About us
As humanity progresses, computers and softwares take a bigger place in our lives. Today, we have unimaginably more computing power, data and connectivity than we have 30 years ago and our lives are increasingly shaped by these resources.
The more important the freedom of people in the world, the more important the freedom of information systems. Freedom means having a control on the forces that shape our lives; and today, on the digital systems which are very significant for our lives, the users are the least control over them.
Free Software Association is a community of people defending the free software movement and the freedom of all people in the modern world. Starting with the software freedom, Free Software Association advocates the freedom of people with the motto “Use, Study, Share, Improve!” in connection with hardware freedom, Internet freedom, document freedom and freedom of information.
In the ideal world of Free Software Association;
- All software is free for everyone to use, study, share and improve,
- All hardware can be used, hacked, inspected, replaced and most importantly repaired without any limitation,
- Internet (as the greatest and liberating machine created by humanity) is free (libre) and available as intended and deserved,
- Privacy is essential, not collateral. People can keep the details of their private life safely.
For this purpose, the Free Software Foundation,
- Organizes trainings, workshops and dissemination activities to spread GNU philosophy and the use of free software.
- Encourages people to use and develop free software so that the benefits of the work of the public and civil society can be shared with all humanity.
- Works for Net Neutrality and publicly accessible internet.
- Opposes the effort to create a surveillance society by limiting our fundamental rights and freedoms using technologies that we use in our life,
- Supports a brand new communication culture against the usage of social networks as a means of consumption and exhibition.
- Opposes to make scientific and technological accumulation as personal or private property.
- Advocates collaborative production models and licenses against patents and licenses that establish a non-public dominance over these common savings.
Free Software Association works to achieve its goal of “Free software, free society” theorized by Richard M. Stallman.
Our team
Ze is a web developer for approximately 10 years. Ze owns a company about software analyzing, planning, development and consultancy.
ugur {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: E495 9B9C E184 91A4 D618 370B 2D56 698C ADDA 1E3D)
Ze graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law. Ze continued his career in criminal and labor law. Ze is a tech-geek from childhood. Ze is involved in the protection of personal data (GDPR related) in both legal and civil society. Ze is one of the members of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist). Instructor on Free Software Camps
alper {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: 845F D55D DA6B 0FCE 0C00 8452 4227 2957 268B 3FCA)
Free software activist. Ze is interested in physics and electronics. Ham radio operator. Ze is one of the founders of Hackerspace Istanbul
tan {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: D997 0872 B7FE 307B AACF FE84 649C FBBA C4A2 EA67)
Free software and free information activist. Anti-DRMist. Latin linguist. Instructor on Free Software Camps
onur {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: D8D4 57D0 0B37 864E F235 63E0 21EF 1193 BFE4 A18F)
On the time left from zis cats, ze reads and makes research in the field of new media. Interested in photography for a long time. Ze learned how to edit a video without contacting a proprietary software on zis own. One day, ze hopes to be able to tell all journalists and other media workers -especially those with a political stance- that they are not dependent on proprietary software and evil companies. Ze is one of the members of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist).
cemre {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: DA72 135C 8B94 256B 1940 9AD1 5C79 1013 1A19 F83B)
Using GNU/Linux since 2007. Interested in free hardware. Snake trainer. Ze is one of the members of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist). Instructor on Free Software Camps
umut {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: 18C2 2E52 93E5 0468 D7C6 D9A0 B024 23C3 D7A1 A536)
Ze is an activist who involved in free software since 2007. He has been involved in technology and electronics since zis father brought an i486 DX2 from the flea market. Ze is one of the founders of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist). Instructor on Free Software Camps
ozcan {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: D854 D9D8 5CB4 9107 04BD 9C5B 2D33 E2BD 3D97 5818)
Linguistics student at the Boğaziçi University. Ze is one of the founders of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist). Free software activist.
zeynep {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: 4715 4623 2DD7 4CCC B7D8 9984 C26B 3B50 FF05 999E)
Amstrad lover, free software activist. Ze is one of the members of Hackerspace Istanbul (hs.ist). Instructor on Free Software Camps
mustafa {on the server} oyd.org.tr (GnuPG: DB86 4D74 9132 633A F5C1 222C 80CB 12EF 9981 8314)