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We've received nearly 6,000 donations and have signed up more than 400 new members during this fundraiser. Your donation or membership will help us make 2016 a shining year for software freedom.

To those of you who have given, for the first time or many times, thank you. The Free Software Foundation relies heavily on individual donors in order to continue fighting for computer user rights. We couldn't do this without you.

As the fundraiser comes to a close, we are turning our attention to our goals for the coming year. We want to:

• analyze and respond to the results of our Vision Survey (open until Monday, February 1 at 05:00 UTC)
• make this year's LibrePlanet better than ever, kicking off with a remote conversation with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
• launch a new, updated site to put the best face possible on free software
• invest in more staff so we can expand the Respects Your Freedom certification program, bring the free software philosophy to more people, aid more free software development in high priority areas, and deftly enforce the GNU General Public License
• keep up the momentum we've built in the fight against the Trans Pacific Partnership, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention rules, and the FCC-instigated lockdown of wireless devices
• continue to campaign for the abolition of software patents
• resist plans for an official Digital Restrictions Management extension to HTML5
• create and improve upon free software advocacy materials, including videos
• grow and update the FSF and GNU Project infrastructure, allowing us to accommodate more GNU projects
• improve the FSF's development infrastructure, email, code hosting, and other services for GNU developers and FSF members, and incorporate more community members in FSF sysadmin and Web development projects

We need financial resources to get things done for you, but we also need your advice and guidance. Tell us how you feel about the free software movement and the work we do by responding to our survey by Sunday. Your compliments and criticisms will help us plan another thirty years of work.

We are so close to raising $450,000 by Sunday, January 31st, ensuring that we can make great things happen in 2016. Will you help us meet -- or even exceed -- that goal? Make a one-time donation now, or make a long-term commitment to supporting the FSF by becoming an associate member for as little as $10/month (student memberships are further discounted). Membership offers many great benefits, including gratis admission to LibrePlanet.

Read more about the recent accomplishments and upcoming goals of our campaigns, licensing, and tech teams.

Be sure to join us the morning of Saturday, March 19th for "The last lighthouse: Free software in dark times" in which Snowden (who will appear via a free software video call) and Daniel Kahn Gillmor will discuss free software, surveillance, power, and control of the future.

Edward Snowden is a former intelligence officer who served the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), NSA, and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for nearly a decade as a subject matter expert on technology and cybersecurity. In 2013, he revealed the NSA was unconstitutionally seizing the private records of billions of individuals who had not been suspected of any wrongdoing, resulting in the largest debate about reforms to US surveillance policy since 1978. Today, he works on methods of enforcing human rights through the application and development of new technologies. He joined the board of Freedom of the Press Foundation in February 2014.

Daniel Kahn Gillmor is a technologist with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, and a free software developer. He's a Free Software Foundation Associate member, a member of Debian, a contributor to a wide range of free software projects, and a participant in protocol development standards organizations like the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), with an eye toward preserving and improving civil liberties and civil rights through our shared infrastructure.

LibrePlanet will once again be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 19th and 20th, 2016. The continued partnership of the Free Software Foundation and MIT's Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) means another unmissable gathering of free software enthusiasts. The rest of the LibrePlanet program, including other fantastic keynotes, workshops, and sessions, will be announced soon.

You don't want to miss this. Register for LibrePlanet today to ensure admission -- conference capacity is limited and we may have to close registration. As always, admission to the conference is gratis for FSF members and students. Not a member? Join today for gratis admission to LibrePlanet -- plus, you'll help us meet our winter fundraising goal of $450,000 by January 31st.

Does your organization or company want to exhibit at LibrePlanet 2016? Apply to be an exhibitor by January 31st to reach hundreds of hackers, activists, and free software enthusiasts at the Stata Center.

Participate in supporting the Free Software Directory by adding new entries and updating existing ones. We will be on IRC in the #fsf channel on freenode.

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info that has been carefully checked by FSF staff and trained volunteers.

While the Free Software Directory has been and continues to be a great resource to the world over the past decade, it has the potential of being a resource of even greater value. But it needs your help!

If you are eager to help and you can't wait or are simply unable to make it onto IRC on Friday, our participation guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started on helping the Directory today! There are also weekly FSD Meetings pages that everyone is welcome to contribute to before, during, and after each meeting.

• Become an FSF Associate Member
• Become a Conservancy Supporter

I've had the pleasure and the privilege, for the last 20 years, to be either a volunteer or employee of the two most important organizations for the advancement of software freedom and users' rights to copy, share, modify and redistribute software. In 1996, I began volunteering for the FSF and worked as its Executive Director from 2001–2005. I continued as a volunteer for the FSF since then, and now serve as a volunteer on FSF's Board of Directors. I was also one of the first volunteers for Software Freedom Conservancy when we founded it in 2006, and I was the primary person doing the work of the organization as a volunteer from 2006–2010. I've enjoyed having a day job as a Conservancy employee since 2011.

These two organizations have been the center of my life's work. Between them, I typically spend 50–80 hours every single week doing a mix of paid and volunteer work. Both my hobby and my career are advancing software freedom.

I choose to give my time and work to these organizations because they provide the infrastructure that make my work possible. The free software community has shown that the work of many individuals, who care deeply about a cause but cooperate together toward a common goal, has an impact greater than any individuals can ever have working separately. The same is often true for cooperating organizations: charities, like Conservancy and the FSF, that work together with each other amplify their impact beyond the expected.

Both Conservancy and the FSF pursue specific and differing approaches and methods to the advancement of software freedom. The FSF is an advocacy organization that raises awareness about key issues that impact the future of users' freedoms and rights, and finds volunteers and pays staff to advocate about these issues. Conservancy is a fiscal sponsor, which means one of our key activities is operational work, meeting the logistical and organizational needs of volunteers so they can focus on the production of great free software and free documentation. Meanwhile, both Conservancy and FSF dedicate themselves to sponsoring software projects: the FSF through the GNU Project, and Conservancy through its member projects. And, most importantly, both charities stand up for the rights of users by enforcing and defending copyleft licenses such as the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Conservancy and the FSF show in concrete terms that two charities can work together to increase their impact. Last year, our organizations collaborated on many projects, such as the proposed FCC rule changes for wireless devices, jointly handled a GPL enforcement action against Canonical, Ltd., published the principles of community-oriented GPL enforcement, and continued our collaboration on copyleft.org. We're already discussing lots of ways that the two organizations can work together in 2016!

I'm proud to give so much of my time and energy to both these excellent organizations. But, I also give my money as well: I was the first person in history to become an Associate Member of the FSF (back in November 2002), and have gladly paid my monthly dues since then. Today, I also signed up as an annual Supporter of Conservancy, because I want to ensure that Conservancy meets its current pledge match — the next 215 Supporters who sign up before January 31st will double their donation via the match.

For just US$20 each month, you make sure the excellent work of both these organizations can continue. This is quite a deal: if you are an employed, University-educated professional living in the industrialized world, US$20 is probably the same amount you'd easily spend on a meals at restaurants or other luxuries. Isn't it even a better luxury to know that these two organizations can have a years' worth of effort of standing up for your software freedom in 2016? You can make the real difference by making your charitable contribution to these two organizations today:

• Become an FSF Associate Member
• Become a Conservancy Supporter

Please don't wait: both fundraising deadlines are just five days away!

The survey takes only five to fifteen minutes to complete. Fill it out now!

It's important that this survey reach a large and diverse range of people who care about free software. Please share it by whatever means will reach your friends best — social media, email, IRC, or word of mouth.

One more thing: Last week we released a video of community members telling their free software stories. Watch it on fsf.org and if you like telling stories, consider sharing your own on social media (hashtag #freesoftwarestory).