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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. 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 or the right to read what you want.

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 and resources FSF provides to associate members, you will be an even more active force in pushing software freedom forward.

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.

We also offer a friends-tier associate membership 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.

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.

FSF staff and our hard-working volunteers continue to work for software freedom. Our Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab 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 strong and agile, navigating the many challenges we all face today.

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!

In freedom,

Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni
Program Manager

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