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Tax-deductible donations probably possible in Belgium
by Jelle Hermsen 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Hi Sam, You rock! Looks like you're really on to something. Sustainable development ("duurzame ontwikkeling") does sound like the way to go. Here's the description of the specific category in "Afdeling VI, Artikel 104, WIB 92 (aj. 2011)": "aan instellingen die zich bezig houden met duurzame ontwikkeling in de zin van de wet van 5 mei 1997 betreffende de coördinatie van het federale beleid inzake duurzame ontwikkeling en die als dusdanig erkend zijn door de Minister van Financiën en de Minister tot wiens bevoegdheid de Duurzame Ontwikkeling behoort of aan gelijkwaardige instellingen uit een andere lidstaat van de Europese Economische Ruimte die op een vergelijkbare wijze zijn erkend" "Gelijkwaardig" doesn't mean equivalent in this case. It just means that this category also applies to organizations in other member states of the EU that have had similar recognition. > I think FSFE can fall in this category. Exerpt from document 52K2238001 > about the law concerning sustainable development (found at [1]): I think you are right. The document you mentioned is exactly the one that was used to make this categorization and I agree FSFE does fit the bill! Officially, when you've established that an organization from another member state fits in one of these categories you don't have to request the same status in Belgium. However, I do think it's important we do send in an official request to the Belgian ministry of finance. This way we don't have to hand out a copy of the ANBI (or the German equivalent) to anyone who want's to have tax-deductible donations and on the other hand we can then undoubtedly prove are status in Belgium. I think this would be the perfect moment for an FSFE-official to chip in and handle the paperwork just like we did with the ANBI in the Netherlands. All info regarding this paperwork can be found on: http://www.fiscus.fgov.be/interfaoifnl/Vragen/ipp/ipp16.htm And of course I'm willing to help to clarify and translate which specific documents are necessary. Cheers, Jelle On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:13:11 +0200, fsfe-bnl-bounces(a)fsfeurope.org wrote: > Jelle Hermsen wrote: > > dat de vereniging of instelling uit een andere > > lidstaat gelijkwaardig is aan een in hetzelfde artikel bedoelde > > Belgische vereniging of instelling > > Doesn't this mean that the organization must be equivalent to an already > existing Belgian organization? > > > # instellingen die duurzame ontwikkeling ten doel hebben; > > I think FSFE can fall in this category. Exerpt from document 52K2238001 > about the law concerning sustainable development (found at [1]): > > "duurzame ontwikkeling: die ontwikkeling die voorziet in > de behoeften van de huidige generatie zonder daarmee voor > toekomstige generaties de mogelijkheden in het gedrang te > brengen om ook in hun behoeften te voorzien. Haar verwe- > zenlijking vergt een veranderingsproces waarin het gebruik > van hulpbronnen, de bestemming van investeringen, de > gerichtheid van technologische ontwikkeling en institutionele > veranderingen worden afgestemd op zowel toekomstige als > huidige behoeften;" > > In English: sustainable development is development that provides for the > needs of the current generation without endangering the potential for > future generations to provide for their own needs. > > Striving to make sure that tools and data are and remain free for > current and future generations is our ever more digital world seems like > promoting sustainable digital development to me. > > [1] > http://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?sectionlwb&language&rightmenught…"38 > _______________________________________________ > FSFE-BNL mailing list > FSFE-BNL(a)fsfeurope.org > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-bnl

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FSFE Shirts sizing infos
by office＠fsfeurope.org 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

We have received a new message from our website contact form. Name: PaulK E-mail: contact(a)paulk.fr --- Hello! As a free software hacktivist, I'm interested in buying a t-shirt to show my support to free software, but there is a thing that I'd like to make clear: the shirts sizing infos. So basically, I should fit in the "M" size but there are 2 sizing for this: relative to the following picture: http://image.spreadshirt.net/image-server/image/producttype/6/size/widt h/250/height/250 "M" can be: A=71cm B=53cm or A=67cm B=51cm This is very important to me because I don't fit in A=67/B=51 but the other one is fine. Could you please provide me the exact sizing infos? Thanks a lot in advance ---

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Estonia translation of FSFE sites
by office＠fsfeurope.org 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

We have received a new message from our website contact form. Name: Heiki Ojasild E-mail: heiki.ojasild(a)eesti.ee --- Dear Sir or Madam, I happened across this <http://fsfe.org/about/about.et.html> while Googling. It's full of errors and in its current form contributes to misunderstandings. It translates free software as either shareware or gratis software. I am sure that in its current form it hurts the free software movement due to distorting the image of free software as set forth in the Free Software Definition <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>. Thus it would be better IMO to remove it until someone produces a competent translation. Faithfully yours, Heiki Ojasild PS! Sorry if it's not the correct contact form. Did not find any address for translation bugs. PPS! I am also very concerned about the proliferation of non-free JavaScript there. Only 2 of the 4 JavaScript files loaded by that Estonian translation had copyright and license notices making it clear that the files were free software. ---

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Invoice Matija Šuklje 2011-002
by Matija Šuklje 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Bitte schön, mein zweites Monat und meine zweite Monatsberechnung :) Ich schicke sie schon heute, weil ich morgen nicht zuhause sein werde und deshalb nicht arbeiten ...und dann ist aber sowieso Wochenende bis zum ende des Monats ;) mvfg, Matija -- FSFE Legal Koordinator und Koordinator von Fellowship group Slovenia www: http://fsfe.org █▉ || priv. www: http://matija.suklje.name e-mail: hook(a)fsfe.org █▉█▉█▉ || priv. e-mail: matija(a)suklje.name xmpp: hook(a)jabber.fsfe.org ▉▉ || priv. xmpp: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org sip: hook(a)ekiga.net || gsm: +386 41 849 552

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Internship application
by Spyros Theodoritsis 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Dear Sir or Madam, i am Spyridon Theodoritsis from Greece and i am writing this e-mail to apply for the intern position in the FSF Europe. I have attached my CV and Motivational Letter in English. Will be glad to answer any further questions you may have. Yours sincerely, Spyridon Theodoritsis.

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Question about BSD licence
by Valentin Haenel 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Hi, i need a little advice about how to properly licence a project. We wish to licence our codebase using the 2-Clause BSD licenec. I have found a template online, added the copyright year and holders, and saved that in a file COPYING in the source-code tree. What do i need to do to the individual source code files? What infromation needs to be present in a source code comment? thanks for the advice V-

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fuad cv
by fuad zamareh 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

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Internship Application
by Ghita Lazaâre 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hello, Having went through your website, I believe I meet the requirements specified to apply for an internship within your foundation Looking forward to your answering, please find attached my letter of motivation and CV. Here are some references to contact for more information about me: - Dr. Ahmed Legrouri, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, former Dean of the School of Science and Engineering a.legrouri(a)aui.ma -Dr. Hamid Harroud, Assistant professor of Computer Science, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, h.harroud(a)aui.ma -Dr. Mary Banwart, Associate professor of Communication, Kansas State University, USA mbanwart(a)ku.edu Should you need further information, I am at your disposal Best Regards, -- ________________________________________________________________ Miss Ghita LAZAARE Combined Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Science in Software Engineering, School of Science and Engineering Minor of Communication Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco E-mail: laghuitaa(a)gmail.com, g.lazaare(a)aui.ma Tel: +212 (0)6 67 74 35 55 Address: 1 rue Bouaânania Avenue Abou El Haoul Rte d'Imouzzer,30000 Fez, Morocco _________________________________________________________________

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Stepping down of the mailing list
by Nicolas JEAN 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Hi all, Since my work time within FSFE finishes up this very Friday, I will step down from several mailing lists, including office@. This will help me focus my spare time as a volunteer, mainly listening to web@ and team@. Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas JEAN - Intern, Web coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfe.org) Is Free Software important to you? Join us! (http://fsfe.org/join)

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New message from website from Sebastian Sooth
by office＠fsfeurope.org 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

We have received a new message from our website contact form. Name: Sebastian Sooth E-mail: sebastian(a)sooth.de --- Moin, lese gerade: "Copyright © 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation Europe. Kontaktieren Sie uns. Die unveränderte Wiedergabe und Verteilung dieses gesamten Textes in beliebiger Form ist gestattet, sofern dieser Hinweis erhalten bleibt. " Warum stehen denn Eure Texte nicht unter Freien Lizenzen? Beste Grüße Sebastian ---

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