Hi everyone,
I wanted to point you to this open internship position at the FSFE:
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170811-01.en.html
As you know, when the FSFE was founded, we put together a document
describing our self conception. That was 16 years ago, and while I
believe it to still be relevant, we'll be looking at making a new
committment towards a revised organisational identity later this year.
As a part of this work, we're looking for an intern to support the
process for 3-6 months, working closely with me and others in the
FSFE on analysing how the different groups within and outside of the
FSFE perceive the organisation's identity, which will then work
towards understanding how aligned they are, and supporting a
renewed committment towards a self conception.
We've already started the work, and will be looking for someone who
could jump on board quite soon indeed, so don't wait to send this
to someone you think might be interested! Work description and other
application details on the page above.
Sincerely,
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Free Software Foundation Europe | jonas(a)fsfe.org
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Hey everyone,
I received a request to add Doteveryone [1] to our list of supporting
organizations for Public Code, however I'm not sure if they are truly an
NGO like the other organisations on our list.
They are a registered charity, however I'm not sure what that entails so
I wanted to ask if anyone who knows a lot about the UK could pitch in
with some information (I CC'd Daniel so maybe he can forward this mail).
After I asked Catherine this:
> could you write a few words about how your organisation relates to Free Software and Open
> Source? I'm unfamiliar with your organisation and not sure if will fit with our campaign.
She replied:
> Doteveryone is a thinktank fighting for a fairer internet. We want to ensure that people and society benefit from technology in a fair and responsible way. Our Responsible Tech work is around how technology development - in public and private sectors - can be done ethically and thoughtfully, with appropriate business models which reflect the values of those involved directly or otherwise. The Public Code declaration is perfectly aligned with this. As an example, last year we worked on technologies for end of life care [2] within the UK health system, and the importance of open source (and open standards) to avoid vendor lockin and exploitative pricing in software used in the NHS was part of our commissioning recommendations. [3]
I'm concerned about their commitment to Free Software, should I still
add them?
Best regards,
Jonke
[1] https://doteveryone.org.uk/
[2] https://projects.doteveryone.org.uk/improvingcare/index.html
[3]
https://projects.doteveryone.org.uk/improvingcare/pages/commissioning.html
Hello all,
I thought you might be interested in that blog post:
http://k7r.eu/2-percent-discussion-free-software-or-open-source-software/
Scott Peterson from Red Hat this week published an article "Open
Source or Free Software". It touches on a very important
misunderstanding; people still believe that the terms "Open Source
Software" and "Free Software" are referring to different software:
they are not! Scott asked several interesting questions in his article
and I thought I share my thoughts about them here and hopefully
provoke some more responses on an important topic.
Would be interested in your views.
Regards,
Matthias
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Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/join)
Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)
As on Wednesday a committee in Munich decided to do the Windows Munich
Migration Project (let's call that "WiMue" for short in future ;) ) I
thought you might be interested in this LWN article about my talk on the
migration in Munich, which I gave at the Open Source Summit in Prague.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/737818/5b7cd538561e8a06/
This does not cover the latest news from this week. But our German team
is working on that. A rough English translation of the quick comment
which Florian Snow (Deputy German Coordinator) and I worked on this is:
EU wide politicians recognise the importance of Free Software for the
modernisation of the state. The German land Schleswig-Holstein
established the migration to Free Software in the coalation agreement
and in the [Tallinn Declaration 32
EU-Ministers](https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171109-01.html),
responsible for egovernment, called to push for Free Software].
But Munich in an intransparent process Munich drifts in the opposite
direction. Instead of focusing on the organisations problems --
identified by studies commissioned by the city itself -- the mayor
Dieter Reiter starts this project. With this red herring he present
this to his new head of IT, who will start early 2019, as a fait
accompli. The WiMue project (Windows in Munich) will paralyse the city
administration for years with the public servants and the citizien in
Munich suffering from this.
As always the comments on LWN are also interesting. I especially like
this one:
"The title lured me into reading what I thought would be a religious
article or some kind of flamewar. But then I found myself reading all
this common sense. Very disappointed, I want my money back! :-)"
Best Regards,
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/join)
Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)
[I am removing contact(a)fsfe.org (which creates a ticket in our ticket
system) and translators(a)lists.fsfe.org (which is where our awesome
translators coordinate translation and proofreading efforts).]
Hello Gergely,
* Gergely Székely [2017-12-11 12:15 +0100]:
> I worriedly watch the slowing down of the accumulation of the
> signatures of the Public Money Public Code open letter. I think this
> is a great campaign that should reach as much people as possible and
> the slowing down bellow 15k signatures sort of suggest that its
> spreading started fading way too soon.
Yes, it is slowing down. But that is normal, when there is less press
coverage and less activities.
> Maybe we (FSFE volunteers, supporters, and members) should give the
> campaign an extra push. I'm pretty certain that the vast majority of
> people haven't even heard about the campaign yet.
Yes, we absolutely should push the campaign further. That is for
everybody involved in the FSFE, but we also plan to involve the
organisations as well as the individuals who signed the open letter more
into this in future again.
The best thing for that is, if you have new information (e.g. outcomes
of the FOI request (see the information here
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/PMPC ), or when there was some more
developments in our area. E.g.
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171109-01.en.htmlhttps://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171206-01.en.html
> Some ideas:
>
> - Can't we know and get some celebrities of relatively famous guys
> sympathizing with Free Software who may openly support the camping and
> attract others to join as supporters? I don't know Stephen Fry is very
> famous and I have seen him advertising Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre on
> youtube, Bryan Lunduke also have some fame and a regular youtube
> program on Free Software related stuff, and probably there are plenty
> of people who may worth a shot to ask...
Yes, that's a very important part. We already have a few
http://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/pmpc/share-quotes/ and will hopefully
soon have some more. From Fry we got some quotes for Document Freedom
Day in the past. The best outcome is that they do not just give you the
quote but share it in their circle. So if you have ideas, feel free to
go ahead and contact people about a quote. If they are willing to do so,
feel free to CC me or contact@ then in the conversation when you need
support.
> - I also think it would be worth bringing the campaign to the streets.
> A couple of volunteers could bring campaign stickers or flyers
> (https://git.fsfe.org/gergely/PMPC_QR-code_flyers) and distribute them
> to the passers-by. (If you are [or know] someone in Budapest who would
> happily join me doing that please contact me. Unfortunately, I would
> feel embarrassed to do this alone... :-/)
Absolutely! Some of our local groups already do such activities.
https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups If you are interested how they
approach people on the streets, especially the Vienna and the Munich
group did quite a lot of those activities in the past. You could also
ask coordinators(a)lists.fsfe.org if people can get in contact with you,
how to spread information about Free Software on the streets.
> - I think putting posters to bulletin boards in universities would
> also be great. Lack of official posters link
> https://git.fsfe.org/gergely/PMPC_QR-code_flyers here too. I totally
> plan to do this with the linked QR-code flyers even alone but if you
> are in Budapest and happy to join please contact me as this is also
> more fun to do in pairs or in groups.
I have just contacted one of our designer if he could work on a PMPC
poster. Would be good if you could then spread those.
> - I think the campaign should also be boosted on online platforms
> (forums, blogs, social media, etc). I'm only on diaspora* there I
> think I did my part (maybe on diaspora* most of the active users are
> already reached)...
Yes, I would love that. The question is: how do you motivate people to
do the same as you did? At the moment we mainly do so by the share links
on the website itself. If you have other ideas, please let us know.
> - I don't know if opening and keeping alive threads about the campaign
> on 4chan /g/ is a good idea or not? but I can help in that... Also if
> you can recommend online platforms where I can help engaging in
> discussion about the campaign I'm happy to do so.
Björn, Nikos, and Jan might soon publish something more on a new FSFE
platform for this. Until then we are happy if you contact Free Software
groups about it and if you talk with others online and offline about the
campaign. But people on our lists are most of the times already aware
about it. The important part is to spread out to new audiences and
explain them the issue. For that the video is a very good tool. So
encourage people to watch it, and share it again.
> All in all: Keep spreading the message are way too many people to be reached!!!
One particular action I would encourage you to do: spent the holiday
season to speak with friends and family about Public Money, Public Code
and encourage them, that if they agree, they should sign the Open Letter
https://publiccode.eu/#action
Gergely, thanks for being part of the PMPC campaign!
Best Regards,
Matthias
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Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/join)
Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)
Hello,
I couldn’t get a libretto and so there is no new song and we’ll sing the Free Software Song again at 34c3, looking forwards to seeing you!
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki/index.php/Session:Join_us_now_-_a_… <https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki/index.php/Session:Join_us_now_-_a_…>
How ever, if someone has something for a new piece for a future event - that would be great.
Cheers - Benjamin
>
> Von: Benjamin Wand <benjamin.wand(a)web.de>
> Betreff: Free software glorifying music - libretto wanted
> Datum: 18. Oktober 2017 um 19:26:28 MESZ
> An: discussion(a)lists.fsfe.org
>
>
> Hey!
>
> At SHA we had a choir that performed a choir version of the Free Software Song that I had arranged [1] and that was a lot of fun but of course, as a nerd (= person who pursues complex things with great professional sincerity), I keep looking for ways to improve. I’d like to do a choir again at 34C3, with a piece that is more suitable to unfold the magic that can unfold when singing with a choir because the singers can listen to each other, and that it is also more interesting musically. (The problem with The Free Software Song is the speed and the odd time signature, all I could do when conducting was trying to prevent fuck-up.)
>
> Now I’m looking for a libretto (= song text). Since it is about believe (in a better world with free software or something like that), I’m considering it something like church music and would write accordingly solemnly. So please, if someone has a text for me, that would be great.
>
> Thanks!
> Benjamin
>
>
> 1 https://media.ccc.de/v/SHA2017-348-lightning_talks_day_4#video&t=2705
>
>
>
>
> Von: Nico Rikken <nico(a)nicorikken.eu>
> Betreff: Aw: Free software glorifying music - libretto wanted
> Datum: 18. Oktober 2017 um 21:11:47 MESZ
> An: discussion(a)lists.fsfe.org
> Kopie: Benjamin Wand <benjamin.wand(a)web.de>
>
>
> Hey Benjamin,
>
> As a participant I can certainly say it was good fun, and I hope you'll
> have even more fun at CCC.
>
> There is a remixed version of the Free Software Song by Avantasia,
> which at least seems to have a more conventional rhythm:
> https://soundcloud.com/theavantasia/free-software-song-remix
> Also it deviates in the lyrics somewhat.
> Perhaps you can take that as a base.
>
> Best of luck!
> Nico
>
>
>
>
> Von: Paul Hänsch <paul(a)fsfe.org>
> Betreff: Aw: Free software glorifying music - libretto wanted
> Datum: 18. Oktober 2017 um 22:04:28 MESZ
> An: Benjamin Wand <benjamin.wand(a)web.de>
> Kopie: discussion(a)lists.fsfe.org
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 07:26:28PM +0200, Benjamin Wand wrote:
>> Now I’m looking for a libretto (= song text). Since it is about believe (in a better world with free software or something like that), I’m considering it something like church music and would write accordingly solemnly. So please, if someone has a text for me, that would be great.
>
> In 2001 there was an album recorded for the LinuxTag in Berlin. This was
> before the Creative Commons license (afaik), so the organisers drafted their own
> OpenMusic license, which allows resampling (in its "green" version).
>
> The lead song by the Magic Mushrooms could make for good material. The
> LinuxTag was a more commercially oriented event and they choose to adopt the
> term "Open Source" at the time.
>
> http://openmusic.linuxtag.org/
>
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Hi,
maybe some FSFE fellows are also interested.
Cheers,
Nik
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:38:59 +0100
From: Dominik George <dominik.george(a)teckids.org>
To: debian-edu(a)lists.debian.org
Subject: New Year's Meeting 2018 in Germany
User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15)
Dear Skolelinux and Debian Edu community,
for thos of you who are interested in international events and/or are
from Germany, but are not following the -german list (probably because
you lost interest in the past):
Teckids e.V. would like to invite you to the New Year's Meeting in
Gütersloh, Germany from 19th to 21st January.
As you may have heard, Teckids e.V. is now the organisation representing
the Skolelinux project in Germany, coordinating the community together
with Kurt Gramlich. We are a youth organsiation around free software and
also supporting educational institutions with free software.
The New Years's Meeting is especially important because we will be
discussing quite a few fundamental aspects of the project, centered
around, but not limited to Germany.
What is the project's goal in the educational world?
How do we want to achieve it?
How can we bring the community in Germany back together,
and collaborate more with developers and communities abroad?
Thus, the whole Saturday is dedicated to Skolelinux and Debian Edu
development this time.
We would be very happy to see some old and new faces. If you can, please
enter your name on the wiki page:
https://wiki.skolelinux.de/WikiKalender/2018-01-19
If you can't, due to language or other issues, you can also send an
e-mail to the mailing list, to me or to verein(a)teckids.org.
With our best wishes for the season,
Nik
--
Dominik George (1. Vorstandsvorsitzender, pädagogischer Leiter)
Teckids e.V. - Erkunden, Entdecken, Erfinden.
https://www.teckids.org/
----- End forwarded message -----
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Teckids e.V. - Erkunden, Entdecken, Erfinden.
https://www.teckids.org/
You might be interested in Max Mehl's update about "Radio Lockdown:
Current Status of Your Device Freedom":
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171212-01.html
Unfortunately this topic is still mainly discussed in small circles. Can
you help us to spread the information with your friends and colleges as
well as Free Software related groups you are active in?
Best Regards,
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/join)
Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) - Weblog (k7r.eu/blog.html)
Hi!
I worriedly watch the slowing down of the accumulation of the signatures of the Public Money Public Code open letter. I think this is a great campaign that should reach as much people as possible and the slowing down bellow 15k signatures sort of suggest that its spreading started fading way too soon.
Maybe we (FSFE volunteers, supporters, and members) should give the campaign an extra push. I'm pretty certain that the vast majority of people haven't even heard about the campaign yet.
Some ideas:
- Can't we know and get some celebrities of relatively famous guys sympathizing with Free Software who may openly support the camping and attract others to join as supporters? I don't know Stephen Fry is very famous and I have seen him advertising Trisquel GNU/Linux-libre on youtube, Bryan Lunduke also have some fame and a regular youtube program on Free Software related stuff, and probably there are plenty of people who may worth a shot to ask...
- I also think it would be worth bringing the campaign to the streets. A couple of volunteers could bring campaign stickers or flyers (https://git.fsfe.org/gergely/PMPC_QR-code_flyers) and distribute them to the passers-by. (If you are [or know] someone in Budapest who would happily join me doing that please contact me. Unfortunately, I would feel embarrassed to do this alone... :-/)
- I think putting posters to bulletin boards in universities would also be great. Lack of official posters link https://git.fsfe.org/gergely/PMPC_QR-code_flyers here too. I totally plan to do this with the linked QR-code flyers even alone but if you are in Budapest and happy to join please contact me as this is also more fun to do in pairs or in groups.
- I think the campaign should also be boosted on online platforms (forums, blogs, social media, etc). I'm only on diaspora* there I think I did my part (maybe on diaspora* most of the active users are already reached)...
- I don't know if opening and keeping alive threads about the campaign on 4chan /g/ is a good idea or not? but I can help in that... Also if you can recommend online platforms where I can help engaging in discussion about the campaign I'm happy to do so.
All in all: Keep spreading the message are way too many people to be reached!!!
What do you think?
Best,
Gergely