Linux Foundation Announces Individual Membership Drive
SAN FRANCISCO, December 3, 2010 ? The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced a new individual membership drive and promotion that makes members eligible to win free Linux.com Store T-shirts, hats, mugs and more.
New members who sign up for individual membership at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join between today and December 20, 2010 will be automatically entered into a drawing to win one of five U.S. $50 gift cards to the Linux.com Store. These prizes will be available just in time for the holidays. Existing members and non-members can also be entered into the drawing by mailing their name and email address to The Linux Foundation headquarters. The address and official rules for the drawing are available at
The Linux Foundation website: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/individual-membership-drive-rules
Individual members of The Linux Foundation help advance the Linux operating system and support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds. They also receive exclusive benefits that include a Linux.com email address (e.g. john@linux.com); a choice of T-shirt (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/individual/join); employee purchase pricing from Dell, HP and Lenovo; 35 percent off O?Reilly books and e-books; and a variety of deep discounts to attend events, subscribe to industry publications, and to shop at the Linux.com Store.
The Linux.com Store includes exclusive merchandise and original T-shirts, hats, mugs and other items that reflect ?geek culture.? The merchandise available in the Linux.com Store is designed to reflect the unique and varied culture associated with Linux: geek pride, freedom, fun, eccentricity, and originality.
The Linux.com Store recently added new items, including the ?I Believe in Linux? mousepad (http://store.linux.com/product_info.php?products_id=177) and the community favorite ?We Made IT? T-shirt (http://store.linux.com/product_info.php?products_id=171). Nearly 8,000 votes made this T-shirt available in the Linux.com Store as a result of the Linux.com Store Community Design Contest that ran March through June 2010. The creator of the design was Said Hassan, who won the vote among nearly 100 other designers.
Both corporate and individual members support the organization that employs Linus Torvalds and important programs that promote and protect Linux. The annual membership fee for individuals is U.S. $99. Student membership is U.S. $25 and includes all the same benefits as individual members.
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the organization sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and promotes, protects and advances the Linux operating system by marshaling the resources of its members and the open source development community. The Linux Foundation provides a neutral forum for collaboration and education by hosting technical events, including LinuxCon, and generating original Linux research and content that advances the understanding of the Linux platform. Its web properties, including Linux.com, reach approximately two million people per month. The organization also provides extensive Linux training opportunities that feature the Linux kernel community?s leading experts as instructors. Please follow The Linux Foundation on Twitter.
Hardware we want:FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"
Hardware we want:FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"
Oct 14, 2010, 20 :33 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (440 reads)
(Other stories by Brett Smith)
"Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and raise interest in the program among hardware manufacturers. Ultimately, the FSF plans to promote an endorsement mark to be carried on products that meet the criteria: respects your freedom.
"?The desire to own a computer or device and have full control over it, to know that you are not being spied on or tracked, to run any software you wish without asking permission, and to share with friends without worrying about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)?these are the desires of millions of people who care about the future of technology and our society. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded control over their users. As citizens and their customers, we need to promote our desires for a new class of hardware?hardware that anyone can support because it respects your freedom,? said Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF.
"The FSF's criteria seek to cover all aspects of user interaction with and control of a device:"
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