Even if this campaign does not succeed in “liberating” Android initially, it will create some awareness about the limited amount of control that Android users enjoy on their mobile devices. Nonetheless, this is a good beginning.

The Document Foundation announced formation of the LibreOffice Advisory Board. Four big names -Google, FSF, Red Hat and SUSE – have already board set up to provide guidance to the LibreOffice project.

According to the Free Software Foundation, freedom of the software cannot be guaranteed with OpenOffice.org which is under the Apache License now. Now, they are suggesting that users and developers look at LibreOffice instead.

The FSF has embraced Bitcoin for donations and this will help Bitcoin achieve more value in a world of government regulated currencies. The bitcoin economy is worth 22 million USD and this is pretty small as compared to the well established currency system we have.

The award was received by executive director Andrew Lewman from the Tor Project. The Tor Project has played a key role in the Egypt protests. It is based on the ideology of privacy and anonymity online.