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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.
FSF defends user freedom in amicus brief submitted in Neo4j v. Suhy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (March 3, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today it has submitted an amicus brief in the case entitled Neo4j, Inc., et al. v. Suhy, et al., Case No. 24-5538 in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The amicus brief addresses various misstatements and baseless assertions regarding the FSF and the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3) -- the license at issue in the case -- found in a pleading filed by Neo4j.
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FSF launches pre-bid phase for silent memorabilia auction
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (March 11, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published the memorabilia items for bidding in the silent auction on the LibrePlanet wiki. Starting March 17, the FSF will unlock items each day for bidding on the LibrePlanet wiki at 12:00 EDT until March 20. Bidding on all items will conclude at 15:00 EDT on March 21, 2025.
Community meetup in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España
LibreCan es el primer meetup de software libre y cultura libre en Canarias. Es un encuentro informal para personas que tienen curiosidad e interés por la cultura libre, el software libre, los derechos digitales, las redes sociales descentralizadas, el derecho a reparar, el libre acceso a la información y otros temas afines. Si te interesa o tienes curiosidad por alguno de estos temas este es tu evento. Es un meetup sin ponencias, sin formalidades, solo ideas y buena compañía. Conecta con gente con tus mismas inquietudes en la primera LibreCan y participa en el foro ¡Esta comunidad también es tuya!
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