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## I Love Free software Day – February 14th
Every February 14th, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the global free software community celebrate I Love Free Software Day! This day is dedicated to appreciating the software that gives us the freedom to use, study, share, and improve it.
Why February 14th? As Richard Stallman announced the GNU project on February 14, 1983, initiating the free software movement. It’s a day to show your love for the principles of software freedom and the people who make it happen.
How to participate
There are many ways to participate in I Love Free Software Day. Here are a few ideas:
- Writing a blog post about why you love free software or a specific free software project;
- fixing a bug in the software you work on;
- Submitting an update to a free software project;
- Becoming a free software project maintainer;
- Donating to a free software project that you use;
- Participating in a hackathon this year;
- Helping with a translation if you are fluent in more than one language;
- Learning how software libraries work;
- Examining how a program you use frequently actually works;
- Sharing with others your favorite updates or changes made to a program you regularly use;
- Showing someone the basics of a free software program you use. For some ideas on which programs to show someone, check out the Freedom Ladder; or
- Creating a social media image with the sharepic template created by the FSFE proclaiming why you love a particular project or just free software in general (if sharing on your microblog, please tag #ILoveFS).
Special thanks
Thank you to everyone who maintains free software,especially GNU maintainers. The tools we use everyday, professionally and personally, let alone our website, would not be possible without the selfless and dedicated maintainers who make using only free software possible. We can’t thank these generous and hardworking people enough.
Thank you to the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) for starting I Love Free Software Day and designing the sharepic SVG.
thank you dear reader for being part of the free software community. Software freedom relies on individual people using the four freedoms and advocating for greater user freedom. It is becuase of activists and people choosing to use free software as much as possible that we have a day to celebrate our love of free software. I Love free software Day is more than a special day to celebrate how much we love free software: it is a milestone to reflect on how far we’ve come and energize ourselves for the work ahead. Let’s celebrate our love of free software and get ready to take on the year ahead!
This work, “Puzzle heart with LibrePlanet sleeves,” is adapted from “Puzzle heart“ © 2
