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Dear Free Software Supporter,

Three more days: that's how long we have before our deadline to reach
our goal of welcoming 100 new [FSF associate members][0]. We can do
this: we need just 38 more people to join us to help further software
freedom for all.

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Associate members are central to the FSF's mission to
help secure the future of a free society. Free software plays such a
vital role in guaranteeing so many other basic freedoms that are being
undermined right now, like the [right to be free of mass
surveillance][1] or the [right to read][2] what you want.

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For the FSF staff and our hard-working volunteers, FSF associate
members are a crucial part of our efforts to support the rest of the
larger global free software community. When you [become a member][0],
you grow our collective strength by joining thousands of other people
who symbolically stand behind the FSF, lending further weight to our
work and helping us pave our way to software freedom. Becoming an
associate member also helps the FSF build a strong, predictable
funding base that fuels our collective work for a world free of the
injustice of proprietary software. And because of the [benefits][3]
and resources FSF provides to associate members, you can be an even
more active force in pushing software freedom forward.

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The support of our associate members allows us to continue to be the
preeminent free licensing resource for free software developers
through the FSF [Free Software Licensing and Compliance Lab][4]. This
includes keeping the GNU project and the GNU General Public License
(GPL) [strong for software freedom][5]. Our tech team provides the
organization with its technical backbone, [protects][6] and maintains
the infrastructure for the GNU project and other free software
projects, and always works to maintain the [current standard of
software freedom][7] and not let proprietary software sneak in through
a backdoor. Want confirmed free (as in freedom) software? Use one of
the thousands of free software packages in the [Free Software
Directory][8]. And the campaigns team keeps our [advocacy
campaigns][9] strong and responsive, navigating the many challenges we
all face today. For example, our [Fight to Repair][10] campaign
targets the dangers (in this case, literal) of not being in control of
the software behind [self-driving cars][11], and our
[Surveillance][12] campaign challenges the use of software that allows
governments to [trample people's civil liberties][13].

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For as little as $12 USD a month ($6 USD for students), become part of
a huge global community today by [joining the FSF][0] as an associate
member before our January 16 deadline.

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Do you know someone who is passionate about promoting computer user
freedom? You can [gift them a membership][15]. We also offer a
[friends-tier associate membership][16] for those of you affected by
economic challenges but who still want to support free software.

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FSF associate members help us take on the predatory proprietary
software giants and their government allies, resisting their efforts
to track and trap us inside their proprietary software cages.
Associate members help us get closer to a free society.

[Join the FSF today][0] and help us meet our goal!

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In freedom,

Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni
Program Manager
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