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Dear Free Software Supporter,

Our [thirty-fifth birthday][1] as an organization has given us the
opportunity to think about the Free Software Foundation's (FSF)
development over the years. More than thirty-five years of history is
hard to bring together in a few sentences, so much so that even staff
at the FSF sometimes have to do serious research into the exact dates
that milestones occurred. This being the case, we realized it was high
time to create an overview listing key points in the history of the
FSF and GNU.

Today we launched the [FSF history timeline][2] page which shows a
clear overview of milestones for the organization, like when the
[GPLv3 was published][3], or when the first [LibrePlanet
conference][4] took place.

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All of these pages have links that will lead you deeper down the
rabbit hole of increasing your knowledge on the historical work of the
FSF and the wider free software movement. Never again will you have to
guess (or cheat!) your answers to an FSF trivia game, as we have
listed everything we think you might want to know about the FSF's
history. Naturally, if you have suggestions (or corrections!) for
additions of important milestones, you can let us know at
<[email protected]>.

Resources such as these are important for the continued education of
people about free software. You are helping to push this work forward,
so thank you for the support! Please take a moment to publicly bring
attention to the need for free software: use the hashtag
\#UserFreedom, and [share this message][5] to help us build further
support. With this publication celebrating the history of the FSF,
this [summer fundraiser][6] has come to an end, and we have been
humbled by the support we received from you, having exceeded both our
original goal and our stretch goal. It means a lot to us and will
help strengthen our future work.

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Thirty-five years is a long time to be fighting for freedom, and we've
made many important strides. Seeing it all together makes us very
proud, but it also helps us realize how much more work there is left
to do. We have never done this work alone. There are hundreds of
thousands of activists all over this planet, and we count on your
support to continue to add milestones to this timeline, on the route
towards user freedom.

Sincerely,

Zoë Kooyman
Program Manager

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