[ale] Fwd: Free Software Foundation receives $1 million donation from Pineapple Fund

[Charles Shapiro]

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From: John Sullivan, FSF <campaigns at fsf.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:40 PM
Subject: Free Software Foundation receives $1 million donation from
Pineapple Fund



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Free Software Foundation receives $1 million donation from Pineapple Fund

*The anonymous Pineapple Fund has donated $1 million worth of Bitcoin to
promote and defend free software, computer user freedom, and digital
rights.*

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, January 30, 2018 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) announced it has received a record-breaking
charitable contribution of 91.45 Bitcoin from the Pineapple Fund, valued at
$1 million at the time of the donation. This gift is a testament to the
importance of free software, computer user freedom, and digital rights when
technology is interwoven with daily life.

"Free software is more than open source; it is a movement that encourages
community collaboration and protects users' freedom," wrote Pine, the
Pineapple Fund's founder. "The Free Software Foundation does amazing work,
and I'm certain the funds will be put to good use."

"The FSF is honored to receive this generous donation from the Pineapple
Fund in service of the free software movement," said John Sullivan, FSF
executive director. "We will use it to further empower free software
activists and developers around the world. Now is a critical time for
computer user freedom, and this gift will make a tremendous difference in
our ability, as a movement, to meet the challenges."

The anonymous Pineapple Fund, created to give away $86 million worth of
Bitcoin to charities and social causes around the world, "is about making
bold and smart bets that hopefully impact everyone in our world."

The FSF believes free software does impact everyone, and this gift from the
Pineapple Fund will be used to:

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   Increase innovation and the number of new projects in high priority
   areas of free software development, including the GNU Project;
   -

   Expand the FSF's licensing, compliance, and hardware device
   certification programs;
   -

   Bring the free software movement to new audiences;
   -

   Contribute to the long-term stability of the organization.

About the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in
freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its
GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at
https://fsf.org and https://gnu.org, are an important source of information
about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at
https://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

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