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Alyssa Rosenzweig, who spearheaded the reverse-engineering of Apple's GPU, to keynote LibrePlanet
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- March 27, 2024 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced Alyssa Rosenzweig, who reverse-engineered Apple's current line of graphics processing units (GPU), as keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2024. LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community is the sixteenth edition of the FSF's conference on ethical technology and user freedom and will be held on May 4 and 5 at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, as well as online.
FSF job opportunity: Outreach and communications coordinator
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3)
charity with a worldwide mission to protect computer user freedom,
seeks a motivated and talented individual, if possible Boston-based, to be our
full-time outreach and communications coordinator.
US Federal employees and retirees: Contribute conveniently through the Combined Federal Campaign
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, December 4, 2023 -- The Free
Software Foundation, today, highlighted its participation as a charity
in the 2023 Combined Federal Campaign, which is focused on human
rights this week.
EmacsConf joins Free Software Foundation fiscal sponsorship program
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, November 30, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that EmacsConf will join the Working Together for Free Software Fund. The one and only conference dedicated to the joy of Emacs is joining just before their event on December 2 and 3, 2023.
Worldwide community of activists protest OverDrive and others forcing DRM upon libraries
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, November 28, 2023 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) has announced its Defective by Design
campaign's 17th annual International Day Against DRM (IDAD). It
will protest uses of Digital Restrictions Management technology's
hold over public libraries around the world, exemplified by
corporations like OverDrive and Follett Destiny. IDAD will take place
digitally and worldwide on December 8, 2023.
LibrePlanet 2024: "Cultivating Community" will feature a keynote by David Wilson
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- October 10, 2023 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today announced free software
developer and video creator David Wilson, as its first keynote
speaker for LibrePlanet 2024, the sixteenth edition of the
FSF's conference on ethical technology and user freedom.
LibrePlanet will be held in March in the Boston area as well as
online.
The third round of FSF board candidate discussions has begun
All eligible associate members are invited to participate in the
final round of this cycle's FSF board candidate discussions, as
part of its board process.
FSF celebrates forty years of GNU with a hackday for families, hackers, and hackers-to-be
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Wednesday, September 27, 2023 --
Today, the GNU Project turned forty years old. To celebrate this,
the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is hosting a hack day for
families, students, and anyone interested in hacking.
Forty years of GNU and the free software movement
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- September, 18, 2023 -- On September
27, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) celebrates the 40th
anniversary of the GNU operating system and the launch of the
free software movement. Free software advocates, tinkerers, and
hackers all over the world will celebrate this event, which was a
turning point in the history of computing. Forty years later, GNU and
free software are even more relevant. While software has become deeply
ingrained into everyday life, the vast majority of users do not have
full control over it.