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The global community of users should be directing how the web develops, not a single corporate monopoly. Read how Google's deprecation of #JPEGXL highlights this worrying trend: https://u.fsf.org/3z9
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Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware https://u.fsf.org/32h @fsf If I hire a school providing tech to my children, I fully expect them to supervise usage of it. If they didn't, it would be extremely negligent. Google's deprecation of #JPEGXL demonstrates its unjust amount of control over the web. Read our writeup here: https://u.fsf.org/3z8 Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Bogdan Drozdowski, Jeremy Bryant, Nicolas Martyanoff for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU #Emacs, #Automake, and more: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments You can now relive LibrePlanet: Charting the Course and catch up on the talks you missed with videos, slides, and audio on GNU MediaGoblin: https://media.libreplanet.org/ "If I use a piece of software that has been obtained under the GNU GPL, am I allowed to modify the original code into a new program then distribute and sell that new program commercially?" Read the full answer on our #GNUGPLFAQ https://u.fsf.org/3we Learn about "LeanWeb: A Ruby (out of rails) web framework for static and dynamic content" on Monday, May 08, 12:00–13:30 EDT (16:00–17:30 UTC) in an online workshop. Learn more about this and other upcoming events: https://u.fsf.org/3z3 Protect developer freedom. Abolish software patents. Learn why software patents are unjust by checking out the new design of our #endsoftwarepatents initiative. https://u.fsf.org/3f-  @fsf yes, #softwarepatents fundamentally suck. We managed to get them banned here in Aotearoa NZ - see https://softwarepatents.org.nz The global community of users should be directing how the web develops, not a single corporate monopoly. Read how Google's deprecation of #JPEGXL highlights this worrying trend: https://u.fsf.org/3z9 We are pleased to announce the list of candidates who have proceeded to the next step in the FSF's process to finding new board members. Read more: https://www.fsf.org/news/announcing-the-fsfs-board-candidates @fsf I'm happy for this milestone, and encourage people to click the links in the announcement to understand the context of the FSF board and the candidates. And beyond that context, FSF staff and volunteers do great work every day. And there is a worldwide movement of people seeking and advancing software freedom in all sorts of ways. Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Jacob First, Joel Pettersson, Peter Stiernström, and Wilhelm Hugo Kirschbaum for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU #Emacs More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments FerretDB announced its release 1.0 and thereby brings MongoDB database workloads back to their free software roots. Read more at https://u.fsf.org/3za Help us give a big #ThankGNU to Trevor Spiteri, Camille Akmut, Tobias Platen, Dock Williams, Walker Holahan, and Devin Roth for their generous donation. Contributions such as these help the #fsf fight for freedom! Check out https://u.fsf.org/3vy for a full list of donors. "I think higher education has normalized a culture of software oppression." Listen to Erin Rose Glass's (@erinroseglass) full keynote "Education and the future of software freedom" at https://media.libreplanet.org/ We love the four freedoms, and we want others to be able to enjoy them as well. We're still looking for volunteer moderators from our associate membership to help with the FSF's upcoming board nominee discussion forum. Interested? Email campaigns@fsf.org Seeking knowledge to leverage the freedoms of the GNU operating system? "Introduction to the Command Line" has everything you need to get started in the command line. Buy the book! https://u.fsf.org/29l #GNUPress Of course, there is a PDF for download via https://u.fsf.org/3lt 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  @fsf The IRS doesn't care. They take your money at gunpoint, what makes you think they give a crap about ethics or cost savings? Did you know that the FSF has a PeerTube account? #PeerTube is a decentralized, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent, and you'll find us on the Framatube instance: https://u.fsf.org/36m  Watch the LibrePlanet: Charting the Course videos on PeerTube: https://framatube.org/a/fsf/. Which talks do you like in particular? #PeerTube #LibrePlanet |
