[Office-commits] r9669 - trunk/campaigns/gnubucks

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Author: www-data
Date: Wed Sep 23 16:13:20 2009
New Revision: 9669

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+## Basic information I need:
+
+* History?
+* Reference Knuth Check thing and the story of why it stopped?
+* Who qualifies? 
+* How do they qualify?
+* What's the desired outcome?  (
+* What are examples of people finding non-free code in free products?
+
+[If you're going to write a press release, be sure to follow
+[[our_style_guidelines|fsf-style-guide/]].  One particular point to
+keep in mind: don't capitalize people's titles in the body text.  So
+Richard is the president, Peter is the executive director, etc.]
+
+To use this boilerplate, just copy and paste it into a text document. If you 
are reading this on the web version, you need to click Edit and copy the text 
from the box.
+
+
+## FSF announces new bounty program, offers awards for unearthing non-free 
code in free software. 
+
+BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- DAY, MONTH DATE, YEAR -- The Free Software
+Foundation (FSF) today...
+
+QUOTE1
+
+QUOTE2
+
+### 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, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important
+source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can
+be made at <http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.
+
+### About Free Software and Open Source
+
+The free software movement's goal is freedom for computer users. Some,
+especially corporations, advocate a different viewpoint, known as "open
+source," which cites only practical goals such as making software powerful and
+reliable, focuses on development models, and avoids discussion of ethics and
+freedom. These two viewpoints are different at the deepest level. For more
+explanation, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
+
+USE THIS IF GNU-RELATED:
+
+### About the GNU Operating System and Linux
+
+Richard Stallman announced in September 1983 the plan to develop a free
+software Unix-like operating system called GNU. GNU is the only operating
+system developed specifically for the sake of users' freedom. See
+<http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html>.
+
+In 1992, the essential components of GNU were complete, except for one, the
+kernel. When in 1992 the kernel Linux was re-released under the GNU GPL, making
+it free software, the combination of GNU and Linux formed a complete free
+operating system, which made it possible for the first time to run a PC without
+non-free software. This combination is the GNU/Linux system. For more
+explanation, see <http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html>.
+
+### Media Contacts
+
+John Sullivan  
+Operations Manager  
+Free Software Foundation  
++1 (617) 542 5942  
address@hidden