FSF and GNU Press Information
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Software Foundation and the GNU project. We keep archival copies of our
press releases here, and other information of interest to those in the
media.
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(In reverse chronological order)
For statements related to the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, please see the special
SCO section of our website.
- 14 January 2004
- Setting the Record
Straight: The Free Software Foundation, the General Public License and
SCO versus IBM. (A
plain text version is also available.)
- 2 January 2004
- FSF To Host Free
Software Licensing Seminars and Discussions on SCO v. IBM in New
York. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 19 November 2003
- FSF Encourages
Californians to Support Software Freedom with Microsoft Vouchers.
(A plain text version is
also available.)
- 27 March 2003
- FSF Announces Corporate Patronage Program. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 8 February 2003
- Professor Lawrence Lessig
Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free
Software. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 12 November 2002
- Gift from MySQL AB Supports
Free Software Foundation's General Public License Compliance
Lab. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 3 September 2002
- GNU Bayonne 1.0 Released; GNU
Telephony Server gives software freedom to businesses, large
enterprises and commercial telephone carriers. (A plain text version is
also available.)
- 26 August 2002
- GNU Project Will Use
Freenode as Its Official IRC Network. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 1 August 2002
- Affero Hosts "Full Tilt
for Software Freedom", a Benefit for Free Software Foundation on
Wednesday, August, 14 2002 in San Francisco. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 21 May 2002
- Free Software Foundation
Files Brief Amicus Curiae in Eldred v. Aschroft Supreme Court Case.
(A plain text version is also
available.)
- 11 April 2002
- Microsoft Attacks Free
Software Developers with New License. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 19 March 2002
- Free Software Foundation
Announces Support of the Affero General Public License, the First Copyleft
License for Web Services. (A
plain text version is also available.)
- 18 March 2002
- Free Software
Foundation Offers Resources to the Digital Speech Project. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 5 March 2002
- Double Choco Latte
(DCL), a work order and help desk management system, announces
its merger into GNU Enterprise (GNUe), a GNU Package.
(A plain text version is also
available.)
- 3 March 2002
- Judge Saris defers GNU GPL
Questions for Trial in MySQL vs. Progress Software. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 26 February 2002
- FSF Lawyer and Board Member
Serves as Expert Witness in Lawsuit Related to GNU GPL. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 16 February 2002
- Guido van Rossum Awarded
the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free
Software. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 29 January 2002
- FSF Files Statement on
Microsoft Judgment under Tunney Act. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 3 December 2001
- Stallman Receives
Prestigious 2001 Takeda Award. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 22 October 2001
- FSF Announces Version 21 of
the GNU Emacs Editing Environment.
(A plain text version is also
available.)
- 12 October 2001
- Free Software Foundation
Announces 7th Major Release of GNU Bayonne. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 24 September 2001
- Richard Stallman and Eben
Moglen to Speak at GWU's Cyberspace Policy Institute's Free Software
Conference. (A plain text
version is also available.)
- 18 September 2001
- FSF and FSMLabs come to
agreement on a GPL-compliant version of RTLinux Open Patent License.
(A plain text version is also
available.)
- Update: The Free Software Foundation and Finite State
Machine Labs Inc. (FSMLabs) have announced the release of the Open RTLinux patent
license Version 2 fully compliant with the Free Software Foundation's
General Public License (GPL). The Open Patent License grants the right to
use U.S. Patent No. 5,995,745 in GPL free software without payment of a
royalty. This license protects GPL use of the RTLinux process. For more
information, please see the updated press release.
- 20 July 2001
- Richard Stallman Inaugurates
Free Software Foundation-India, First Affiliate in Asia of the Free
Software Foundation. (A plain text version, a PDF version, and a Postscript version are also
available.)
- 9 July 2001
- FSF Announces Support of
Free Software Projects to Replace Components of Microsoft .NET. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 28 June 2001
- GNU Project and Kerberos
Developers Receive Prestigious USENIX Achievement Awards. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 18 June 2001
- GNU Compiler Collection Version
3.0 Is Released; Includes Support for Java and IA-64. (A plain text version, a PDF version, and a Postscript version are also
available.)
- 25 May 2001
- Richard Stallman Delivers Speech
at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on Free Software. (A plain text version is also
available.)
- 4 May 2001
- The GNU General Public License
Protects Software Freedoms. (A plain text version, a PDF version, and a Postscript version are also
available.)
- 2 May 2001
- Free Software Foundation
Announces Milestone 6 of GNU Bayonne.
- 20 March 2001
- Richard M. Stallman Addresses Brazilian
Congress on Free Software and the Ethics of Copyright and Patents.
- 2 February 2001
- Brian Paul Is Awarded the Free
Software Foundation Award For the Advancement of Free Software.
- 15 December 1999
- The Free Software
Foundation (FSF) bestowed its second Free Software Foundation Award for the
Advancement of Free Software on Miguel de Icaza.
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viewpoints of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project. If you are
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