Discussion August 2016

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[summit] Feel like giving a Lightning talk?
by Erik Albers 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hi all, For those of you, coming to the FSFE summit: The QtCon has allocated half an hour for miscellaneous kinds of lightning talks. If you think about doing a lightning talk, read the details here: -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Lightning talks Datum: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:53:26 +0200 Von: Jesper K. Pedersen <jesper.pedersen(a)kdab.com> Greetings, As you might already have heard, at this years QtCon, there will be one block allocated where all rooms will be filled with lightning talks. This is Friday from 17:30 to 18:30. A lightning talk is a 10 minutes pitch of an idea, a show off of a piece of software you have written, or a technique you have found solves a specific problem for you, a project you are planning or you just realised - anything really (as long as it is not just a commercial product sales pitch). We still have some slots available, which are given to those who requests them first. Therefore, please do consider offering a lightning talk by sending an email to Jesper.Pedersen(a)kdab.com with subject "Lightning talk proposal". The email should contain a title of your talk plus one paragraph of text describing it. Cheers Jesper. -- Jesper K. Pedersen | jesper.pedersen(a)kdab.com Training Director and Senior Software Engineer Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company Tel. Direct: +45 5146 8464, Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090 KDAB - Qt, C++ and OpenGL Experts

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Migrated mailing list
by Jonas Oberg 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Dear team, this mailing list has just been migrated to a new server, following the information sent around previously. Do note that we automatically move all the settings, content and other information to the new list server. We also forward all mails that go to the old address, to the new address. This means you should hopefully not have noticed that the list moved. But it's a good habit to update the address used, especially if you have mail filters on your side which rely on the mailing list having a specific address -- or a specific List-ID (which has changed!). Here are other relevant changes: . The mailing list address is now discussion(a)lists.fsfe.org . The web interface for this list is available here: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion . For the list administrators, the list admin interface is here: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/admin/discussion/ I hope you have not noticed the move and that the discussions on the list will continue as before, but now on our new mailing list server. Sincerely, -- Jonas Öberg, Executive Director Free Software Foundation Europe | jonas(a)fsfe.org Your donation enables our work (fsfe.org/donate)

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Contributing for FLOSS projects/ communities
by Katja Gucek 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hi everybody, this is probably the first time I am posting on this list. I am just conducting a thesis research at Faculty of Social Sciences, Cultural Studies Department - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe. I am interested in incentives for voluntary participation in projects or communities developing or supporting Free/ Libre or Open-Source software (FLOSS) products or movement – whether it is a software, web, hardware, hacker space, movement supporting or promoting free and open philosophy or events regarding this topic. I'd like to ask for help with my survey - filling out this 5-10 minutes long questionnaire: https://www.1ka.si/a/102463 Thank you so much in advance. Your help and answers are very valuable. If this mail is inappropriate for this list, I deeply apologize. Best regards, Katja Guček Ljubljana, Slovenija (Europe) -- http://twitter.com/KatjaG http://www.facebook.com/katjag http://www.linkedin.com/in/katjagucek

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Mailing list scheduled for migration
by Jonas Oberg 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Dear team, The FSFE is engage in a longterm project to migrate a lot of our older lists to our newest list server. As we do this, we automatically move all the settings, content and other information to the new list server. We also forward all mails that go to the old address, to the new address. This mailing list is scheduled to be in the next batch of mailing lists migrated, and is expected to happen one of the next days. When the migration is done, you will receive a separate mail about this. You can continue using the list as before, both before and after the migration. Please note, however, that the List-ID header for the mailing list will change: this ID is automatically generated by Mailman and consists of the list name and its domain name. As the domain name changes (from fsfeurope.org to lists.fsfe.org), the List-ID will also change with it. If you have any questions, you're welcome to reach out to me, or to system-hackers(a)fsfeurope.org Sincerely, -- Jonas Öberg, Executive Director Free Software Foundation Europe | jonas(a)fsfe.org Your donation enables our work (fsfe.org/donate)

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[summit] Present your project in our poster session - deadline August 24
by Erik Albers 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Hi all, for those of you who already have a ticket or those who still think about it [1], our poster session might be an interesting event to present your very own project: On Friday evening, September 2nd, beginning around dinner time, we offer and set up a dedicated space close to the dining area, where projects are invited to present themselves and/or a contemporary project. This offer is especially for personal, smaller and/or non-commercial projects that are Free Software or related and in the spirit of openness and freedom. This is your chance to reach out for new audiences, contributors or donors. Unfortunately, due to space limitations, we can only offer this opportunity for up to ten different "posters". If you like to be one of them, please apply by writing to team(a)qtcon.org and use the tag [poster]. Please be aware that space is limited: Each presenter will just have space to hang up one poster/banner or to put one roll-up with a maximum size of A0 paper size (841 × 1189 mm, upright). Additionally, there will be one standing table in front of each poster, that can be used to put some leaflets or other printouts. Each poster/project is only allowed to be presented by one person. Deadline to apply is August 24. Read online: https://qtcon.org/content/call-participation-poster-session Best regards and looking forward to, Erik [1] the ticket sale will close soon, at the end of the week, so please hurry up! -- Imagine no European is any longer forced to use non-free software! Join the first FSFE summit on September 2nd - 4th: https://fsfe.org/summit16

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[summit] looking for a passionate developer for our schedule
by Erik Albers 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Dear all, the FSFE summit is getting closer and the program gets finalized. However, as the FSFE summit is part of the bigger QtCon, we have our schedule and tracks listed in the whole QtCon environment here: https://conf.qtcon.org/en/qtcon/public/schedule/2016-09-02 I think it would be nice to have a schedule on our own that only shows the FSFE summit talks and sessions. This way, people have a better oversight of the summit. Hence, I wonder is someone on this list who likes to realize a scalable version of our FSFE summit schedule? It could be implemented as a child of our Fellowship calender, as definition list in HTML or other solutions ... Important is only, that it is scalable and easily readable on mobile phones, so people can check it during the summit. A special feature would be if it could be extracted and read by 3rd-party applications like Giggity [1] or similar Free Software apps. If there is anyone on this list who is interested, please drop me a mail or contact me on Jabber. Good Karma and a FSFE shirt shall be yours : ) Best regards, Erik [1] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.gaast.giggity -- Imagine no European is any longer forced to use non-free software! Join the first FSFE summit on September 2nd - 4th: https://fsfe.org/summit16

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Feedback for new section on Security in-a-Box specifically for GNU/Linux users
by Matthias Kirschner 13 Aug '16

13 Aug '16

Hi all, I was contacted by tacticaltech about the new section on howtos for security under GNU/Linux, see the message below. I already sent them some feedback about it (Veracrypt not being Free Software, and that they should hightlight chromium or irdium instead of Chrome and Opera as alternatives). If you also have feedback they told me you can directly sent it to security(a)ngoinabox.org (in case you want encrypt, they sent me the attached public key for that). All the best, Matthias ----- Forwarded message from <***(a)tacticaltech.org> ----- I'm getting in touch to let you know that Tactical Tech has just released a new section on Security in-a-Box of six digital security tool guides specifically for Linux users: https://securityinabox.org/en/guides-linux Security in-a-Box, a joint project of Tactical Tech and Front Line Defenders, is the leading website for practical help and information on digital security, published in 17 languages and reaching over 2 million people every year. The new guides add to our existing 25 tool guides for Windows, Android and social media, as well as 11 in-depth tactics covering all aspects of digital security. As the essential resource for digital security trainers, consultants as well as anyone interested in digital security, we're delighted to release these guides for the leading secure, open-source alternative operating system to Windows. The six new Linux tool guides offer in-depth step-by-step help in installing and running six of the most essential open-source digital security tools, including the Tor Browser, Thunderbird with Enigmail for encrypted email and the Firefox browser with privacy Add-ons: - Tor Browser for online anonymity & censorship circumvention: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/torbrowser/linux - Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP for secure emails: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/thunderbird/linux - VeraCrypt for secure file storage: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/veracrypt/linux - Jitsi and OTR for encrypted instant messaging and VoIP calls: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/jitsi/linux - Firefox add-ons for secure browsing: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/firefox/linux - KeePassX for secure passwords: https://securityinabox.org/en/guide/keepassx/linux If you could share this news on your website and with your networks, we'd be very grateful. We'd also be happy to answer any further questions you have or write a piece for your website if that is of interest. We'd also welcome any feedback on the new Linux guides or any other aspect of Security in-a-Box. Many thanks and look forward to hearing from you, Best regards, *** Tactical Tech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Matthias Kirschner - President - Free Software Foundation Europe Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290 Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/donate) Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)

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Free Software in the Berlin election programs
by Matthias Kirschner 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hi all, I wrote an English summary of how Free Software is covered in the election programs for the Berlin 2016 election (just to make sure: this is not the federal German election). http://k7r.eu/free-software-in-the-berlin-election-programs/ I thought it might be helpful for others how software freedom is covered in local elections in Germany's capital. All the best, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - President - Free Software Foundation Europe Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290 Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/donate) Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)

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FSFE 15 years video + timeline
by Matthias Kirschner 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

As you might have read, the FSFE is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year at the FSFE Summit. In case you have not, here the press release <https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160804-01.html>. Beside that just today we published a 40 second video about the FSFE <https://fsfe.org/campaigns/15years/> (for people who use those services we also uploaded it on youtube <https://vimeo.com/175339025> and <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK3eyOHcc7E> to make sharing easier.) Feel free to spread it widely. We are very interested to get more subtitles (currently we have Albanian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish <http://download.fsfe.org/videos/15years/srt/>. Furthermore we updated the FSFE's timeline <https://fsfe.org/timeline/>. Feedback about that is also highly welcome. Best Regards, Matthias PS: Do not forget to share the video <https://fsfe.org/campaigns/15years/> with your friends. -- Matthias Kirschner - President - Free Software Foundation Europe Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290 Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/donate) Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)

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[France] Court case against the agreement between the French ministry of education and Microsoft
by Piotr Chmielnicki 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Hello, There is a controversy here about an agreement made between Microsoft and the french state. That agreement would make Microsoft's ecosystem a default in class rooms. Microsoft would be in charge of training the French teachers on tech and would provide the software for the courses (fo free) [1, French]. Today, a group called EduNathon [2, French] is contesting the agreement with a legal action [3, French]. The goal of EduNathon is to promote FOSS in schools. Is the FSFE going to act on this topic ? IMHO, any form of action, even a simple statement, would be a good think. If there is some help I could provide on this topic, I would be happy to do so. Have a nice day, Piotr Chmielnicki (@piotrcki) 1: https://www.april.org/quand-microsoft-instrumentalise-l-education-nationale 2: http://edunathon.org/ 3: http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/microsoft-partenaire-de-l-education-national…

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