"Medical aids that run proprietary software not only leave you at the mercy of the companies when it comes to bugs and updates, but also when it comes to cybersecurity." Read the full article: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/software-that-supports-your-body-should-always-respect-your-freedom #FreeSoftware #Bionics #Hearing #Pacemakers #DigitalSovereignty

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Discuss how to empower youth in the digital age with Leonardo Champion:

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HW [...] chose GPLv3 for that purpose. The fact that we're still going today [...] is proof he made a good choice. If KOReader had been proprietary, it may have been unnecessarily abandoned -- a fate that is all too common for similar projects. Read more: https://u.fsf.org/3zi

#ThankGNU! to David Bruce, James Wilson, Stefan Antun, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness:

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Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Joshua Branson, Matto Fransen, Marc Albert Fargas Esteve, Nidish Narayanaa Balaji, and Thorsten Alteholz for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Did you know that the FSF tech team provides critical services to the GNU Project, like email, build servers, release hosting, bug tracking, Git hosting, and provide servers to free software projects like KDE, Replicant, Trisquel, and Parabola, all on computers with free BIOSes? Read the full article to learn more about their work: https://u.fsf.org/41z #GNU #GNUProject #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom