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<p>This page is a location for press-related information about
the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project. We keep
archival copies of our press releases here, and other information
of interest to those in the media.</p>
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of the <code>info-press</code> list are available</a>.</p>
<h2 id="releases">Press Releases</h2>
<p>(In reverse chronological order)</p>
<p>
For statements related to the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, please see the
special <a href="/philosophy/sco">SCO section of our website</a>.
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<dl>
<dt>14 January 2004</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2004-01-14-record-straight.html">Setting
the Record Straight: The Free Software Foundation, the General
Public License and SCO versus IBM</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2004-01-14-record-straight.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>2 January 2004</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2004-01-02-nyc-seminars.html">FSF To Host
Free Software Licensing Seminars and Discussions on SCO v. IBM
in New York</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2004-01-02-nyc-seminars.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>19 November 2003</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2003-11-19-Microsoft-CA.html">FSF
Encourages Californians to Support Software Freedom with
Microsoft Vouchers</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2003-11-19-Microsoft-CA.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>27 March 2003</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2003-03-27-patron.html">FSF Announces
Corporate Patronage Program</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2003-03-27-patron.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>8 February 2003</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2003-02-08-award.html">Professor Lawrence
Lessig Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the
Advancement of Free Software</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2003-02-08-award.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>12 November 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-11-12-mysql.html">Gift from MySQL AB
Supports Free Software Foundation's General Public License
Compliance Lab</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-11-12-mysql.txt">A
plain text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>3 September 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-09-03-bayonne.html">GNU Bayonne 1.0
Released; GNU Telephony Server gives software freedom to
businesses, large enterprises and commercial telephone
carriers</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-09-03-bayonne.txt">A plain
text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>26 August 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-08-26-freenode.html">GNU Project Will
Use Freenode as Its Official IRC Network</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2002-08-26-freenode.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>1 August 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-08-01-sf-fundraiser.html">Affero Hosts
"Full Tilt for Software Freedom", a Benefit for Free Software
Foundation on Wednesday, August, 14 2002 in San Francisco</a>.
(<a href="/press/2002-08-01-sf-fundraiser.txt">A plain text
version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>21 May 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-05-21-eldred-brief.html">Free Software
Foundation Files Brief Amicus Curiae in Eldred v. Aschroft
Supreme Court Case</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2002-05-21-eldred-brief.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>11 April 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-04-11-ms-patent.html">Microsoft
Attacks Free Software Developers with New License</a>.
(<a href="/press/2002-04-11-ms-patent.txt">A plain text version
is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>19 March 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.html">Free Software
Foundation Announces Support of the Affero General Public
License, the First Copyleft License for Web Services</a>.
(<a href="/press/2002-03-19-Affero.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>18 March 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-03-18-digitalspeech.html">Free
Software Foundation Offers Resources to the Digital Speech
Project</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-03-18-digitalspeech.txt">A
plain text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>5 March 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-03-05-DCL-GNUE.html">Double Choco
Latte (DCL), a work order and help desk management system,
announces its merger into GNU Enterprise (GNUe), a GNU
Package</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-03-05-DCL-GNUE.txt">A plain
text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>3 March 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-03-01-pi-MySQL.html">Judge Saris
defers GNU GPL Questions for Trial in MySQL vs. Progress
Software</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-03-01-pi-MySQL.txt">A plain
text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>26 February 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-02-26-MySQL.html">FSF Lawyer and Board
Member Serves as Expert Witness in Lawsuit Related to GNU
GPL</a>. (<a href="/press/2002-02-26-MySQL.txt">A plain text
version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>16 February 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-02-16-FSF-Award.html">Guido van Rossum
Awarded the Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement
of Free Software</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2002-02-16-FSF-Award.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>29 January 2002</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2002-01-29-MS-DOJ.html">FSF Files Statement
on Microsoft Judgment under Tunney Act</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2002-01-29-MS-DOJ.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>3 December 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-12-03-Takeda.html">Stallman Receives
Prestigious 2001 Takeda Award</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-12-03-Takeda.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>22 October 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-10-22-Emacs.html">FSF Announces
Version 21 of the GNU Emacs Editing Environment</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-10-22-Emacs.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>12 October 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-10-12-bayonne.html">Free Software
Foundation Announces 7th Major Release of GNU Bayonne</a>.
(<a href="/press/2001-10-12-bayonne.txt">A plain text version
is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>24 September 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-09-24-CPI.html">Richard Stallman and
Eben Moglen to Speak at GWU's Cyberspace Policy Institute's
Free Software Conference</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-09-24-CPI.txt">A plain text version is also
available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>18 September 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.html">FSF and FSMLabs
come to agreement on a GPL-compliant version of RTLinux Open
Patent License</a>. (<a href="/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.txt">A
plain text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dd><strong>Update</strong>: The Free Software Foundation and
Finite State Machine Labs Inc. (FSMLabs) have announced the
release of the <a href=
"http://www.fsmlabs.com/openpatentlicense.html">Open RTLinux
patent license Version 2</a> fully compliant with the Free
Software Foundation's General Public License (GPL). The Open
Patent License grants the right to use U.S. Patent No.
5,995,745 in GPL free software without payment of a royalty.
This license protects GPL use of the RTLinux process. For more
information, please see the <a href=
"/press/2001-09-18-RTLinux.html">updated press
release</a>.</dd>
<dt>20 July 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.html">Richard Stallman
Inaugurates Free Software Foundation-India, First Affiliate in
Asia of the Free Software Foundation</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.txt">A plain text version</a>,
<a href="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.pdf">a PDF version</a>,
and <a href="/press/2001-07-20-FSF-India.ps">a Postscript
version</a> are also available.)</dd>
<dt>9 July 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-07-09-DotGNU-Mono.html">FSF Announces
Support of Free Software Projects to Replace Components of
Microsoft .NET</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-07-09-DotGNU-Mono.txt">A plain text version is
also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>28 June 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-06-28-USENIX.html">GNU Project and
Kerberos Developers Receive Prestigious USENIX Achievement
Awards</a>. (<a href="/press/2001-06-28-USENIX.txt">A plain
text version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>18 June 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-06-18-GCC.html">GNU Compiler
Collection Version 3.0 Is Released; Includes Support for Java
and IA-64</a>. (<a href="/press/2001-06-18-GCC.txt">A plain
text version</a>, <a href="/press/2001-06-18-GCC.pdf">a PDF
version</a>, and <a href="/press/2001-06-18-GCC.ps">a
Postscript version</a> are also available.)</dd>
<dt>25 May 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-05-25-NYU.html">Richard Stallman
Delivers Speech at NYU, Countering Mundie's Attack on Free
Software</a>. (<a href="/press/2001-05-25-NYU.txt">A plain text
version is also available</a>.)</dd>
<dt>4 May 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-05-04-GPL.html">The GNU General Public
License Protects Software Freedoms</a>. (<a href=
"/press/2001-05-04-GPL.txt">A plain text version</a>, <a href=
"/press/2001-05-04-GPL.pdf">a PDF version</a>, and <a href=
"/press/2001-05-04-GPL.ps">a Postscript version</a> are also
available.)</dd>
<dt>2 May 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/press/2001-05-02-Bayonne.txt">Free Software
Foundation Announces Milestone 6 of GNU Bayonne</a>.</dd>
<dt>20 March 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="2001-03-20-Brazil.txt">Richard M. Stallman
Addresses Brazilian Congress on Free Software and the Ethics of
Copyright and Patents</a>.</dd>
<dt>2 February 2001</dt>
<dd><a href="/award/2000/2000-pr.txt">Brian Paul Is Awarded the
Free Software Foundation Award For the Advancement of Free
Software</a>.</dd>
<dt>15 December 1999</dt>
<dd><a href="/award/1999/1999.html">The Free Software
Foundation (FSF) bestowed its second Free Software Foundation
Award for the Advancement of Free Software on Miguel de
Icaza</a>.</dd>
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<li><a href="/people/speakers.html">GNU and Free Software
Speakers</a> are available for speaking engagements and press
interviews.</li>
<li><a href="/events.html">Coming Events</a> related to the FSF
and the GNU project.</li>
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<h2 id="background">Background Information</h2>
<p>On our <a href=
"/philosophy/philosophy.html">philosophy page</a>, we have a
number of texts that describe the political, ethical and
practical viewpoints of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU
project. If you are doing background reading for an article about
the FSF or GNU, we suggesting in particular the following
articles:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">The Free Software
Definition</a></li>
<li><a href="/gnu/thegnuproject.html">A History of the GNU
Project</a></li>
<li><a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">How
Free Software Differs from Open Source</a></li>
<li><a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">The Relationship between
GNU (the system) and Linux (the kernel)</a></li>
<li><a href="/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html">Why We call the system,
"GNU/Linux"</a></li>
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