Notices by Free Software Foundation (fsf@hostux.social), page 48

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Kristofer Hjelmtorp, Christopher Floess, and Seyed Sajad Kahani for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GCC #Emacs More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

We love free software. With much thanks to the talented @sachac for illustrating the reasons. https://www.sachachua.com/blog/

Interested in helping #freesoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Please consider joining this Friday's upcoming FSD meeting on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2024-09-13-irc

Signal president Meredith Whittake warns that the 'upload moderation' the EU proposal for mass scanning of private messaging apps is calling for undermines end-to-end encryption fundamentally: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf

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

#ThankGNU! Dwayne Deven, John Gilmore, Martin Kraft, Michael Reed, Neil Banerjee, and Niko Neufeld for helping the FSF to promote #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 Alekseev Nikita, Edgar Vincent, and Toshihiro Umehara for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

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

Did you know that an FSF associate membership funds the advamcement and maintanance of sixty-three different resources, websites, and services for free software developers and enthusasts? #BecomeAnFSFAssociateMember

How do I upgrade from (L)GPLv2 to (L)GPLv3? "First, include the new version of the license in your package. [..] Second, replace all your existing v2 license notices [...]" Read the full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3kw #GNUGPLFAQ

We need your help. Like many organizations right now, the FSF is suffering from inflation. Gift an FSF associate membership: https://my.fsf.org/gift-a-membership

Q: If I only make copies of a GPL-covered program and run them, without distributing or conveying them to others, what does the license require of me? A: Nothing. The GPL does not place any conditions on this activity. https://u.fsf.org/3wm

#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 Kristofer Hjelmtorp, Christopher Floess, and Seyed Sajad Kahani for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GCC #Emacs More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Curious how to get started contributing to #emacs? Colin Woodbury has written a helpful blog post on just that topic, including instructions for copyright assignment: https://u.fsf.org/3fr

From time to time, the licensing team receives questions about the "GCC Runtime Library Exception." There is an answer in the #GPLFAQ about what it is and what it does. Read more about the exception here: https://u.fsf.org/3w0

Your support helps us campaign for #softwarefreedom: https://u.fsf.org/44f

#ThankGNU! Dwayne Deven, John Gilmore, Martin Kraft, Michael Reed, Neil Banerjee, and Niko Neufeld for helping the FSF to promote #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 Alekseev Nikita, Edgar Vincent, and Toshihiro Umehara for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

In 1989, we published the GNU #GPL. It is at the core of software freedom and it protects users' rights to run, copy, modify, and share. Read more about free software licensing https://www.fsf.org/licensing