Discussion October 2014

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Announcing the LibreOffice Conference for 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark
by Carsten Agger 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

[1]The LibreOffice Conference for 2015 will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, as a collaboration between the Document Foundation, the Danish LibreOffice community, the FSFE local group and the municipality of Aarhus. Also involved are the local hacker space and (hopefully) other local free software groups. I personally will be involved as a community contact, i.e. as the person with feet on the ground in Aarhus. The event will be hosted by the municipality. As the Document Foundation writes on its blog[2]: Aarhus WaterfrontBerlin, October 17, 2014 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces that the LibreOffice Conference 2015 will be jointly organized by the Danish LibreOffice community in collaboration with local F/OSS groups and the Aarhus municipality, and hosted at the brand new Urban Media Space, from September 23 to September 25, 2015. In addition, on September 22 the LibreOffice community will gather for several face-to-face meetings: Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Engineering Steering Committee, and Certification Committee. Aarhus is a city of education, knowledge and research. Its university is internationally recognized for its contributions within, among other fields, social sciences, technology and science. Aarhus is known to attract talented students from around the world which also provides the city with a great diversity. “Hosting the LibreOffice Conference will be an exciting opportunity for the entire Danish free software community”, says Leif Lodahl, a long time leader of the Danish LibreOffice community, a founder of The Document Foundation, and the architect of several large migration projects to LibreOffice. “We are looking forward to welcoming LibreOffice volunteers and advocates from every corner of the world”. As the day comes nearer, I may well want to reach out to the wider FSFE community to ask for assistance and support. I’m certainly excited to see how it will work out. [1] Originally posted on my blog, http://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/2014/10/22/announcing-the-libreoffice-conferenc… [2] http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2014/10/17/libreoffice-conference-2015-i… -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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RMLL/LSM 2015
by Odile Bénassy 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Hi everybody! Here is an announcement for the next RMLL/LSM in Beauvais (France). The 2015 team would like to take advantage of Beauvais geographical situation as well as its international airport. We especially would like to see people coming from those places where people usually cannot travel very easily because they are situated relatively far from central Europe (Portugal, Eastern Europe, south of Italy etc ..). So you certainly can help a lot to disseminate this announcement!! Additionally, you will find here some advertising material: http://com2015.rmll.info/ Best regards Odile B, for the 2015 RMLL/LSM Team --%< The Libre Software Meeting (in French: Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre, or RMLL) consist in a series of user-friendly and non-commercial lectures, workshops, and debates on Libre Software and its uses. These meetings are held annually in July --each in a new city-- and have already hosted hundreds of lectures and seen thousands of individual participants as well as non-profit organizations. The next Libre Software Meeting will be held from July 4 to July 10, 2015, in Beauvais, Picardy, in the outskirts of Paris. It will be hosted by the Oisux [http://www.oisux.org] Association. The program includes : * lectures with well-known Libre Software community figures and digital technology experts, * debates and lectures transcribed and simultaneously translated in various languages, * testimonies of major migrations to Libre Software and Open Source, from Munich (Germany), Valence (Spain), Argentina and more, * lecturers specialized in the following fields : business & community, society, security, software development, infrastructure, art & culture, health, education, open data, do-it-yourself and open hardware, * activities and interactive workshops organized by members of Libre Software associations, * festive events such as the traditional Freedom Meal, discovery tours of the Picardie region, Free-access Culture shows and Nocturnes with the Free-access Digital Arts Festival. Contact : beauvais2015(a)rmll.info -- Odile Bénassy http://fluidinfo.fr

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RMLL/LSM 2015
by Odile Bénassy 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

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FSFE is looking for an intern PR/Campaigning
by Erik Albers 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Dear List, beloved Fellows, the FSFE is looking for an intern PR/Campaigning for our global campaign "Document Freedom Day" [1]. You find all relevant information about expectations and tasks at fsfe.org: http://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20141017-01.en.html Deadline is November 7 This message may and should be shared and spread, even in other channels Best regards, Erik [1] http://www.documentfreedom.org -- Erik Albers | https://fsfe.org/about/albers Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - Campaigns & Community Free as in Freedom!

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Jitsi Videobridge vs Skype?
by Carsten Agger 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Some time back, Sam Tuke posted the findings of the FSFE group in Manchester about "the hunt for Skype alternatives". Sadly, at the time the conclusion was that there were no *real* replacements, as Skype handled some things (specifically lagging, I think, and latency - latency used to be a *huge* problem in SIP telephony) exceedingly well. Recently, however, I've been using the public Jitsi videobridge https://meet.jit.si almost daily. It doesn't work with Firefox, but it works with Chromium, most of the time nearly as if there was a hole in the screen to the other person. I'm kind of impressed, and I see fewer problems with the sound etc. that I usually do in Skype for GNU/LInux (which I almost never use - I have to use it sometimes to communicate with customers, though). Does anyone know of any compelling reason NOT to recommend Jitsi Videobridge as a real free alternative to Skype? -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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President of the United States about FLOSS
by Matthias Kirschner 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

I thought you also enjoy this: https://xkcd.com/ He should have talked about Free Software instead of FLOSS ;) -- Matthias Kirschner - Vice President FSFE Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) Receive monthly Free Software news (fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html) Your donation enables our work (fsfe.org/donate)

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FSCONS in Gothenburg?
by Paul Boddie 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Hello everyone! I just realised that the discussion list I had subscribed to before wasn't the same discussion list that now seems to be hosting all the discussion, so I apologise if this topic has already been discussed! Is anyone going to FSCONS in Gothenburg from October 31st until November 2nd? Interestingly, the last mail I seem to have from the other discussion list concerned the call for proposals for FSCONS all the way back in May. Last time I checked, the schedule was still pretty vague, but I imagine that there are plenty of topics of relevance to FSFE supporters. Paul

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Petition to Mozilla: Remove DRM
by Hugo Roy 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi, There's a petition to ask Mozilla to remove DRM https://www.change.org/p/mozilla-remove-drm-from-firefox#invite Best, -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Get our monthly newsletter, sign up! <https://l.fsfe.org/nl>

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Metaphors of Free Software
by Hugo Roy 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Hi, Metaphors when done right can be powerful to convey an idea. There’s a short article with some good metaphors: http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalreports/internetreport/whatisopensour… Transparency: a car. An open source license is like having the right to lift your car bonnet to view the engine. If you use software but can’t see what it’s doing behind the scenes, then it’s impossible to know what it’s doing with your data or even if it’s secure. By making code viewable by all, it’s much easier to spot and fix security flaws and bugs, which is why many security standards, such as password encryption, are open source. Modification: a house Open source is like buying a house and being free to decorate it however you want, to build extensions or demolish walls. Closed-source software strictly limits what you can do with it. Accumulative: DNA: Like a genome that keeps evolving, or the way academia builds upon prior knowledge, open source is a way of ‘standing on the shoulder of giants’, by building on what exists, rather than starting from scratch. This applies to everything from the code at the heart of software and powering websites to design elements, which can develop in an accumulative way, with anyone free to improve on the work of those previously. Collaborative: a coop Like a co-op, but without membership. While code authors may still own copyright on their code, by providing an open license, assets are kept public and the user community can offer improvements, fixes, language translations, design improvements, documentation and so on. Eric S Raymond describes open source development as “a great babbling bazaar of differing agendas and approaches out of which a coherent and stable system could seemingly emerge only by a succession of miracles”. Democratic: a landslide Like a democracy where anyone can set up their own country if they don’t like the leader. Open source projects have core maintainers who have the final say over suggestions and contributions from the user community but if they aren’t responsive, people can ‘fork’ the software and build their own ‘branch’. The content management system Joomla, for instance, was forked from Mambo, after its corporate owners started charging developers big fees. I suppose we’re missing the analogy between a cooking recipe and source code for the list to be complete :-) -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Get our monthly newsletter, sign up! <https://l.fsfe.org/nl>

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CodeWeek.EU - call for participation
by Guido Arnold 02 Oct '14

02 Oct '14

Hello everybody! I hope you all had a nice Software Freedom Day last weekend! :) And the next FS related event is already approaching... From Oct 11 to 17, there will be events throughout Europe where kids will learn to code [1]. You will notice that Free Software is not endorsed on the codeweek webpage in any way or form. If Free Software is explained or even mentioned is up to those who conduct the workshops. The good thing is that most organizers will be grateful for any helping hand they can get We would like to encourage everybody to participate in one of the existing events to make sure that Free Software will not remain unknown to these kids. As they are already interested in coding, it would be a shame if they wouldn't learn about Free Software, don't you think? BTW: It's not too late to order promo material [2] for this! :) FSFE's edu-team [3] will be happy to answer questions and concerns and provide guidance or advise. Please also share this with anyone who might be interested! Thanks! Guido [1] http://events.codeweek.eu/ [2] http://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html#promo-material [3] http://fsfe.org/activities/education/eduteam.en.html -- Guido Arnold Free Software Foundation Europe http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido [] Edu team & German team OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x51628D75 [][][] Get active! XMPP: guido(a)jabber.fsfe.org || http://fsfe.org/support/?guido

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