Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 30, 2006 10:25 AM
I really hope 2007 is going to be huge.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)
I think we should have a website similar to spreadfirefox.com, it appears to have been very successful.
What people can do; * Join or donate to the Free Software Foundation (FSF). * Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). * License the stuff you make under a free software license, such as the GNU General Public License (GPL). * In your software, put a note in the about dialog, the website and the documentation about being free software. * Put "I like free software" or something, your forum signature, e-mail signature, on your blog, on your website, etc. * Link to FSF from your blog, website, etc. * Chat/hang on the Freenode IRC network. * Contribute to free software projects, if you cant code, then donate money, write documentation, do translation to your language, volunteer as a forum moderator, write FAQ, contribute to the wiki, etc. * If you are member of a social-networking website (such as MySpace *yuck*), put "I like free software" on your profile, or list free software as one of your interest, use the "free software" tag, or join the "free software" team/group/thing if such exist, if it doesn't, then create it. * Use your right to free speech and don't just be an reader on the web, be a writer too, get a website, get a blog, write about free software. * If you own an computer store or something, put a Linux poster on the wall. * Put "Powered by Linux" in the footer of your website.
We need competitions and campaigns such as "make the best free-software-themed desktop wallpaper", etc.
If you use Wikipedia, then put the free software infobox {{User free software}} on your userpage.
Put a GNU poster on your wall.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:D Put a GNU emblem on the front of your computer case.
Mod your computer case, with a laser-cut GNU on the sidedoor.
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Download Linux
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Great article
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 30, 2006 10:25 AMI think we should have a website similar to spreadfirefox.com, it appears to have been very successful.
What people can do;
* Join or donate to the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
* Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
* License the stuff you make under a free software license, such as the GNU General Public License (GPL).
* In your software, put a note in the about dialog, the website and the documentation about being free software.
* Put "I like free software" or something, your forum signature, e-mail signature, on your blog, on your website, etc.
* Link to FSF from your blog, website, etc.
* Chat/hang on the Freenode IRC network.
* Contribute to free software projects, if you cant code, then donate money, write documentation, do translation to your language, volunteer as a forum moderator, write FAQ, contribute to the wiki, etc.
* If you are member of a social-networking website (such as MySpace *yuck*), put "I like free software" on your profile, or list free software as one of your interest, use the "free software" tag, or join the "free software" team/group/thing if such exist, if it doesn't, then create it.
* Use your right to free speech and don't just be an reader on the web, be a writer too, get a website, get a blog, write about free software.
* If you own an computer store or something, put a Linux poster on the wall.
* Put "Powered by Linux" in the footer of your website.
We need competitions and campaigns such as "make the best free-software-themed desktop wallpaper", etc.
If you use Wikipedia, then put the free software infobox {{User free software}} on your userpage.
Put a GNU poster on your wall.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:D
Put a GNU emblem on the front of your computer case.
Mod your computer case, with a laser-cut GNU on the sidedoor.
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