(Re)introducing the Free Software Foundation
Channel: Michael Newman
Date: 2011-07-25

As of 2011, the Free Software Foundation is in its 26th year. John Sullivan was just named its new executive director in March, but has been with the FSF since 2003. Originally, the FSF's primary role was to develop and distribute free software. Much has changed in 26 years, as many others have joined the movement and started developing free software, and the FSF has evolved to take more of a leadership and steward role. John will give an overview of how the FSF works nowadays, what its current projects and campaigns are, and how people can get involved. Meeting hosted by the Greater Hartford GNU Linux Users Group of Connecticut: http://www.meetup.com/GHGLUG/  Follow along with the slides at: http://toastedalmonds.org/ghglug/2011-07-13_fsf/slides.pdf