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<title>I love Free Software Day 2016</title>
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<h1>I love Free Software Day 2016</h1>
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<p>It's time to say "thank you" on 14th of February,
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the "<a href="http://ilovefs.org">I love Free Software</a>" Day 2016.
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The Free Software Foundation Europe asks all Free Software users to use
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the traditional day of love to think of the hardworking people
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contributing to the Free Software we all depend on. <a
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href="/news/2015/news-20150303-01.html">As every year</a> there are
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many ways for people to participate in this online campaign which has
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first been celebrated five years ago.</p>
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<p>In the Free Software society we exchange a lot of criticism. We write bug
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reports, tell others how they can improve the software, ask them for new
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features, and generally are not shy about criticising others. There is nothing
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wrong about that. It helps us to constantly improve. But sometimes we forget to
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show the hardworking people behind the software our appreciation. We should not
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underestimate the power of a simple "thank you" to motivate Free Software
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contributors in their important work for society. The 14th of February (a
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Sunday this year) is the ideal day to do that.</p>
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<h2>Show your love for Free Software</h2>
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<p>Free Software drives a huge number of devices in our everyday life. It ensures
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our freedom, our security, civil rights, and privacy. It enables everyone to
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participate in a fair society. But as with people, everybody has different
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reasons to love Free Software. Let's show this variety to the world!</p>
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<p>As the traditional day to show one's appreciation to people, Valentine's Day
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is the perfect opportunity to say <strong>thank you</strong> to the
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contributors of the various Free Software you love: developers, translators,
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designers, testers, or documentation writers, of huge softwares or smaller
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projects. All of them work on the Free Software ecosystem which we can enjoy
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every day.</p>
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<h2>Be part of #ilovefs</h2>
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<p>It doesn't matter who and where you are and what you do – everyone can
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participate at the "I love Free Software" day in many different ways:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Pictures</strong>: Send some cool videos or pictures of yourself or your friends, a meme
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image, or something completely different – the main thing is creativity! And
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with each video and image you automatically participate in our
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<strong>#ilovefs competition</strong> (visit our website for more information). See the <a
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href="/activities/ilovefs/whylovefs/gallery.html">pictures of last
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years</a> for some inspiration.</li>
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<li><strong>Postcards</strong>: Thank your favourite contributors for their work in an individual way.
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For example by sending one of <a
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href="/contribute/spreadtheword.html#ilovefs-postcard">our
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postcards</a>.</li>
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<li><strong>Spread the word</strong>: Show your appreciation publicly using social networks or your blog to
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demonstrate the world how many people love Free Software – and thereby
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motivate others to do the same. Just use the hashtag
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<strong>#ilovefs</strong> on <a href="http://gnu.io/">GnuSocial</a>, <a
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href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilovefs">Twitter</a>, or other
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platforms.</li>
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<li><strong>Do it yourself</strong>: You didn't find what you were looking for? No problem, just do something
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else! Create small chocolate bars, design new promotion material... Find out
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how to make #ilovefs more unique <a
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href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/ILoveFS-2016">with your contribution</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If everybody contributes a small part we can enjoy a beautiful "I love Free
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Software" day together. Let's share videos and pictures, send postcards, tweets and blog
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posts, and show our love individually. Happy I love Free Software day
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everyone!</p>
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