FREE SOFTWARE DIRECTORY NEARS 5000 ENTRIES. The Free Software Foundation announces contest in celebration.
----BOSTON, August 22, 2006
The Free Software Foundation announces details of a contest to celebrate the milestone of reaching 5000 free software packages listed in the Free Software Directory http://directory.fsf.org
The Free Software Directory, a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), is the largest single catalog of completely free software, and has over two million visitors a month. Directory entries are submitted by the public, then checked by the FSF before inclusion.
To mark the milestone of reaching 5000 entries, the FSF is holding a "D5000 contest" the winner of which will be rewarded for submitting the five thousandth entry. From now, 2006-08-21, until 2006-09-21, each new, valid and completed directory entry that is submitted will count as one chit in the raffle for the prize. The winner will receive a thank you on the front page of gnu.org and directory.fsf.org. Further details of the competition are available at http://www.fsf.org/news/directory-contest.html
According to Peter Brown, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation, "the free software directory demonstrates that usable, productive free software exists for an exhaustive range of personal, artistic and business uses. With its increasing size and usage, the directory has become a vital tool for a worldwide community of free software users."
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About the Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software - particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants - and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their Web site, located at www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support their work can be made at http://fsf.org/join They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
Media contacts: Peter Brown Free Software Foundation Tel. 617-542-5942 ext.13 peterb@fsf.org
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