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- The FSF advocates for free software ideals as outlined in the Free Software Definition, works for adoption of free software and free media formats, and organizes activist campaigns against threats to user freedom like Windows 7, Apple's iPhone and OS X, DRM on ebooks and movies, and software patents.
- We drive development of the GNU operating system and maintain a list of high-priority free software projects to promote replacements for common proprietary applications.
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— Benjamin Mako Hill, writer, technologist and FSF board member
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