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GNU is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this fall on September 27, 2023 in Volkshaus in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. If you are interested in presenting something, please contact gnu40@gnu.org with an informal proposal or any questions you may have. #GNU40 Interested in learning more about the #LibrePlanet workshop "Digital colonialism, surveillance capitalism, and a libre software future." It will be held online on Monday, May 15, 12:00β13:30 EDT (16:00β17:30 UTC). Read more: https://u.fsf.org/3z4 Our supporter base keeps growing and growing! Let's give a big #ThankGNU to Boone Gorges, Devin Horvay, Jean-Francois Blavier, Michael Lewis, Ken Senoo, Paul Cassella, and Jared Flatow for helping us grow this month! Check out https://u.fsf.org/3vy for a full list of donors. We're still looking for volunteer moderators from our associate membership to help with the FSF's upcoming board nominee discussion forum. Volunteers at or around UTC +9:00 (e.g. Japan, Australia, & surrounding) would be much appreciated! Interested? Email campaigns@fsf.org We love the four freedoms, and we want others to be able to enjoy them as well. @fsf This post would have been made more actionable and accessible if the call to action hyperlink wasn't buried as text within the image, but actually included as a text link in the post text. Set text free from images #accessibility. Read about what's next for John Deere's ongoing GPL violations, Signal and other encryption apps threatening to pull out of the UK, the FSFE's response to three EU proposals, a big F-Droid update, and other free software news in #FreeSoftwareSupporter: https://u.fsf.org/3z0 Don't let proprietary software marketing dollars give you a false sense of security -- your devices are vulnerable. Understand the risks, and promote free software. Start the conversation in your community today! #FreeSoftware https://www.fsf.org "From every point of view, the current digital model is catastrophic. Yet, even when we are aware that we need to change the model..." Read about "Metacartes: a free/libre toolbox to chart the course to an ethical digital technology," happening May 01 https://u.fsf.org/3z2 FAQ: (NOT LEGAL ADVICE) "You can legally use the GPL terms (possibly modified) in another license provided that you call your license by another name and do not include the GPL preamble[...]" Read full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3ky #GNUGPLFAQ "While code-generating AI systems like CoPilot have emerged as a powerful tool for professional developers, there are growing legal and ethical concerns around the development of these models." Mark your calendar for this upcoming online talk. More info: https://u.fsf.org/3z5  Flashback to this blog post from former campaigns intern Leonardo Vignini intern which details the history of #DRM: where did Digital Restrictions Management start, how did it get this bad, and what can we do about it? https://u.fsf.org/34g https://defectivebydesign.org Read about this year's #LibrePlanet, 2022 Free Software Award winners, a recent update to our board nomination process, and other FSF and free software news in the latest #FreeSoftwareSupporter: https://u.fsf.org/3z0 Don't let #Apple's new products distract you from their global antitrust claims battle to maintain its subjugation over users globally. https://u.fsf.org/3gf Fight for the right to install #freesoftware and put Apple Inc. in its place! We're still looking for volunteer moderators from our associate membership to help with the FSF's upcoming board nominee discussion forum. Volunteers at or around UTC +9:00 (e.g. Japan, Australia, & surrounding) would be much appreciated! Interested? Email campaigns@fsf.org What does it mean to say a license is "compatible with the GPL?" It means [...] you can combine code released under the other license with code released under the GNU GPL in one larger program. Read the full answer: https://u.fsf.org/3u6 #GNUGPLFAQ "Join us in the journey: chart your course to digital recipe freedom!" Read more about "The immortal cookbook" online workshop, happening Monday, April 24, 12:00β13:30 EDT (16:00β17:30 UTC) https://u.fsf.org/3z1 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 We have recently made updates to the benefits that organizational Patrons receive, including additional donation tiers and more benefits. See all the tiers and current benefits at: https://u.fsf.org/3u2 #FSFPatrons Our donors help the FSF remain proudly independent. #ThankGNU to Dwight Cass, James Wilson, Kim Minh Kaplan, and Russell Hernandez Ruiz for helping us to build the resistance (and find replacements) to proprietary software! https://u.fsf.org/3vy |