Gregory's Server
The application period for summer internships at the FSF is open! We encourage students who are interested in supporting #freesoftware to apply by April 30. https://u.fsf.org/internships
|
Help us give a big #ThankGNU to Raffael Stocker, Fredrick Brennan, Morten Lind, Stéphane Bortzmeyer, and R Scott Belford 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. The application period for summer internships at the FSF is open! We encourage students who are interested in supporting #freesoftware to apply by April 30. https://u.fsf.org/internships 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  Might you explain my next step here? (please see screenshot below) I want to create content using the birds all around where I live and on the natural lakes and rivers nearby. I want to make 20 to 25 min long videos, post two to three per week. Mostly everything about the Fediverse is entirely new to me. I look at radio button lists and pull down menus -- and have no clue what the choices mean. I read everything I'm sent, watch videos...trying not to conclude I'm hopeless. TIA 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 Part of our core mission is to advance policies that promote the progress of free software. Copyright handling is critical to such progress, so we are taking this opportunity to delve into the issue, and alternatives. Read more at https://u.fsf.org/3fu The FSF recently awarded its Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the Free Software Gigabit Mini VPN Router (TPE-R1400) from ThinkPenguin, Inc. Read the full announcement and check out the device: https://u.fsf.org/3z7 Congrats, #ThinkPenguin Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Peter Povinec, Trevor Edwin Pogue, Niklas Eklund, and Malik Tuwebti for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU #Emacs Learn more at https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments 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 Interested in helping us help others to make their first steps toward freedom? Collaborate with us on the freedom ladder, our new guide to help people take their first steps in software freedom: https://u.fsf.org/3f2 #userfreedom "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 "Can I use the GPL for something other than software?" It's an interesting question. There's an answer on the #GPLFAQ page. Read it here: https://u.fsf.org/3x4 Have you always wanted to work at an organization that puts people and freedom at its center? The FSF is seeking a full-time deputy director: https://u.fsf.org/3vp We love the four freedoms, and we want others to be able to enjoy them as well. 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 Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Orlando Wingbrant, Michael Henderson, Morten Lind, René Genz, Antonio Carzaniga, Kyle McCormick, and Guus Sliepen for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy Interested to learn more about the newly launched FSF board nomination and review process? This post details the nomination process along with a helpful chart of the procedure: https://u.fsf.org/3wa Need to know whether a piece of hardware is supported by free software? #hNode has you covered! Its search engine will help you verify #freesoftware compatibility. https://u.fsf.org/3ui  @fsf Great little resource to see what hardware is comptible with #FreedomRespecting Software. From what we could gather the trend is towards there being less and less good hardware available? Yes? How unfortunate. That's indeed the experience we've seen in Australia, its on steroids. March #GNUSpotlight with Amin Bandali: Twelve new GNU releases in the last month, including GNU a2ps, GNU Coreutils, and more. Full details: https://u.fsf.org/3yz Big thanks to @bandali0 @bandali, all the devs, and other contributors! New versions of Windows might change the UI or underlying components, but they don't change the only thing important to know about Windows: it's nonfree software. Choose software that actually respects its users instead. https://u.fsf.org/3eu |