The lyrics of the free software song are sung to the melody of the bulgarian folk song. Speak out against acta free software foundation working together for free software skip to content, sitemap or skip to search. The fsf has opposed the acta anticounterfeiting trade agreement because it is a threat to the distribution and development of free. With its 3979 members 3674 individuals, 305 businesses, associations and organizations, april is a pioneer of free software in france. The free software foundation is only as powerful as our membership base. According to an analysis by the free software foundation, acta would require that existing isps no longer host free software that can access ed media. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. Stallman and fsf start antiacta campaign software itnews. The free software foundation urges all countries, including the united states, to reject acta. Hardware hacker, antiacta activist, and groundbreaking. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. Why the firm, simple declaration against acta free. Weve been hearing a lot lately about sopa and pipa in the united states.
The foundation for a free information infrastructure e. Actas favors to copyright and trademark holders are. Richard stallman and the free software federation have issued a call to arms for the free software movement to mobilise against the. Recent human rights battles have shown the world that polands civil society is alive and kicking. The ffii continues to protect consumers and defend your right to a free and competitive software market and information freedom by developing education materials, conducting analysis reports. Past campaigns free software foundation working together. The and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Acta threatens free software it makes it more difficult to distribute free software.
Promoting and protecting free software founded in 1996, april is the main french advocacy association devoted to promoting and protecting freelibre software. Free software supporter, issue 51, june 2012 free software. It has not been ratified by any country besides japan, and has been rejected by the european union. Today with the first public release of acta, the effects the international agreement will have on free software appear to be dangerous for its development and its distribution. Acta would establish a new international legal framework that. The free software song gnu project free software foundation. Anticounterfeiting trade agreement electronic frontier. San francisco the electronic frontier foundation eff is pleased to announce the distinguished winners of its 2012 pioneer awards. In 2012, the band sebkhachott released a matricide of the free software song to celebrate the death of acta. According to matt lee, an fsf campaign manager, acta threatens to create a culture of. Any software or licenses or other similar notices described in this text has its own notice and license, which can usually be found in the distribution or license text itself. June free software foundation working together for free. The eu commission tries to defend acta and fails miserably.
Spring 2012, the european commission asked the court of justice of the european union its opinion on whether the anticounterfeiting trade agreement acta is compatible with the european treaties, in particular with the charter of fundamental rights of the european union. The anticounterfeiting trade agreement acta is an agreement to create new global intellectual property ip enforcement standards that go beyond current international law, shifting the discussion from more democratic multilateral forums, such as the world trade organization wto and the world intellectual property organization wipo, to secret regional negotiations. Check out other free software foundation campaigns. Actaleak crack repair kit, hairline and actively leaking. This has always been a grassroots, communitysupported movement, and it always will be. Deutsch free software foundation working together for free. The free software foundation fsf is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.
Contributions free software foundation working together for. The time passes fast and without reminders we are likely to forget the unexpected victory achieved by the global community of dedicated freedom activists one year ago. Acta within the fsfe free software foundation europe. The ffii continues to protect consumers and defend your right to a free and competitive software market and information freedom by developing education materials, conducting analysis reports and organizing events. Specifically, the fsf argues that acta will make it more difficult and expensive to distribute free software via file sharing and peertopeer p2p technologies like bittorrent, which are currently used to distribute large amounts of free software. The overall community site for the global movement for free software is libreplanet. Free software supporter, issue 46, january 2012 free software. Actaleak crack repair kit, hairline and actively leaking concrete crack foundation repair wall surface repair products.
Its a followup to a 2011 pycon lightning talk given shortly after the tahrir square protests. Speak out against acta by free software foundation contributions published on jun 19, 2008 12. Actas intrusive character harms health and freedom of expression. Bruce byfield nobody knows yet what the anticounterfeiting trade agreement acta will consist of, but the few available indications are so ominous that the free software foundation fsf has started a campaign to raise public awareness of the possibilities. Speak out against acta free software foundation working. Cnet awarded the ffii the outstanding contribution to software development prize for this charitable work and benefit for the public. Acta will have a chilling effect on innovation, internet service providers, mass digitization projects, startup companies and diffusion of green technology. Tell the ustr to reject acta free software foundation working together for free software skip to content, sitemap or skip to search. Bittorrent is a grassroots protocol that allows everyone to contribute to legally distributing free software. The free software foundation has details on how to do so.
The fsf has published speak out against acta, stating that the acta threatens free software by creating a culture in which the freedom that is required to. Headquartered in poznan, one of polands main industrial and information technology hubs, the free and open source software foundation poland is a story in itself. John sullivan free software foundation working together for. Fsf organizes against anticounterfeiting trade agreement. The document foundation believes acta threatens free software and the free internet. August free software foundation working together for free. The fsf is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom. Ffii is an organization defending your right to a free and competitive software market since 1999 by working towards genuine open standards, the exclusion of software patents and the development of a digital public infrastructure with open technologies including free and open source software. It makes it more difficult to distribute free software.
The free software foundation fsf is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by richard stallman on 4 october 1985 to support the free software. More recently, through the free software foundation, he led several campaigns against software patents, drm and acta, to name but a few. Iucr crystallography journals online advanced search. Acta, the anticounterfeiting trade agreement, is a proposed enforcement treaty between united states, the european community, switzerland, japan, australia, the republic of korea, new zealand and mexico, with canada set to join any day now. The free software foundation fsf has published speak out against acta, stating that the acta threatens free software by creating a culture in which the freedom that is required to produce free software is seen as dangerous and threatening rather than creative, innovative, and exciting. Sincerely, brett smith license compliance engineer free software foundation 51 franklin st. He wrote, any time there is a proposal to change things for the worse, the obvious way to oppose it is to campaign for the status quo.
The fsf also argues that acta will make it harder for users of free operating systems to play. Please support the fsf campaigns, currently including. Acta is the latest anticounterfeiting scheme to gain the attention of internet freedom fighters from the free software foundation to the anonymous hacktivist collective, many of whom compare it to americas controversial sopa legislation. Tell the ustr to reject acta free software foundation. Acta is a proposed multinational enforcement treaty. Foundation for a free information infrastructure information on software patents, enforcement of ip, trade agreements. July free software foundation working together for free software. In this case, we know that the threats to free software are multiple because of the software patents granted every year by the us patent and trademark office uspto and the licensing schemes tied with patents that are incompatible with free software to know more about software patents in acta, read end software patents. Free software foundation targets microsofts smart assistant in new campaign apr 01, 2020 lets encrypt, jim meyering, and clarissa lima borges receive fsfs 2019 free software awards mar 14, 2020 young hackers to. Without file sharing and p2p technologies like bittorrent, distributing large amounts of free software becomes much harder, and more expensive. Software freetards demand axing of acta the register. Its absolutely imperative that every usa citizen submit a comment on this. The free software foundation argues that acta will create a culture of surveillance and suspicion. The fsf also argues that acta will make it harder for users of free operating systems to play nonfree media because digital rights management drm protected media would not be legally playable with free software.
First, by extending infringements proceedings and criminal offences to a broad scope of intellectual property including software patents. This talk will reflect on lessons learned during last three years of handson hacktivism and explore similarities with the free software community. We spend more time hanging out on irc than is technically healthy. Speak out against acta by matt lee contributions published on jul 10, 2008 05. Select specific journal s acta crystallographica acta crystallographica section a acta crystallographica section b acta crystallographica section c acta crystallographica section d acta crystallographica section e acta crystallographica section f iucrj journal of applied crystallography journal of. Bittorrent is a grassroots protocol that allows everyone to contribute to. Below you will find links and resources on how to fight against acta. Jan 31, 2012, gnu spotlight with karl berry january 2012. Acta the anticounterfeiting trade agreement is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. Why the firm, simple declaration against acta by richard. The scope of acta is broad, including counterfeit goods, generic medicines, as well as piracy over the internet. Richard stallman and the free software foundation are calling for the rejection of the anticounterfeiting trade agreement acta unless key. Tomorrows antiacta protests and beyond frank goossens.
The document foundation believes acta threatens the fundamental rights of the citizens of the countries that are its signatories. Thats why the organizations consumers international, edri, the free software foundation, the electronic frontier foundation, asic a french trade association for web 2. You dont have to compromise your freedom to communicate with the people you care about and work with. All free software directory free software foundation.
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