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2006 - The Year the FSF Reached Out

Posted by Zonk on from the hugs-from-a-penguin dept.

nanday writes "Linux.com is running a story about how the Free Software Foundation has transformed itself into an activist organization in the past year. From the story: 'At the start of 2006, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) was largely inward-looking, focused on the GNU Project and high-level strategic concerns such as licensing. Now, without abandoning these issues, the FSF had transformed into an openly activist organization, reaching out to its supporters and encouraging their participation in civic campaigns often designed to enlist non-hackers in their causes. Yet what happened seems to bemuse even FSF employees.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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  1. Activist Companies by WED+Fan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Activist companies and organizations are a pain. U2U announced this year that it would not do business with any company in Israel. Pain in the ass.

    How about a company or org that does what its business is, and leave the activism behind.

    Oh, and boycott U2U.

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