supported](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/its-not-over-take-action-for-net-neutrality-today)
the legislative action under the *Congressional Review Act* (CRA) to
reverse the repeal, and a motion to restore net neutrality passed in
-May 2018. Various states, including California, Maine, and New York,
+May, 2018. Various states, including California, Maine, and New York,
have ongoing legal and legislative efforts to restore net neutrality.
{: .image-process-article-image}
Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0
{.credit}
-
</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "The movement [against] net neutrality being abolished inspired me to join the FSF and help out other foundations to help ensure a free Internet and free world."
+}%}
+
<div class="col2" markdown="1">
### LibrePlanet conference celebrates its tenth anniversary
The [tenth annual LibrePlanet](https://libreplanet.org/2018/) was held
at MIT's Stata Center on March 24-25, 2018. The theme of the
conference was "Freedom. Embedded." This theme was chosen to
-underscore how proprietary software's sinister aspects are embedded in
-our software and digital devices, while freedom is embedded and
+underscore how proprietary software's sinister aspects are *embedded*
+in our software and digital devices, while *freedom* is embedded and
intrinsic in free software.
Keynote speakers at the conference were FSF board member Benjamin Mako
Hill, Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff technologist Seth
David Schoen, free software activist Deb Nicholson, and FSF founder
-and president Richard Stallman. At Stallman’s traditional Saturday
-evening keynote, he awarded the 2017 Free Software Awards to Public
-Lab and to Software Freedom Conservancy executive director Karen
-Sandler.
+and president Richard Stallman. At Stallman's Saturday evening
+keynote, he awarded the 2017 Free Software Awards to Public Lab and to
+Software Freedom Conservancy executive director Karen Sandler.
### Some progress on DMCA, but not enough
anti-circumvention provisions. The DMCA creates draconian legal
penalties for any attempt to try and take back the control that DRM
seizes on your software. It violates your legitimate rights to use
-copyrighted works, and criminalizes the sharing of tools and
-information that you can use to take back that control.
+copyrighted works, and it criminalizes the sharing of tools and
+information that you could use to take back that control.
Some small victories were won in this round: nine of the twelve newly
proposed classes of exemption [were adopted or
{% separator {
"title": "Why I joined the FSF",
- "quote": "The movement [against] net neutrality being abolished inspired me to join the FSF and help out other foundations to help ensure a free Internet and free world."
+ "quote": "Nonfree software is subversive of the rights of software users (i.e. all citizens of the world)."
}%}
<div class="col2" markdown="1">
the tech team prints over 10,000 letters to accompany the mailing of
the [*Free Software Bulletin*](https://www.fsf.org/bulletin). This
year, the team also contributed a new modal/popup window to the
-fundraiser, and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
+fundraiser and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
banner.
### What's GNU in FY2018
average of 457,976
: emails per day sent for @gnu and @nongnu.org
-And the team collaborates with the free software community,
-maintaining gnu.org with the help of volunteers, and working with
-interns who are advancing their skills and knowledge in working with
-and creating free software.
+On top of all this, the team collaborates with the greater free
+software community, maintains gnu.org together with the help of
+volunteers, and works with interns, who are advancing their skills and
+knowledge in working with and creating free software.
{: .image-process-article-image}
-The tech team maintains the free software infrastructure for all FSF operations, including the annual LibrePlanet conference. Speakers use free software on computers used for their presentations.
+LibrePlanet presenters use laptops that run all free software, provided by the FSF tech team.
{.caption}
Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY 4.0
services. It was later expanded and upgraded with a third redundant
data storage server, a new network design, and an improved
firewall. In the process, the team decommissioned our largest legacy
-server hosting critical services, "pyxis.fsf.org."
+server that hosted critical services, "pyxis.fsf.org."
-The team also noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some personal
-information to be accessible at
+Also in 2018, the team noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some
+personal information to be accessible from
[defectivebydesign.org](https://www.defectivebydesign.org). The team
-promptly took action to correct the problem, inform anyone affected,
-and publish a transparency report on the problem. During the 2018
-period, a big effort was made to renew the deployment and automated
-system using Ansible, to help prevent similar situations in the
-future.
+promptly took action to correct the problem, informed all who were
+affected, and published a [transparency
+report](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/executive-director/how-we-are-addressing-a-mistake-we-made-while-running-defectivebydesign.org)
+on the problem. In order to help prevent similar situations in the
+future, a big effort was made to improve large-scale deployment by
+using [Ansible](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Ansible).
Special effort was made to keep up with CPU-level vulnerabilities
discovered during the fiscal year, such as Meltdown and Spectre, which
-led to some software updates, configuration changes, and a all-new
+led to some software updates, configuration changes, and an all-new
method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the Foundation.
The main infrastructure firewalls were redesigned with a much more
determined that GDPR is only applicable to personal data related to
donations, FSF mailing lists (not discussion lists), and the [GNU
Press store](https://shop.fsf.org/). The team decided that they will
-treat everyone as a EU resident for the purpose of privacy policies,
+treat everyone as an EU resident for the purpose of privacy policies,
drafted and applied a new privacy policy, and added links to it from
-all relevant pages and sites.
+all relevant pages and websites.
#### FSF and GNU infrastructure includes:
**Total Functional Expenses** | **$1,450,165**
*Change in Net Assets* | *$1,169,680*
</div>
+</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
## Donors
-This page is a snapshot of donors to the FSF. The majority of the
+This is a snapshot of donors to the FSF. The majority of the
organization's support each year comes from individuals giving less
than $200 each per year. We thank the thousands around the world who
care so much about free software.
"quote": "The FSF gives me hope today, and by joining, I want to support not just free software, but also freedom, justice and equality throughout the world."
}%}
-<div class="column2" markdown=1>
+<div class="col2" markdown=1>
{.colortone}
-</div>
-<div class="column2" markdown=1>
## Associate Membership
### Join the Free Software Foundation
supported</a>
the legislative action under the <em>Congressional Review Act</em> (CRA) to
reverse the repeal, and a motion to restore net neutrality passed in
-May 2018. Various states, including California, Maine, and New York,
+May, 2018. Various states, including California, Maine, and New York,
have ongoing legal and legislative efforts to restore net neutrality.</p>
<p><img alt="A photo of a LibrePlanet speaker in front of a chalkboard." class="image-process-article-image" src="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2010/Thornton_02.medium.jpg"/></p>
<p class="caption">Kat Thornton giving a talk on "Pathways for discovery of free software"</p>
<p class="credit">Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0 </p>
</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
+<p><div class="quote-box-top"></div> <div class="quote-box"> <h4>Why I joined the FSF</h4> <blockquote><p>"The movement [against] net neutrality being abolished inspired me to join the FSF and help out other foundations to help ensure a free Internet and free world."</p></blockquote></div></p>
<div class="col2">
<h3 id="libreplanet-conference-celebrates-its-tenth-anniversary">LibrePlanet conference celebrates its tenth anniversary</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://libreplanet.org/2018/">tenth annual LibrePlanet</a> was held
at MIT's Stata Center on March 24-25, 2018. The theme of the
conference was "Freedom. Embedded." This theme was chosen to
-underscore how proprietary software's sinister aspects are embedded in
-our software and digital devices, while freedom is embedded and
+underscore how proprietary software's sinister aspects are <em>embedded</em>
+in our software and digital devices, while <em>freedom</em> is embedded and
intrinsic in free software.</p>
<p>Keynote speakers at the conference were FSF board member Benjamin Mako
Hill, Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff technologist Seth
David Schoen, free software activist Deb Nicholson, and FSF founder
-and president Richard Stallman. At Stallman’s traditional Saturday
-evening keynote, he awarded the 2017 Free Software Awards to Public
-Lab and to Software Freedom Conservancy executive director Karen
-Sandler.</p>
+and president Richard Stallman. At Stallman's Saturday evening
+keynote, he awarded the 2017 Free Software Awards to Public Lab and to
+Software Freedom Conservancy executive director Karen Sandler.</p>
<h3 id="some-progress-on-dmca-but-not-enough">Some progress on DMCA, but not enough</h3>
<p>In December 2017, <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/help_fight_against_dmca_anticircumvention_rules_december_15th">we submitted
comments</a>
anti-circumvention provisions. The DMCA creates draconian legal
penalties for any attempt to try and take back the control that DRM
seizes on your software. It violates your legitimate rights to use
-copyrighted works, and criminalizes the sharing of tools and
-information that you can use to take back that control.</p>
+copyrighted works, and it criminalizes the sharing of tools and
+information that you could use to take back that control.</p>
<p>Some small victories were won in this round: nine of the twelve newly
proposed classes of exemption <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/2018_dmca_anticircumvention_exemption_process_some_progress_not_enough">were adopted or
expanded</a>,
</dl>
</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
-<p><div class="quote-box-top"></div> <div class="quote-box"> <h4>Why I joined the FSF</h4> <blockquote><p>"The movement [against] net neutrality being abolished inspired me to join the FSF and help out other foundations to help ensure a free Internet and free world."</p></blockquote></div></p>
+<p><div class="quote-box-top"></div> <div class="quote-box"> <h4>Why I joined the FSF</h4> <blockquote><p>"Nonfree software is subversive of the rights of software users (i.e. all citizens of the world)."</p></blockquote></div></p>
<div class="col2">
<h2 id="tech">Tech</h2>
<h3 id="infrastructure-for-free-software-development-and-activism">Infrastructure for free software development and activism</h3>
the tech team prints over 10,000 letters to accompany the mailing of
the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/bulletin"><em>Free Software Bulletin</em></a>. This
year, the team also contributed a new modal/popup window to the
-fundraiser, and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
+fundraiser and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
banner.</p>
<h3 id="whats-gnu-in-fy2018">What's GNU in FY2018</h3>
<dl>
<dt>average of 457,976</dt>
<dd>emails per day sent for @gnu and @nongnu.org</dd>
</dl>
-<p>And the team collaborates with the free software community,
-maintaining gnu.org with the help of volunteers, and working with
-interns who are advancing their skills and knowledge in working with
-and creating free software.</p>
+<p>On top of all this, the team collaborates with the greater free
+software community, maintains gnu.org together with the help of
+volunteers, and works with interns, who are advancing their skills and
+knowledge in working with and creating free software.</p>
<p><img alt="Two people, with their backs turned to the camera wearing jackets look at a computer, which is slightly out of focus. The computer displays text." class="image-process-article-image" src="https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1940/Hallway_38.medium.jpg"/></p>
-<p class="caption">The tech team maintains the free software infrastructure for all FSF operations, including the annual LibrePlanet conference. Speakers use free software on computers used for their presentations.</p>
+<p class="caption">LibrePlanet presenters use laptops that run all free software, provided by the FSF tech team.</p>
<p class="credit">Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY 4.0</p>
<h3 id="infrastructure-for-free-software-development-and-activism_1">Infrastructure for free software development and activism</h3>
<p>The new server cluster "Gnuhope" started to host critical servers,
services. It was later expanded and upgraded with a third redundant
data storage server, a new network design, and an improved
firewall. In the process, the team decommissioned our largest legacy
-server hosting critical services, "pyxis.fsf.org."</p>
-<p>The team also noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some personal
-information to be accessible at
+server that hosted critical services, "pyxis.fsf.org."</p>
+<p>Also in 2018, the team noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some
+personal information to be accessible from
<a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org">defectivebydesign.org</a>. The team
-promptly took action to correct the problem, inform anyone affected,
-and publish a transparency report on the problem. During the 2018
-period, a big effort was made to renew the deployment and automated
-system using Ansible, to help prevent similar situations in the
-future.</p>
+promptly took action to correct the problem, informed all who were
+affected, and published a <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/executive-director/how-we-are-addressing-a-mistake-we-made-while-running-defectivebydesign.org">transparency
+report</a>
+on the problem. In order to help prevent similar situations in the
+future, a big effort was made to improve large-scale deployment by
+using <a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Ansible">Ansible</a>.</p>
<p>Special effort was made to keep up with CPU-level vulnerabilities
discovered during the fiscal year, such as Meltdown and Spectre, which
-led to some software updates, configuration changes, and a all-new
+led to some software updates, configuration changes, and an all-new
method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the Foundation.</p>
<p>The main infrastructure firewalls were redesigned with a much more
strict set of policies, including blocking all unexpected outgoing
determined that GDPR is only applicable to personal data related to
donations, FSF mailing lists (not discussion lists), and the <a href="https://shop.fsf.org/">GNU
Press store</a>. The team decided that they will
-treat everyone as a EU resident for the purpose of privacy policies,
+treat everyone as an EU resident for the purpose of privacy policies,
drafted and applied a new privacy policy, and added links to it from
-all relevant pages and sites.</p>
+all relevant pages and websites.</p>
<h4 id="fsf-and-gnu-infrastructure-includes">FSF and GNU infrastructure includes:</h4>
<dl>
<dt>over 110</dt>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
+</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
<h2 id="donors">Donors</h2>
-<p>This page is a snapshot of donors to the FSF. The majority of the
+<p>This is a snapshot of donors to the FSF. The majority of the
organization's support each year comes from individuals giving less
than $200 each per year. We thank the thousands around the world who
care so much about free software.</p>
members, and corporate patrons worldwide who make our work possible.</p>
</div>
<div class="pagebreak"></div>
-<p>{% separator {
- "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
- "quote": "The FSF gives me hope today, and by joining, I want to support not just free software, but also freedom, justice and equality throughout the world."
-}%}</p>
-<div class="column2">
+<p><div class="quote-box-top"></div> <div class="quote-box"> <h4>Why I joined the FSF</h4> <blockquote><p>"The FSF gives me hope today, and by joining, I want to support not just free software, but also freedom, justice and equality throughout the world."</p></blockquote></div></p>
+<div class="col2">
<p><img alt="An image of a keyboard" class="colortone" src="images/donors-opener.jpg"/></p>
-</div>
-<div class="column2">
<h2 id="associate-membership">Associate Membership</h2>
<h3 id="join-the-free-software-foundation">Join the Free Software Foundation</h3>
<p>Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
<p>Assistant to the President </p>
</div>
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