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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<html>
<head>
<title>
Happy Birthday To GNU! - The FSFE Celebrates the GNU Project's 25th Birthday!
</title>
</head>
<head>
<title>Happy Birthday To GNU! - The FSFE Celebrates the GNU Project's 25th
Birthday!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>
<b>--HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 2008-09-27</b>
</p>
<h1>
Happy Birthday To GNU! - The FSFE Celebrates the GNU Project's 25th Birthday!
</h1>
<h1>Happy Birthday To GNU! - The FSFE Celebrates the GNU Project's 25th
Birthday!</h1>
<p> Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the initial announcement of the
<p>Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the initial announcement of the
GNU Project, a pioneering initiative to develop an operating system that gives
all users the freedom to modify it and publish modified versions, individually
or working together. The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) commends the
substantial achievements of GNU's first quarter-century and look forward to
furthering their shared goal of facilitating software freedoms. </p>
furthering their shared goal of facilitating software freedoms.</p>
<p>27th September 2008 -- 25 years ago today, the GNU Project was launched by
Richard M. Stallman with the goal of creating an entire operating system that
anyone was free to use, study, share and improve. These freedoms grant all
<p>27th September 2008 — 25 years ago today, the GNU Project was launched
by Richard M. Stallman with the goal of creating an entire operating system
that anyone was free to use, study, share and improve. These freedoms grant all
users the independence and flexibility to use their computer for any purpose,
without the artificial restrictions which proprietary software imposes, such as
vendor lock-in, proprietary file formats and Digital Restrictions Management
@@ -87,37 +84,39 @@ study, modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by
supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSFE.</p>
<p>http://fsfeurope.org/</p>
<p><a href="/">http://fsfeurope.org/</a></p>
<h2>Notes for editors:</h2>
<ul>
<li>The GNU Project seeks to enable and maintain the four 'fundamental
freedoms' of software: to run software "for any purpose", to study and
<li>The GNU Project seeks to enable and maintain the four <em>fundamental
freedoms</em> of software: to run software "for any purpose", to study and
adapt software according to individual needs, to distribute copies of the
software, and to improve the software, sharing the benefits with
others.</li>
<li>The GNU Project pioneered the concept of 'copyleft' licensing, which
preserves fundamental software freedoms by using copyright to enforce the
sharing of derivative software under the same license as original
<li>The GNU Project pioneered the concept of <em>copyleft</em> licensing,
which preserves fundamental software freedoms by using copyright to enforce
the sharing of derivative software under the same license as original
software.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Contact</h2>
<p>
Belgium: +32 2 747 03 57 <br />
Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73 <br />
Sweden: +46 31 7802160 <br />
Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66 <br />
UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7 ext 408
</p>
<ul>
<li>Belgium: +32 2 747 03 57</li>
<li>Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73</li>
<li>Sweden: +46 31 7802160</li>
<li>Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66</li>
<li>UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7 ext 408</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="/contact/contact.xhtml">Other ways to get in touch</a> with the FSF
Europe.</p>
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