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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:15:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Major updates
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diff --git a/content/2018.md b/content/2018.md
index 28a2f64..713495e 100644
--- a/content/2018.md
+++ b/content/2018.md
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
Title: FY2018 Annual Report
Summary: Highlighting activities and detailed financials for Fiscal Year 2018
-Date: 2023-02-05 10:20
-Slug: fy2018
+Date: 2023-06-13 10:20
+Slug: FY2018
Dates: October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018
Fy: 2018
Source: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=financial-reports.git
Color: --background: #f6faff; --brightaccent: #bde3ec; --darkaccent: #2870cc; --lightaccent: #79b4f2; --colortone: 185deg;
-
{% comment {
Copyright (c) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -17,16 +16,17 @@ Color: --background: #f6faff; --brightaccent: #bde3ec; --darkaccent: #2870cc; --
}%}
-> The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free ["as in freedom"](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html) software.
+
+> The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free ["as in freedom"](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software.
> This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2017 â September 30, 2018) and includes a detailed financial statement.
-
-
+
+
[TOC]
Free software community members at [LibrePlanet 2018](https://libreplanet.org/2018/).
-
Credit: Kori Feener, CC BY 4.0
+
Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY 4.0
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ questions](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/?b_start:int=10), and
published timely [articles](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing) on
current topics and issues in free software licensing.
-![Photo of a man with long, light brown hair, glasses, and a T-shirt that says "Guix SD" with a chalkboard in the background.](images/Thompson_02.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
+![Photo of speaker with long, light brown hair, glasses, and a T-shirt that says "Guix SD" with a chalkboard in the background.](https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2008/Thompson_02.medium.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
-Dave Thompson, a developer, speaking at LibrePlanet 2018 about Guix.
+Dave Thompson, developer, speaking at LibrePlanet 2018 about GNU Guix.
{.caption}
-CREDIT: ???, CC-BY 4.0
+Photo credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0
{.credit}
### FY2018 at a glance
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ CREDIT: ???, CC-BY 4.0
![RYF Logo](images/RYF-logo.png){.align-left .width-40}
-The FSF's Respects Your Freedom product certification program
+The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet.
"quote": "The FSF supports the freedom to use devices I own as I see fit, and to be secure in the knowledge that the software I'm using isn't compromising my privacy."
}%}
-
## Campaigns
@@ -132,15 +131,14 @@ software adoption, education, and development, empowers people against
specific threats to their freedom, and implements strategies to move
us closer to a free society.
-![A photo of woman with curly hair speaking in an animated fashion in front of a chalkboard.](images/Thornton_02.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
+![A photo of a LibrePlanet speaker in front of a chalkboard.](https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2010/Thornton_02.medium.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
Kat Thornton giving a talk on "Pathways for discovery of free software"
{.caption}
-Credit: ???, CC-BY-SA 4.0
+Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0
{.credit}
-
### Threats to software freedom
Over the course of 2018, corporate and government threats to user
@@ -155,8 +153,7 @@ to contact government officials and spread the word about these
dangers.
We also raised the alarm about the [US FISA Amendments Reauthorization
-Act of
-2017](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/undermine-mass-surveillance-with-free-software-and-your-phone-calls),
+Act of 2017](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/undermine-mass-surveillance-with-free-software-and-your-phone-calls),
which renewed and expanded bulk email surveillance, and urged our
supporters to [resist the passage of the CLASSICS
Act](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-action-tell-us-congress-not-to-pass-the-classics-act),
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ would enable Internet Service Providers to control your access to the
Internet, was officially codified in February, 2018, with rules taking
effect in 2018. [We
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
+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,
have ongoing legal and legislative efforts to restore net neutrality.
@@ -185,14 +182,15 @@ have ongoing legal and legislative efforts to restore net neutrality.
### LibrePlanet conference celebrates its tenth anniversary
The [tenth annual LibrePlanet](https://libreplanet.org/2018/) was held
-at MITâs Stata Center on March 24-25, 2018. The theme of the
-conference was âFreedom Embeddedâ: proprietary softwareâs sinister
-aspects are embedded in our software and digital devices, while
-freedom is embedded and intrinsic in free software.
+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
+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
+Hill, Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff technologist Seth
+David Schoen, free software activist Deb Nicholson, and FSF founder
and president Richard Stallman. At Stallmanâs traditional Saturday
evening keynote, he awarded the 2017 Free Software Awards to Public
Lab and to Software Freedom Conservancy executive director Karen
@@ -202,9 +200,9 @@ Sandler.
In December 2017, [we submitted
comments](https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/help_fight_against_dmca_anticircumvention_rules_december_15th)
-in support of every proposed exemption to the [Digital Millennium
-Copyright Actâs
-(DMCAâs)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act)
+in support of every proposed exemption to the [*Digital Millennium
+Copyright Act's
+(DMCA's*)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act)
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
@@ -237,12 +235,12 @@ and more. Here in Boston, we visited the Apple Store and talked with
shoppers about their digital rights and how Apple devices abuse those
rights using DRM.
-![Two people, a woman and a man, working on their laptops at a table. The woman's laptop has many stickers, such as GNU and FSF.](images/Hallway_26.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
+![Protester holds "Eliminate DRM" signs outside of Apple store.](https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1802/boston-apple-store-opening-eliminate-drm.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
-Two attendees of LibrePlanet 2018 working on their computers in the hallway
+Protesters showed their opposition to DRM and conversed with passersby at the Apple store in downtown Boston.
{.caption}
-Credit: ??, CC-BY 4.0
+Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2008. Public Domain Mark 1.0
{.credit}
@@ -251,10 +249,10 @@ Credit: ??, CC-BY 4.0
### FY2018 at a glance
137
-: blogs published
+: blogs published
2,433,854
-: unique site vists
+: unique site visits
### Free Software Supporter subscribers
@@ -293,7 +291,7 @@ Credit: ??, CC-BY 4.0
### Infrastructure for free software development and activism
The FSF tech team maintains and improves the infrastructure that runs
-both the Foundationâs daily operations and the [GNU
+both the Foundation's daily operations and the [GNU
Project](https://www.gnu.org/), continuing to demonstrate that complex
software projects and modern nonprofit organizations can succeed and
thrive using solely free software.
@@ -307,11 +305,7 @@ year, the team also contributed a new modal/popup window to the
fundraiser, and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
banner.
-### What's GNU in FY18
-
-*Note: Some data seems to be
-[[/fundraising/annual-report/fy2018/tech-team-update/draft_submitted_by_team/]],
-but why does it seem to be the same as FY17 ???*
+### What's GNU in FY2018
4
: new dedicated volunteers
@@ -333,15 +327,23 @@ 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.
+![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.](https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/1940/Hallway_38.medium.jpg){: .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.
+{.caption}
+
+Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY 4.0
+{.credit}
+
### Infrastructure for free software development and activism
-The new server cluster Gnuhope started to host critical servers,
+The new server cluster "Gnuhope" started to host critical servers,
starting with [my.fsf.org](https://my.fsf.org/) and
[mirror.fsf.org](https://mirror.fsf.org/), to later host all critical
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 hosting critical services, "pyxis.fsf.org."
The team also noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some personal
information to be accessible at
@@ -355,21 +357,12 @@ future.
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
-method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the foundation.
+method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the Foundation.
The main infrastructure firewalls were redesigned with a much more
strict set of policies, including blocking all unexpected outgoing
traffic.
-![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.](images/Hallway_38.jpg){: .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.
-{.caption}
-
-Credit: ???, CC-BY 4.0
-{.credit}
-
-
In preparation for
[GDPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation)
going into effect on May 25, 2018, the tech team researched their
@@ -381,7 +374,7 @@ treat everyone as a 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.
-#### FSF and GNU infrastructure includes
+#### FSF and GNU infrastructure includes:
over 110
: virtual machines
@@ -402,7 +395,7 @@ over 110
[![GNU MediaGoblin logo](images/mediagoblin.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=36){.logos}
[![GNU Octave logo](images/octave.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10){.logos}
[![GNU Radio logo](images/gnuradio.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=16){.logos}
-[![GNUstep](images/GNUstep_logo.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=21){.logos}
+[![GNUstep](https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/GNUstep_logo.png)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=21){.logos}
[![GNU Toolchain logo](images/gnu-toolchain.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=57){.logos}
[![Replicant logo](images/replicant.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=19){.logos}
[![SeaGL logo](images/seagl.png)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=58){.logos}
@@ -410,10 +403,10 @@ over 110
The FSF acts as fiscal sponsor for free software projects and events
whose scope and purpose align with the FSFâs mission. Participating
projects benefit from the FSFâs nonprofit status, administrative
-infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. In FY18, these nine
-projects received ~~$67,130 FIXME: What is this number???~~ in direct
-support from the free software community via the [Working Together for
-Free Software Fund](https://www.fsf.org/working-together/fund).
+infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. These nine projects
+received tens of thousands of dollars in direct support from the free
+software community via the [Working Together for Free Software
+Fund](https://www.fsf.org/working-together/fund).
@@ -445,8 +438,8 @@ Free Software Fund](https://www.fsf.org/working-together/fund).
The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
-2018 financial statement. The original documents can be found
-[here](https://www.fsf.org/about/financial).
+2018 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+.
@@ -459,7 +452,7 @@ Assets ||
Cash and Cash Equivalents | $2,105,315
Accounts Receivable and Inventory | $17,027
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets | $16,609
-Investments | $456,158
+Investments | $226,158
Property, Equipment | $34,915
Non-Current Assets | $13,228
*Total Assets* | *$2,646,904*
@@ -491,8 +484,8 @@ Support and Revenue ||
----|--
Contributions | $2,711,515
In-Kind Contributions | $3,600
-Earned Revenue | $51,028
-Interest and Other Income | $6,262
+Earned Revenue | $50,476
+Interest and Other Income | ($95)
Gain/(Loss) on Investments | ($152,560)
**Total Support and Revenue** | **$2,619,845**
@@ -506,7 +499,6 @@ Fundraising | $66,765
-
## Donors
@@ -767,9 +759,9 @@ use them! Try [a free software
program](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_replacements),
or [switch to a free operating
system](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html). [Make a
-donation](https://my.fsf.org/donate), or make a long term commitment
+donation](https://my.fsf.org/donate), or make a long-term commitment
to free software by [becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
-Member](https://my.fsf.org/join). Learn more at [fsf.org](https://www.fsf.org).
+Member](https://my.fsf.org/join). Learn more at .
@@ -817,18 +809,24 @@ Executive Director
Deputy Director
-![Jeanne Rasata](images/staff/jeanne.jpg){: .image-process-thumb}
+![No photo](https://web.archive.org/web/20180925153039im_/https://static.fsf.org/fsforg/img/jeanne.jpg)
#### Jeanne Rasata
Assistant to the President
diff --git a/content/2019.md b/content/2019.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6002fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/2019.md
@@ -0,0 +1,795 @@
+Title: FY2019 Annual Report
+Summary: Highlighting activities and detailed financials for Fiscal Year 2019
+Date: 2023-06-14 10:20
+Slug: FY2019
+Dates: October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019
+Fy: 2019
+Source: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=financial-reports.git
+Color: --background: #f6faff; --brightaccent: #bde3ec; --darkaccent: #2870cc; --lightaccent: #79b4f2; --colortone: 185deg;
+
+{% comment {
+
+ Copyright (c) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
+ International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
+
+}%}
+
+
+> The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free ["as in freedom"](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software.
+
+> This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2018 â September 30, 2019) and includes a detailed financial statement.
+
+
+
+
+[TOC]
+
Free software community members at [LibrePlanet 2019](https://libreplanet.org/2019/).
+## Licensing and Compliance
+
+The FSF's [Licensing and Compliance
+Lab](https://www.fsf.org/licensing/) defends free software through
+license enforcement and enforcement support, certification and
+endorsement programs, and educational resources.
+
+In FY19, the Lab hired a new staff member, Craig Topham, as copyright
+& licensing associate and guided one intern, Jake Glass. We hosted our
+first Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar since 2014, at Berkeley
+Law.
+
+In addition to being the steward of the GPL, the FSF holds copyright
+on much of the [GNU operating system](https://www.gnu.org/). The
+licensing team spent the year accepting copyright assignments from
+software developers and corporations, investigating GPL violations,
+and answering licensing questions from the community.
+
+In continuing our Respects Your Freedom program, we certified a
+mainboard and workstation from Vikings, and thirteen peripheral
+devices and a router from ThinkPenguin, bringing the total number of
+certified devices to forty-six. We have been working with the tech
+team to launch a new version of the RYF website. The current page
+simply lists each certification chronologically. The new site enables
+users to browse and search by categories and retailers.
+
+![ThinkPenguin exhibitor table at LibrePlanet 2019.](https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2129/thinkpenguin-table.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
+
+ThinkPenguin exhibitor table at LibrePlanet 2019. ThinkPenguin offers many products with RYF certification.
+{.caption}
+
+Credit: Free Software Foundation 2019. CC BY-SA.
+{.credit}
+
+### FY2019 at a glance
+
+251
+: copyright assignments and disclaimers accepted
+
+34
+: countries from where copyright assignments were received
+
+12
+: articles and blog posts published
+
+480
+: licensing questions fielded from the public
+
+151
+: reports of GNU license violations investigated
+
+13
+: devices certified to Respect Your Freedom
+
+1
+: continuing legal education seminar conducted in California
+
+16,163 packages
+: packages in the Free Software Directory
+
+### Respects Your Freedom certification
+
+![RYF Logo](images/RYF-logo.png){.align-left .width-40}
+
+The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
+encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
+possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
+
+In FY19, we created a new RYF Web site together with the tech team.
+
+We also:
+* certified a mainboard and workstation from Vikings, and seven
+ peripheral devices from ThinkPenguin.
+* certified six peripheral devices from ThinkPenguin, as well as a new
+ router from ThinkPenguin, bringing the total number of certified
+ devices to 46.
+* Seven different retailers have gained certification on at least one
+ device at this time.
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "I've used GNU software for years and wanted to support the FSF in general."
+}%}
+
+
+
+### FY2019 at a glance
+
+76
+: blogs published
+
+1,443,344
+: unique site visits
+
+803
+: microblog posts
+
+### Free Software Supporter subscribers
+
+193,513
+: October, 2018
+
+211,363
+: September, 2019
+
+
+
+### LibrePlanet 2019
+
+364
+: attendees
+
+41
+: sessions
+
+24
+: hours of streamed and recorded videos
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Thank you for the Bulletin",
+ "quote": "I received FSF Bulletin last week and would like to thank you! I really enjoyed reading it, I know it may be costly to produce such a things, but In my opinion they are important."
+}%}
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "New associate member forum",
+ "quote": "The purpose of this member forum is to provide a space where members can meet, communicate, and collaborate with each other about free software, using free software. While there are other places on the Internet to talk about free software, this forum is unique in that it is focused on the common interests of FSF members, who care very much about using, promoting, and creating free software."
+}%}
+
+
+### Working Together for Free Software
+
+[![GNU Guix logo](images/guix.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=50){.logos}
+[![GNU Mailman logo](images/mailman.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=22){.logos}
+[![GNU MediaGoblin logo](images/mediagoblin.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=36){.logos}
+[![GNU Octave logo](images/octave.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10){.logos}
+[![GNU Radio logo](images/gnuradio.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=16){.logos}
+[![GNUstep](https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/GNUstep_logo.png)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=21){.logos}
+[![GNU Toolchain logo](images/gnu-toolchain.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=57){.logos}
+[![Replicant logo](images/replicant.svg)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=19){.logos}
+[![SeaGL logo](images/seagl.png)](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=58){.logos}
+
+The FSF acts as fiscal sponsor for free software projects and events
+whose scope and purpose align with the FSFâs mission. Participating
+projects benefit from the FSFâs nonprofit status, administrative
+infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. These FIXME projects
+received tens of thousands of dollars in direct support from the free
+software community via the [Working Together for Free Software
+Fund](https://www.fsf.org/working-together/fund).
+
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "I'm renewing my membership today because over the past two years I've come to realize just how big of a role proprietary software plays in the problems in our society, and I've seen the vitality of free software. I fully support the Foundation in its work."
+}%}
+
+## Financial Statement
+
+{%
+ matplotlib {
+ "filename": "fa2019",
+ "data" : [
+ {"title": "Program\nServices",
+ "values": 1076394,
+ "colors": "steelblue"},
+ {"title": "Management\nand General",
+ "values": 95105,
+ "colors": "royalblue"},
+ {"title": "Fundraising",
+ "values": 65639,
+ "colors": "dodgerblue"}
+ ]
+ }
+%}
+
+
+The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
+2019 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+.
+
+
+
+
+
+### Statement of Financial Position
+
+Assets ||
+----|--
+Cash and Cash Equivalents | $2,220,870
+Accounts Receivable and Inventory | $23,636
+Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets | $26,663
+Investments | $158,388
+Property, Equipment | $27,785
+Non-Current Assets | $13,228
+*Total Assets* | *$3,212,860*
+
+
+
+
+### Liabilities and Net Assets
+
+Liabilities ||
+----|--
+Accounts Payable | $43,804
+Accrued Expenses | $94,554
+**Total Current Liabilities** | **$141,358**
+
+Net Assets ||
+----|--
+Unrestricted | $2,139,106
+Temporarily Restricted | $932,396
+**Total Net Assets** | **$3,071,502**
+*Total Liabilities and Net Assets* | *$3,212,860*
+
+
+
+
+### Statement of Activities
+
+Support and Revenue ||
+----|--
+Contributions | $2,091,019
+In-Kind Contributions | $2,700
+Earned Revenue | $60,216
+Interest and Other Income | $9,397
+Gain/(Loss) on Investments | $53,368
+**Total Support and Revenue** | **$2,218,400**
+
+Functional Expenses ||
+--------------------------------|-----------
+Program Services | $1,506,279
+Management and General | $102,165
+Fundraising | $81,779
+**Total Functional Expenses** | **$1,690,223**
+*Change in Net Assets* | *$528,177*
+
+
+
+
+
+## Donors
+
+This page 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.
+
+### In-Kind Support
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "I value software freedom and the emphasis on controlling your own information."
+}%}
+
+
+![An image of a keyboard](images/donors-opener.jpg){.colortone}
+
+
+
+## Associate Membership
+
+### Join the Free Software Foundation
+
+Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
+of all software users, worldwide. Though free software is used more
+widely than ever, it is under threat from a wide range of interests
+that profit from controlling and surveiling computer users. You can
+help put control over computers back in the hands of the people who
+use them! Try [a free software
+program](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_replacements),
+or [switch to a free operating
+system](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html). [Make a
+donation](https://my.fsf.org/donate), or make a long-term commitment
+to free software by [becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
+Member](https://my.fsf.org/join). Learn more at .
+
+
+
+
+
+
+## Leadership and Staff
+
+
+### Board of Directors
+
+#### Gerald J. Sussman
+Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
+#### Geoffrey Knauth
+Senior Software Developer at AccuWeather
+#### Henry Poole
+Founder, CivicActions
+#### Benjamin Mako Hill
+Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Washington
+#### Bradley M. Kuhn
+President and Distinguished Technologist, Software Freedom Conservancy
+#### Kat Walsh
+Attorney
+#### Alexandre Oliva
+Vice President
+
+
+
+
+
+
+### Leadership
+
+
+![John Sullivan](images/staff/johns.jpg){: .image-process-thumb}
+#### John Sullivan
+Executive Director
+
+
+
+![John Hsieh](images/staff/johnh.jpg){: .image-process-thumb}
+#### John Hsieh
+Deputy Director, Clerk
+
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+Title: FY2020 Annual Report
+Summary: Highlighting activities and detailed financials for Fiscal Year 2020
+Date: 2023-06-15 10:20
+Slug: FY2020
+Dates: October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020
+Fy: 2020
+Source: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=financial-reports.git
+Color: --background: #f6faff; --brightaccent: #bde3ec; --darkaccent: #2870cc; --lightaccent: #79b4f2; --colortone: 185deg;
+
+{% comment {
+
+ Copyright (c) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
+ International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
+
+}%}
+
+
+> The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free ["as in freedom"](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software.
+
+> This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2019 (October 1, 2019 â September 30, 2020) and includes a detailed financial statement.
+
+
+
+
+[TOC]
+
Volunteer Sara Kimmich streamlining the talks and facilitating questions at [LibrePlanet 2020](https://libreplanet.org/2020/).
+
Credit: Kori Feener, 2020. CC BY 4.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+## Licensing and Compliance
+
+The FSF's [Licensing and Compliance
+Lab](https://www.fsf.org/licensing/) defends free software through
+license enforcement and enforcement support, certification and
+endorsement programs, and educational resources.
+
+In FY2020, we hosted another CLE in October of 2019 in Raleigh, North
+Carolina, following up on our previous CLE in 2018 in California.
+
+In addition to being the steward of the GPL, the FSF holds copyright
+on much of the [GNU operating system](https://www.gnu.org/). The
+licensing team spent the year accepting copyright assignments from
+software developers and corporations, investigating GPL violations,
+and answering licensing questions from the community.
+
+Copyright & licensing associate Craig Topham ecorded his first oggcast
+with the [FLOSS for science
+podcast](https://flossforscience.com/about/) out of Louisiana State
+University. It is available on the [FLOSS for science Web
+site](https://flossforscience.com/podcast/season3-epsiode-5).
+
+Finally, we updated our materials for our CLE seminars, making them
+more accessible as an ongoing resource. We also updated an entry on
+trade secrets in the GPL FAQ, as well as updates for other resources
+such as our license recommendation page.
+
+![John Sullivan speaking at the FSF Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Raleigh, NC.](https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/magazine/2020-spring/images/john-cle.jpg){: .image-process-article-image}
+
+John Sullivan, Executive Director of the FSF, does a presentation at the FSF Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Raleigh, North Carolina, in October 2019.
+{.caption}
+
+Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0
+{.credit}
+
+### FY2020 at a glance
+
+241
+: copyright assignments and disclaimers accepted
+
+10
+: articles and blog posts published
+
+121
+: reports of GNU license violations investigated
+
+3
+: devices certified to Respect Your Freedom
+
+1
+: continuing legal education seminar conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina
+
+16,355 packages
+: packages in the Free Software Directory
+
+44,226
+: unique visitors to RYF Web site
+
+### Respects Your Freedom certification
+
+![RYF Logo](images/RYF-logo.png){.align-left .width-40}
+
+The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
+encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
+possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
+
+In FY20, we certified three devices, the Talos II and Talos II lite
+from Raptor Engineering and the Wi-Fri ND2H Wi-Fi card from Libiquity.
+
+The new RYF Web page launched November 2019. The new site enables
+users to browse and search by categories and retailers, and makes
+finding what they are looking for simpler.
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "I believe in Free Software!"
+}%}
+
+
+
+## Campaigns
+
+#### New videos
+
+The campaigns team released two new videos to help educate the public
+about free software. One is [*The university of costumed
+heroes*](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-university-of-costumed-heroes-a-video-from-the-fsf),
+and the other is
+[Shoetool](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/presenting-shoetool-happy-holidays-from-the-fsf)
+
+### Special events
+
+In addition to our annual LibrePlanet conference, we celebrated the
+[FSF's
+thirty-fifth](https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2020/fall/fsf-at-35-why-free-software-matters-more-than-ever)
+anniversary online. Videos from the event are available on our [media
+archive site](https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/tag/fsf35/).
+
+#### Community engagements
+
+Zoë, John Hsieh, and John Sullivan joined a community meeting for the
+"FOSS Responders" working group. Due to the coronavirus and the FSF
+staff being out of office, the campaigns team did not host any other
+community meetings or usergroup meetups.
+
+During the spring fundraiser the Working Together for Free Software
+["Meet the Community"
+pages](https://www.fsf.org/working-together/profiles/) were updated
+with seven new interviews with prominent community members.
+
+We worked with Framasoft to set up a Peertube account. The Framasoft
+collective is the developer of Peertube, and the FSF is the only
+account on their personal server, chosen because of their respect for
+our commitment to free software.
+
+
+### LibrePlanet 2020: Free the Future
+
+#### LP2020 tech updates and pandemic response
+
+The tech team switched gears a week before the conference to make an
+entirely digital conference. The methods originally used in the past
+to host remote speakers were reused to be able to host multiple remote
+speakers and slides while separately recording and streaming to a
+large audience. The system, which combines Jitsi Meet, IceCast2 and
+GStreamer custom scripts, was also documented and used as inspiration
+for other organizations that also moved to host online conferences
+this year.
+
+For the first time, we published an audio-only version of the talks
+from LibrePlanet 2020 to MediaGoblin.
+
+During the event, special attention was needed to mitigate an ongoing
+distributed denial-of service (DDoS) attack, which required taking
+multiple firewall and network routing countermeasures.
+
+We secured funding through the NLnet Foundation to start a project to
+develop a browser extension that can limit the functionality of the
+JavaScript engine, so potentially dangerous operations are disabled or
+altered so the user can run unknown scripts in a safer way. This is
+intended as a companion for LibreJS, as harmful scripts can exist
+regardless of their license. After securing funding, a similar project
+was found, and we are currently getting in contact with their authors
+to combine efforts; the project will be completed in FY21.
+
+### International Day Against DRM
+
+This year's IDAD saw the campaign targeting Netflix and streaming
+services generally, and like last year we encouraged our community to
+do two things: an action in protest of something we oppose, and asking
+them to participate in a "constructive" way to promote freedom. Last
+year, we paired our protest against Pearson with a hackathon on free
+culture textbooks. This year, we encouraged our community to call
+Netflix customer service and voice their opposition to DRM. Since this
+action was over the phone, we can't gather precise numbers, but we
+know that the Netflix call center we targeted was taken offline as a
+result of the protest, due to high call volume. This is a success for
+which we should be proud.
+
+The second action we asked the community to participate in was a
+session on anti-DRM advocacy over BigBlueButton. We decided to do this
+fairly late in the IDAD planning stage, as until the FSF35 event, we
+didn't have enough experience with BigBlueButton to feel confident in
+including it. However, thanks to the great response we received for
+our FSF35 session, we decided to do one for IDAD as well. This was
+very well-attended for something that was first announced only in a
+later IDAD post. The session peaked at 54 participants from 5
+different countries, several of whom joined Zoë and Greg in the
+audio/video chat to share their experiences and advice campaigning
+against DRM. Due to the positive response, we even let the session
+continue an hour after it was scheduled to end. In general, the
+experience was a great demonstration of how much interest in software
+freedom issues can be generated in informal discussions with the
+community.
+
+Together with ANSOL, a Portuguese free software organization, we also
+encouraged people to document any active DRM legislation or court
+cases on the LibrePlanet wiki. This has helped us get information on
+how pervasive DRM is outside the US and EU, and in particular, we
+received good responses from Brazilian supporters of our campaign.
+
+Eight other organizations outside the FSF participated in this year's
+IDAD. Several of these organizations posted anti-DRM blog posts in
+support of the event. These included [Creative
+Commons](https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/04/were-against-digital-rights-management-heres-why/),
+[Framasoft](https://framablog.org/2020/12/04/pour-un-monde-avec-un-million-de-netflix/),
+and
+[April](https://www.april.org/en/international-day-against-drm-friday-december-4th-2020),
+among others.
+
+
+
+![Screenshot of BBB discussion with Pouhiou and Eda Nano of Framasoft for FSF35 anniversary event."](https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fy20photos/bbb-framasoft.png){: .image-process-article-image}
+
+The FSF held a number of online activities in 2020, utilizing free software tools such as BigBlueButton.
+{.caption}
+
+Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0
+{.credit}
+
+
+
+
+### FY2020 at a glance
+
+137
+: blogs published
+
+2,433,854
+: unique site visits
+
+### Free Software Supporter subscribers
+
+159,068
+: October, 2019
+
+192,853
+: September, 2020
+
+
+
+### LibrePlanet 2020
+
+339
+: attendees
+
+38
+: sessions
+
+33.5
+: hours of streamed and recorded videos
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "Supporting the future of GNU, and I want to use the email forwarding service when contributing to projects."
+}%}
+
+
+
+
+
+{% separator {
+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "Free software is necessary for personal freedom and freedom of information. It is our best tool to fight against mass survelliance and authoritarian states."
+}%}
+
+## Financial Statement
+
+{%
+ matplotlib {
+ "filename": "fa2020",
+ "data" : [
+ {"title": "Program\nServices",
+ "values": 1076394,
+ "colors": "steelblue"},
+ {"title": "Management\nand General",
+ "values": 95105,
+ "colors": "royalblue"},
+ {"title": "Fundraising",
+ "values": 65639,
+ "colors": "dodgerblue"}
+ ]
+ }
+%}
+
+
+The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
+2020 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+.
+
+
+
+
+
+### Statement of Financial Position
+
+Assets ||
+----|--
+Cash and Cash Equivalents | $2,765,140
+Accounts Receivable and Inventory | $22,694
+Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets | $12,500
+Investments | $311,157
+Property, Equipment | $21,276
+Non-Current Assets | $13,228
+*Total Assets* | *$2,765,455*
+
+
+
+
+### Liabilities and Net Assets
+
+Liabilities ||
+----|--
+Accounts Payable | $4,045
+Accrued Expenses | $76,696
+**Total Current Liabilities** | **$300,941**
+
+Net Assets ||
+----|--
+Unrestricted | $1,645,867
+Temporarily Restricted | $818,647
+**Total Net Assets** | **$2,464,514**
+*Total Liabilities and Net Assets* | *$2,765,455*
+
+
+
+
+### Statement of Activities
+
+Support and Revenue ||
+----|--
+Contributions | $1,001,353
+In-Kind Contributions | $0
+Earned Revenue | $31,094
+Interest and Other Income | $5,637
+Gain/(Loss) on Investments | $106,212
+**Total Support and Revenue** | **$1,202,370**
+
+Functional Expenses ||
+--------------------------------|-----------
+Program Services | $1,613,249
+Management and General | $120,218
+Fundraising | $75,891
+**Total Functional Expenses** | **$1,809,358**
+*Change in Net Assets* | *$2,464,514*
+
+
+
+
+
+## Donors
+
+This page 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.
+
+### Equipment and Services
+
+
+
+
+{% 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."
+}%}
+
+
+![An image of a keyboard](images/donors-opener.jpg){.colortone}
+
+
+
+## Associate Membership
+
+### Join the Free Software Foundation
+
+Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
+of all software users, worldwide. Though free software is used more
+widely than ever, it is under threat from a wide range of interests
+that profit from controlling and surveiling computer users. You can
+help put control over computers back in the hands of the people who
+use them! Try [a free software
+program](https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_replacements),
+or [switch to a free operating
+system](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html). [Make a
+donation](https://my.fsf.org/donate), or make a long-term commitment
+to free software by [becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
+Member](https://my.fsf.org/join). Learn more at .
+
+
Running an efficient, effective nonprofit, using free software, supported by you
+
+
+
+
+
+
The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free "as in freedom" software.
+
This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2017 â September 30, 2018) and includes a detailed financial statement.
The FSF's Licensing and Compliance
+Lab defends free software through
+license enforcement and enforcement support, certification and
+endorsement programs, and educational resources.
In addition to being the steward of the GPL, the FSF holds copyright
+on much of the GNU operating system. The
+licensing team spent the year accepting copyright assignments from
+software developers and corporations, investigating GPL violations,
+and answering licensing questions from the community.
+
We continued to grow our Respects Your Freedom
+(RYF)
+certification program, which identifies devices that do as much as
+possible to respect user freedom. We also revamped and updated our
+process for endorsing fully free GNU/Linux
+distributions, in order to better help
+users to find an operating system they can trust. Along with a
+dedicated group of volunteers, we continued to expand and improve the
+Free Software Directory,
+helping nearly two million annual visitors to find individual free
+software packages.
+
Finally, we improved and updated our existing published licensing
+materials, adding reviews of new licenses and answers to common
+questions, and
+published timely articles on
+current topics and issues in free software licensing.
+
+
Dave Thompson, developer, speaking at LibrePlanet 2018 about GNU Guix.
+
Photo credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0
+
FY2018 at a glance
+
+
261
+
copyright assignments and disclaimers accepted
+
17
+
articles and blog posts published
+
667
+
licensing questions fielded from the public
+
102
+
reports of GNU license violations investigated
+
2
+
devices certified to Respect Your Freedom
+
1
+
continuing legal education seminar conducted in California
+
1.9 million
+
visitors to the Free Software Directory
+
+
Respects Your Freedom certification
+
+
The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
+encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
+possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
+
In FY18, we certified two devices, the Zerocat Chipflasher and the
+Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"The FSF supports the freedom to use devices I own as I see fit, and to be secure in the knowledge that the software I'm using isn't compromising my privacy."
+
+
Campaigns
+
The FSF campaigns team identifies important opportunities for free
+software adoption, education, and development, empowers people against
+specific threats to their freedom, and implements strategies to move
+us closer to a free society.
+
+
Kat Thornton giving a talk on "Pathways for discovery of free software"
+
Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0
+
Threats to software freedom
+
Over the course of 2018, corporate and government threats to user
+freedom continued to stack up, including the passage, in September, of
+the disastrous European Union (EU) Copyright Directive. Automatic
+tracking technology to detect copyrighted material is a threat to free
+speech, free culture, and free software, since it will automatically
+filter out source code that is legally being used under free software
+licenses. We joined in encouraging EU free software
+supporters
+to contact government officials and spread the word about these
+dangers.
In late November, 2017, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
+chairman Ajit Pai unveiled plans to repeal net
+neutrality. The
+FSF was part of a protest to defend net neutrality at the Verizon
+store in Boston on December 7, and we encouraged our US audience to
+call their congressional representatives. However, Pai's plan, which
+would enable Internet Service Providers to control your access to the
+Internet, was officially codified in February, 2018, with rules taking
+effect in 2018. We
+supported
+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,
+have ongoing legal and legislative efforts to restore net neutrality.
+
+
LibrePlanet conference celebrates its tenth anniversary
+
The tenth annual LibrePlanet 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
+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 Stallmanâs traditional 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
+
In December 2017, we submitted
+comments
+in support of every proposed exemption to the Digital Millennium
+Copyright Act's
+(DMCA's)
+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.
+
Some small victories were won in this round: nine of the twelve newly
+proposed classes of exemption were adopted or
+expanded,
+the process for supporting existing exemptions was simplified, and all
+preexisting exemptions were renewed. The US Copyright Office also
+explicitly denounced other governmental agencies trying to use DRM to
+restrict users based on regulations having nothing to do with
+copyright. Nevertheless, our goal continues to be to end
+DRM, period.
+
International Day Against DRM
+
As part of our ongoing campaign against DRM, the FSF raised the call
+on September 18,
+2018
+for supporters to send a message to the world: DRM is just wrong, and
+we can live in a society without it.
+
Hundreds of activists participated by sharing their opposition online
+to how DRM restricts our freedom as a user of software and media, and
+seventeen organizations participated, including April, Creative
+Commons, The Document Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
+and more. Here in Boston, we visited the Apple Store and talked with
+shoppers about their digital rights and how Apple devices abuse those
+rights using DRM.
+
+
Protesters showed their opposition to DRM and conversed with passersby at the Apple store in downtown Boston.
+
Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2008. Public Domain Mark 1.0
+
+
+
FY2018 at a glance
+
+
137
+
blogs published
+
2,433,854
+
unique site visits
+
+
Free Software Supporter subscribers
+
+
159,068
+
October, 2017
+
192,853
+
September, 2018
+
+
+
+
LibrePlanet 2018
+
+
339
+
attendees
+
38
+
sessions
+
33.5
+
hours of streamed and recorded videos
+
+
+
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"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."
+
+
Tech
+
Infrastructure for free software development and activism
+
The FSF tech team maintains and improves the infrastructure that runs
+both the Foundation's daily operations and the GNU
+Project, continuing to demonstrate that complex
+software projects and modern nonprofit organizations can succeed and
+thrive using solely free software.
+
Routine annual projects include participation in the yearly
+LibrePlanet conference, for which the tech team provides livestreaming
+and recording infrastructure, and twice-yearly fundraisers, for which
+the tech team prints over 10,000 letters to accompany the mailing of
+the Free Software Bulletin. This
+year, the team also contributed a new modal/popup window to the
+fundraiser, and polished the responsive design of the fundraiser
+banner.
+
What's GNU in FY2018
+
+
4
+
new dedicated volunteers
+
318
+
GNU packages
+
~610
+
new GNU releases
+
average of 1.3M
+
monthly unique visitors to gnu.org
+
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.
+
+
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.
+
Credit: Kori Feener, 2018. CC BY 4.0
+
Infrastructure for free software development and activism
+
The new server cluster "Gnuhope" started to host critical servers,
+starting with my.fsf.org and
+mirror.fsf.org, to later host all critical
+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."
+
The team also noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some personal
+information to be accessible at
+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.
+
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
+method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the Foundation.
+
The main infrastructure firewalls were redesigned with a much more
+strict set of policies, including blocking all unexpected outgoing
+traffic.
+
In preparation for
+GDPR
+going into effect on May 25, 2018, the tech team researched their
+response and policy changes by consulting with a pro-bono lawyer. They
+determined that GDPR is only applicable to personal data related to
+donations, FSF mailing lists (not discussion lists), and the GNU
+Press store. The team decided that they will
+treat everyone as a 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.
+
FSF and GNU infrastructure includes:
+
+
over 110
+
virtual machines
+
9
+
physical machines
+
3
+
data centers & some in-house hosting
+
0
+
Amazon EC2 instances
+
+
Working Together for Free Software
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
The FSF acts as fiscal sponsor for free software projects and events
+whose scope and purpose align with the FSFâs mission. Participating
+projects benefit from the FSFâs nonprofit status, administrative
+infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. These nine projects
+received tens of thousands of dollars in direct support from the free
+software community via the Working Together for Free Software
+Fund.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"Free software positively impacts my life every hour of every day."
+
Financial Statement
+
+
The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
+2018 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+https://www.fsf.org/about/financial.
+
+
+
Statement of Financial Position
+
+
+
+
Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Cash and Cash Equivalents
+
$2,105,315
+
+
+
Accounts Receivable and Inventory
+
$17,027
+
+
+
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
+
$16,609
+
+
+
Investments
+
$226,158
+
+
+
Property, Equipment
+
$34,915
+
+
+
Non-Current Assets
+
$13,228
+
+
+
Total Assets
+
$2,646,904
+
+
+
+
+
+
Liabilities and Net Assets
+
+
+
+
Liabilities
+
+
+
+
+
+
Accounts Payable
+
$8,844
+
+
+
Accrued Expenses
+
$94,735
+
+
+
Total Current Liabilities
+
$103,579
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Net Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Unrestricted
+
$2,251,152
+
+
+
Temporarily Restricted
+
$292,173
+
+
+
Total Net Assets
+
$2,543,325
+
+
+
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
+
$2,646,904
+
+
+
+
+
+
Statement of Activities
+
+
+
+
Support and Revenue
+
+
+
+
+
+
Contributions
+
$2,711,515
+
+
+
In-Kind Contributions
+
$3,600
+
+
+
Earned Revenue
+
$50,476
+
+
+
Interest and Other Income
+
($95)
+
+
+
Gain/(Loss) on Investments
+
($152,560)
+
+
+
Total Support and Revenue
+
$2,619,845
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Functional Expenses
+
+
+
+
+
+
Program Services
+
$1,289,926
+
+
+
Management and General
+
$93,474
+
+
+
Fundraising
+
$66,765
+
+
+
Total Functional Expenses
+
$1,450,165
+
+
+
Change in Net Assets
+
$1,169,680
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Donors
+
This page 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.
+
Institutional Support
+
+
+
2A Foundation
+
Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited
+
Bern University of Applied Sciences, IT Services
+
Bibliotek-Systemer AS
+
Bloomberg
+
Blue Systems
+
C&CZ IT Department, Faculty of Science, Radboud University
**This list includes our patrons, in-kind supporters, and those who
+ receive ThankGNUs for donations totaling over $500 in a year. The
+ FSF appreciates and thanks the thousands of individual donors,
+ members, and corporate patrons worldwide who make our work possible.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"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."
+
+
+
+
+
Associate Membership
+
Join the Free Software Foundation
+
Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
+of all software users, worldwide. Though free software is used more
+widely than ever, it is under threat from a wide range of interests
+that profit from controlling and surveiling computer users. You can
+help put control over computers back in the hands of the people who
+use them! Try a free software
+program,
+or switch to a free operating
+system. Make a
+donation, or make a long-term commitment
+to free software by becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
+Member. Learn more at https://fsf.org.
+
+
+
Leadership and Staff
+
+
Board of Directors
+
+
Richard M. Stallman
+
Founder and President
+
Gerald J. Sussman
+
Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
+
Geoffrey Knauth
+
Senior Software Developer at AccuWeather
+
Henry Poole
+
Founder, CivicActions
+
Benjamin Mako Hill
+
Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Washington
+
Bradley M. Kuhn
+
President and Distinguished Technologist, Software Freedom Conservancy
Running an efficient, effective nonprofit, using free software, supported by you
+
+
+
+
+
+
The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free "as in freedom" software.
+
This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2018 â September 30, 2019) and includes a detailed financial statement.
The FSF's Licensing and Compliance
+Lab defends free software through
+license enforcement and enforcement support, certification and
+endorsement programs, and educational resources.
+
In FY19, the Lab hired a new staff member, Craig Topham, as copyright
+& licensing associate and guided one intern, Jake Glass. We hosted our
+first Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar since 2014, at Berkeley
+Law.
+
In addition to being the steward of the GPL, the FSF holds copyright
+on much of the GNU operating system. The
+licensing team spent the year accepting copyright assignments from
+software developers and corporations, investigating GPL violations,
+and answering licensing questions from the community.
+
In continuing our Respects Your Freedom program, we certified a
+mainboard and workstation from Vikings, and thirteen peripheral
+devices and a router from ThinkPenguin, bringing the total number of
+certified devices to forty-six. We have been working with the tech
+team to launch a new version of the RYF website. The current page
+simply lists each certification chronologically. The new site enables
+users to browse and search by categories and retailers.
+
+
ThinkPenguin exhibitor table at LibrePlanet 2019. ThinkPenguin offers many products with RYF certification.
+
Credit: Free Software Foundation 2019. CC BY-SA.
+
FY2019 at a glance
+
+
251
+
copyright assignments and disclaimers accepted
+
34
+
countries from where copyright assignments were received
+
12
+
articles and blog posts published
+
480
+
licensing questions fielded from the public
+
151
+
reports of GNU license violations investigated
+
13
+
devices certified to Respect Your Freedom
+
1
+
continuing legal education seminar conducted in California
+
16,163 packages
+
packages in the Free Software Directory
+
+
Respects Your Freedom certification
+
+
The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
+encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
+possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
+
In FY19, we created a new RYF Web site together with the tech team.
+
We also:
+* certified a mainboard and workstation from Vikings, and seven
+ peripheral devices from ThinkPenguin.
+* certified six peripheral devices from ThinkPenguin, as well as a new
+ router from ThinkPenguin, bringing the total number of certified
+ devices to 46.
+* Seven different retailers have gained certification on at least one
+ device at this time.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"I've used GNU software for years and wanted to support the FSF in general."
+
+
Campaigns
+
The FSF campaigns team identifies important opportunities for free
+software adoption, education, and development, empowers people against
+specific threats to their freedom, and implements strategies to move
+us closer to a free society. This year welcomed two new members to the
+campaigns team, Greg Farough and Zoë Kooyman.
+
+
There are plenty of opportunities to meet and greet during every annual LibrePlanet conference.
Bellingham, Washington, on Saturday, April 27: This event was
+ timed to welcome attendees of the LFNW conference, which was in
+ Bellingham that week. 32 people RSVP'd, and around 20 people were
+ at the venue at any one time. We also received a $250 donation on
+ site. Hosted by John Sullivan and Donald Robertson.
+
+
+
Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, July 18: This event was timed
+ to welcome attendees of the Oscon conference, which was in
+ Portland that week. We received only a few RSVPs, but around ten
+ people showed up. Hosted by Donald Robertson and Craig
+ Thompson. Bradley Kuhn, and Joshua Gay were also present to field
+ any questions from free software supporters.
+
+
+
Efforts have begun to create more local community
+activities. Currently, campaigns manager Greg Farough and licensing
+and compliance associate Craig Topham are scheduled to do a
+presentation at the Artisan's Asylum makerspace in Somerville,
+Massachusetts, on September 12.
+
High Priority Projects:
+
The High Priority Projects list (HPP) is getting a fresh start. We are
+working on building a new timeline for the annual review, which will
+likely be in August every year, with a half-yearly review point
+coinciding with the LibrePlanet conference. In the meantime, we have
+identified steps to be taken, most importantly:
+
+
+
Commission member outreach - in review phase
+
+
+
Review HPP status
+
+
+
Submission period
+
+
+
Review and discussion
+
+
+
Yearly report submission
+
+
+
Publication
+
+
+
+
LibrePlanet
+
LibrePlanet 2019's theme was "Trailblazing Free Software." In 1983,
+the free software movement was born with the announcement of the GNU
+Project. Free software contrasts from nonfree software in that it
+emphasizes a community-oriented philosophy of sharing code freely,
+enabling people to understand how the programs they used worked, to
+build off of each other's code, to pay it forward by sharing their own
+code, and to create useful software that treated users fairly.
+
During the conference, Free Software Award winners OpenStreetMap and
+Deb Nicholson both shared their work talking about "OpenStreetMap"
+mapping developments and the free software community challenges we
+face in "Free software/utopia,"respectively.
+
International Day Against DRM
+
For IDAD 2019, themed "Right to read," we called on Pearson and other
+similar companies to stop putting a lock on our learning, and
+demonstrate their alleged commitment to education by dropping DRM from
+their electronic textbooks and course materials. At the same time, we
+showed that a better world is possible by encouraging people to
+contribute to collaborative and DRM-free textbooks, and resist the
+stranglehold these publishers put on something as fundamental as one's
+education. The Defective by Design (DbD) coalition organized local and
+remote hackathons on free culture educational materials and organized
+an in-person protest of Pearson Education on Saturday, October 12th.
+
We also designed a dust jacket you can slip over any "dead tree" book
+that you are reading to warn others about the looming threat of
+DRM. Whether in school, in a coffee shop, or on the subway, it is an
+easy conversation starter about the insidious nature of DRM. We
+encourage all readers to use them, whether on the latest hardcover
+bestseller or the textbook you use in class (while you still have
+one).
In 2019, we designed dust jackets that you can slip onto a book to help raise awareness around DRM.
+
Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2019. CC BY-SA 3.0
+
+
+
FY2019 at a glance
+
+
76
+
blogs published
+
1,443,344
+
unique site visits
+
803
+
microblog posts
+
+
Free Software Supporter subscribers
+
+
193,513
+
October, 2018
+
211,363
+
September, 2019
+
+
+
+
LibrePlanet 2019
+
+
364
+
attendees
+
41
+
sessions
+
24
+
hours of streamed and recorded videos
+
+
+
+
+
+
Thank you for the Bulletin
"I received FSF Bulletin last week and would like to thank you! I really enjoyed reading it, I know it may be costly to produce such a things, but In my opinion they are important."
+
+
Tech
+
Infrastructure for free software development and activism
+
In FY2019, we did this and more:
+
+
Email server upgrades: GNU Mailman servers at lists.fsf.org and
+ lists.gnu.org were upgraded
+
New RYF Web site:
+
CIVICRM upgrade: We recently upgraded CiviCRM to its latest
+ version. We worked on a script that helps to streamline the process
+ of rebasing our custom patches onto CiviCRM core.
+
We upgraded the diskless machines used by many FSF staff to
+ Trisquel 8. They are now managed by Ansible rather than CFEngine,
+ which makes managing them much easier than before.
+
GDPR compliance: "The main compliance work was done as of the last
+ board report. Since then, we've completed a compliance audit and all
+ outstanding work except finalizing staff policy and data retention
+ changes in CiviCRM."
+
Three interns: Hrishikesh Barman (Ansible configs, etc); Lei Zhao
+ (Pagure & GitLab); and Valessio Brito (LibreBoot twenty-five
+ laptops)
+
+
What's GNU in FY2019
+
+
3
+
new dedicated interns
+
395
+
GNU packages
+
199
+
new GNU releases
+
average of 1.4M
+
monthly unique visitors to gnu.org
+
average of 343,000
+
emails per day sent for @gnu and @nongnu.org
+
+
+
Vendors showcase every year at the annual LibrePlanet conference.
Every year at LibrePlanet, technical voluteers and staff work together to keep the conference running smoothly and free.
+
Credit: Anonymous, CC BY 4.0
+
+
The forum software we chose to use is Discourse.
+
JavaScript is free software, and a link to all source code can be found in the footer of the site.
+
+
+
+
New associate member forum
"The purpose of this member forum is to provide a space where members can meet, communicate, and collaborate with each other about free software, using free software. While there are other places on the Internet to talk about free software, this forum is unique in that it is focused on the common interests of FSF members, who care very much about using, promoting, and creating free software."
+
Working Together for Free Software
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
The FSF acts as fiscal sponsor for free software projects and events
+whose scope and purpose align with the FSFâs mission. Participating
+projects benefit from the FSFâs nonprofit status, administrative
+infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. These FIXME projects
+received tens of thousands of dollars in direct support from the free
+software community via the Working Together for Free Software
+Fund.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"I'm renewing my membership today because over the past two years I've come to realize just how big of a role proprietary software plays in the problems in our society, and I've seen the vitality of free software. I fully support the Foundation in its work."
+
Financial Statement
+
+
The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
+2019 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+https://www.fsf.org/about/financial.
+
+
+
Statement of Financial Position
+
+
+
+
Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Cash and Cash Equivalents
+
$2,220,870
+
+
+
Accounts Receivable and Inventory
+
$23,636
+
+
+
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
+
$26,663
+
+
+
Investments
+
$158,388
+
+
+
Property, Equipment
+
$27,785
+
+
+
Non-Current Assets
+
$13,228
+
+
+
Total Assets
+
$3,212,860
+
+
+
+
+
+
Liabilities and Net Assets
+
+
+
+
Liabilities
+
+
+
+
+
+
Accounts Payable
+
$43,804
+
+
+
Accrued Expenses
+
$94,554
+
+
+
Total Current Liabilities
+
$141,358
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Net Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Unrestricted
+
$2,139,106
+
+
+
Temporarily Restricted
+
$932,396
+
+
+
Total Net Assets
+
$3,071,502
+
+
+
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
+
$3,212,860
+
+
+
+
+
+
Statement of Activities
+
+
+
+
Support and Revenue
+
+
+
+
+
+
Contributions
+
$2,091,019
+
+
+
In-Kind Contributions
+
$2,700
+
+
+
Earned Revenue
+
$60,216
+
+
+
Interest and Other Income
+
$9,397
+
+
+
Gain/(Loss) on Investments
+
$53,368
+
+
+
Total Support and Revenue
+
$2,218,400
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Functional Expenses
+
+
+
+
+
+
Program Services
+
$1,506,279
+
+
+
Management and General
+
$102,165
+
+
+
Fundraising
+
$81,779
+
+
+
Total Functional Expenses
+
$1,690,223
+
+
+
Change in Net Assets
+
$528,177
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Donors
+
This page 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.
+
In-Kind Support
+
+
+
Bytemark
+
Hurricane Electric
+
Imperva Incapsula
+
Markley Group
+
Technoethical
+
+
$5000+
+
+
Cristian and Andreea Francu
+
Jonathan Howell
+
Maria Miertoiu
+
Mikhail Pomaznoy
+
SkySafe
+
+
$1000+
+
+
Adam Lewis
+
Andrew Tosh
+
Antonio Carzaniga
+
Arcanite Solutions
+
ask apache
+
Catalin Francu
+
Colin Carr
+
Daniel Riek
+
Dock Williams
+
Donald and Jill Knuth
+
Dwengo Helvetica
+
Hideki IGARASHI
+
IF Technology BV, in recognition of GFortran software development assistance provided by N. Shamsundar
**This list includes our patrons, in-kind supporters, and those who
+ receive ThankGNUs for donations totaling over $500 in a year. The
+ FSF appreciates and thanks the thousands of individual donors,
+ members, and corporate patrons worldwide who make our work possible.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"I value software freedom and the emphasis on controlling your own information."
+
+
+
+
+
Associate Membership
+
Join the Free Software Foundation
+
Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
+of all software users, worldwide. Though free software is used more
+widely than ever, it is under threat from a wide range of interests
+that profit from controlling and surveiling computer users. You can
+help put control over computers back in the hands of the people who
+use them! Try a free software
+program,
+or switch to a free operating
+system. Make a
+donation, or make a long-term commitment
+to free software by becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
+Member. Learn more at https://fsf.org.
+
+
+
Leadership and Staff
+
+
Board of Directors
+
Gerald J. Sussman
+
Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
+
Geoffrey Knauth
+
Senior Software Developer at AccuWeather
+
Henry Poole
+
Founder, CivicActions
+
Benjamin Mako Hill
+
Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Washington
+
Bradley M. Kuhn
+
President and Distinguished Technologist, Software Freedom Conservancy
Running an efficient, effective nonprofit, using free software, supported by you
+
+
+
+
+
+
The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free "as in freedom" software.
+
This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2019 (October 1, 2019 â September 30, 2020) and includes a detailed financial statement.
Volunteer Sara Kimmich streamlining the talks and facilitating questions at LibrePlanet 2020.
+
+
Credit: Kori Feener, 2020. CC BY 4.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
Licensing and Compliance
+
The FSF's Licensing and Compliance
+Lab defends free software through
+license enforcement and enforcement support, certification and
+endorsement programs, and educational resources.
+
In FY2020, we hosted another CLE in October of 2019 in Raleigh, North
+Carolina, following up on our previous CLE in 2018 in California.
+
In addition to being the steward of the GPL, the FSF holds copyright
+on much of the GNU operating system. The
+licensing team spent the year accepting copyright assignments from
+software developers and corporations, investigating GPL violations,
+and answering licensing questions from the community.
Finally, we updated our materials for our CLE seminars, making them
+more accessible as an ongoing resource. We also updated an entry on
+trade secrets in the GPL FAQ, as well as updates for other resources
+such as our license recommendation page.
+
+
John Sullivan, Executive Director of the FSF, does a presentation at the FSF Continuing Legal Education Seminar in Raleigh, North Carolina, in October 2019.
+
Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0
+
FY2020 at a glance
+
+
241
+
copyright assignments and disclaimers accepted
+
10
+
articles and blog posts published
+
121
+
reports of GNU license violations investigated
+
3
+
devices certified to Respect Your Freedom
+
1
+
continuing legal education seminar conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina
+
16,355 packages
+
packages in the Free Software Directory
+
44,226
+
unique visitors to RYF Web site
+
+
Respects Your Freedom certification
+
+
The FSF's Respects Your Freedom (RYF) product certification program
+encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as
+possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
+
In FY20, we certified three devices, the Talos II and Talos II lite
+from Raptor Engineering and the Wi-Fri ND2H Wi-Fi card from Libiquity.
+
The new RYF Web page launched November 2019. The new site enables
+users to browse and search by categories and retailers, and makes
+finding what they are looking for simpler.
In addition to our annual LibrePlanet conference, we celebrated the
+FSF's
+thirty-fifth
+anniversary online. Videos from the event are available on our media
+archive site.
+
Community engagements
+
Zoë, John Hsieh, and John Sullivan joined a community meeting for the
+"FOSS Responders" working group. Due to the coronavirus and the FSF
+staff being out of office, the campaigns team did not host any other
+community meetings or usergroup meetups.
+
During the spring fundraiser the Working Together for Free Software
+"Meet the Community"
+pages were updated
+with seven new interviews with prominent community members.
+
We worked with Framasoft to set up a Peertube account. The Framasoft
+collective is the developer of Peertube, and the FSF is the only
+account on their personal server, chosen because of their respect for
+our commitment to free software.
+
+
LibrePlanet 2020: Free the Future
+
LP2020 tech updates and pandemic response
+
The tech team switched gears a week before the conference to make an
+entirely digital conference. The methods originally used in the past
+to host remote speakers were reused to be able to host multiple remote
+speakers and slides while separately recording and streaming to a
+large audience. The system, which combines Jitsi Meet, IceCast2 and
+GStreamer custom scripts, was also documented and used as inspiration
+for other organizations that also moved to host online conferences
+this year.
+
For the first time, we published an audio-only version of the talks
+from LibrePlanet 2020 to MediaGoblin.
+
During the event, special attention was needed to mitigate an ongoing
+distributed denial-of service (DDoS) attack, which required taking
+multiple firewall and network routing countermeasures.
+
We secured funding through the NLnet Foundation to start a project to
+develop a browser extension that can limit the functionality of the
+JavaScript engine, so potentially dangerous operations are disabled or
+altered so the user can run unknown scripts in a safer way. This is
+intended as a companion for LibreJS, as harmful scripts can exist
+regardless of their license. After securing funding, a similar project
+was found, and we are currently getting in contact with their authors
+to combine efforts; the project will be completed in FY21.
+
International Day Against DRM
+
This year's IDAD saw the campaign targeting Netflix and streaming
+services generally, and like last year we encouraged our community to
+do two things: an action in protest of something we oppose, and asking
+them to participate in a "constructive" way to promote freedom. Last
+year, we paired our protest against Pearson with a hackathon on free
+culture textbooks. This year, we encouraged our community to call
+Netflix customer service and voice their opposition to DRM. Since this
+action was over the phone, we can't gather precise numbers, but we
+know that the Netflix call center we targeted was taken offline as a
+result of the protest, due to high call volume. This is a success for
+which we should be proud.
+
The second action we asked the community to participate in was a
+session on anti-DRM advocacy over BigBlueButton. We decided to do this
+fairly late in the IDAD planning stage, as until the FSF35 event, we
+didn't have enough experience with BigBlueButton to feel confident in
+including it. However, thanks to the great response we received for
+our FSF35 session, we decided to do one for IDAD as well. This was
+very well-attended for something that was first announced only in a
+later IDAD post. The session peaked at 54 participants from 5
+different countries, several of whom joined Zoë and Greg in the
+audio/video chat to share their experiences and advice campaigning
+against DRM. Due to the positive response, we even let the session
+continue an hour after it was scheduled to end. In general, the
+experience was a great demonstration of how much interest in software
+freedom issues can be generated in informal discussions with the
+community.
+
Together with ANSOL, a Portuguese free software organization, we also
+encouraged people to document any active DRM legislation or court
+cases on the LibrePlanet wiki. This has helped us get information on
+how pervasive DRM is outside the US and EU, and in particular, we
+received good responses from Brazilian supporters of our campaign.
+
Eight other organizations outside the FSF participated in this year's
+IDAD. Several of these organizations posted anti-DRM blog posts in
+support of the event. These included Creative
+Commons,
+Framasoft,
+and
+April,
+among others.
+
+
The FSF held a number of online activities in 2020, utilizing free software tools such as BigBlueButton.
+
Credit: Free Software Foundation, 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0
+
+
+
FY2020 at a glance
+
+
137
+
blogs published
+
2,433,854
+
unique site visits
+
+
Free Software Supporter subscribers
+
+
159,068
+
October, 2019
+
192,853
+
September, 2020
+
+
+
+
LibrePlanet 2020
+
+
339
+
attendees
+
38
+
sessions
+
33.5
+
hours of streamed and recorded videos
+
+
+
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"Supporting the future of GNU, and I want to use the email forwarding service when contributing to projects."
+
+
Tech
+
Infrastructure for free software development and activism
+
The FSF tech team maintains and improves the infrastructure that runs
+both the Foundation's daily operations and the GNU
+Project, continuing to demonstrate that complex
+software projects and modern nonprofit organizations can succeed and
+thrive using solely free software.
+
+
+
We improved the LibreJS compatibility with our request tracker and
+ Ikiwiki instances. We plan to do a thorough check of all of our
+ sites with regard to LibreJS compatibility.
+
+
+
We submitted a grant application to fund an anti-malware in
+ Javascript project.
+
+
+
Tech team pandemic response and projects
+
Remote communication R&D
+
+
+
We launched a new video conference service as a member's benefit. A
+ Jitsi Meet server was built and associated with the membership
+ credentials system, with good reception from the public. The changes
+ made to Jitsi Meet improved upong its freedom (LibreJS) and privacy
+ (i.e. removing anti-features and 3rd party services), which were
+ made publicly available.
+
+
+
Research on video conference sites for education and social use:
+ Test machines were built for the Canvas learning management system
+ and the BigBlueButton video conference platform (integrated with
+ Canvas and a simple management front-end called Greenlight). The
+ machines have been tested and lightly used by the staff, board
+ members and some friend organizations that were surveying options
+ for implementing similar platforms, including FSFE, SEAGL,
+ Agaric.coop (and through them, Boston Public Schools), and the City
+ of Cambridge. These systems were also used to host a panel during
+ the Copyright Society remote conference.
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.
+
+
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, free software supporters took swift action to assist hospitals by creating protective gear.
+
Credit: Javier Sepulveda, 2020. Photo used with permission.
+
Infrastructure for free software development and activism
+
The new server cluster "Gnuhope" started to host critical servers,
+starting with my.fsf.org and
+mirror.fsf.org, to later host all critical
+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."
+
The team also noticed a misconfiguration that allowed some personal
+information to be accessible at
+defectivebydesign.org. The team
+promptly took action to correct the problem, inform anyone affected,
+and publish a transparency report on the problem. During the 2020
+period, a big effort was made to renew the deployment and automated
+system using Ansible, to help prevent similar situations in the
+future.
+
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
+method for managing cryptocurrency wallets for the Foundation.
+
The main infrastructure firewalls were redesigned with a much more
+strict set of policies, including blocking all unexpected outgoing
+traffic.
+
+
In 2020, we added a KVM server to our 'gnuhope' stack, which allows us to run more virtual machines in the newer cluster.
In preparation for
+GDPR
+going into effect on May 25, 2020, the tech team researched their
+response and policy changes by consulting with a pro-bono lawyer. They
+determined that GDPR is only applicable to personal data related to
+donations, FSF mailing lists (not discussion lists), and the GNU
+Press store. The team decided that they will
+treat everyone as a 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.
+
Working Together for Free Software
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
The FSF acts as fiscal sponsor for free software projects and events
+whose scope and purpose align with the FSFâs mission. Participating
+projects benefit from the FSFâs nonprofit status, administrative
+infrastructure, and fundraising expertise. These nine projects
+received tens of thousands of dollars in direct support from the free
+software community via the Working Together for Free Software
+Fund.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"Free software is necessary for personal freedom and freedom of information. It is our best tool to fight against mass survelliance and authoritarian states."
+
Financial Statement
+
+
The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
+2020 financial statement. The original documents can be found at
+https://www.fsf.org/about/financial.
+
+
+
Statement of Financial Position
+
+
+
+
Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Cash and Cash Equivalents
+
$2,765,140
+
+
+
Accounts Receivable and Inventory
+
$22,694
+
+
+
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
+
$12,500
+
+
+
Investments
+
$311,157
+
+
+
Property, Equipment
+
$21,276
+
+
+
Non-Current Assets
+
$13,228
+
+
+
Total Assets
+
$2,765,455
+
+
+
+
+
+
Liabilities and Net Assets
+
+
+
+
Liabilities
+
+
+
+
+
+
Accounts Payable
+
$4,045
+
+
+
Accrued Expenses
+
$76,696
+
+
+
Total Current Liabilities
+
$300,941
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Net Assets
+
+
+
+
+
+
Unrestricted
+
$1,645,867
+
+
+
Temporarily Restricted
+
$818,647
+
+
+
Total Net Assets
+
$2,464,514
+
+
+
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
+
$2,765,455
+
+
+
+
+
+
Statement of Activities
+
+
+
+
Support and Revenue
+
+
+
+
+
+
Contributions
+
$1,001,353
+
+
+
In-Kind Contributions
+
$0
+
+
+
Earned Revenue
+
$31,094
+
+
+
Interest and Other Income
+
$5,637
+
+
+
Gain/(Loss) on Investments
+
$106,212
+
+
+
Total Support and Revenue
+
$1,202,370
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Functional Expenses
+
+
+
+
+
+
Program Services
+
$1,613,249
+
+
+
Management and General
+
$120,218
+
+
+
Fundraising
+
$75,891
+
+
+
Total Functional Expenses
+
$1,809,358
+
+
+
Change in Net Assets
+
$2,464,514
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Donors
+
This page 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.
**This list includes our patrons, in-kind supporters, and those who
+ receive ThankGNUs for donations totaling over $500 in a year. The
+ FSF appreciates and thanks the thousands of individual donors,
+ members, and corporate patrons worldwide who make our work possible.
+
+
+
Why I joined the FSF
"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."
+
+
+
+
+
Associate Membership
+
Join the Free Software Foundation
+
Our mission is to promote computer user freedom and defend the rights
+of all software users, worldwide. Though free software is used more
+widely than ever, it is under threat from a wide range of interests
+that profit from controlling and surveiling computer users. You can
+help put control over computers back in the hands of the people who
+use them! Try a free software
+program,
+or switch to a free operating
+system. Make a
+donation, or make a long-term commitment
+to free software by becoming a Free Software Foundation Associate
+Member. Learn more at https://fsf.org.
+
+
+
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
+ International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
+
}%}
The Free Software Foundation is a leader in the international movement for computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users and encourage the development and use of free "as in freedom" software.
This annual report highlights the Foundation's activities and achievements in fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2017 â September 30, 2018) and includes a detailed financial statement.
@@ -136,7 +141,10 @@ possible to respect your freedom and privacy.
Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet.
-
Why I joined the FSF
"The FSF supports the freedom to use devices I own as I see fit, and to be secure in the knowledge that the software I'm using isn't compromising my privacy."
+
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+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "The FSF supports the freedom to use devices I own as I see fit, and to be secure in the knowledge that the software I'm using isn't compromising my privacy."
+}%}
Campaigns
The FSF campaigns team identifies important opportunities for free
@@ -262,7 +270,10 @@ rights using DRM.
-
Why I joined the FSF
"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."
+
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+ "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."
+}%}
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Infrastructure for free software development and activism
@@ -365,9 +376,27 @@ support from the free software community via the
-
Why I joined the FSF
"Free software positively impacts my life every hour of every day."
+
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+ "title": "Why I joined the FSF",
+ "quote": "Free software positively impacts my life every hour of every day."
+}%}
The following is a visualization of the Free Software Foundation's FY
2018 financial statement. The original documents can be found
here.
@@ -769,7 +798,10 @@ care so much about free software.
members, and corporate patrons worldwide who make our work possible.
-
Why I joined the FSF
"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."
+
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+}%}
@@ -893,7 +925,7 @@ Member. Learn more at fsf.org.