Richard Stallman: Free Software Issue 54 September 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 54, September 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 61,769 other activists. That’s 1,189 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Foundation Newsletter #53 August 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 53, August 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 60,580 other activists. That’s 1,286 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter (Newsletter)

Free Software Supporter Issue 52, July 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 59,294 other activists. That’s 1,101 more than last month! Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience by adding our subscriber widget to …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Newsletter Issue 31 June 2012

Free Software Supporter Issue 51, June 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS URGENT: Kill ACTA Stop software patents in Europe Two job openings on the FSF campaigns team FSF recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot GNU GPLv3 turns 5 Dear Microsoft: fsf.org is not a “gambling site” FSF’s new operations assistant Emacs Reference mugs …

Richard Stallman: “FRAND” is a FRAUD Call for Action in UK on Software Patent Study

UPDATE: Submission deadline is now June 4th The UK government is holding a consultation about what sort of patent licenses an “open” standard should require. Anyone that develops free software (free as in freedom, not a matter of price) and would like it to be used in the UK has reason to be concerned with …

Richard Stallman: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software 1.1

ROBERT STEELE:  I thought F/OSS had merged as a meme.  Now I understand you to mean that while both have practical similarities in outcomes, the underlying ethics are completely different. RICHARD STALLMAN: Nothing has changed.  The free software movement remains what it has always been since 1983: an ethical and political campaign for freedom for …