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Below are citations to research noted in the printed edition of the 46th issue of the Free Software Bulletin.

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Free Software Foundation completes its board member review

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FSF to hold free software hackathon in honor of its fortieth anniversary

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, April 29, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced its plans for a hackathon to improve free/libre software in honor of its fortieth anniversary. Free software projects and hackers at any stage of their development are invited to participate.

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More than fifteen free software socials to be held globally

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, April 15, 2025), The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced that more than fifteen free software socials will be held around the world this year with the help of the FSF.

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GNU Head, Stallman's katana, and Internet Hall of Fame medal auctioned off to free software community members

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.

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FSF launches pre-bid phase for silent memorabilia auction

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.

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Subasta de la Free Software Foundation de dibujos originales de GNU, premios y tecnología histórica

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FSF defends user freedom in amicus brief submitted 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.

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Free Software Foundation auction: Thank you all for joining!

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (February 4, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty this year.

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Anchoring the FSF in its values

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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.

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FSF associate members to assist in review of current board members

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Free Software Foundation to serve on "artificial intelligence" safety consortium

BOSTON (October 8, 2024) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) hasannounced that it is taking part in the US National Institute ofStandards 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 softwareperspective is adequately represented in these discussions.

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Thank you Odile Bénassy for four 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.

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Let's not celebrate CrowdStrike -- let's point to a better way

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FSF adds three highly qualified board members

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FSF adds three provisional board members

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Free Software Awards winners announced: Bruno Haible, code.gouv.fr, Nick Logozzo

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FSF to be deposed in SFC v Vizio, updates relevant FAQ entry

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Alyssa Rosenzweig, who spearheaded the reverse-engineering of Apple's GPU, to keynote LibrePlanet

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- March 27, 2024 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced Alyssa Rosenzweig, who reverse-engineered Apple's current line of graphics processing units (GPU), as keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2024. LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community is the sixteenth edition of the FSF's conference on ethical technology and user freedom and will be held on May 4 and 5 at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, as well as online.

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