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Hardware we all want: FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and raise interest in the program among hardware manufacturers. Ultimately, the FSF plans to promote an endorsement mark to be carried on products that meet the criteria: respects your freedom.

Public Lectures by RMS in India

A list of all public lectures and talks by RMS in India (2010)

Monthly News Digest of Free Software Foundation

Monthly News Digest of Free Software Foundation

Time for nonprofits to leave proprietary fundraising software systems behind

http://www.fsf.org/news/nonprofit-fundraising-civicrm

iPad is iBad for Freedom

With new tablet device, Apple’s Steve Jobs pushes unprecedented extension of DRM to a new class of general purpose computers

Why is free software important to you?

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Lest CodePlex perplex

by Richard M. Stallman President

Are Std VIII textbooks promoting IT brands

A news article in DNA on state education policy By - Priya Ramakrishnan

Sugar Labs and FSF announce joint efforts to promote learning platform for children worldwide

Sugar Labs and Free Software Foundation Celebrate Software Freedom Day, Announce Joint Efforts to Promote the Sugar Learning Platform for Children Worldwide

Delegation meets Education Secretary of Maharashtra

 

Letter to Education Secretary of Maharashtra

 

Free software News updates

Updates on the activities of Free Software Foundation and its sister organizations.

FOSSCOM

FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) activists are getting together to promote the awareness, influence Govt policy, defend the software freedom, bring in changes in IT education curriculum, work towards free information infrastructure.

Journal on free, open source software law launched

An international peer reviewed biannual journal was recently launched. The focus of this journal is to aid the analysis of various issues concerning the use and governance of FOSS. This journal aims to debate and answer the various questions that come up pertaining to the digital rights of people in the digital world. More ...

FSFI writes to Secretary, Department of IT

A letter written to Secretary, Department of I.T., Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies, on the successful drafting of Standards Policy for e-Governance.