(If you are reading FSFE's newsletters [1] (and you should when you
have not yet given me feedback what I could improve ;) ), and you
already use one of our banners [2], you can skip this post because I
copied and pasted it. Else please continue.)
Let us admit it, the Free Software community is often very critical.
Wewrite bug reports, tell others how they can improve the software, ask
them fornew features, and to not spare with criticism. Sometimes we
forget to say "thank you, for all your work". As in the last years, we
want to change this, at least for one day. So on Tuesday the 14th of
February we will celebrate the "I love Free Software" - Day [3].
Get active, buy your favourite developer a drink or give them a hug (ask
forpermission first), write an e-mail/letter [4] expressing your
feelings, create nice pictures, donate to a Free Software initiative,
use another of our suggestions [5] or be create yourself to show how you
appreciate people, working hard to enlarge or defend our freedom.
Beside that help us to promote the activity with our banners [6], by
e-mail, (micro)blog or in your (distributed?) social networks.
New this year is a whole day event in the Unperfekthaus in Essen
(Germany) [7] and that all our Fellows automatically get an
login(a)ilovefs.org e-mail alias.
So let's make sure that on February 14th there are more love reports,
than bug reports!
All the best,
Matthias
1. http://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html
2. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
3. http://ilovefs.org
4. http://blogs.fsfe.org/thomaslocke/2012/01/18/why-i-love-free-and-open-sourc…
5. http://ilovefs.org
6. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/banners.html
7. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2012/unperfekthaus.html
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Hello List,
sorry for the delay in working on the leaflet about software patents. We
had a really high workload the last 4 weeks, combined with a high rate
of illness among the members of our team. Therefore, I was not able to
work on this issue.
So, let's start again:
Our leaflet about software patents that we use at the booth, is really
outdated and should be updated. Please help me to update our leaflet. I
opened an Etherpad where I inserted the text of the actual leaflet and
some additional text from my side:
http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7
PW: SWPAT2012
I think, the length that the text on the etherpad has now is
approximately the text length we can use on the leaflet. So, when you
add some text then try to delete some text elsewhere, if possible : )
Thank you very much for you participation and ideas,
best regards,
Erik
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PDFreaders.org poster available
In cooperation with the fsfe a poster for the PDFreaders.org campaign
came to life. The campaign is about removing ads for proprietary
pdfreaders from government websites.
When you arrange an event which is connected to Free Software you may
order or print a poster yourself after consultation with the fsfe.
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PDFreaders.org Poster verfügbar
In Zusammenarbeit mit der fsfe ist ein Poster für die PDFreaders.org
Kampagne entstanden. In der Kampagne geht es darum, Werbung für
proprietäre PDF-Betrachter von Webseiten der öffentlichen Verwaltung zu
entfernen.
Wer eine Aktion, die mit Freier Software zu tun hat, durchführt, kann
nach Absprache mit der fsfe ein Poster für seine Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
beziehen oder die Datei zum selber ausdrucken erhalten.
On 3/13/12, Matthias Kirschner <mk(a)fsfe.org> wrote:
> Hi Antonio,
>
> * Antonio Esposito <kobe(a)member.fsf.org> [2012-03-09 22:49:21 +0100]:
>
>> I noticed Garlach44 starts to preinstall Trisquel GNU/Linux in many of
>> their computers. I think it's a wonderful news for Free Software
>> community and movement. :)
>>
>> http://www.garlach44.eu/en/
>> http://www.garlach44.eu/en/trisquel
>
> Good news indeed. Thanks for letting me know. You might want to inform
> discussion(a)fsfeurope.org about that. Beside that we have
> https://wiki.fsfe.org/Hardware_vendors, where you might want to add it.
I already know the FSFE database and Garlach44 is inside.
The novelty is they are the first company (I know) in Europe that sell
some computers with Trisquel preinstalled (a completely free
distribution based on Ubuntu), so they're completely compatible with
Free Software.
Most of the companies that sell computers with GNU/Linux and-or
without windows preinstalled do NOT pose the problem that many of
these computers require proprietary firmware (alias "binary bloobs")
to run some important components, including wireless cards.
IMHO it's not wrong to propose and have a database lists who do not
sell computers with Trisquel (or other free distribution)
preinstalled, but it should keep in mind in order to create a
constructive awareness that will lead other companies to make this
choice, and then further improve the Free Software world.
In conclusion, a good idea might be to give priority to companies who
preinstall Trisquel (as ThinkPenguin and Garlach44) and list the
others in a second table explaining why they're in a different table.
My 2cent,
--
Antonio Esposito
http://ur1.ca/74xok
Here some news from Germany: https://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20120328-01.en.html
1&1, GMX and WEB.DE receive the German Document Freedom Award for the
use of Open Standards. The prize is awarded by the Free Software
Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the Foundation for a Free Information
Infrastructure e.V. (FFII). 1&1 is awarded for automatically adding
XMPP for all customers of their mail services. The Document Freedom
Award is awarded annually on the occasion of Document Freedom Day -
the international day for Open Standards. Last years winners include
tagesschau.de, Deutschland Radio, and the German Foreign Office.
[...]
If next year Facebook's and Microsoft Network's XMPP servers also
federate, we have some even bigger one than those:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/DFD-2012-Karlsruhe?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=DF…
Happy DFD and "I'M the World"!
Matthias
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Hi all,
Please check our monthly Fellowship interview (this month we met Guido
Günther), which was published last Friday.
Guido is being for a long time a substantial contributor to the Debian
Project. He also enjoys contributing to the GNOME project and to
advanced Free Software virtualisation technologies. He works as a
professional Free Software developer and consultant. In this interview
he tells us his personal story of engagement with Free Software, and
shares his wiews about FSFE's work.
You can read the interview on:
http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=547
Best regards,
Alessandro
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Manchester Fellow Anna Morris was interviewed on BBC Radio this week,
about a conference that she's organising in London for women in Free
Software. In just a few minutes she discusses what Free Software is,
what it's like being a woman in the Free Software movement, and how she
first got involved.
Her interview starts at 17:13
http://download.fsfe.org/audio/20120320-bbc5-interview-anna-morris.ogg
BBC podcast page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pods
Anna is one of the Coordinators of the Manchester Fellowship group. The
Women in Free Software conference is called Flossie:
http://www.flossie.org/
Enjoy!
Sam.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17478070
Article about a professional magician who relies on Free Software for
his tricks. Very interesting use of video on closed platforms with Free
Software.
Possibly relevant to any VJs out there.
Thanks to Anna Morris in Manchester for the link.
Best,
Sam.
hi there,
if you live in the UK, you can order DFD posters from Sam:
http://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=343
Regards,
Matthias
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I'll recommend readig Bernhard's article "Let’s end all Free Software
“projects” quickly!"
http://blogs.fsfe.org/bernhard/2012/03/lets-end-all-free-software-projects-…
A “project” is always temporary, in the narrow sense of the term. Some
Free Software people use “project” to refer to long lasting
initiatives instead. By adopting the more widespread use of the term,
Free Software initiatives enhance their ability to reflect upon
themselves and to communicate better towards others. To make a
distinction between an initiative, projects and products enables a
group to more clearly speak about their individual interests and how
this leads to successful cooperation. Let us end the misleading use of
“project” and get into concluding more Free Software project faster!
[...]
Best Regards from the Chemnitzer Linuxtage
Matthias
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