"We organised an FSFE information booth on Linuxwochen Wien from 4 to 6 of May and at Veganmania' http://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2017/06/04/booth-at-linuxwochen-and-veganmania-2017/ #fsfe #austria
In April, the FSFE organised its annual Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop (LLW): a meeting point for legal experts from all over the world to discuss issues and best practices surrounding Fre...
Sharing one's knowledge is a core principle in the Free Software society, collaboration is another. From today, the FSFE provides its supporters and registered volunteers a platform to create and mana...
New European Interoperability Framework calls on public sector to contribute to Free Software #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170613-01.html #news # fsfeThe revised "new" European Interoperability Framework (EIF), adopted by the European Commission on 23 March 2017, gives specific guidance on how to set up interoperable digital public services, and of...
FSFE Newsletter - June 2017 #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201706.html #news # fsfeAfter a round of public consultation last year, the 'new' European Interoperability Framework (EIF) was finally published in March 2017. In alignment with our answers to the public consultation, and w...
After a round of public consultation last year, the 'new' European Interoperability Framework (EIF) was finally published in March 2017. In alignment with our answers to the public consultation, and w...
The revised "new" European Interoperability Framework (EIF), adopted by the European Commission on 23 March 2017, gives specific guidance on how to set up interoperable digital public services, and of...
We've posted it a few hours ago already, but here is a markdown version of the full newsletter for #Diaspora
Check FSFE's website for original versionFSFE Newsletter - May 2017
Daniel Pocock is the new Fellowship representative
From 10 to 24 April 2017 the #FSFE ran the ninth annual vote for a Fellowship representative to represent the FSFE's community and Fellowship in the FSFE's General Assembly. The General Assembly consists of members of the FSFE e.V. and is FSFE's legal body. It is responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, agenda-setting, exonerating, and the electing and recalling of the Executive Council and the Financial Officer. And the winner of this year's election is ... Daniel Pocock!
Daniel Pocock came first from seven candidates who ran for office, with a self-description inside our wiki page for the Fellowship Elections 2017 and by participating in public hustings. Unfortunately two different dates were announced for the hustings, but the log-file is available online for everyone who missed it.
The FSFE would like to thank Nicolas Dietrich, former Fellowship representative, for his contributions during the last two years and welcomes Daniel Pocock as a new representative. Please find Daniel's personal conclusions in his own blog.
Help us grow and make a difference in 2017 https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-05What else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE
- From 26 to 28 April, the FSFE's annual Free Software #Legal and #Licensing workshop (LLW) took place in #Barcelona, #Spain. This year we gathered 120 legal experts from all over the world to share their knowledge and experience with each other in a 3-day event that encompassed more than 35 presentations on numerous legal issues, from open data to tooling, software patents and existing challenges for Free Software licensing.
- Armijn Hemel and Shane Coughlan, members of the FSFE Legal Team, published a guide for #startups, small businesses, and engineers on "Practical GPL compliance". The guide is designed to demystify #GPL compliance and to facilitate the work of compliance engineers on a practical level.
- North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populated state, is having general elections on 14 May 2017. The FSFE joined a "coalition of Free knowledge" which has developed for the first time a "Digital-o-Mat". The "Digital-o-Mat" is a tool to help those voters who are concerned about digital rights and freedoms, to decide about which party to vote for during these elections. Eight questions guide users to choose their own preferences on important topics about digital society - for example questions about the use of Free Software, Open Data or Open Educational Resources. After filling them out, users will see which party matches best with their own preferences and they can additionally browse detailed explanations on the party's positions regarding each topic. The interface for North-Rhine Westphalia is in German, the underlying Software however is Free Software and free to adopt for other purposes.
- On the FSFE's Planet, we had an interesting dialogue popping up between our executive director Jonas Öberg who argues that sometimes you can use proprietary software to further free and open source software although you should be aware about the risk of backfiring. And Daniel Pocock, our new Fellowship representative, answered with "the risk of proprietary software" and that "no deal might be better than a bad deal", meaning that if you cannot achieve something with Free Software you should consider just doing without it.
- Paul Hänsch, one of the FSFE's system administrators, organised the very first physical wiki caretakers meeting. The wiki caretakers are a team of volunteers who help to organise information inside the #wiki and make it easy for others to contribute.
- Monitoring shows that in the last semester nine Italian Regions have reduced advertisement of proprietary #PDF readers on their website, and that one Region has increased its support for Free Software PDF readers.
- The FSFE's executive director Jonas Öberg, blogs about "a new understanding of non-profit management" and uses this new understanding to analyse the FSFE's characteristics in the uses of technocracy, hierarchy, innovation and direction-orientation. Jonas closes his analytics with some thoughts about the way he would like to see the FSFE evolving.
- The FSFE was present with booths at the Linke Medien Akademie in Berlin/Germany, at the 16th Augsburger Linux Info Tag in #Augsburg/ #Germany, FOSS North in #Göteborg/ #Sweden and #Linuxtage in #Graz/ #Austria.
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Your editors, Erik Albers, Polina Malaja FSFE
#swpat #opendata #oer #italyFrom 10 to 24 April 2017 the FSFE ran the ninth annual vote for a Fellowship representative to represent the FSFE's community and Fellowship in the FSFE's General Assembly. The General Assembly consis...
From 10 to 24 April 2017 the FSFE ran the ninth annual vote for a Fellowship representative to represent the FSFE's community and Fellowship in the FSFE's General Assembly. The General Assembly consis...
FSFE Newsletter - May 2017 #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201705.html #news # fsfeFrom 10 to 24 April 2017 the FSFE ran the ninth annual vote for a Fellowship representative to represent the FSFE's community and Fellowship in the FSFE's General Assembly. The General Assembly consis...
From 10 to 24 April 2017 the FSFE ran the ninth annual vote for a Fellowship representative to represent the FSFE's community and Fellowship in the FSFE's General Assembly. The General Assembly consis...
On May 13, Maurice Verheesen, coordinator of the country team Netherlands, is giving a keynote about "Public Money, Public Code" at the Open Source Event in the library of Tilburg, Netherlands. Admission is gratis. #fellowship - http://tilburg.com/agenda/open-source-event-in-bibliotheek-tilburg-centrum/ #event #fsfeOp 13 mei organiseert Bibliotheek Tilburg Centrum de tweede editie van het Open Source Event. Gratis entree en doe mee met de leuke workshops.
Op 13 mei organiseert Bibliotheek Tilburg Centrum de tweede editie van het Open Source Event. Gratis entree en doe mee met de leuke workshops.
Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's President, Polina Malaja, Legal Coordinator and Policy Analyst, and Daniel Pocock, FSFE's newly-elected Fellowship Representative will be present with their talks and an info booth at OSCAL (Open Source Conference Albania) 2017, the first annual conference in Albania organized to promote software freedom, open source software, free culture and open knowledge. The ev... - http://ur1.ca/qui3v #event #fsfe
OpenTechSummit Potsdam/Berlin 25. Mai 2017, Open Technologies, Open Hardware, Open Source, Open Knowledge, Internet of Things, Open Data
Landelijke bijeenkomst - mei 2017
… Daniel Pocock! The election period for this year's Fellowship GA seat has ended on April 24, 2017. FSFE is proud to have such an interested and active community to have had seven outstanding candida...
… Daniel Pocock! The election period for this year's Fellowship GA seat has ended on April 24, 2017. FSFE is proud to have such an interested and active community to have had seven outstanding candida...
Der Digital-O-Mat ist da! Finde heraus wie die Parteien in NRW zu wichtigen digitalen Themen stehen und welche Partei am besten zu dir passt. In 8 Klicks weißt du mehr.
♻ @mirkoboehm: I voted in the @FSFE fellowship representative elections, and so should you! Who should be my fellow fellowship rep? https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017 … #fsfe
FSFE Newsletter - April 2017 #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201704.html #news # fsfeLast December, Germany joined the Open Government Partnership and now has until June 2017 to develop and decide on an action plan. Increased transparency and continuous reporting, governmental effecti...
Last December, Germany joined the Open Government Partnership and now has until June 2017 to develop and decide on an action plan. Increased transparency and continuous reporting, governmental effecti...
HACKDAY FOR DEMOCRACY
Am 8. & 9. APRIL 2017 in #Mainz
Anmeldeschluss ist am 2. April.
Partner ist #Microsoft. Wäre schön, wenn dort auch Freie Software Aktivisten auftauchen! Viel Spaß!
#Democracy #Demokratie #hackday #RheinMain #EventDer funk Hackday for Democracy findet am 8. & 9. April in Mainz statt. Auf dem Hackathon werden Tools zu dem Themen Demokratie und Meinung gebastelt und gehackt.
Today the civil society "working group OGP (Open Government Partnership) Germany" (Arbeitskreis OGP Deutschland) published its input for a German OGP action plan. The goal of the Open Government actio...
PraktikantIn für Kampagne zur Bundestagswahl gesucht #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170321-01.html #news # fsfeDie Free Software Foundation Europe (https://fsfe.org) ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der Menschen im selbstbestimmten Umgang mit Technik unterstützt. Dazu helfen wir Menschen und Organisationen dabei...
Die Free Software Foundation Europe (https://fsfe.org) ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der Menschen im selbstbestimmten Umgang mit Technik unterstützt. Dazu helfen wir Menschen und Organisationen dabei...
#ilovefs Report 2017: Love and Activism #fellowship - http://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170315-01.html #news # fsfeOn Tuesday 14th of February, the "I Love Free Software" day was celebrated for its seventh consecutive year, in what can now be called a tradition. This day has become a special day for people all aro...
On Tuesday 14th of February, the "I Love Free Software" day was celebrated for its seventh consecutive year, in what can now be called a tradition. This day has become a special day for people all aro...
#FSFE Newsletter - March 2017
This Newsletter is available on our website in Deutsch, English, Français and Shqip.The Chronicles of #LiMux
In February, the news about LiMux shook the world. LiMux, a project run by the city of Munich and completed in 2013, constitutes one of the finest examples of vendor-neutral administration based on Free Software; during its execution phase, 15,000 personal computers and laptops used by public administrations were migrated to Free Software.
In a surprise move, a coalition of parties filed a motion with minimal lead time before the city council, asking for the abolishment of the project and the return into proprietary solutions.
The response by the community was immediate and formidable. FSFE's Deputy Coordinator for Germany, Björn Schießle, describes what followed. An ad-hoc coalition was formed by the FSFE, the Document Foundation, KDE and OSBA, collecting questions around the motion and its related processes. Members of the city council were contacted prior to the public hearing and FSFE supporters in Germany and Austria were invited to engage, contacting politicians on the issue. Media coverage in multiple languages was additionally created.
During the public hearing, participating parties quoted some of our questions, and admitted they had never before received so much input from the public. The result of the hearing was a modified motion passed on February 15, calling the administration to propose a strategy for the unification of the city's client-side IT architecture by the end of 2020, building on a yet-to-be-developed proprietary client and guaranteeing maximal compatibility with the existing solutions.
The FSFE does not claim LiMux has solved all the problems. However, we do claim these problems are mostly of organizational nature, and as such must be disconnected from the technical side. Public infrastructure must remain independent of single software vendors, and invest into common assets, which are provided by Free Software.
Help us grow and make a difference in 2017 https://fsfe.org/joinWhat else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE
- For #IloveFS, André translated the Free Software song (NL).
- After last year's successful pre-FOSDEM meeting, the FSFE and #OpenForum Europe continued the tradition of bringing together active Free Software stakeholders during a prior to #FOSDEM public policy related event. This year's meeting offered the opportunity to individual citizens and decision-makers to exchange their views on the basis of practical first-hand information concerning Free Software in public policy.
- For 16 years, FSFE has been present at FOSDEM with a booth, numerous volunteers and staff. Reinhard Müller, FOSDEM booth coordinator, describes in his report the great atmosphere among the booth volunteers and how an outstanding amount of merchandise and promotional material was distributed during the 2 days of the event.
- In 2016, Europe welcomed three new umbrella organizations for Free Software (and hardware) projects: Public Software CIC, The Commons Conservancy, and the Center for the Cultivation of Technology. Standing by the needs of the community, the brand-new organizations provide a legal entity for projects to join, with regards to donations, accounting, grants, legal compliance, or even sophisticated governance. These administrative services allow projects to focus on technical and community matters.
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#FreeSoftwareIn Februar erschütterten die Neuigkeiten zu LiMux die Welt. LiMux war ein Projekt der Stadt München, das 2013 abgeschlossen wurde. Es stellt eins der besten Beispiele für eine Hersteller neutrale, auf...
FSFE Newsletter - März 2017
Dieser Newsletter ist auch verfügbar in English, Français, Shqip
On Diaspora: English, FrançaisDie LiMux-Chroniken
In Februar erschütterten die Neuigkeiten zu #LiMux die Welt. LiMux war ein Projekt der Stadt #München, das 2013 abgeschlossen wurde. Es stellt eins der besten Beispiele für eine Hersteller neutrale, auf Freier Software basierende Verwaltung dar. Während seiner aktiven Ausführungsphase wurden 15.000 Arbeitsplatzrechner und Laptops der öffentlichen Verwaltung auf Freie Software umgestellt.
Es kam als eine Überraschung als letzten Monat #SPD und #CSU einen Eilantrag vor den Münchner Stadtrat einreichten, der die Einstellung des Projekts und die Rückkehr zu proprietären Lösungen verlangte.
Die Reaktion aus der Community war unmittelbar und eindrucksvoll. FSFEs stellvertretender Koordinator für Deutschland, Björn Schießle, beschreibt den weiteren Verlauf. Es wurde eine ad-hoc Koalition zwischen der FSFE, der Document Foundation, #KDE und #OSBA gebildet, die Fragen zum Antrag und den damit zusammenhängenden Prozessen sammelte. Stadtratmitglieder wurden vor der Anhörung kontaktiert. FSFE-Unterstützer*innen aus Deutschland und Österreich wurden eingeladen sich zu beteiligen, in dem sie sich mit Politiker*innen zu diesem Thema in Verbindung setzen. Es wurde außerdem ein Pressespiegel in verschiedenen Sprachen erstellt.
Während der öffentlichen Anhörung haben die beteiligten Parteien manche unserer Fragen zitiert und zugegeben, dass sie noch nie zu einer Angelegenheit so viel Input von der Öffentlichkeit bekommen hätten. Das Ergebnis der Anhörung war ein abgeänderter Antrag, der am 15. Februar angenommen wurde. In diesem wurde die Verwaltung aufgefordert, eine Strategie für die Vereinheitlichung der Client-seitigen IT-Architektur der Stadt bis zum Ende des Jahres 2020 vorzuschlagen. Die Strategie sollte auf einem noch zu entwickelnden proprietären Client aufbauen und eine größtmögliche Kompatibilität mit existierenden Lösungen gewährleisten.
Die FSFE behauptet nicht, LiMux hätte alle Probleme gelöst. Allerdings behaupten wir, dass die in München vorhandenen Probleme meist organisatorischer Natur sind und deswegen unabhängig von den technischen Lösungen angegangen werden sollten. Öffentliche Infrastruktur soll unabhängig von einzelnen Software-Vertreiber*innen bleiben und in Gemeingüter investieren, die z.B. durch Freie Software zur Verfügung gestellt werden.
Helft uns zu wachsen und auch in 2017 einen Unterschied zu machen https://fsfe.org/joinWas haben wir sonst noch gemacht? Innerhalb und außerhalb der FSFE
- Für #IloveFS: André hat den Free Software Song übersetzt.
- Nach dem erfolgreichen pre-FOSDEM-Treffen letztes Jahr haben die FSFE und #OpenForum Europe die Tradition fortgesetzt und aktive Freie Software Akteure auf einen gemeinsamen Event zu öffentlicher Politik zusammen gebracht. Das diesjährige Treffen hat es einzelnen Bürger*innen und Entscheidungsträger*innen ermöglicht, sich persönlich zu Themen der Freien Software in der öffentlichen Verwaltung und der #Politik auszutauschen.
- Seit 16 Jahren ist die FSFE auf der #FOSDEM mit einem Stand, sowie zahlreichen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen und Mitarbeiter*innen vertreten. Reinhard Müller, der Koordinator für den FOSDEM-Stand, beschreibt in seinem Bericht die großartige Atmosphäre unter den Helfenden und die überragenden Mengen an Merchandise und Infomaterial, die an den zwei Tagen des Events verteilt wurden.
- Im Jahr 2016 haben wir in Europa drei neue Dachorganisationen willkommen gehießen, die sich für Freie Software (und Hardware) Projekte einsetzen: Public Software CIC, The Commons Conservancy und Center for the Cultivation of Technology. Die Interessen der Allgemeinheit unterstützend, bieten diese brandneuen Organisationen einen Rechtsträger für Projekte in Bezug auf Spenden, Buchhaltung, Stipendien und Zuschüsse, Gesetzeseinhaltung und sogar anspruchsvolle Verwaltung. Durch diese Unterstützung im Verwaltungsbereich können sich die Projekte mehr auf die Gemeinschafts- und technischen Aspekte ihrer Arbeit konzentrieren.
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#FreieSoftware #FSFEIn February, the news about LiMux shook the world. LiMux, a project run by the city of Munich and completed in 2013, constitutes one of the finest examples of vendor-neutral administration based on Fr...
In February, the news about LiMux shook the world. LiMux, a project run by the city of Munich and completed in 2013, constitutes one of the finest examples of vendor-neutral administration based on Fr...
#FSFE Lettre d'information - Mars 2017
Les chroniques de LiMux
En février, les nouvelles de LiMux ont bouleversé le monde. LiMux est un projet de la ville de Munich mis en place en 2013. Celui-ci est un des plus beaux exemples d'une administration publique indépendante de ses fournisseurs grâce aux Logiciels Libres. Pendant sa mise en œuvre 15000 ordinateurs (fixe et portable) utilisés par l'administration publique ont été migrés vers du Logiciel Libre.
À la surprise générale, une coalition a très rapidement soumis une motion devant le conseil de la ville demandant la suppression du projet et le retour des solutions propriétaires.
La réponse de la communauté à été immédiate et formidable. Le coordinateur associé pour l'Allemagne, Björn Schießle, décrit ce qui a suivit. Une coalition spéciale a été formée par la FSFE, la Document Foundation, KDE et OSBA, recueillant les questions sur la motion et les processus liés. Des membres du conseil ont été contactés avant l’audience publique et les soutiens de la FSFE en Allemagne et en Autriche ont été invité à s'engager en contactant les politiciens sur cette question. Une couverture médiatique dans de nombreuses langues en a résulté.
Pendant l'audience publique, les participants ont cités certaines de nos questions, et ont admis qu'ils n'avaient jamais reçu autant d'information du public. L'audience a résulté en une motion modifié, votée le 15 février, demandant à l'administration de proposer une stratégie pour l'unification de l'architecture informatique côté client d'ici fin 2020. Celle-ci devant s'appuyer sur un futur client propriétaire et garantir une compatibilité maximale avec les solutions existantes.
La FSFE n'affirme pas que LiMux a résolu tous les problèmes. Cependant, nous affirmons que ces problèmes sont principalement de nature organisationnel et, en tant que tel, déconnecté des questions techniques. L'infrastructure publique doit rester indépendante d'un unique vendeur de logiciel et investir dans les biens communs, fournis par le Logiciel Libre.
Aidez nous à grandir et à faire la différence en 2017 https://fsfe.org/joinQu'avons-nous fait d'autres ? Dans et en dehors de la FSFE
- Pour #IloveFS, André a traduit la chanson "the Free Software song" (NL).
- Après le succès de la réunion pré-FOSDEM de l'année dernière, la FSFE et l'OpenForum Europe ont perpétué la tradition de rassembler les partis prenantes actives du Logiciel Libre durant un événement pré-FOSDEM dédié aux politiques publiques. La réunion de cette année offrait l'opportunité aux citoyens et aux décideurs d'échanger leurs points de vue, sur la base d'information pratique de première main sur le Logiciel Libre dans les politiques publiques.
- Pour la 16éme année, la FSFE a tenu un stand à au FOSDEM avec de nombreux bénévoles et employés. Reinhard Müller, le coordinateur du stand de la FSFE raconte dans son rapport la merveilleuse atmosphère parmi les bénévoles du stand et la quantité impressionnante de produits et de matériel promotionnel qui a été distribués durant cet événement de deux jours.
- En 2016, l'Europe a accueillie trois nouvelles organisations (EN) pour les projets de Logiciel (et matériel) Libre : Public Software CIC, The Commons Conservancy et le 'Center for the Cultivation of Technology". Constituées pour répondre aux besoin de la communauté, ces toutes nouvelles organisations fournissent, pour les projets qui le souhaitent, une entité juridique pour les donations, la comptabilité, les subventions, la conformité juridique ou même une infrastructure de gouvernance. Ces services administratifs permettent aux projets de se concentrer sur les domaines techniques et communautaires.
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#LogicielLibre #FSFEOn 15 February 2017, the city council of Munich, Germany convened to discuss the future of their LiMux project. In its public session, the plenary voted to have the city administration develop a strat...
On 15 February 2017, the city council of Munich, Germany convened to discuss the future of their LiMux project. In its public session, the plenary voted to have the city administration develop a strat...
