The Twelve Days of Software Freedom

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On the first day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
A copy of the GNU General Public License

On the second day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the third day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the fourth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the fifth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the sixth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the seventh day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the eighth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Eight hackathons hacking
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the ninth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Nine user groups meeting
Eight hackathons hacking
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the tenth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Ten mailing lists discussing
Nine user groups meeting
Eight hackathons hacking
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the eleventh day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Eleven repositories forking
Ten mailing lists discussing
Nine user groups meeting
Eight hackathons hacking
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License

On the twelfth day of software freedom, my true love gave to me:
Twelve hackers hacking
Eleven repositories forking
Ten mailing lists discussing
Nine user groups meeting
Eight hackathons hacking
Seven free software advocates
Six collaborative teams
Five community-driven projects
Four GNU/Linux distributions
Three coding workshops
Two free software programs
And a copy of the GNU General Public License