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

[Jim Kinney]

Sweet!

On January 30, 2018 2:23:54 PM EST, Charles Shapiro via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Nice!
>
>-- CHS
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>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:
>
>   -
>
>   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.
>
>More information about the FSF, as well as important information for
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