Group: Free Software Foundation/Ideas

Please post and discuss ideas for the Free Software Foundation.

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Issues

What issues involving free software are most concerning to you, and what do you think could be done to address them?

Campaigns

Existing

Working Together For Free Software

Welcoming newcomers

How does the refocused homepage look?

• We should create a Working Together for Free Software badge that featured projects can display and link back to the campaign --Dpic 15:00, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Profiles

Suggest individuals involved in free software to have their profile featured by the FSF.

• Mako --Dpic 15:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Proposals

• Launch a joint fundraising campaign to donate to the FSF, EFF, Public Knowledge, and Creative Commons on behalf of ASCAP and NMPA in response to their letter opposing free culture. All that would be needed is a simple website which has one page explaining the issue, and another with links to these organizations to donate/join. This could also be done for ACTA. --Dpic 15:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
  • The issue is that these organizations actually share only very few points in common. Public Knowledge does not have the same position on copyright as FSF. EFF and Creative Commons both don't see free software as an issue. FSF, for the most, does not work for free culture (most of their non-programming material is not 'free')--OsamaK 15:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
    • The purpose is to build upon what they do have in common, to build bridges rather than burn them, and to unite on one issue that concerns all of them and a good amount of the general public-- enough to help bolter support for all organizations. We may not always be working together, but we are not working against each other. --Dpic
      • Sure, but what issue do they work on and have similar opinions? (Sorry, I don't know any). I'm not suggesting that they do or should work against each others, it's just that they have different views, that sometimes lead to different conclusions (maybe like free software and open source)--OsamaK 13:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
        • Like opposing ASCAP's letter or ACTA, as i mentioned. Dpic 18:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
• Draft a "Free Software Statement" which businesses, nonprofits, and schools can adopt to declare their support for free software, ensuring their websites are standards compliant and that they will use and recommend free tools. This statement should link to a simple website or page with a more general statement listing the organizations that have declared their support and allow individuals to sign as well --Dpic 02:27, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
  • Very good one. I love this.--OsamaK 15:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Events

Existing

LibrePlanet Conference

• It should be an international event that is also hosted outside the U.S. just like GPLv3 conferences. This can be done in collaboration with other FSF* organizations. In addition, it should be in summer instead of March where many people are able to consider attending. These two issues do matter to many free software advocates who are students.--OsamaK 15:04, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Proposals

FSF 25th Anniversary

• The Free Software Foundation's birthday is October 4th: Social gatherings? A simple, orchestrated global action? Something? --Dpic 18:29, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Projects

Proposals

• Offer a gnu.org Host to all Free Software / Distro type of project --Aurélien 9:44, 11 Febuary 2012 (UTC)
• Offer a gnu.org E-mail adress to all fsf members --Aurélien 9:43, 11 Febuary 2012 (UTC)
• reverse enginnering of binary blobs in wifi and video card --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• paying people to solve particular problems --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• GNU Search: libre search engine that respect privacy --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• A free software alternative to Google's Android Marketplace and/or Apple's App Store --Gaz Davidson - 14 September 2010

We already have this one. Please take a look at Replicant FAQ -- Graziano Sorbaioli - 19 September 2010

Website

• Free Software Supporter read by someone cool (audio and video versions)

Store

Suggest products for the store.

• Sell quality GNU baseball caps --Aurélien 19:27, 9 Febuary 2012 (UTC) (in fact suggested on irc ~ 1 or 2 years before :)
• Accept Google Checkout --Dpic 16:38, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
• Free software definition card, like EFF's Bill of Rights card --Dpic 16:38, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
• FSF "SWAT" Hat, like EFF's --Dpic 16:38, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
• METAL keychain --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• laptop / netbook bag --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
  • I like this one. I can have one of these.--OsamaK 22:09, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
• laptop / netbook skins --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• ball pens --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• mugs --Graziano Sorbaioli - 9 July 2010
• Sturdy multi-use plastic bags painted with promo graphics--Rm 19:47, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
• A DVD archive of http://audio-video.gnu.org/ (not just a website mirror, but with some kind of convenient shell for selecting and launching video/audio)--Rm 19:47, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
• Trisquel DVDs (4.0)--Rm 19:47, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
  • I think this should be left to the original Trisquel project. Selling DVDs is an important way to fund the project.--OsamaK 22:09, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
• Posters, bags, backpacks, stickers and more with all the logos of FSF, EFF, CC GNU, (Canonical), Firefox (Mozilla), VLC, etc... I'd be happy to walk around with a laptop backpack full of those! --Nat90 23:02, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Wiki

• Do not require copyright assignment from wiki contributors and change the license to CC-BY-SA 3.0. ( Read more) --OsamaK 15:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Artwork & Materials

Submit design ideas for logos, stickers, etc