Live virtual memorabilia auction on March 23, 2025
| When |
Mar 23, 2025
from 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Where | online |
| Contact Name | Miriam Bastian |
The memorabilia auction will five prestigious historical artifacts, including:
- The original GNU head drawing by Etienne Suvasa, which became the blueprint for the iconic GNU logo present everywhere in the free software world;
- The Internet Hall of Fame medal awarded to Richard Stallman;
- A legendary katana;
- A pair of GCC gnu letter drawings by Gary Torrisi Studio showing two gnus forming the letters "G" and "C" that are on the cover of the book Using GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection Reference Manual for GCC;
- And the Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility, which was awarded to the free software movement itself and given to the FSF in 1999 "in appreciation for their deep commitment to the socially responsible use of computing technology" .
Register here to attend the live auction.
The live auction will be preceded by a silent auction running from March 17 to 23, 2025, with more auction items revealed each day. Among them are several historic awards, original GNU artwork, a range of iconic plush animals that have been greeting visitors in the lobby of the FSF office for years, and some rare and historic hardware. To learn more about the collection of historic artifacts and memorabilia for sale, visit fsf.org/news.
There's no need to register for the silent auction; you can simply join the bidding on the FSF's LibrePlanet wiki.
This event is part of the celebration around the fortieth anniversary of the Free Software Foundation. Visit fsf.org/fsf40 to learn what else is happening during the anniversary year.