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All aboard for software freedom! Our fall fundraiser is underway: help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31. Join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: u.fsf.org/joinfall20

All aboard for software freedom! Help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31: join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: u.fsf.org/joinfall20

Watching Bucs v Panthers (on delay), pretty sure I just heard Brady call "pro bono pro bono" at the line.

Link rot is such a pervasive problem for anything that's older than 1-2 years. I wish more folks at all levels of managing websites would have some awareness that keeping URLs stable or setting up redirects is important for our collective memory.

Is your open source project still using Slack for its community? Consider:

Mozilla has migrated their chat to Matrix: wiki.mozilla.org/Matrix

Mattermost now offers hosted service with special pricing for OSS projects: mattermost.com/nonprofit/

There are probably even more I'm not aware of.

There are good Free options now. Time to get out of the proprietary SaaS lock-in.

The trouble users had yesterday launching apps on #macOS isn't just a technical problem, but a moral one. Operating systems should service their users, not phone home to a corporation to see if they're "permitted" to run the program. #Apple

Good to see resurrecting the ever-popular always-on model from the gaming history graveyard for its operating systems

by "never allow" I mean "never explicitly allow" -- we should insist that sharing the tools *is* allowed in order to achieve the exemptions. But lack of clarity means people will be hesitant to share the tools and put themselves at risk.

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A huge problem with the DMCA exemptions process: the exemptions never allow sharing of tools to achieve the allowed circumventions. So stuff like torrentfreak.com/google-takes- makes them near useless. Freedom to dice your veggies how you like, but oh, obtaining a knife is illegal.

boost from birdsite, alternatives to Slack 

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Need just a few more days? You can now submit your #LibrePlanet session until Monday, Nov. 16 12:00 EST. And don't forget to join us on March 20 & 21 for LibrePlanet 2021 with keynote Julia Reda! u.fsf.org/36y

An example of the kind of "grassroots" lobbying Google does against the AGPL: github.com/osresearch/spispy/i

You have one more day to let us know who inspires you in the world of free software: nominate them for a Free Software Award by November 11th! u.fsf.org/357

This Friday I'll be making real cocktails at virtual @SeaGL (Seattle GNU/Linux conference). Source code for the menu is up if you want to buy ingredients and follow along. The non-drinky part of the program looks great too! Registration is free/optional. osem.seagl.org/conferences/sea

The FSF's 35th Anniversary t-shirt is back in stock in a thrilling new ELECTRIC COPPER color scheme! Buy it here: u.fsf.org/36w

Use a mask, use Tor. And now, use your Tor mask! Make a gift of $50 before Dec. 31 and get your very own 😷
torproject.org/donate/donate-u

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