Free Software Foundation

Did you know that the hardware database #hNode has detailed instructions on how to identify the hardware in your computer? Use the commands to see what's in your computer and whether or not it is compatible with #freesoftware https://u.fsf.org/3ui
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2024-06-16 00:57:41

Our Email Self-Defense guide teaches you how to defend yourself and others by using encryption. Check out the updated version, get your GnuPG set up, and share with absolutely everyone you know with #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/3f5
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2024-06-11 14:57:42

"Current everyday digital tools/infrastructures do not ensure the best standards for sovereignty of content and data neither for the individual, nor organisations and states." "This affects the full guarantees of various human rights, such as the right to privacy or the right to conduct a business, and democratic governance as a whole." https://u.fsf.org/44b

2024-06-10 23:27:43

Governments need to take measures and proper legislation needs to be established for free software developers to distribute and fund their work, and for the freedom for users to control our own devices, to install and to run the software we choose. https://u.fsf.org/3gf

2024-06-09 03:57:47

At the FSF, the licensing team is often asked, "What is the difference between an 'aggregate' and other kinds of 'modified versions'?" Read the answer on our #GNUGPLFAQ: https://u.fsf.org/3tx
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2024-06-05 23:27:45

Help us spread and improve the Boot Software page of the LibrePlanet wiki, which provides information about boot software projects, their usage, and the hardware they can support: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Hardware/Software/Boot_software

2024-06-04 13:57:47

"What would happen if any of the Bluetooth hearing aids manufacturers decided not to provide updates for models of which the warranty expired? Well, if the software on these hearing aids were free (as in freedom), then the free software community could help keep it updated." Read the full article: https://u.fsf.org/448

2024-06-03 19:27:51

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
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2024-06-02 03:57:51

#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org
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2024-05-31 19:27:56

2024-05-31 00:27:51

We need your help to release the #LibrePlanet 2024 videos. Some talks were not recorded due to a disk error. If you recorded the streams locally, you can help us complete the sessions we are missing and bring them to the rest of the community.

2024-05-27 23:12:56

#ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil, David Bruce, Hideki Igarashi, the I2P Maintainers Team, James Wilson, Mikael Taipale, Stefan Antun, 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
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2024-05-23 23:13:08

Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Adam Oberbeck, Arthur Barlow and Judith Jonas, David Klann, Jason Compton, Ramana Kumar, Reynaldo Cordero, Richard Ellwood, Stéphane Bortzmeyer, and Water Chika for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! https://u.fsf.org/3vy
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2024-05-23 03:58:02

Google's deprecation of #JPEGXL demonstrates its unjust amount of control over the web. Read our writeup here: https://u.fsf.org/3z8

2024-04-28 03:58:22

Good news: US lawmakers reintroduced a bill to make sure that the source code of software used for investigations can be studied and tested. https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/black_box_government/

2024-04-25 14:28:24

A big thank you to [@purism](https://social.librem.one/@purism), [@linuxmagazine](https://fosstodon.org/@linuxmagazine), #ThinkPenguin, [@nitrokey](https://social.nitrokey.com/@nitrokey), #nostarchpress, and Aeronaut Brewing Co. for sponsoring #LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community! Become a LibrePlanet 2024 sponsor too: https://libreplanet.org/2024/sponsors/

2024-04-19 03:58:28