FSF launches pre-bid phase for silent memorabilia auction
Quoting: FSF launches pre-bid phase for silent memorabilia auction —
In early February, the FSF announced that it would be hosting an online free software memorabilia auction as part of its fortieth anniversary activities. During the auction, the FSF welcomes everyone who supports user freedom to bid on historical and symbolic free software memorabilia. The auction is split into two parts: a silent auction hosted on the LibrePlanet wiki from March 17 through March 21 and a live auction held on the FSF's Galène videoconferencing server on March 23 from 14:00-17:00. The auction is only the opening act to a months-long itinerary celebrating forty years of free software activism.
As the FSF's memorabilia auction draws closer, the FSF has begun to reveal more of the items that will be up for sale next week in their virtual silent auction. Some of these items were disclosed in earlier communications, such as the vintage and rare "terminus-est" microcomputer (which was used at FSF's old office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early days of GNU) and a variety of plush animals that had greeted visitors at its former offices in Boston on 51 Franklin Street. Other items, such as multiple original artwork pieces that have been used to promote free software as well as awards that the FSF and its founder have received for their work, were posted last week on the silent auction LibrePlanet wiki page. "We hope that bidders will appreciate this chance to review the many memorabilia items that will be available for bidding in the week of March 17-21," says program manager Miriam Bastian.
Update
See also:
-
FSF's Memorabilia Silent Auction Begins Today
This week the Free Software Foundation published memorabilia items for an online silent auction — part of their big 40th anniversary celebration. "Starting March 17, the FSF will unlock items each day for bidding on the LibrePlanet wiki at 12:00 EDT.. Bidding on all items will conclude at 15:00 EDT on March 21, 2025...
Another update:
-
FSF Blogs: Terms and conditions for the Free Software Foundation's Memorabilia Live Auction
By participating in the Free Software Foundation's ("FSF", "we", "us", "our") Memorabilia Live Auction ("live auction"), anyone (individual or business representative) who bids or watches the auction ("participate") will be understood to have read the following live auction terms and conditions ("terms and conditions") and agrees to be bound by them.