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Hi Everyone,
After an epic four years as an FSFE staff member, I'll soon be bidding
farewell to pursue new opportunities to fight for freedom. This message is to
say thank you all for the ideas, enthusiasm, and faith we've generated
together. In the Berlin and Manchester offices, in conferences and meetings in
Gothenburg, London, Lisbon and so many others.
It's been a privilege to meet your friends and families, learn with you, and
in some cases tour your cities and stay in your homes. Even though I will miss
you all, I am looking forward to new challenges and starting a new phase of my
life.
I know I'm gong to work with some of you again, as my endeavours with Free
Software move into new spheres. I know I'll see many of you at future events,
like Linux Tag, next week.
You can still reach me at my old contact addresses - my @fsfe.org and
@jabber.fsfe.org accounts shouldn't change. Message me at mail(a)samtuke.com to
get my attention more quickly.
Messages relating to FSFE campaigns should be directed to the related mailing
lists, or in case none are appropriate, to Matthias Kirschner (mk(a)fsfe.org).
So long and thanks for all the fish! [1]
Sam.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long,_and_Thanks_for_All_the_Fish
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
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Hi all,
Anyone going to Linux Audio Conference this week in Karlsruhe, Germany? It's
one of a kind, with loads of concerts and performances featuring Linux audio tech.
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2014/
I'm planning to go by coach From Berlin. Anyone else?
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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Hi all,
You can find details of this year's Document Freedom Day highlights and
pictures here:
http://documentfreedom.org/news/2014/news-20140424-01.en.html
Best,
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
Campaign Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org
Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org
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Silly question, maybe:
Is it acceptable for a free license to limit the use of whatever it
covers to lawful purposes?
The question is not about a free software license, but about an open
data license - specifically this one, by the Danish government body
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen (Agency for Digitalization):
http://digitaliser.dk/resource/2432531
The clause that makes me wonder is this:
"Det skal sikres, at brug af data er i overensstemmelse med dansk ret."
... meaning ...
"It must be ensured that the data are used in acccordance with Danish law."
Apart from this one clause, the license is a very decent BSD- or
MIT-style license.
But I wonder if this one clause is a poison pill that they should be
adviced to take out?
Now suppose ... someone took property value data to make an app which
figures out which families may be rich and uses it to burgle them. When
they are caught, should they also be prosecuted for breaking the open
data license? They might, but it seems absurd.
A second scenario: Someone makes another and perfectly legitimate
traffic monitoring application, and someone buys that app and uses it to
figure out when trucks carrying valuable goods pass. The crooks did not
make the app, which is legit. Should the supplier of the app be
prosecuted for not ensuring a legal use of the data? But how could they?
Could a free software license contain such a clause? I guess it would be
non-free. But open data or open content? I'm a bit confused as to what
to think about that.
In Italy there are local buying groups who order food or any stuff from local organic farms. They are called GAS (Gruppo di Acquisto Solidale).
I'm wondering if you know similar groups in Europe. If yes, do they use a Free web service to collect the orders?
In Italy we have a small Italian project, probably run by one person:
http://www.economia-solidale.org/
The php code should be on Sourcefourge.
Of course an international Free Software project would scale much better.
Does it exist already and I'm missing it?
Or there's no interest in such a service?
Thanks
Federico
As you may or may not know, on May 25 there's a referendum in Denmark
concerning whether to join the European Patent Court.
If the result of the referendum is a no, that means the new unitary
patent will not be valid in Denmark.
From a free software perspective this is kind of a no-brainer:
Currently, each year about 6,000 EPO patents (of all kinds) are
validated in Denmark.
When the unitary patent is introduced, we can expect that number to grow
to about 60,000. EPO's practices regarding software patents are very
dubious, and we have no idea how the new patent court will view
"computer implemented inventions"; but the whole setup is worrying.
I have co-authored an open letter to IT companies which was published on
the Danish web magazine Den Fri:
http://www.denfri.dk/2014/03/softwarepatenter-aabent-brev-til-danmarks-virk…
(also available on my own blog,
http://www.modspil.dk/itpolitik/softwarepatenter_og_patentdomstol___bent_br…)
Apart from publishing it there, we have also sent it to all web bureaus
in the Aarhus area and plan to send it to all small/medium software
companies in Denmark.
We and many others, are also doing other things to get the no, of course.
It's a tall order: At least 30% of eligible voters must vote no for our
accession to the patent court to fall. A majority of say 29,9% against
20% of eligible voters would not be enough, and turnout for European
elections is traditionally low. Still, we hope the best.
General question: The European Court used to think the setup concerning
the new Patent Court is illegal. Do they still think that?
Best
Carsten