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The resulting video, <a href="https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/free-software-stories-from-fsf30-640-webm/">What's Your Free Software Story?</a> examines just some of the many reasons why people love to use free software. </dd> <dd>The Free Software Foundation hosts many more videos and photos on its <a href="https://media.libreplanet.org">GNU MediaGoblin instance.</a></dd> <dd>Richard Stallman's TEDx talk <a href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/20140407-geneva-tedx-talk-free-software-free-society/">"Introduction to Free Software and the Liberation of Cyberspace"</a> provides an easy-to-follow explanation of free software, and the slides are available for you to give your own presentation.</dd> <dd><a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org">Many more audio and video recordings about GNU and free software</a></dd> <dt>Badges to share and embed</dt> <dd>These <a href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/badges">beautiful badges</a> are part of our evergreen collection of visual communication tools about free software. They're perfect for sharing on social media or embedding on your Web site or blog.</dd> <dt>FSF history timeline</dt> <dd>An <a href="https://www.fsf.org/history">elaborate timeline</a> logging all important FSF milestones of the past thirty-five years. All of these pages have links that will lead you deeper down the rabbit hole of increasing your knowledge on the historical work of the FSF and the wider free software movement. </dd> <dt>Testimonials</dt> <dd><a href="/resources/testimonials">Community reports of successful free software usage</a> from all areas of computing.</dd> <dt>GNU Speakers</dt> <dd>People who can <a href="http://www.gnu.org/people/speakers.html">speak about GNU and free software</a> at your event.</dd> </dl> <h3>Other free software resources</h3> <dl> <dt>Jobs in Free Software</dt> <dd><a href="/resources/jobs/listing">Job advertisements</a> of interest to free software supporters.</dd> <dt>GNU.org link list</dt> <dd>Links to <a href="http://www.gnu.org/links">a variety of other free software resources</a>.</dd> <dt>Proprietary software information</dt> <dd>Proprietary software, nonfree software, is software that doesn't respect users' freedom and community. <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary.html">Learn more</a> about why you should avoid proprietary software.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div id="viewlet-below-content"> </div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="fsf-sidebar" class="yui-b visualNoPrint"> <aside> <span style="display: none;">1PC9aZC4hNX2rmmrt7uHTfYAS3hRbph4UN</span> <div id="search"> <form id="sidesearch" name="searchform" action="/search"> <p><input name="SearchableText" tabindex="1" type="text" size="30" title="Search Site" /></p> <p><input class="searchButton" type="submit" value="Search" /></p> </form> </div> <div class="visualPadding"> <div class="portletWrapper" data-portlethash="706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673662f7265736f75726365730a74616b652d616374696f6e" id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673662f7265736f75726365730a74616b652d616374696f6e"> <dl class="portlet portletStaticText portlet-static-participate-in-librelocal-month"> <dt class="portletHeader"> <span class="portletTopLeft"></span> <span> Participate in #LibreLocal month! </span> <span class="portletTopRight"></span> </dt> <dd class="portletItem odd"> <div style="width:220px; margin: 0px auto; text-align:center; color: black;"><a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Meetup-guide"> <img src="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf40/community-meetups.png" alt="A free software community meetup in Boston in 2023" style="float: center; width: 180px; padding-bottom: 15px;" /></a> <p>No matter your experience with planning events, you can organize a<a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Meetup-guide"> free software community meetup</a> in your area. </p> <span class="portletBottomLeft"></span> <span class="portletBottomRight"></span> </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="portletWrapper" data-portlethash="706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a737570706f72746572" id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a737570706f72746572"><div class="portletStaticText portlet-static-supporter"><div style="text-align: center;"> <h5>Sign up</h5> <form action="https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?reset=1&gid=31" method="post"> <p>Enter your email address to receive our monthly newsletter, the<br /><a href="https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/">Free Software Supporter</a></p> <p><input id="frmEmail" type="text" name="email-Primary" size="18" maxlength="80"></p> <p><input type="submit" name="_qf_Edit_next" value="Subscribe me"></p> <div><input name="postURL" type="hidden" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="group[25]" value="1"> <input name="cancelURL" type="hidden" value="https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile?reset=1&gid=31"> <input name="_qf_default" type="hidden" value="Edit:cancel"> </div> </form></div></div> </div> <div class="portletWrapper" data-portlethash="706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a6673662d6e6577732d727373" id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a6673662d6e6577732d727373"><div class="portletStaticText portlet-static-fsf-news-rss"><p style="float: right;"><a href="/static/fsforg/rss/news.xml" title="Subscribe to an RSS feed of FSF news"><img src="/static/fsforg/css/img/rss.gif" alt="RSS feed" /></a></p></div> </div> <div class="portletWrapper" data-portlethash="706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a6e657773" id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f6673660a6e657773"><dl class="portlet portletNews" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <dt class="portletHeader"> <span class="portletTopLeft"></span> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news" class="tile">News</a> <span class="portletTopRight"></span> </dt> <dd class="portletItem odd"> <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-40-auction" class="tile" title="BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (February 4, 2025) -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns forty this year. 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