The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity
with a worldwide mission to protect freedoms critical to the
computer-using public, seeks a motivated and organized Boston-based
individual to be its full-time Operations Assistant.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, April 11, 2016 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the publication of
"Interpreting, enforcing and changing the GNU GPL, as applied to
combining Linux and ZFS," by its founder and president, Richard M.
Stallman.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, March 22, 2016 -- On Sunday
the Free Software Foundation (FSF) led a protest at the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) against an attempt by Netflix, Hollywood and other
technology and media companies to weave Digital Restrictions
Management (DRM) into the HTML standard that undergirds the Web. With
about 75 protesting outside an ongoing W3C event, it was the largest
protest ever at the standards body.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Saturday, March 19, 2016 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the winners of the 2015 Free
Software Awards at a ceremony held during the LibrePlanet 2016
conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). FSF
president Richard M. Stallman presented the two awards: the Award for
the Advancement of Free Software and the Award for Projects of Social
Benefit.
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, March 11th, 2016 -- In just
one week, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and MIT's Student
Information Processing Board (SIPB) are once again teaming up to bring
the LibrePlanet free software conference to Cambridge, March
19-20, 2016, at the Stata Center at MIT. LibrePlanet is an annual
conference for people who care about their digital freedoms, bringing
together software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer
users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and face challenges
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, March 10, 2016 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announces that it has awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to the Free Software Wireless-N Mini Router (TPE-R1100) as sold by ThinkPenguin, Inc. The RYF certification mark means that the product meets the FSF's standards in regard to users' freedom, control over the product, and privacy.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 -- On March 3rd, 2016,
the Free Software Foundation (FSF) submitted a comment along with over
1200 co-signers to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to its
*Section 1201 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment* in regards
to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) anti-circumvention
provisions. These comments were submitted in person by FSF campaigns
manager Zak Rogoff, as the Copyright Office refused to offer a means
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 -- The
Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced that the opening
keynote for LibrePlanet 2016: Fork the System, will be a conversation
with National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden and
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Technologist Daniel Kahn
Gillmor.
2015 was the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) thirtieth year defending
and advancing computer users' rights. The free software community has
sustained the Foundation throughout these decades and been deeply
involved in our work.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, December, 18, 2015 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today submitted a comment to the U.S.
Department of Education in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule
Making (NPRM), Open Licensing Requirement for Direct Grant Programs.
In addition, the FSF collected and sent comments from the free
software community. These comments were filed via postal mail, as
currently it is impossible to submit comments in digital form for
NPRMs without downloading and running proprietary JavaScript.