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News
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Blog Posts
- April and May 2018: Photos from Ottawa, during the discussion "Two lessons from the Phoenix payroll puzzle," and from Montreal, at the Adte's annual colloquium
- Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: June 1st starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC
- Free Software Directory meeting recap, May 2018
- Success for net neutrality, success for free software
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