How to Contribute Associate Membership: Become an associate member of the FSF. Members will receive Issue 26 Bulletin June 2015 a bootable USB card, e-mail for- warding, and an account on the FSF’s Jabber/XMPP server. To Free software, privacy, sign up or get more information, Contents visit member.fsf.org or write to and activism [email protected]. by John Sullivan Free software, privacy, 1 Executive Director and activism Donate to the FSF with Bitcoin. Online: Use your credit card GPG key ID: 61A0963B GNU IceCat and the 3 or PayPal account to make a wo years ago, when Edward Free Software Directory donation at my.fsf.org/donate TSnowden revealed a massive US Copyright c 2015 Free OntheroadwithRMS 5 or contact [email protected] for National Security Agency (NSA) bulk Software Foundation, Inc. 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Our CiviC[RM] duty 10 To view a copy of this license, Browse and download from thou- telling you about these dangers for visit http://creativecommons. sands of different free software 30 years!” Snowden even used GNU org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/ projects: directory.fsf.org. software — specifically GnuPG en- or send a letter to Creative Com- cryption — to safely communicate his Volunteer: To learn more, visit whistleblower information to the me- mons, 171 Second Street, Suite fsf.org/volunteer. 300, San Francisco, California, dia. As additional revelations about 94105, USA. LibrePlanet: Find local groups bulk surveillance around the world in your area or start your own at piled up, it was indeed a concrete op- libreplanet.org! portunity to explain the importance of free software for our freedom, and of Free Software Supporter: Re- freedom in relation to privacy. ceive our monthly email newslet- Since then, we’ve launched some ter: fsf.org/fss. important initiatives promoting the use of related pieces of free software. Published twice yearly by the Our Email Self-Defense Guide, launched Free Software Foundation, 51 one year ago, has been used by tens Franklin Street, 5th Floor, of thousands of people to set up email Boston, MA 02110-1301, (617) encryption using free software.1 The 542-5942. [email protected], S´ebastien Jodogne received the Award past two LibrePlanet conferences fea- fsf.org for the Advancement of Free Software for his Orthanc medical imaging project at tured talks focused on encryption and LibrePlanet 2015. 1emailselfdefense.fsf.org 12 1 resisting bulk surveillance, most no- be restricted by a society’s laws — we When organizing for a social move- ing” option for event-specific or general tably a keynote (itself delivered over a don’t defend the right of anyone to use ment, as the FSF does, keeping track volunteering. In addition to record- free software, encrypted, anonymized software to kill another person in or- of your constituents, supporters, and ing volunteer interest, it lets organi- video link) by Tor developer and jour- der to rob them. That is illegal and members is crucial. With CiviCRM, zations record data about volunteers: nalist Jacob Appelbaum.2 wrong, but restrictions on the software organizations can get to know their whether they arrived on time, stayed But this issue has also exposed dis- itself, which cannot be implemented community by creating events and beyond their scheduled time slot or left agreements within the free software without restricting expressive speech, tracking responses to petitions or sur- early, and even a review of the vol- movement. Not all FSF members math, and creative thought, are not veys. I have implemented CiviCRM in- unteer. That data is associated with agree about what level, if any, of gov- an ethical way to achieve other social stances for various organizations, so I the volunteer’s contact record, allow- ernment surveillance is appropriate, or purposes. This is a major reason why was delighted to see that it is used here ing the organization to better track about which methods, if any, are okay. we do not have a term in the GNU at the FSF, too! We use CiviCRM to volunteering within their community. Some are concerned about terrorism General Public License (GPL) saying manage member, donor, and supporter I want to explore using CiviVolunteer more than others (and disagree about “This software cannot be used for bulk data, to send emails, for event registra- for LibrePlanet 2016. Extension devel- what, if anything, should be called ter- surveillance.” tion, and to manage donations — it is opment is a great way to expand Civi- rorism), some think that surveillance is But is bulk surveillance an indepen- at the core of our work. CRM’s features without modifying the ineffective against such threats, some dent core issue for the free software I had two goals for CiviCON: to core code directly, and can be added prioritize citizens’ privacy within their movement? While we are continually build a stronger relationship between to civicrm.org/extensions for oth- own nations, and others view it as an listening to feedback and evaluating the FSF and the CiviCRM community, ers to use or contribute to. international human rights issue. this question, the FSF has set a posi- and to bring back ideas for improving There is also the uncomfortable tion in this debate that we think is the the FSF’s CiviCRM instance. likelihood that the NSA is using free right one. As an organization with a This was my first time meeting the software to conduct its surveillance op- human rights agenda that discomforts CiviCRM community in person. Prior erations. Free software is defined by many established powers, both govern- to CiviCon, most of my communica- the Four Freedoms, the first of which is ment and corporate, we cannot accept tion with CiviCRM people was via the freedom to run the software for any bulk surveillance at a level that im- IRC, so an in-person meeting in meat purpose. This is not to say that the pedes or deters necessary anonymous (or tofu) space was a great opportu- Along with the excitement of Civi- FSF agrees with all purposes for which communications with our allies. nity to strengthen relationships. When Con itself, I did some community or- free software is used. FSF staff hold People take real risks when they I was not in a session, I was getting to ganizing in the form of an FSF mem- a variety of political opinions, and his- communicate to us that their company know many of CiviCRM’s core devel- ber and supporter gathering held after torically, our staff has included Marx- is knowingly violating the GPL. A hy- opers and figuring out ways to further the conference. I was expecting around ists and libertarians, liberal democrats pothetical Microsoft employee takes a connect with the community. twenty people, but after the CiviCon and fiscal conservatives, and every- real risk when disclosing to us that A few sessions shared some great folks promoted the event, nearly eighty thing in between. In this way, the FSF the company is secretly making patent ideas in progress, such as the work by people showed up. I met some great staff is a microcosm of the free software threats against free software competi- Leukemia and Lymphoma Research of FSF members and some folks became movement; our supporters don’t all tors, or when leaking elements of a con- the UK to expand a fundraising fea- members for the first time. agree on these issues either, and they certed campaign against GNU/Linux. ture called Personal Campaigns from All in all, I did my CiviC[RM] duty let us know when they feel that the People writing and distributing free individual fundraising pages into Team and I look forward to representing the FSF has taken a public position that software to work around Digital Re- Campaigns, in which multiple Personal FSF at another conference. If you hap- goes outside the scope of supporting strictions Management (DRM) even Campaigns connect to a Team Goal. pen to be in the Boston area and want free software and computer user free- for legal purposes can become targets This is being developed into a Civi- to learn more about CiviCRM, every dom. of interest to the government. CRM extension to expand CiviCRM’s month on the third Tuesday the FSF What we do agree on is the impor- For the free software movement to core functionality. hosts the Boston CiviCRM meetup in tance of free software. The ends to succeed, we need whistleblowing and Another great extension I discov- our office. Contact me at [email protected] which any software can be used may communication around free software ered is CiviVolunteer. This extension for more information, and check out development to be safe. The levels expands CiviCRM’s events capability, the FSF’s CiviCRM instance at my. 2u.fsf.org/lpja of surveillance that Snowden revealed, adding an “Interested in Volunteer- fsf.org. 2 11 eration video,23 was created by en- help us maintain an international per- and the many stories since from around We have been in existence for thirty thusiastic volunteers from around the spective — something that can be chal- the world, show that bulk surveillance years come October.