Free Software Supporter

Issue 61, April 2013

Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 68,579 other activists. That's 686 more than last month!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Defective by Design and allies condemn proposal for building Digital Restrictions Management into the Web
• The FSF is hiring: Seeking a full-time outreach and communication coordinator
• FSF-certified to Respect Your Freedom: ThinkPenguin USB Wifi adapter with Atheros chip
• Introducing Saurabh, FSF campaigns intern
• GNU Press has restocked all of your favorite shirts!
• Google reinstates federated instant messaging
• Don’t let the myths fool you: the W3C’s plan for DRM in HTML5 is a betrayal to all Web users
• Boston Marathon bombings
• Friends don't let friends use Windows 8
• MediaGoblin joins GNOME Outreach Program for Women and Google Summer of Code 2013
• Photos and numbers from LibrePlanet
• LibrePlanet featured resource: International Day Against DRM, May 3rd, 2013
• GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 35 new GNU releases!
• GNU Toolchain Update
• Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
• Thank GNUs!
• Take action with the FSF!

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Free Software Supporter Issue 58, January 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• RIP Aaron Swartz
• Interview with Matthieu Aubry of Piwik
• Popular self-publishing and book printing company, Lulu, drops DRM
• What can we ask of the USPTO?
• Where in the world is RMS? community contest
• GNU Press releases new edition of the Emacs manual!
• Don't miss our daily highlights on fsf.org!
• GNU Press now selling GNU/Linux Inside stickers!
• Help us sign up 71 new members by January 31st, and use your new Jabber account
• May/June 2012: In Florianopolis and at Porto Alegre's Palácio Piratini
• LibrePlanet featured resource: Promote Free Software
• GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 27 new GNU releases!
• Richard Stallman's speaking schedule and other FSF events
• Thank GNUs!
• Take action with the FSF!

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Help us make 2013 a great year for free software!

We hope you enjoy this special New Year's issue of the Supporter, complete with an impressive piece of holiday ASCII art by FSF member Chris Webber. As you can hopefully tell, that's a gnu toasting the new year with Gavroche, the adorable goblin mascot of the GNU MediaGoblin project that so many of you generously supported this year.

All of you care about free software, and our job at the FSF is to make your voices heard. In 2013, our goal is to turn up the volume and reach more people than ever before with the message that all software can and should be free. To make this possible, we want to raise $350,000 by January 31st. If you've been following the progress bar on our homepage, you know we're about halfway there. Can you help us reach our goal?

Click here to donate to the FSF or become a member now.

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Free Software Supporter

Issue 56, November 2012

Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 64,307 other activists. That's 1,124 more than last month!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Give freely this Cyber Monday: Introducing the 2012 Giving Guide
• Tell Amazon: Books and libraries shouldn't have a kill switch
• MediaGoblin crowdfunding campaign: huge success!
• Let’s limit the effect of software patents, since we can’t eliminate them
• Left wondering why VLC relicensed to LGPL
• Good “End Software Patents” video – not by us
• Finnish activist, Danish hacker share Nordic Free Software Award 2012
• LibreWRT: What we use for wifi at the FSF
• FSFE meeting the FSF crew in Boston
• Fall 2012: Photos from ICT Goes International, in Helsinki
• FSF to begin accepting scanned assignments from Germany
• Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
• LibrePlanet featured resource: 2013 LibrePlanet conference
• GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 22 new GNU releases!
• GNU Toolchain update
• Richard Stallman's speaking schedule
• Thank GNUs!
• Take action with the FSF

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