[Trad Gnu] May 2018 Free Software Supporter for translation

[Dana Morgenstein <danam AT fsf.org>]

The May issue of the Supporter is attached and ready for translation.
Thank you so much for your help!

-- 
Dana Morgenstein // Outreach & Communications Coordinator
Free Software Foundation
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# Free Software Supporter
Issue 121, May 2018

Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's
(FSF) monthly news digest and action update -- being read by you and
187,209 other activists. That's 610 more than last month!

### The *Free Software Supporter* is now available in Brazilian Portuguese!

Software freedom is a worldwide issue, and we have a global mission to
defend the rights of all software users everywhere. As such, we make
every effort to get Free Software Foundation (FSF) and GNU Project
materials translated into as many languages as possible. Thanks to the
suggestion of one of our wonderful volunteers, we're launching an
edition of the *Free Software Supporter* monthly newsletter translated
into Brazilian Portuguese! If you want to receive your emailed version
of the *Supporter* in Portuguese, click
[here](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/create?reset=1&gid=34&id={contact.contact_id}&{contact.checksum})
and simply update your language preferences. (Note -- do not share
this link, as it will allow others to modify your account.)

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-monthly-free-software-supporter-newsletter-is-now-available-in-brazilian-portuguese>

## TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 * Richard Stallman: "No company is so important its existence justifies 
setting up a police state"
 * RMS in *The Guardian*: “A radical proposal to keep your personal data 
safe” 
 * “The printer story” redux: a testimonial about the injustice of 
proprietary firmware 
 * Meet the latest Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) drones
 * Private Internet Access: VPNs, education, and software freedom 
 * Trisquel 8.0 LTS Flidas
 * Registration is open for GNUHealth Con 2018!
 * AMD promises firmware fixes for security processor bugs but won't fix the 
fundamental problem
 * Microsoft services agreement bars offensive language
 * Free Software Foundation announces crowdfunding campaign to buy Facebook 
(April Fools!)
 * Appliance companies are lobbying to protect their DRM-fueled repair 
monopolies
 * More entries for the "Catalog of Missing Devices," courtesy of Electronic 
Frontier Foundation (EFF) supporters
 * GnuCash 3.0 released
 * TorBirdy 0.2.4 is released
 * GPL benefit sale: Refurbished LulzBot 3D printers
 * Free Software Directory meeting recap
 * Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
 * LibrePlanet featured resource: FreedSoftware
 * GNU Spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: 14 new GNU releases!
 * GNU Toolchain update: Support GNU Toolchain
 * Richard Stallman's speaking schedule 
 * Thank GNUs!
 * GNU copyright contributions
 * Take action with the FSF!

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#

### Richard Stallman: "No company is so important its existence justifies 
setting up a police state"

*From April 18 by Noah Kulwin*

In this interview, part of the "The Internet Apologizes" series, FSF
president Richard Stallman (RMS) discusses privacy rights, Facebook,
the misuse of data (and thus why data shouldn't be collected in the
first place), and more.

  * 
<http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/richard-stallman-rms-on-privacy-data-and-free-software.html>

### RMS in *The Guardian*: “A radical proposal to keep your personal data 
safe” 

*From April 9*

Something needs to be done to halt the overall abuse of data, and in
today's issue of *The Guardian*, RMS offers a bold proposal: that
systems need to be legally required to not collect data in the first
place. "The basic principle is that a system must be designed not to
collect certain data," he writes, "if its basic function can be
carried out without that data."  He demands that this change go far
beyond Facebook, as well.

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/rms-in-the-guardian-201ca-radical-proposal-to-keep-your-personal-data-safe201d-1>
  * 
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/facebook-abusing-data-law-privacy-big-tech-surveillance>

### "The printer story" redux: a testimonial about the injustice of 
proprietary firmware 

*From April 26*

As part of his explanation of the early history of free software,
Richard Stallman (RMS) often tells a story about his frustration with
the locked-down software on a laser printer. In today's testimonial,
an anonymous supporter details a much more recent incident that made
it concrete to him how unjust, cruel, and arbitrary the restrictions
imposed by software manufacturers can be.

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/201cthe-printer-story201d-redux-a-testimonial-about-the-injustice-of-proprietary-firmware>

### Meet the latest Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) drones

*From April 18*

Back during [the last
round](https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/help_fight_against_dmca_anticircumvention_rules_december_15th)
of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention
exemptions process, we wrote about the "DRM drones" who were opposing
exemptions. These companies, along with the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), were trying to stifle the work of activists
working to claw back a bit of freedom in the face of the DMCA's
draconian provisions. A few years later, and it's a new round of the
exemptions process, with perhaps some new faces, but the same old
problem.

  * <https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/meet_latest_drm_drones>

### Private Internet Access: VPNs, education, and software freedom 

*From April 13*

Private Internet Access was a generous supporter of LibrePlanet 2018
and the Free Software Foundation as a patron. As one of the largest
VPN services available, they have customers all around the world. They
recently announced their intention to release some of the software
they produce under a free license.

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/private-internet-access-vpns-education-and-software-freedom>

### Trisquel 8.0 LTS Flidas released

*From April 5 by Ruben Rodriguez*

Trisquel 8.0 has benefited from extensive testing, as many people have
been using the development versions as their main operating system for
some time. On top of that, the Free Software Foundation has been using
it to run the LibrePlanet conference since last year, and it has been
powering all of its new server infrastructure as well!

  * <https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-80-lts-flidas>

### Registration is open for GNU Health Con 2018!

*From April 22 by Luis Falcón Martín, MD*

GNU Health Con is an annual conference that brings together
enthusiasts and developers of the Free/Libre Health & Hospital
Information System, and this is their tenth anniversary! Events
include thematic sessions, free workshops, the presentation of the GNU
Health Social Medicine awards, a 10th anniversary dinner, and a GNU
Health Hack Day. The conference is from November 23-25, in Las Palmas,
Spain.

  * <http://www.gnuhealthcon.org/2018-las_palmas/>

Dr. Falcón also presented a talk on GNU Health at LibrePlanet 2018,
"Free software as a catalyst for liberation, social justice, and
social medicine."

  * 
<https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/free-software-as-a-catalyst-for-liberation-social-justice-and-social-medicine/>

### AMD promises firmware fixes for security processor bugs but won't fix the 
fundamental problem

*From March 20 by Peter Bright*

AMD has responded to the reports last week of a range of security
flaws affecting its Platform Security Processor (PSP) and chipset. The
company acknowledges the bugs and says that, in coming weeks, it will
have new firmware available to resolve the PSP bugs. These firmware
fixes will also mitigate the chipset bugs. These security flaws are
bad, but they're still secondary to the injustice of the Platform
Security Processor (PSP), which is an intentional back door you can't
control. AMD's fixes don't address that.

  * 
<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/03/amd-promises-firmware-fixes-for-security-processor-bugs/>

### Microsoft services agreement bars offensive language

*From March 28 by Simon Sharwood*

Microsoft has imposed censorship on Skype and email, as well as its
office suite, which is tethered to a Microsoft server, and a number of
other disservices. Our advice, of course, isn't to "make sure you stay
within the code of conduct" -- just close your accounts instead! As it
stands, they're already forcing you to use nonfree software, and
that's already an injustice.

  * 
<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/microsoft_services_agreement_bars_offensive_language/>

### Free Software Foundation announces crowdfunding campaign to buy Facebook 
(April Fools!)

*From April 1*

"When we received a 91.45 Bitcoin donation from the anonymous fund, we
planned to use the money for several purposes, including bringing the
free software movement to new audiences," said FSF executive director
John Sullivan. "The recent scandal over Cambridge Analytica's illegal
mass collection of Facebook user data has left the site's future up in
the air. Our sysadmin team is ready to overhaul the entire site to
become the world's largest privacy respecting, free software and free
JavaScript-based social media platform. We're not sure yet what the
name of the new site will be, but we're sure it will involve a clever
acronym."

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/free-software-foundation-announces-crowdfunding-campaign-to-buy-facebook>

### Appliance companies are lobbying to protect their DRM-fueled repair 
monopolies

*From April 25 by Jason Koebler*

The arguments that Dyson, LG, and Wahl are making to justify keeping
software locked down in appliances are getting sillier every day.
First, they're claiming that their products are too complex for
ordinary people to learn to repair, and if you try to repair your
electric razor, you'll burn your house down; next, they're claiming
that if you let an independent professional into your house to repair
your vacuum cleaner or toaster, they'll burgle your house (which
somehow, a certificate from the company will automatically prevent).

  * 
<https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbxk3b/appliance-companies-are-lobbying-against-right-to-repair>

### More entries for the "Catalog of Missing Devices," courtesy of Electronic 
Frontier Foundation (EFF) supporters

*From April 10 by Cory Doctorow*

We're not sure how realistic these "missing devices" that EFF
supporters came up with would be even without the unethical restraints
of DMCA, but it's a great illustration of how creativity could
flourish if DRM weren't stopping us.

  * 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/entries-catalog-missing-devices-courtesy-eff-supporters-you>

### GnuCash 3.0 released

*From April 3 by Jonathan Corbet*

The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 3.0, the first
release in their new 3.x stable series.

  * <https://lwn.net/Articles/750813/>

### TorBirdy 0.2.4 is released

*From April 2 by Sukhbir Singh*

TorBirdy is an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird that configures it to
make connections over the Tor network. TorBirdy automatically enhances
the privacy settings of Thunderbird and configures it for use over Tor
-- think of it as Torbutton for Thunderbird.

  * <https://blog.torproject.org/torbirdy-024-released>

### GPL benefit sale: Refurbished LulzBot 3D printers

*From April 17 by Aleph Objects*

Have you been planning on buying a 3D printer? Get a more ethical
printer while helping the FSF: in honor of the GPL, Aleph is giving
customers 15% off of every factory refurbished LulzBot 3D printer, AND
donating $50 to us!

  * <https://www.lulzbot.com/gpl-benefit-sale-refurbished-3d-printers>

### Free Software Directory meeting recap

Check out the great work our volunteers accomplished at the April Free
Software Directory meetings. Every week free software activists from
around the world come together in #fsf on irc.freenode.org to help
improve the Free Software Directory.

  * 
<https://www.fsf.org/blogs/directory/free-software-directory-meeting-recap-april-2018>

### Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to
discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth
of useful information, from basic category and descriptions to version
control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing. The Free Software
Directory has been a great resource to software users over the past
decade, but it needs your help staying up-to-date with new and
exciting free software projects.

To help, join our weekly IRC meetings on Fridays. Meetings take place
in the #fsf channel on irc.freenode.org, and usually include a handful of
regulars as well as newcomers. Freenode is accessible from any IRC client -- 
Everyone's welcome!

The next meeting is Friday, May 4, from 12pm to 3pm EDT (16:00 to
19:00 UTC). Details here:

  * <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Meetings>

### LibrePlanet featured resource: FreedSoftware

Every month on LibrePlanet, we highlight one resource that is
interesting and useful -- often one that could use your help.

For this month, we are highlighting FreedSoftware, which provides
coordination for software projects to fill the gaps in 100% free
software GNU/Linux distributions. You are invited to adopt, spread and
improve this important resource.

  * <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:FreedSoftware>

Do you have a suggestion for next month's featured resource? Let us
know at <campaigns AT fsf.org>.

### GNU Spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: 14 new GNU releases!

* [aspell6-en-2018.04.16-0](https://www.gnu.org/software/aspell/)
* [gama-1.22](https://www.gnu.org/software/gama/)
* [gnudos-1.11](https://www.gnu.org/software/gnudos/)
* [gnupg-2.2.6](https://www.gnu.org/software/gnupg/)
* 
[gnurl-7.59.0](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2018-04/msg00003.html)
* [libidn-1.34](https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/)
* [linux-libre-4.16.4-gnu](https://www.gnu.org/software/linux-libre/)
* [mcron-1.1.1](https://www.gnu.org/software/mcron/)
* [nano-2.9.6](https://www.gnu.org/software/nano/)
* [parallel-20180422](https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/)
* [sed-4.5](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
* [taler-bank-0.5.1](https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/)
* [taler-exchange-0.5.0](https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/)
* [taler-merchant-0.5.0](https://www.gnu.org/software/taler/)

For announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu
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To download: nearly all GNU software is available from
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As always, please feel free to write to us at <maintainers AT gnu.org>
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### GNU Toolchain update: Support GNU Toolchain

Donate to support the GNU Toolchain, a collection of foundational
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Debugger (GDB)](https://sourceware.org/gdb/).

* <https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=57>

### Richard Stallman's speaking schedule

For event details, as well as to sign-up to be notified for future
events in your area, please visit <https://www.fsf.org/events>.

So far, Richard Stallman has the following events this month:

  * May 2, 2018, Montreal, Canada, ["Enseignement et 
liberté"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180502-montreal)
  * May 19, 2018, Misiones Posadas, Argentina, ["Title 
TBA"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180519-misionesposadas)
  * May 21, 2018, Tucumán, Argentina, ["Title 
TBA"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180521-tucuman)
  * May 24, 2018, Mendoza, Argentina, ["El software libre en la ética y en la 
práctica"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180524-mendoza)
  * May 26, 2018, Río Cuarto, Argentina, ["Title 
TBA"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180526-riocuarto)
  * May 30, 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ["Copyright vs 
Comunidad"](https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20180530-buenosaires)

### Thank GNUs!

We appreciate everyone who donates to the Free Software Foundation,
and we'd like to give special recognition to the folks who have
donated $500 or more in the last month.

  * <https://www.gnu.org/thankgnus/2018supporters.html>

This month, a big Thank GNU to:

* Alexandre Blanc
* Cătălin Frâncu
* Donald and Jill Knuth
* Donnie Pennington
* Edward Flick
* Hiroshi Takekawa
* Ms. Leah Rowe
* Nicolae Carabut

You can add your name to this list by donating at
<https://donate.fsf.org/>.

### GNU copyright contributions

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us
defend the GPL and keep software free. The following individuals have
assigned their copyright to the FSF in the past month:

* John Shahid (Emacs)
* Muir Manders (Emacs)
* Robert Michael Irelan (Emacs)
* Ruslan Bukin (GCC) (GNU Binutils) (GDB)
* Russell Black (Emacs)
* Tee Kiah Chia (GNU Binutils)
* Xi Xu (Emacs)
* Yuya Minami (Emacs)

Want to see your name on this list? Contribute to GNU and assign your
copyright to the FSF.

* <https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#dev>

### Take action with the FSF!

Contributions from thousands of individual members enable the FSF's
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The FSF is always looking for volunteers
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here for everybody to do. Also, head over to our campaigns section
(<https://www.fsf.org/campaigns>) and take action on software
patents, Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), free software
adoption, OpenDocument, Recording Industry Association of America
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