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Welcome to the *Free Software Supporter*, the Free Software
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by you and 231,747 other activists. That's 310 more than last month!

### Let's work together to improve and spread free software

*From June 26*

Free software needs a strong community, made up of people just like you.
Think of how many of our rights and freedoms we exercise through software.
We must ensure that we, the users, are in control of this software, not
tech giants who deprive us of our rights! We still have a long way ahead
to achieve full software freedom, and we can only get there if we all work
together.

The FSF has a long history of advancing free software by working together
with groundbreaking projects. However, we can't do this without your help.
Let's work together to improve and spread free software. Share the message
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## TABLE OF CONTENTS

* Keep cool with GNU summer swag
* We have nothing to hide, only everything to protect
* Take action! Protect end-to-end encryption
* The US Federal Trade Commission solicited public comments
* EU: Majority for *AI Act* -- and safeguards for free software
* JMP has launched
* Right to challenge patents used against free software is under threat
* June GNU Emacs news
* Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
* LibrePlanet featured resource: Distro Guide
* June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Twelve new GNU releases!
* FSF and other free software events
* Thank GNUs!
* GNU copyright contributions
* Translations of the *Free Software Supporter*
* Take action with the FSF!

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### Keep cool with GNU summer swag

*From June 29*

Update your summer outfit and summer reading list while also supporting
free software and the FSF. The GNU Press shop has plenty of
new goodies for you and all purchases directly support the mission of
the FSF to work together with others to improve and spread free software!
The [GNU head T-shirt]([link removed]) is back in a new color, we have a new [DRM-free
living]([link removed]) shirt for you, and the
[Emacs deluxe bundle]([link removed]) will keep you
entertained all summer long

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### We have nothing to hide, only everything to protect

*From June 20*

"I have nothing to hide." That's what most people say when a
conversation turns to the topic of privacy. Learn how to counter
this argument by watching the LibrePlanet 2023 lightning talk
that inspired this article, and read about free software tools
such as GNU Privacy Guard, Jami, and Tor that you can use
to ensure the privacy of yourself and your loved ones. This is
the first article in an ongoing series on privacy.

* <[link removed]>

### Take action! Protect end-to-end encryption

*From June 22*

How do we counter the dangers resulting from the ongoing, worldwide
legislation like chat control, the *EARN IT Act*, and the so-called
*"Online Safety Bill"* that threatens end-to-end encryption and
privacy in general? Take action! Write a letter to the appropriate
agencies to let them know that you value your privacy and the privacy
of the people around you, and remind them of their duty to protect it.
This article, second in an ongoing series on privacy, includes sample
letters that you can use.

* <[link removed]>

### The US Federal Trade Commission solicited public comments

*From June 13*

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) solicited public comments, which
were due by June 21, on the business practices of so-called ["cloud
computing"]([link removed]) providers. The FSF received reports
from activists who made their voices heard based on our call, and we
are encouraged by their efforts in advocating to foster and protect
free software principles.

*Note: The deadline for submitting public comments has ended, but you
can still send a message to the FTC webmaster to request that their
website functions without running nonfree JavaScript.*

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### EU: Majority for *AI Act* -- and safeguards for free software

*From June 14 by Free Software Foundation Europe*

The European Parliament voted in favor of the *AI Act*. The *Act* contains
a far-reaching exemption for nonprofit organizations as well as small
free software projects. These exemptions must now be safeguarded in the
trialogue, in which the EU Parliament, the Council, and the Commission
will negotiate the final text of the *Act*. They also need to be anchored
in the *Cyber Resilience Act* and the *Product Liability Directive*.

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### JMP has launched

*From June 12 by singpolyma*

The freedom-respecting phone number service [JMP]([link removed]) has
launched! All their code is AGPLv3+, and it lets you send and receive
SMS/MMS/group texts without nonfree baseband firmware (or any baseband
at all!) And, as a plus, FSF associate members get a gratis month with their FSF
Jabber ID!

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### Right to challenge patents used against free software is under threat

*From June 2 by Joe Mullin*

The US Patent Office has proposed new rules about who can challenge
wrongly granted patents. If the rules become official, they will offer new
protections to patent trolls. Challenging patents used against free
software will become far more onerous, and it will be impossible
for some. The deadline for submitting public comments has ended,
but you can still inform yourself about the issue to be prepared for
any future opportunities to give your input. Learn why software
patents are unjust at <[link removed]>.

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### June GNU Emacs news

*From 26 June by Sacha Chua*

In these issues: June's /r/emacs subreddit protest, GNU Emacs 29.0.92
pretest, using org-mode to get your life on track, and more!

* [2023-06-05]([link removed])
* [2023-06-12]([link removed])
* [2023-06-19]([link removed])
* [2023-06-26]([link removed])

### Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

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 version
control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software
Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past
decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and
exciting free software projects.

To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place
in the #fsf channel on Libera.Chat, and usually include a handful of
regulars as well as newcomers. Libera.Chat is accessible from any IRC
client -- Everyone's welcome!

The next meeting is Friday, July 7 from 12:00 to 3:00 EDT (16:00 to
19:00 UTC). Details here:

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### LibrePlanet featured resource: Distro Guide

Every month on [the LibrePlanet
wiki]([link removed]), we highlight one
resource that is interesting and useful -- often one that could use
your help.

For this month, we are highlighting the Distro Guide, which provides
information about different freedom-respecting distros such as their
release cycles, graphical environment, and other information. You are
invited to adopt, spread and improve this important resource.

* <[link removed]>

Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us
know at <[email protected]>.

### June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Twelve new GNU releases!

Twelve new GNU releases in the last month (as of June 27, 2023):

* [a2ps-4.15.5]([link removed])
* [freeipmi-1.6.11]([link removed])
* [gcc-11.4.0]([link removed])
* [gettext-0.22]([link removed])
* [gnupg-2.4.2]([link removed])
* [linux-libre-6.4-gnu]([link removed])
* [nettle-3.9.1]([link removed])
* [parallel-20230622]([link removed])
* [r-4.3.1]([link removed])
* [shepherd-0.10.1]([link removed])
* [unifont-15.0.06]([link removed])
* [xorriso-1.5.6.pl02]([link removed])

*For a full list with descriptions, please see: <[link removed]>*

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This month, we welcome GNU Chief Webmaster Jason Self who officially
joins Alexandre Oliva as co-maintainer of Linux-libre. Many thanks
Jason (and Alex) for all your work on GNU Linux-libre!

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If you have a working or partly working program that you'd like
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As always, please feel free to write to me, <[email protected]>,
with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.

### FSF and other free software events

* July 12, 2023, Online, [Workshop: Video editing with Kdenlive]([link removed])
* July 13-16, 2023, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR [FOSSY]([link removed])
* September 27, 2023, Volkhaus, Biel, Switzerland [GNU 40]([link removed])
* October 15-17, 2023, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC [ATO]([link removed])
* November 3-4, 2023, Online and Seattle, WA [SeaGL]([link removed])
* November 10-11, 2023, NOI Techpark, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy [SFSCon]([link removed])
* December 2-3, 2023, Online, [EmacsConf]([link removed])

### Thank GNUs!

We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation,
and we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have
donated $500 or more in the last month.

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This month, a big Thank GNU to:

* Antonio Carzaniga
* Cătălin Frâncu
* Benoit Andre
* Deborah Jackson
* Hideki Igarashi
* Irontec Internet y Sistemas sobre GNU/Linux SL
* Mark Harris
* Yuchen Pei

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### GNU copyright contributions

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us
defend the GNU GPL and keep software free. The following individuals
have assigned their copyright to the FSF (and allowed public
appreciation) in the past month:

* Pan Junjie (GNU Emacs)
* Daniel Salvatore Oriani (GNU Emacs)
* raf (GNU Findutils)
* Peter Lucas Stuart (GNU Emacs)

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