FSF News http://www.fsf.org/news/aggregator GNU Head, Stallman's katana, and Internet Hall of Fame medal auctioned off to free software community members http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-auction-recap BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Monday, March 24, 2025) the Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced that, among other historical free software artifacts, the GNU Head found a new home through an unprecedented memorabilia auction. No publisher featured 2025-03-24T20:15:00Z News Item FSF launches pre-bid phase for silent memorabilia auction http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-silent-auction-pre-bid-phase BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (March 11, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published the memorabilia items for bidding in the silent auction on the LibrePlanet wiki. Starting March 17, the FSF will unlock items each day for bidding on the LibrePlanet wiki at 12:00 EDT until March 20. Bidding on all items will conclude at 15:00 EDT on March 21, 2025. No publisher 2025-03-11T20:50:00Z News Item Subasta de la Free Software Foundation de dibujos originales de GNU, premios y tecnología histórica http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-40-auction-es No publisher 2025-03-03T20:31:57Z News Item FSF defends user freedom in amicus brief submitted in Neo4j v. Suhy http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-submits-amicus-brief-in-neo4j-v-suhy BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (March 3, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today it has submitted an amicus brief in the case entitled Neo4j, Inc., et al. v. Suhy, et al., Case No. 24-5538 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The amicus brief addresses various misstatements and baseless assertions regarding the FSF and the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3) -- the license at issue in the case -- found in a pleading filed by Neo4j. No publisher 2025-03-03T17:40:00Z News Item Free Software Foundation auction: Thank you all for joining! http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-40-auction BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (February 4, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty this year. No publisher 2025-02-04T21:30:00Z News Item Anchoring the FSF in its values http://www.fsf.org/news/anchoring-the-fsf-in-its-values No publisher 2025-01-10T15:25:00Z News Item FSF is working on freedom in machine learning applications http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications BOSTON (October 22, 2024) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced today that it is working on a statement of criteria for free machine learning applications, which will require the software, as well as the raw training data and associated scripts, to grant users the four freedoms. No publisher 2024-10-22T21:40:00Z News Item FSF associate members to assist in review of current board members http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-associate-members-to-assist-in-review-current-board-members No publisher 2024-10-21T20:00:00Z News Item Free Software Foundation to serve on "artificial intelligence" safety consortium http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-serves-on-nist BOSTON (October 8, 2024) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced that it is taking part in the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s consortium on the safety of (so-called) artificial intelligence, particularly with reference to "generative" AI systems. The FSF will ensure the free software perspective is adequately represented in these discussions. No publisher 2024-10-09T14:05:00Z News Item Thank you Odile Bénassy for four years of service on the FSF Board of Directors! http://www.fsf.org/news/thank-you-odile-benassy-for-4-years-of-service-on-the-fsf-board-of-directors BOSTON (August 27, 2024) -- Free Software Foundation (FSF) Board Member Odile Bénassy has stepped down from the Board after four years of service. No publisher 2024-08-27T18:05:00Z News Item Let's not celebrate CrowdStrike -- let's point to a better way http://www.fsf.org/news/lets-not-celebrate-crowdstrike-lets-point-to-a-better-way No publisher 2024-07-24T21:05:00Z News Item FSF adds three highly qualified board members http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-3-highly-qualified-board-members No publisher 2024-06-26T17:00:09Z News Item FSF adds three provisional board members http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-three-provisional-board-members No publisher 2024-06-03T15:16:40Z News Item Free Software Awards winners announced: Bruno Haible, code.gouv.fr, Nick Logozzo http://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-winners-announced-bruno-haible-french-free-software-unit-nick-logozzo No publisher Advancement of Free Software Project of Social Benefit New Contributor 2024-05-05T22:55:00Z News Item FSF to be deposed in SFC v Vizio, updates relevant FAQ entry http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-to-be-deposed-in-sfc-v-vizio-updates-relevant-faq-entry No publisher 2024-04-29T18:23:26Z News Item