[Office-commits] r9818 - trunk

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Tue Sep 29 18:23:54 2009
New Revision: 9818

Log:
web commit by peterb

Modified:
   trunk/appeal-text.mdwn

Modified: trunk/appeal-text.mdwn
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--- trunk/appeal-text.mdwn      Tue Sep 29 18:17:41 2009        (r9817)
+++ trunk/appeal-text.mdwn      Tue Sep 29 18:23:54 2009        (r9818)
@@ -1,46 +1,26 @@
 Dear Free Software Supporter,
 
-Tomorrow we mark the end of our year-long celebration of the 25th
-anniversary of the GNU Project---a celebration that we kicked off in
-September 2008 with a wonderful video from author and comedian Stephen
-Fry (http://www.gnu.org/fry/).
-
-Today, we celebrate the fact that we have passed 25,000 subscribers to
-our monthly newsletter, the Free Software Supporter
-(http://www.fsf.org/fss), and we thank the 3,200 individuals who have
-joined the Free Software Foundation as associate members to fund our
-work. You can join their ranks now and become a proud card carrying member:
+Tomorrow we mark the end of our year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary 
of the GNU Project---a celebration that we kicked off in September 2008 with a 
wonderful video from author and comedian Stephen Fry (http://www.gnu.org/fry/). 
 
-  * Becoming an FSF Associate Member
-    <http://fsf.org/jf>
+Today, we celebrate the fact that we have passed 25,000 subscribers to our 
monthly newsletter, the Free Software Supporter (http://www.fsf.org/fss), and 
we thank the 3,200 individuals who have joined the Free Software Foundation as 
associate members to fund our work. You can join their ranks and help us make a 
difference:
 
-  * Give a gift of FSF Membership
+
+  * Becoming an associate member
+    <http://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/>
+
+  * Giving a gift FSF membership
     <http://www.fsf.org/associate/gift/>
 
-  * As a member use our widget to refer your friends
-    <https://my.fsf.org/associate/widget/>
+  * refer a friend to join -- and receive recognition
+    <http://www.fsf.org/associate/referral/>
+
+I am proud that the FSF has so many dedicated activists and members, who every 
day voice their support for our mission and advocate for a free society.
 
-  * Donate without membership
-    <https://my.fsf.org/donate/>
+The free software movement has had an excellent year, and awareness of the 
ethical importance of free software is growing. Together, we are fighting the 
social ill of proprietary software, software patents, Digital Restrictions 
Management, and Treachorous Computing, in an effort to build a world of free 
software where we the users are free.
 
-I am proud that the FSF has so many dedicated activists and members, who
-every day voice their support for our mission and advocate for a free
-society.
-
-The free software movement has had an excellent year, and awareness of
-the ethical importance of computer user freedom is growing. Together, we
-fight to remove the unjust yolk of proprietary software, software
-patents, Digital Restrictions Management, and Treacherous Computing, and
-to build a world of free software where we the users are free.
-
-"I could have made money [by joining the proprietary software world],
-and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my
-career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people,
-and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place." Richard
-Stallman, president and founder of the Free Software Foundation.
-(http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html)
+"I could have made money [by joining the proprietary software world], and 
perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I 
would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had 
spent my life making the world a worse place." Richard Stallman 
(http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html)
 
-Become a member at <http://fsf.org/jf>
+Join us as a meber at <http://www.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/>
 
 Sincerely,