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Dear Free Software Supporter,

We can't thank you enough. Your generous support, large and small, has
helped us well beyond our goal of $400,000 USD! What a way to start
the new year — we are very, very grateful!

Because of this collective generosity, we now have the chance to
boldly build for the long term in our shared movement for software
freedom. **That is why today we ask you to stand for freedom as we
extend our appeal, and join us in achieving our new goal: welcoming
100 new FSF members by January 16!**

Together, we can do it. [Become an associate member today.][1] Free
software plays such a vital role in guaranteeing so many other basic
freedoms that are being undermined right now, like the [right to be
free of mass surveillance][2] or the [right to read what you want][3].

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FSF associate members are a crucial part of the global campaign for
software freedom. By becoming an FSF associate member, not only will
you help us reach our member goal, you will grow our collective
strength by becoming part of a symbolic group of thousands of people
standing behind the FSF, lending further weight to our work and
helping us pave our way to software freedom. Becoming an associate
member also helps the FSF build a strong, predictable funding base
that fuels our collective work for a world free of the injustice of
proprietary software. And because of the [benefits][4] and resources
FSF provides to associate members, you will be an even more active
force in pushing software freedom forward.

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For as little as $12 USD a month ($6 USD for students), [become part
of a huge global community today by joining the FSF as an associate
member before our January 16 deadline][5].

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We also offer a [friends-tier associate membership][6] for those of
you who have been affected by economic challenges, but still want to
support the FSF. Do you know someone who is passionate about promoting
computer user freedom? You can [gift them a membership too][7].

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FSF members help us take on the predatory proprietary software giants
and their government allies, resisting their efforts to track and trap
us inside their proprietary software cages. Associate members help
move us closer to a free society.

[Join the FSF today][8].

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FSF staff and our hard-working volunteers continue to work for
software freedom. Our [Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab][9]
protects free software licenses, including the GNU General Public
Licenses (GPL), for every single computer user. Our tech team
continues to provide the free software the tools we all need. And our
campaigns team keeps our [advocacy campaigns][10] strong and agile,
navigating the many challenges we all face today.

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Help advance software freedom. Help us reach our goal of 100 new
associate members by January 16. [Join us today: become part of the
global network of FSF associate members!][11]

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In freedom,

Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni

Program Manager

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