. Click here to join our community of members.

Three more weeks! If you've got any questions before then, reply to this email or visit the #libreplanet IRC channel on irc.freenode.org to chat with other attendees.

Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager

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Free Software Supporter -- Issue 59, February 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24
• Mako Hill remembers Aaron Swartz
• Only Gandalf can protect Europe from the unitary patent
• Winners announced for free software gaming's highest honor, the Liberated Pixel Cup
• Announcing the Empowermentors Collective: a group for women of color and queer people of color
• GNU Press discounts Bison Manual!
• FSFE asks you to show your love for free software!
• Keep the pressure on the White House and US Copyright Office to fix anti-circumvention provisions
• Announcing status.fsf.org: Our new home for microblogging
• FSF licensing team: What we did in 2012 and why it matters for 2013
• Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
• LibrePlanet featured resource: Coreboot installation party at LibrePlanet 2013
• GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 19 new GNU releases!
• GNU Toolchain update
• Other FSF and free software events
• Thank GNUs!
• Take action with the FSF

Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24

LibrePlanet is a yearly conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, where the global free software community comes together to learn from each other, face challenges and welcome newcomers.

If you're interested in technology's role in struggles for justice, community, and freedom, then you will find a lot to be excited about at LibrePlanet. Sign up by March 6th if you'd like a LibrePlanet 2013 t-shirt.

• http://www.libreplanet.org/2013

Our blog posts about LibrePlanet:

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/will-you-be-at-libreplanet-register-today-for-march-23-24
• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/excitement-building-for-libreplanet-sign-up-before-it-fills-up

Mako Hill remembers Aaron Swartz

By Benjamin Mako Hill, from January 24th

Mako writes: "I have spent hours (days?) reading and thinking about Aaron over the last two weeks. Although I suspect I may never feel ready, there are several things I want to say about Aaron's death, about Aaron's work, and about what Aaron means to me."

• http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/aaron-swartz

Only Gandalf can protect Europe from the unitary patent

By Gérald Sédrati-Dinet, from February 24th

Now that, despite all legal, political and economic issues, the European Parliament has approved the regulation on the unitary patent, it is time to move away from the legislative battle. It is time now to see whether and how Gandalf's magical powers can overcome dark forces of Mordor.

• http://www.unitary-patent.eu/content/only-gandalf-can-protect-europe-unitary-patent

Winners announced for free software gaming's highest honor, the Liberated Pixel Cup

From February 22nd

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. Thank you to the donors who gave to the FSF to support this effort!

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/winners-announced-for-free-software-gamings-highest-honor-the-liberated-pixel-cup

See more details in our press release:

• http://www.fsf.org/news/winners-announced-for-free-software-gamings-highest-honor-the-liberated-pixel-cup

Announcing the Empowermentors Collective: a group for women of color and queer people of color

From January 31st

If you are a woman of color or queer person of color in the free software or free culture community and are interested in being a part of the Empowermentors Collective, please join the mailing list and the #empowermentors IRC channel on freenode. If you are an ally to these issues, please help spread the word!

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/announcing-the-empowermentors-collective-a-group-for-women-of-color-and-queer-people-of-color

The Empowermentors Collective is holding a social dinner for members at LibrePlanet 2013. The dinner will take place on Saturday, March 23rd after the conference closes for the day. Find out more and RSVP:

• http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2013/Social_Events

GNU Press discounts Bison Manual!

From February 19th

To make room for the updated version, GNU Press is slashing the price of the Bison Manual, version 1.875, by nearly 50%! The manual is great for C programmers or students interested in learning about and implementing a wide variety of language parsers.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/gnu-press/gnu-press-discounts-bison-manual

FSFE asks you to show your love for free software!

From February 14th

On February 14th, Free Software Foundation Europe asks all free software users to show their appreciation for free software. FSFE suggests you take this day as an opportunity to say "thank you" to one of the dedicated, hard-working people in the free software community. At the FSF, we displayed a giant heart on our front page and individual staff thanked some of their favorite developers.

• http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2013/ilovefs.html

Keep the pressure on the White House and US Copyright Office to fix anti-circumvention provisions

From February 13th

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. To resist this, you can sign the petition to reinstate the right to unlock phones.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/keep-the-pressure-on-white-house-and-us-copyright-office-to-fix-anti-circumvention-provisions

Announcing status.fsf.org: Our new home for microblogging

From February 7th

StatusNet is free software microblogging, similar to Twitter but without requiring nonfree JavaScript or trust in a single Web site. The FSF is excited to be microblogging from our own StatusNet instance, from now on.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/announcing-status.fsf.org-our-new-home-for-microblogging

FSF licensing team: What we did in 2012 and why it matters for 2013

By Joshua Gay, from January 31st

The past nine months have been an awesome and gratifying experience of doing important, specialized work defending free software. In order to continue this work and meet the many other goals we have set for ourselves, we need your support.

• http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-licensing-team-what-we-did-in-2012-why-it-matters-for-2013

Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

Tens of thousands of people visit 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 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm EST (19:00 to 22:00 UTC) . 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.

LibrePlanet featured resource: Coreboot installation party at LibrePlanet 2013

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 the page for the Coreboot install party at the LibrePlanet 2013 conference on March 23-24. Coreboot is a free software boot firmware replacement that we're very excited about, because it makes it possible for many machines to run with 100% free software, all the way down to the firmware level.

At the install party, experts will guide you in installing Coreboot with all-free firmware on your machines. Make sure to read the page if you plan to attend the install party, because only a few types of machines will be supported. Even if you can't make it to the conference, you'll find it to be a useful resource about Coreboot.

• http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013/program/Coreboot_Install_Party

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

GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 19 new GNU releases!

19 new GNU releases as of February 25th:

• autoconf-archive-2013.02.02
• gnunet-0.9.5a
• pycdio-0.19
• autogen-5.17.2
• groff-1.22.2
• serveez-0.2.0
• coreutils-8.21
• libmicrohttpd-0.9.25
• texinfo-5.0
• glpk-4.48
• linux-libre-3.8
• unrtf-0.21.3
• gmp-5.1.1
• mdk-1.2.7
• xboard-4.7.0
• gnubatch-1.7
• octave-3.6.4
• gnuhealth-1.8.0
• parallel-20130222

To get announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu. Nearly all GNU software is available from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors (http://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 Mark Veltzer as a new co-maintainer of GNU grep.

I'd like to specially mention Texinfo 5.0, the first release in Texinfo in too many years. It is a complete reimplementation of makeinfo, merging in texi2html features and more, while retaining practical compatibility, primarily thanks to the efforts of Patrice Dumas. The Texinfo home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo.

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

GNU Toolchain update

By Nick Clifton, from February 24th

The GNU toolchain refers to the part of the GNU system which is used for building programs. These components of GNU are together often on other systems and for compiling programs for other platforms.

The GCC sources are closed to new features at the moment, but there are a few new things to report.

• http://nickclifton.livejournal.com/12793.html

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 www.fsf.org/events.

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

• March 01, 2013, 05:00 PM, Oslo, Norway, "Free software---Defending your freedom"
• March 05, 2013, 04:30 PM, Tromsø, Norway, "Free software---Defending your freedom"
• March 10, 2013, 01:30 PM, Leicester, United Kingdom, "A free digital society"
• March 11, 2013, 07:00 PM, Nottingham, United Kingdom, "Copyright vs. community"
• March 13, 2013, 12:00 PM, Warsaw, Poland, "A free digital society"
• March 15, 2013, 05:30 PM, Krakow, Poland, "Free software and your freedom"
• March 18, 2013, 03:00 PM, Poitiers, France, "The free software movement"
• March 19, 2013, 07:30 PM, Niort, France, "A free digital society"
• March 21, 2013, 06:00 PM, Bath, United Kingdom, "Copyright vs. community"

Other FSF and free software events

• March 16-17, 2013, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Northeast GNU/Linux Fest
• March 23-24, 2013, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, LibrePlanet 2013: Commit Change

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 few months.

• http://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2013supporters.html

This month, a big Thank GNU to:

• Michael and Amy Tiemann
• Daniel Kahn Gillmor
• Dave Beckett
• David Axmark
• David Ayers
• Travis G Russo
• David Bruce
• David Caldwell
• David Hampton
• David Johnson
• David Klann
• David Owen
• Orlando
• Ed Price
• Deke K. Clinger
• Jason Compton
• Mikiya Okuno
• Dennis W. Tokarski
• Diego Sarmentero
• Doyle Myers
• Elyse M Grasso
• Eric Moore
• Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
• Frank J. Niertit
• Geoffrey S. Knauth
• Georges Sancosme
• Gregory Maxwell
• Gopinath Sankar
• Andrew V. Belousoff
• Mario Cupelli
• Hal Lewis
• Manuel Velado
• I-Lun Tseng
• Iñaki Arenaza
• iFixit
• Inouye Satoru
• Jelte van der Hoek
• James A Cole
• Jesper Dahlberg
• James E Wilson
• Jean-Francois Blavier
• Markus Schaldach
• Marinos J. Yannikos
• Shinichiro Hamaji
• Jason Compton
• Ron McCall
• Li-Yi Chen
• Mario Lardieri
• James E. Bennett
• James H. McConville

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

Take action with the FSF

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

The FSF is also always looking for volunteers (http://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 (http://www.fsf.org/campaigns) and take action on software patents, DRM, free software adoption, OpenDocument, RIAA and more.

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