[Soci SLIP] Re: [Discussioni] Fwd: The GNU project turns 30

[loredana]

Giro volentieri da un'altra lista. Loredana

On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 11:58 +0200, Francesco Potortì wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:42:18 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Free Software Foundation Europe <press a fsfeurope.org>
> Subject: [FSFE PR][EN] Changing the world: The GNU project turns 30
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> [Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/2013/news-20130927-01.en.html ]
> 
> It was 30 years ago that Richard Stallman announced the GNU project[1].
> An initiative that started with a programmer's frustration over a broken
> printer driver has changed our society. The idea of software that
> everyone can use, study, share and improve has proven very powerful
> indeed.
> 
>   "Without the GNU project and the Free Software movement that it
>   inspired, our everyday lives - and the Internet - would be a very
>   different place right now," says Karsten Gerloff, President of the
>   Free Software Foundation Europe.
> 
> Free Software[2] puts the control of electronic devices where it
> belongs: with the people who own them. Today, Free Software is
> everywhere. It powers the Internet, our mobile phones, televisions,
> cars, routers, and electronic devices of all sorts. Free Software has
> fundamentally changed the way people create software: instead of
> preventing people to adapt the software to their own needs, they invite
> people to participate in the development.
> 
>   "The GNU project has acted as the starting point of a movement that
>   makes sure we can control technology, and not technology controlling
>   us," says Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's head of Public Awareness.
> 
> The influence of the GNU project's approach to sharing knowledge goes
> far beyond the GNU/Linux operating system, and extends beyond computer
> programs. With the power of shared knowledge, Wikipedia has fast risen
> to become the world's mainstream encyclopedia. Creative Commons licenses
> let artists, musicians and authors use their work in ways ideally suited
> to the digital age. Scientists and engineers rely on Free Software tools
> to cure diseases and make everyone's life better. A generation of young
> people is now coming of age for whom sharing knowledge is simply the
> natural thing to do.
> 
>   "We are grateful to Richard Stallman for sparking this epochal change,
>   and to everyone who has worked so hard to drive Free Software's
>   progress for three decades," says Gerloff. "Join our movement, support
>   our work[3], and help us met the challenges ahead."
> 
> 
>  1. http://gnu.org
>  2. http://fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html
>  3. http://fsfe.org/fellowship/join.en.html
> 
>   == About the Free Software Foundation Europe ==
> 
>   The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
>   non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
>   involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
>   participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in
>   the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
>   Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
>   furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
>   modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
>   securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people
>   Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues
>   of the FSFE.
> 
>   http://fsfe.org/
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