FSF Under Siege: Continuous DDoS Attacks Threaten Free Software

The Free Software Foundation (FSF)'s sysops team is facing relentless distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, originating from sources including large language model (LLM) web crawlers and unknown entities. These attacks have repeatedly disrupted critical services like gnu.org and Savannah. Despite a small team and limited resources, the FSF is fighting back. The article urges readers to become associate members to support the FSF's efforts in defending free software and user freedom against these persistent threats.