http://www.gnu.org/whatsnew.htmlWhat's new at the GNU project(C) Free Software Foundation 200423 November 2006We are experiencing a leased-line outage. Some resources, including fencepost, lists and mail, are unavailable. Service should be restored on 24 November.23 November 2006 2 November 2006Check out gNewSense 1.0, a new free software GNU/Linux distribution created by Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley, based on Ubuntu and Debian.http://www.fsf.org/news/gnewsense2 November 2006 26 September 2006The first discussion draft for version 2 of the GNU Free Documentation License has been released. Please read the new text and contribute comments!http://www.fsf.org/news/gfdl-dd1.html26 September 2006 25 September 2006Read a few points of clarification by the FSF with regard to recent misinformation about GPLv3.http://www.fsf.org/news/gplv3-clarification25 September 2006 18 September 2006Watch Trusted Computing: An Animated Short Story by Benjamin Stephen and Lutz Vogel for a great introduction to what "Trusted Computing" really means.http://www.lafkon.net/tc/18 September 2006 22 Aug 2006The FSF is holding a contest to award the honor of the five-thousandth entry in the Free Software Directory. Read the news announcement for the contest details.http://directory.fsf.org22 Aug 2006 27 Jul 2006The FSF has released new discussion drafts of the GPL and LGPL. Read the announcement and examine the changes.http://www.fsf.org/news/gplv3-dd2-released.html27 Jul 2006 28 Apr 2006Please sign the EFF's petition in favor of music sharing. There is one flaw in the wording of this petition. It is a mistake to speak of "compensating musicians" for copying, because that encourages the RIAA's dangerous pretense that they have "lost" something when people copy. The appropriate goal is not that musicians be "compensated" - it is to support music and musicians. However, that is no reason not to sign the petition.http://www.eff.org/share/petition/28 Apr 2006 21 Apr 2006Live streaming audio and video are available from the 2nd International Conference on GPLv3 along with other parts of the 7th International Forum on Free Software. Please see http://gplv3.fsf.org/av for the feeds.http://gplv3.fsf.org21 Apr 2006 14 Apr 2006The UK government is asking for comment on issues of concern to free software supporters. Please send an email comment and pass the word on. See the FSF news item for more info. The deadline is April 21.http://www.fsf.org/news/uk-comment-04200614 Apr 2006 28 Feb 2006GNU mailing list subscribers: lists.gnu.org has recovered and is resuming normal mail delivery. There will be some delay as it works through its backlog, but we do not expect any messages to be lost. http://lists.gnu.org/28 Feb 2006 15 Feb 2006Help stop the WIPO broadcast/netcast treaty---it's like the DMCA but worse. See the FSF news item for more detail.http://www.nyfairuse.org/action/wipo.xcast/15 Feb 2006 17 Jan 2006Proposal to impose software patents in the EU.http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5177/17 Jan 2006 11 Jan 2006Sign this pledge at PledgeBank to boycott DRMhttp://www.pledgebank.com/boycottdrm11 Jan 2006 03 Jan 2006Richard Stallman is speaking in New York, NY at an event hosted by Gnubies and LXNY on January 4th at 6:30pm. For more details, see the event listing at fsf.org. http://www.fsf.org/events/gnubies20060104.html03 Jan 2006