08.20.20

“The University of Costumed Heroes” by the Free Software Foundation is an Example of Effective Free Software Advocacy

Posted in Free/Libre Software, FSF at 10:57 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

'Hero vs Villain Masks: Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons.'--Richard Stallman

Summary: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has a new president, a new board member, and it seems to be getting back to normalcy with over 200 new members and multimedia-rich campaigns

“We invite activists, hackers,” the FSF wrote yesterday, as well as “law professionals, artists, students, developers, young people, policymakers, tinkerers, newcomers to free software, and anyone looking for technology that aligns with their ideals, to submit a proposal for a session at LibrePlanet. Session proposals can focus on software development, copyleft, community, or other related issues…”

“LibrePlanet uses Free software exclusively, having perhaps ‘pioneered’ a Free software-only tele-presence event the last time around.”Together with what was dubbed a Free Software Federation (introduction here), the FSF will hopefully do well and promote the ideals of Free/libre software. LibrePlanet uses Free software exclusively, having perhaps ‘pioneered’ a Free software-only tele-presence event the last time around. As we noted earlier this month, their latest campaign pushes for expansion of this trend (“ The University of Costumed Heroes: A video from the FSF“ and “The FSF’s approach to using online videos for advocacy“). We reproduce below their latest video campaign, once more… █

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