FSF Launches Librephone Project to Bring Software Freedom to Mobile Devices
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Summary
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched the Librephone project, a new initiative aimed at bringing full software freedom to mobile computing. Recognizing that mobile phones have become the primary computing device for most users worldwide, the FSF is expanding its 40-year advocacy for computing freedom to the mobile environment. The project focuses on ensuring users have the right to study, change, share, and modify the software they depend on daily.
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"The vast majority of software users around the world use a mobile phone as their primary computing device."
"The FSF will now work to bring the right to study, change, share, and modify the programs users depend on in their daily lives to mobile phones."
"Librephone is a new initiative by the FSF with the goal of bringing full freedom to the mobile computing environment."
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