https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/
This list is severely outdated. What about we propose new high-priority projects? What proprietary programs (or network services without free servers) do you or the people around you use _daily_ that haven't been replaced by free software? Which free programs need more attention in order to replace their proprietary counterparts? Here is what I think about the current list: > Gnash Flash is dead, and Shumway is better than Gnash already (and actively maintained by Mozilla), so it should not be listed. > Coreboot Libreboot is what we should support. Also, it would be better to start working on libre hardware designs for new computers than rely on old, out-of-production computers. > Free software replacement for Skype This is indeed high-priority, but I think the programs have already been developed (Tox, Ring, Jitsi, Jitsi Meet), it's just a matter of getting more people to contribute to them and to adopt them. > Free software video editing software I think the ones that exist are sufficiently advanced, and there are more active projects here than most categories of software, so I don't think this should really have high priority. > Free Google Earth Replacement Not many people use Google Earth And besides, OpenStreetMap is already very popular, even outside the libre world: it wouldn't be too hard to build a 3D program on top of it, as long as the data exist, so this issue is more about data than software. Marble is a KDE project and actively maintained, people should work on that. > Help GNU/Linux distributions be committed to freedom Agreed, but I think efforts should be directed toward GuixSD, which is an official GNU Project and provides many features other distros don't. > GNU Octave, free software Matlab replacement Agreed it is important, I'm not sure it should be high priority. The priority should be on convincing schools to adopt it. > Replacement for OpenDWG libraries Same as GNU Octave. > Reversible Debugging in GDB Already implemented in 7.0. > Free software drivers for network routers Not sure it should be high-priority, perhaps it'd be better if the free software community built its own router with a libre hardware design. > Free software replacement for Oracle Forms Does anybody still use Oracle Forms outside enterprise? And besides, replacements already exist, even if I have no idea how good they are. > Automatic transcription Agreed. > Free Software replacement for Bittorrent Sync Syncthing already exists, so it's not high priority anymore.
