Take Action
For Free Software Activists…
- Support current FSF campaigns
- Please support the FSF campaigns, currently including: against DRM, Windows 7 sins, PlayOGG, against software patents, OpenDocument, free BIOS, and against ACTA. The overall community site for the global movement for free software is LibrePlanet.
- Help fight software patents
- Please help end software patents worldwide. Please also support anti-software patent efforts in Europe specifically. Watch and share the movie Patent Absurdity.
- Call on WIPO to change its name and mission
- Please support this declaration calling on WIPO to change its name and mission.
- Read and comment on proposed license changes
- Please read and leave comments on the current drafts of the GNU Free Documentation License, and the GNU Simple Free Documentation License.
- Enhance the Free Software Directory
- We would like your suggestions for free software packages to add to the Free Software Directory. Please look up your favorite free software packages there, and for any that are not found, please email us the package name and url where it can be found. You can help further by writing a draft entry for us to start with.
- Start a GNU/Linux User Group in your area, and send us your group's information
- For more information: GNU Users Groups.
For Software Developers…
- Contribute to GNUstep
- Please contribute as a user and developer to GNUstep, a free object-oriented framework for application development, and help it achieve the status of a complete and featured desktop environment.
- Contribute to high priority free software projects
- As listed on the FSF's high-priority projects web page.
- Take over an unmaintained GNU package
- These GNU packages are looking for a maintainer: alive, dotgnu-forum, dr-geo, ggradebook, gift, gleem, gnu-queue, goldwater, halifax, leg, maverik, orgadoc, pgccfd, polyxmass, quickthreads, snakecharmer, sxml, trueprint. We are also looking for a co-maintainer for the CASE tool ferret and the bug tracking tool gnats. See the package web pages for specific information, and this general information about GNU packages and maintenance, and then email maintainers@gnu.org if you have time and interest in taking over one of these projects. Of course, many GNU projects are seeking other help of various kinds.
- Contribute to the development of a GNU package
- See “help wanted” requests from the maintainers of many packages.
- Make your program a GNU package
- To make your free software package part of the GNU System, see this information on starting your application.
For System Administrators…
- Help with administration of Savannah
- Help maintain the free software hosting site sponsored by GNU: more information.
For Webmasters…
- Join the GNU webmasters team
- More information.
For Translators…
- Join a GNU translation team
- Help maintain and update translations of www.gnu.org: more information.
Finally, visit How You Can Help the GNU Project for more information.