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Dear Free Software Supporter,
Do you believe that free software is crucial to a free society? Do you
want to help people learn why free software matters, and how to use
it? Do you want to dig deep into software freedom issues like
copyleft, Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), or surveillance
and encryption? Or, do you want to learn systems administration,
design, or other tasks using only free software?
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is looking for interns to spend the
summer contributing to work in one of three areas: campaigns,
licensing, or with our tech team.
While in-office intern positions here in Boston are typically
preferred, due to COVID-19, this summer the FSF is only hosting remote
interns. As such, applicants from anywhere in the world will be
considered.
These positions are unpaid, but the FSF will provide any appropriate
documentation you might need to receive funding and school credit from
outside sources. We place an emphasis on providing hands-on
educational opportunities for interns, in which they work closely with
staff mentors on projects that match their skills and interest.
Interns can choose from the following fields of work:
Campaigns team interns might focus on privacy, encryption, or
expanding and updating our outreach; they also might assist in
preparations for the 2020 International Day Against DRM. Licensing team interns might assist with the Respects Your
Freedom hardware product certification program. Or, they might
work to improve the Free Software Directory, or analyze the
compatibility of other licenses with the GPL. Tech team interns may choose from our current list of projects,
including the new plan to to launch a public code hosting and
collaboration platform, or "forge," or suggest an idea of their
own. A past tech team intern did extensive work to set up a GNU
social instance; others created HUBAngl for easy video
streaming, worked on porting LibreJS to WebExtensions,
penetration tested our network, researched Ceph distributed object
storage, and researched the freedom status of single-board
computers.
Summer internships have a flexible beginning, with possible start
dates as early as June, and typically run for a period of twelve
weeks. The deadline to apply is May 10, 2020.
To apply, send a letter of interest and a resume with two references
to [email protected]. Please send all application materials in free
software-friendly formats like .pdf, .odt, and .txt. Use "Summer
internship application" as the subject line of your email. Please
include links to your writing, design, or coding work if it applies --
personal, professional, or class work is acceptable. URLs are
preferred, though email attachments in free formats are acceptable,
too. Learn more about our internships, and direct any questions
to [email protected].
Sincerely,
Dana Morgenstein
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
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