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Are Linux and FSF complementary?
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| What is Free Software Foundation then? Free
| Software Foundation (FSF) happens to be a
| non-profit corporation founded at the
| behest of Richard Stallman on 4 October
| 1985 and the main intention was to support
| the free software movement, a copyleft-
| based movement with the sole objective to
| encourage the universal freedom to forge,
| disseminate and change computer software.
| The FSF is incorporated in Massachusetts,
| USA.
|
| Ever since its foundation in the mid 80s,
| the organization has been working
| relentlessly based on its sole dedication
| to the cause. It should also be noted that
| in agreement with its goals, only free
| software is used on FSF's computers.
|
| What do we get from all these? The
| descriptions of these two entities indicate
| self-confident software scenario. However
| there is also a question and this is rising
| gradually. What is that? Many have started
| to enquire whether the advocacy group has
| been solely responsible behind the
| exponential success of Linux.
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http://www.littleabout.com/news/83400,are-linux-fsf-complementary.html
Tech Comics: "Another Geek in a Bar"
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/cnews/article.php/3873081/Tech-Comics-Another-Geek-in-a-Bar.htm
grep-2.6 released [stable]
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6249
GNU Accessibility Statement
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| Project GNU urges people working on free
| software to follow standards and guidelines
| for universal accessibility on GNU/Linux
| and other free operating systems. Multi-
| platform projects should use the cross
| platform accessibility interfaces available
| that include GNU/Linux distributions and
| the GNOME desktop. Project GNU also advises
| developers of web sites to follow the
| guidelines set forth by the World Wide Web
| Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative.
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http://www.gnu.org/accessibility/accessibility.html
[Stallman cartoon]
http://www.penguinpetes.com/Doomed_to_Obscurity/index.php?strip=0000229.jpg
FSF announces Free Software Awards winners
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| John Gilmore, one of the founders of Cygnus
| Solutions and a co-founder of the
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), won
| this year's award for the Advancement of
| Free Software. Gilmore, who also gave a
| presentation at the conference on the
| future goals of the free software movement,
| said that, "Free software has been very
| good to me, and I'm glad that I have been
| good to it."
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/FSF-announces-Free-Software-Awards-winners-962900.html
Free Software Awards Announced
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| The Free Software Foundation (FSF)
| announced the winners of the annual free
| software awards at a ceremony on Saturday
| March 20, held during the LibrePlanet
| conference at Harvard Science Center in
| Cambridge, MA.
|
| The award for the Advancement of Free
| Software was won by John Gilmore. The award
| for Project of Social Benefit was won by
| the Internet Archive. The awards were
| presented by FSF president and founder
| Richard M. Stallman.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/2009-free-software-awards
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