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Donation to Swiss Account
by Christian Folini 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi there, I have just donated a fairly big sum to the Swiss account. The money is meant to be used for the FSF Europe, where ever you can make good use of it. It would be nice if you could confirm the donation to me for tax reasons. Otherwise I prefer to stay anonymous. (-> no mentioning on website etc.) Best regards, Christian Folini -- When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice. -- Lin Yutang

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Fwd: Please Reply, Matching Gift ( MGN# 00885152)
by rainer 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

I do not know why they name me. I remember something happened years ago. I am confused. Can someone enlight me? What should I do now? Regards Rainer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Please Reply, Matching Gift ( MGN# 00885152) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:30:12 -0500 From: google(a)EasyMatch.com Reply-To: google(a)EasyMatch.com To: easymatch(a)fsfeurope.org Nov 28, 2011 Reference ID: 248M885152 Dear Mr. Kersten: In order for the Google Matching Gift Program to continue considering your organization eligible to receive matching gifts from the program, we ask that you update the information you provided us more than two years ago. Please review the first page of the enclosed Matching Gift Eligibility Application Packet to determine what must be completed and returned to extend your organizations eligibility for the program. Please email us (google(a)EasyMatch.com), or call us at (866) 243-6855, if you have any questions. Sincerely, Google Matching Gift Team

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Donation Receipt
by Oliver Friedrich 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Hi, after donating to your event, it is claimed to contact you to get a payment receipt. I'd be happy, if you would send me one for my donation. Thanks in advance. Oliver Friedrich

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Bookzilla Ebooks
by office＠fsfeurope.org 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

We have received a new message from our website contact form. Name: Thilo Pfennig E-mail: tp(a)alternatinet.de --- Hallo, ich dachte immer Bookzilla würde Freie Software unterstützen wollen. Heute wollte ich ein Ebook kaufen und werde aber dazu aufgefordert ein unfreies Betriebssystem inklusive unfreier Software zu installieren, damit ich ein DRM-geschütztes PDF lesen darf. Mal ganz davon ab, dass ich finde, dass es kein PDF mehr ist, wenn es unlesbar ist - höchstens ein DRM-PDF, so scheint esmir nach einer 180-Grad-Wende von Bookzilla auszusehen. Also Partner der FSFE stellt sich die Frage, ob die nicht gerade genau das Gegenteil von dem machen, was sie vorgeben zu fördern: https://www.bookzilla.de/shop/action/mymagazine/1001/home.html?aUrl=900 06951 Als Käufer möchte ich keine Firma fördern, die Käufer üpberzeugen möchte Windows und Adobe-Produkte zu installieren! Gruß, Thilo Pfennig ---

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Merchandise
by Erik Albers 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hallo Rainer, liebes Team in Düsseldorf, in the office in Berlin we just had a discussion today about the hoody "Free Software Free Society" [1] and that we all love the quality of it, the people behind and the friendly merchandise sellers in Düsseldorf : ) And we all (+4) - including Torsten Grote - would really appreciate if this hoody would be available in a black version, too. So we thought about asking these lists if there are more people interested in a black version of this hoody? And if we are enough, maybe we can convince our favorite merchandiser to order some in a black version ... ? best regards, erik [1] http://fsfe.org/order/2010/images/hoodie-grey-zip-front.jpg - -- Erik Albers [ ] Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] Policy Team [ ] Your donation powers our work! [http://fsfe.org/donate/] Contact me in < Deutsch/English/Español > via: Mail eal(a)fsfe.org Jabber eal(a)jabber.fsfe.org Phone +49-30-27595290 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. is a German Verein registered at the Registergericht Hamburg (VR 17030). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIbBAEBAgAGBQJPUJFPAAoJEBho/C6GOdyB894P9icj+KgZWg7THoGlpscUDcvF gJFUp+cZFEoZ8FC+I8latOwkXxZLrYgNqbTHGwpst9HdWNETuV6PppxXCzVNgpRo ozyg2/AI9/es8yL5h+v/a7fzmJRH/sKp7chGIG68sYjy8fK3PQs/UN2HHNj7jQkc lKcDr9jLYaCEITKriCwESQfF57M1szUDF0vWlHGS0vmJz4xXuSGYllVkqBYTfW41 KBh6tdxxvONPHxZ2EygkquM7wD3pe0pU9Q1ZnDx7Xx3lPepTTLEKcYLcxQvPlsrS ExQJTohTHD2VDTYQpWBJ55mDfY+o5eVqiBV0D5qZpWJFqKl0xX4wfBfnSswVhl7F 619qmN5bFB6mVzJRo5elOLRSbxORXgVF/YLeCChFsSIRmRpvjM2GrMEIGrryD8TD SJw03VFiVNt/Er4/MLSm+zVcSeVdnpNWZHVWpXNWXuM22OUqO7yNUwSjLfDIrXRL 9zi6r0vE0KHVkW5Iyu20jUE+SDZlGdokH4upEGa43uu469GYy2JxtYd9q71uj6Zq k4PwfReme/4eqNI5qe3+f+sHLzgDBA50aCXoUHIXMTKaxpWPHcsZQc7dPvaQYk3z n7jVLTnCm3nV48oaPd6ivmdfVKSmVQwnPbB+afzbGswkKLSDcM9E3/flpYm3XxhY vaZciJWg+rh2hET+daY= =Glte -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Invoice 2012-003
by Matija Šuklje 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hey guys, please find attached the invoice for March. I'd be really happy if I could receive the payment before the end of the week (6th April). cheers, Matija -- FSFE Legal Coordinator and Fellowship group Slovenia Coordinator 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: matija_suklje(a)ippi.fr || gsm: +386 40 690 890

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Spendenquittung
by Ruslana Grebnyev 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, letztes Jahr haben Sie von Intevation GmbH eine Spende iHv EUR 1200,- erhalten. Wir bitten Sie, uns eine Spendenquittung zukommen zu lassen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ruslana Grebnyev -- Ruslana Grebnyev | ++49-541-335083-0 | http://www.intevation.de/ Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B 18998 Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner

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Re: Adaptation freedom for non-programmers
by James Haigh 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hi Karsten. Ok, so my overall goal here is to provide incentive for innovation whilst minimising restriction to technology and it's users. This is especially important for users that don't have the time or skills to make the software how they need it. Unfortunately, these users tend to prefer proprietary software because they have the purchase power to get what they need or want. If the Open Source community had means to use that purchase power, it would be a blatant winning scenario. So I'm working on a website that will function as a marketplace for Open Source Libre software (not gratis obviously). I'm designing 3 or 4 business models for developers. All software under the scheme will become licensed under the GPL the moment a 'threshold' revenue reflecting the development costs is received. All software should be released with source code to allow the automatic release under the GPL. (I don't want developers promising their software will be Free / Open Source, then hanging on to it indefinitely, or only releasing it under GPL-incompatible licenses.) Before the threshold has been met, restrictions should be as minimal as possible, and preferably only legal restrictions rather than technological 'DRM' restrictions. It should still be possible to study and modify, and even share those modifications before the threshold is reached. Vendor lock-in would also be eliminated. A competing developer would be able to release modifications providing that each user is legally permitted to use the original version. For example, if the original software cost £10 and the modification cost £1, then any user of the modified software would pay £11. The user would still be legally permitted to use the original software. If the user already had the original software they'd only have to pay £1 for the modified version. (Of course, they don't actually /have/ to pay anything, they could always wait until the threshold is reached at which point it is GPL.) I'm hoping to use Ripple as the means for users to make payments. One of the business models would rely on a system that could handle a large number of micropayments with no cost overhead. I think Ripple is well suited to micropayments. Another business model would rely on some specialised payment functions which I can probably implement in Ripple. Oh, I forgot to mention in my first email, Ripple is Free software. If some of the market for proprietary software can be syphoned off to Free / Open Source, there will eventually be more GPL-licensed good quality Free software than proprietary software. Microsoft should be scared and users should be looking forward to the future of technology. Because, like the FSFE, I'm trying to help Free software, I thought it would be a good idea to consult the FSFE and ask for your thoughts on the matter. So what are your thoughts on the matter? Best regards, James. On 05/03/2012, Karsten Gerloff <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org> wrote: > Hi James, > > sorry for taking so long to get back to you. > > I've read through your mail a few times, but I'm afraid I don't > really see which question you're expecting us to answer. > > Could you formulate your question concisely? Then we might be able > to help. > > > > Best regards, > Karsten > -- > Karsten Gerloff [ ] <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org> > Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] [http://fsfe.org] > President | | +49 176 9690 4298 > Your donation powers our work! [http://fsfe.org/donate/] > > Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. is a German Verein registered > at the Registergericht Hamburg (VR 17030). > > >

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New team, Free Software Foundation
by Lleo Büchgenbach van den berg 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Good day, Lately I’ve been searching for new teams, can you contact me to negotiate for suitable positions after you red my resume? I'm interested because of the lately re-acquired open office, chances to promote OO and utilize RFD as open source social metaphor, a technocratic mathematical underground. Lobbing governments. Can FSF arrange an apartment or temporary hotel? Freelance or contract for a certain time in favor of my monthly income. Generic info: Fluently English and Dutch speaking, secondly German and French. Very good electric, electronic and software development & architecture, social contexts knowledge and good large-scale projects knowledge, from project planning, accompany installation companies, secondly sales and advertisements. Kind regards, Leo L van den Berg Mob: +31610758453 sms preferred Email: b3f0rg3(a)yahoo.com Address: Beforge! Middenlaan 1 3941CC Doorn Nederland, Netherlands Attachments: Beforge.Lleo.en.doc en Lleo.publickeys.asc PGP ID. Beforge.Lleo.de.doc nl Restrictions.docx nl,en Copyright, Context

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Spendenbescheinigung für Fellowship
by Arne Babenhauserheide 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Hi, Ist es möglich eine Spendenbescheinigung für die Beiträge zum Fellowship zu bekommen? Liebe Grüße, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein, ohne es zu merken. - Arne (http://draketo.de)

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