The Free Software Foundation is even more relevant now than before
Free software is nice, privacy and security are needed, yada yada.  Yes, I absolutely agree.  What does the FSF have to do with this?  This an interesting claim in the title, but the post does nothing to explain the relevancy of FSF.<p>I used to be an avid supporter of the FSF, but in the recent years I've been shying away from them because I don't see how they're relevant to the well-being of free software.  In fact I've come to see them as a lobbying group pushing their one-sided view of what free software is and how it should be.  I much prefer to support free software projects and the people who actually write and maintain free software.  I do this in the form of testing, code contributions, code review, bug reports, and user support.  I'd also donate if I weren't living on a student's budget.<p>I used to be subscribed to some FSF mailing list.  They kept asking for donations, but never did they give the impression that they're spending it on improving or making any free software I value.  Sorry, I don't want to support their lobbying with my money.