Free Software Foundation (FSF) Campaigns Against Vista 11, Adds 4 New Associate Members Per Day
9 days ago the FSF started a 'recruitment' drive for new members. It has since then added 36 new associate members - that's an average of 4 per day.
Just over a day ago Dr. Miriam Bastian (FSF) wrote: "When the Free Software Foundation (FSF) began forty years ago, its primary focus was providing a legal home for the GNU operating system and developing vital GNU software like Bash and the GNU Core Utilities (Coreutils). As time has gone on, our work advocating for free software rather than simply writing it has become more varied and elaborate, partially in response to the billions of dollars corporations like Microsoft and Apple spend promoting proprietary software that denies its users freedom. We now have more campaigns than ever, some targeting threats like surveillance and Digital Restrictions Management, others introducing users to free software or fighting for the right to repair. All our campaigns defy dystopia and work toward a future in which all users can enjoy user freedom. Twice a year, the tech, licensing, and campaigns teams inform you, the FSF's supporters, on what we've accomplished."
Among the points: "We voiced our outrage about Microsoft's latest injustice to require a hardware TPM module for Windows 11 users as part of our Defective by Design campaign. We then asked you to keep putting pressure on Microsoft, since Microsoft tyrannically decided to cease security updates for Windows 10".
"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty on October 4, 2025," the FSF said this past Xmas Eve. We hope they'll make the most of this anniversary. The FSF's Board has since then become even more aligned with the core mission (as laid out in 1985).
Advocacy and messaging by the FSF are critical. If more people understood the underlying principles, more of them would flock to Free software overnight. █