Notices by Free Software Foundation (fsf@hostux.social)

"Educational institutions should not allow proprietary software companies to impose their power on the rest of society and its future." Donate to the FSF to help bring free software to educational institutions around the world. https://donate.fsf.org/

Software freedom is the prerequisite for many of the issues people struggle with when it comes to technology, privacy breaches, user lock-in, DRM, and hardware obsolescence. The role of freedom in privacy cannot be ignored. Support #FreeSoftware https://fsf.org

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Alekseev Nikita, Edgar Vincent, and Toshihiro Umehara for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

The FSF is almost exclusively powered by member dues and individual contributions averaging USD $46.22. We'd be deeply grateful if you'd join the thousands of free software enthusiasts who support us financially. https://www.fsf.org/join #CornerstoneOfAFreeSociety

#ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil, David Bruce, Deborah Jackson, James Wilson, Mikael Taipale, Peter Sluka, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Konstantinos Eleftheriou, Valentino Reisfeld, Kamila Szewczyk, and Sam Russell for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #Emacs #GNUAstro More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Did you know that the FSF has a Friends membership tier? It doesn't have all the benefits of the standard or student associate membership tiers, but it does include the option to receive a USB membership card with Trisquel GNU/Linux, an FSF membership badge, access to the member forum, and some other perks, all while supporting software freedom. Read more about the Friends tier: https://u.fsf.org/1m6

"Free software is like having free will. You are free to decide." says the daughter of FSF senior systems administrator Ian Kelling. Kelling adds that with free software, "we get to individually and collectively decide how we run, modify, learn from, and share the software." Read more: https://u.fsf.org/41z

The FSF is a nonprofit and needs your support. https://www.fsf.org/join #CornerstoneOfAFreeSociety

"'This equipment is supposed to save your life,' David Burchell, who has type 1 diabetes, told the BBC. 'And basically it broke, just showing a white screen, and I had a panic.'" Read the full article on the importance of software freedom in medical devices: https://u.fsf.org/448

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Alekseev Nikita, Edgar Vincent, and Toshihiro Umehara for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Check out the section on #MobilePhone #freedom on the #FreedomLadder to learn what is possible with #FreeSoftware on mobile devices in 2024: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Freedom_Ladder

Truly free GNU/Linux distributions like Dragora, Trisquel, or Parabola tend to have fewer contributors but all the same hosting expenses as larger distros. Have you donated to support them yet? https://trisquel.info/en/donate

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

Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Beat Straehl, David Almassian, David Klann, Kim Minh Kaplan, and Maks Romih Us for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Stuart Ferguson, Pranshu Sharma, and Scott Bell for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #Emacs #GNUAstro More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Did you know that the government of Kerala included free software in the school curriculum inspired by protests from free software enthusiasts and a favorable stance taken by a school teachers association? https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-system-india.html Help the free software community achieve the same for other states, countries, and regions worldwide by donating to support the FSF's advocacy for free software. https://donate.fsf.org/

With an associate membership, you can start a Jitsi room and invite whoever you please, whether or not they have an FSF account. You're not handing over your credentials to Apple or Google by proxy Unlike the flagship server, ours does not require a third-party login. It does not use nonfree JavaScript, and it does not recommend nonfree software or browser extensions. https://u.fsf.org/41x https://u.fsf.org/jitsi

Better than Zoom: Try these free software tools for staying in touch https://u.fsf.org/311

Technological freedom is important more than ever!