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The June issue of the Free Software Supp... The June issue of the Free Software Supporter is out -- you can read it and subscribe to receive future monthly issues by e-mail. GNU urges people working on free softwar... GNU urges people working on free software to follow standards and guidelines for universal accessibility on GNU/Linux and other free operating systems with the release of the GNU Accessibility Statement. FSF President Richard Stallman explains ... FSF President Richard Stallman explains the dangers of Software as a Service for free software in a new article. All packages using GNU Automake to produ... All packages using GNU Automake to produce distribution tarballs with make dist should update to the 1.11.1 or 1.10.3 release, or otherwise work around the problem. The FSF is hosting a GNU Hackers' Meetin... The FSF is hosting a GNU Hackers' Meeting for GNU maintainers and contributors from March 18th-21st as part of the LibrePlanet 2010 conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read the details and RSVP. FSF president Richard Stallman explains ... FSF president Richard Stallman explains the unintended interactions between the Swedish Pirate Party's platform and free software -- and proposes a solution -- in his new article, How the Swedish Pirate Party Platform Backfires on Free Software. Help improve Canadian copyright law! The... Help improve Canadian copyright law! The Globe and Mail has put C-61, a copyright reform bill, on a wiki for editing. See the LibrePlanet page for information on participating. The FSF is hiring a new campaigns manage... The FSF is hiring a new campaigns manager, to help with GNU and to run DefectiveByDesign, PlayOgg, and other exciting free software campaigns. Read about the job and how to apply. FSF has launched a new free software act... FSF has launched a new free software activist internship program. Applications for the summer term are due Monday, May 25. Read the full announcement. Richard Stallman has given an interview ... Richard Stallman has given an interview to O'Reilly Media in which he talks about Free Software licencing and a number of other current issues including software patents, free device drivers, and the FSF's current campaigns. Read the interview here. CREDIL is hosting a contest where you ca... CREDIL is hosting a contest where you can win prize money for working on free software. It's been going for a couple of days already, but the deadline isn't until Sunday, March 28th, so there's still time. Read more. Wietse Venema and Creative Commons were ... Wietse Venema and Creative Commons were announced as winners of the annual free software awards at LibrePlanet last weekend. Read more about their work and the awards. Help spring the Javascript Trap! During ... Help spring the Javascript Trap! During the LibrePlanet conference, Richard Stallman announced a plan of action for addressing the problem of non-free Javascript, Flash and Silverlight programs. Read more about this threat to user freedom and how you can help. More and more students are considering w... More and more students are considering whether a university teaches computer science and software development using Free Software when deciding where they will study. If you know of a Free-Software-oriented university then email us. New Zealanders, please support the Creat... New Zealanders, please support the Creative Freedom Foundation.