[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…
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http://www.modspil.dkhttps://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/
Hi!
In 2013, we had the RMLL/LSM in Brussel. In 2014 was Montpellier (see
video.rmll.info). Next July, it will be in Beauvais. A very central
place for Europeans. And with cheap flights (Beauvais/Tillé).
Would you like to share this CfP announcement with your contacts?
Regards,
Odile B
--%<
RMLL/LSM — "Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre"/"Libre Software
Meeting" — are a series of non-profit lectures, workshops and panels on
Libre Software, its uses and its cultural environment. They are
organized yearly in a friendly atmosphere.
Until 03/31, you can submit your talks proposals for the 2015
session, which will take place in Beauvais (France), using the dedicated
formular
http://2015.rmll.info/submit
For your information, this 16th session's main topics are :
Society
Management
Security
Software Development & Information Systems
Infrastructure
Art, Culture and Media
Health
Science & Learning
Free Hardware, Hacking, Making
Spread this to your contacts!
Furthermore, if you wish to include a banner on your web site, you will
find them at
http://com2015.rmll.info/BANNIERES/
--
Odile Bénassy
http://fluidinfo.fr
Dear List,
FSFE launched Document Freedom Day campaign this week. Here is the official
text, taken from:
http://documentfreedom.org/news/2015/news-20150224-01.html
(by now in 10 languages!)
Please help spreading the word or get active by running a local event.
---
Document Freedom Day (#DFD2015) is a global campaign for document
liberation, with grassroots events throughout the world taking place on
March 25, 2015. Add your voice to this worldwide celebration of Open
Standards, and register your DFD event for 2015![1]
Every year since 2008, people who care about a free information society
celebrate Document Freedom Day to raise awareness of Open Standards[2].
On this day activists around the world come together to talk about
access to communications, run local public activities, and generally
spread the word about Open Standards in a dozen different ways. Be part
of the movement and sign up your DFD team today![3]
== How to get involved ==
"Every year, the most important part of this campaign is being done
by people just like yourself that run local events around the world.
For this, we have made it easier than ever to organise an event"
says Erik Albers, head of the international Document Freedom Day
team. "We are offering promotion materials[4] in many languages, and
artwork you can remix, share and improve[5] to publicise your own
event."
To coordinate this year's DFD campaign, FSFE's Document Freedom Day team
has also built a shiny new website[6], making it easier for you to get
in touch with other people participating in DFD around the world, and
with FSFE's campaign staff.
If you are running a local event, we may be able to offer funding of
your local activities or your local print runs[7] - thanks to DFD's
generous sponsors[8]. To get inspired, take a look at what other groups
from Mexico to Japan did last year[9].
1. https://www.documentfreedom.org/registerevent.html
2. https://fsfe.org/activities/os/index.fi.html
3. https://www.documentfreedom.org/registerevent.html
4. https://www.documentfreedom.org/promotion.html
5. https://gitorious.org/document_freedom_day/artwork
6. https://www.documentfreedom.org/index.html
7. https://www.documentfreedom.org/funding-expenses.html
8. https://www.documentfreedom.org/sponsors.html
9. https://www.documentfreedom.org/news/2014/news-20140424-01.en.html
Best,
Erik
--
Erik Albers | https://fsfe.org/about/albers
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - Campaigns & Community
Free as in Freedom!
Maybe interesting:
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to
hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital,
Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the
means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according
to cyber researchers and former operatives.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-usa-cyberspying-idUSKBN0LK1QV2…
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
--
Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl/
Hello,
I saw the first Ubuntu Phone is now available:
http://www.bq.com/gb/ubuntu.html
I am interested in how free & open it is. Does somebody here have more
information?
Questions that I have:
Is the bootloader open source?
How well is the device seperated from the modem?
Are non-free programms or drivers needed?
Which non-free firmware is loaded?
Maybe somebody mad a review?
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
--
Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl/
Hi all,
don't forget today's “I love Free Software Day”. Have a look at
http://ilovefs.org for some inspirations, and if you want let us know
what you did.
Thanks to all of you, who always discuss Free Software matters with me!!
Best Regards,
Matthias
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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)
Hi all,
A new LibreOffice for Android app has been released today. If you're
interested, please check it out and consider writing a review. I'm
helping to promote the news for the Document Foundation and Collabora,
who led development of the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.collabora.libreoffice
More about the app:
* Free Software license: MPL 2.0 [1]
* Supports documents, spreadsheets and basic presentations
* Handles ODF and MS Office files, including templates
* Touch interface
* Available from the Google Play store, apks via apk download sites [2]
* Submitted to F-Droid app store
* Currently beta status
Limitations:
* Doesn't support Android Honeycomb or below
* Takes a lot of space (~140mb)
* Built-in file viewer reads only internal SD storage
* Can't open quite a few documents for various reasons
Hopefully there will be weekly updates to the app with improvements and
some new features.
Best,
Sam.
1. http://apkleecher.com/
2. https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/licenses/
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# vedran <vedran(a)nardev.org> [09.02.2015 @ 17:47]:
> How to unscribe? On Feb 9, 2015 5:18 PM, Max Mehl <max.mehl(a)fsfe.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Fellows and friends,
>>
>>
>> As you may have already seen [1], this week is dedicated to the "I love
>> Free Software" day which will take place on the upcoming Saturday,
>> February 14.
>>
>> As every year we want to use Valentine's Day to not only give pleasure
>> to our sweethearts but also to say "Thank you" to all people which are
>> easing our daily lifes by contributing to Free Software - may they be
>> developers, translators, activists, testers or documentalists.
>>
>> This year the focus is on the individuals. Most of us like some of the
>> huge Free Software projects, but all of us also rely on smaller pieces
>> of software. In many cases, those projects are driven by very few people
>> who are dedicating their free and work time for the software's users.
>> All of them deserve our appreciation!
>>
>> I would like to ask you and your friends to show your love individually
>> to them on this special day. We already prepared some nice activities
>> which will make it easy to take part in the IloveFS campaign:
>>
>> - For this year we created a photo gallery [2] of people showing their
>> love to Free Software. Thanks to several people we already collected
>> some nice pictures which might inspire you. So why not taking a camera
>> and make a picture of you presenting your enthusiasm for Free Software
>> and its contributors creatively? Send them to the developers or use
>> them in your blog posts or microblogs!
>>
>> - The second novelty of this year's campaign are the postcards with the
>> "I love Free Software... but I love YOU more" slogan on it. They are
>> suitable to be sent to your dearest but also to people you want to
>> thank for their work for the Free Software community. As a special you
>> can get them for free on our "Spread The Word" page! [3]
>>
>> - And of course we'd also be happy about your activity on microblogs
>> like GnuSocial or Twitter (please use #ilovefs) and articles on your
>> blogs about specific projects you'd like to recommend or general
>> aspects of Free Software you want to emphasize. It's a great resource
>> of motivation and knowledge for all of us. In the last part of the
>> #ilovefs report 2014 [4] you can cast a glance at a small excerpt of
>> blog posts we've seen last time.
>>
>> So let's celebrate a joyful "I love Free Software" day on Saturday
>> together! I'm very excited to see your creative ideas and we're all
>> looking forward to making contributors of all kinds happy :)
>>
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>> Max
>>
>> P.S.: I'd like to thank all people who helped with this year's campaign
>> so far! Translators, photographers, proofreaders etc. - you know who you
>> are :)
>>
>>
>> [1] https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150209-01.html
>> [2] https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/whylovefs/gallery.html
>> [3] https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html#ilovefs-postcard
>> [4] https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140221-01.html#id-more-blog-posts
>>
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How to unscribe? On Feb 9, 2015 5:18 PM, Max Mehl <max.mehl(a)fsfe.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Fellows and friends,
>
>
> As you may have already seen [1], this week is dedicated to the "I love
> Free Software" day which will take place on the upcoming Saturday,
> February 14.
>
> As every year we want to use Valentine's Day to not only give pleasure
> to our sweethearts but also to say "Thank you" to all people which are
> easing our daily lifes by contributing to Free Software - may they be
> developers, translators, activists, testers or documentalists.
>
> This year the focus is on the individuals. Most of us like some of the
> huge Free Software projects, but all of us also rely on smaller pieces
> of software. In many cases, those projects are driven by very few people
> who are dedicating their free and work time for the software's users.
> All of them deserve our appreciation!
>
> I would like to ask you and your friends to show your love individually
> to them on this special day. We already prepared some nice activities
> which will make it easy to take part in the IloveFS campaign:
>
> - For this year we created a photo gallery [2] of people showing their
> love to Free Software. Thanks to several people we already collected
> some nice pictures which might inspire you. So why not taking a camera
> and make a picture of you presenting your enthusiasm for Free Software
> and its contributors creatively? Send them to the developers or use
> them in your blog posts or microblogs!
>
> - The second novelty of this year's campaign are the postcards with the
> "I love Free Software... but I love YOU more" slogan on it. They are
> suitable to be sent to your dearest but also to people you want to
> thank for their work for the Free Software community. As a special you
> can get them for free on our "Spread The Word" page! [3]
>
> - And of course we'd also be happy about your activity on microblogs
> like GnuSocial or Twitter (please use #ilovefs) and articles on your
> blogs about specific projects you'd like to recommend or general
> aspects of Free Software you want to emphasize. It's a great resource
> of motivation and knowledge for all of us. In the last part of the
> #ilovefs report 2014 [4] you can cast a glance at a small excerpt of
> blog posts we've seen last time.
>
> So let's celebrate a joyful "I love Free Software" day on Saturday
> together! I'm very excited to see your creative ideas and we're all
> looking forward to making contributors of all kinds happy :)
>
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Max
>
> P.S.: I'd like to thank all people who helped with this year's campaign
> so far! Translators, photographers, proofreaders etc. - you know who you
> are :)
>
>
> [1] https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150209-01.html
> [2] https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/whylovefs/gallery.html
> [3] https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html#ilovefs-postcard
> [4] https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140221-01.html#id-more-blog-posts
>
> --
> Max Mehl - Free Software Foundation Europe - www.fsfe.org
> About me: http://fsfe.org/about/mehl | Blog: blog.mehl.mx
> Support us: http://fsfe.org/support | Homepage: mehl.mx
>
> Fellow of FSFE? Then you can vote for YOUR representative:
> >>> https://wiki.fsfe.org/FellowshipElection_2015 <<<
>
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