Hello,
The registration for the second edition of 'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom',
the coding competition for young Europeans is still open!
After the success of the first edition, the Free Software Foundation
Europe is launching the second round of this contest that offers young
Europeans the opportunity to develop their own Free Software project,
meet like-minded peers and win up to 4,000 euros.
YH4F in a nutshell:
* Participants must be 14-18 years old and should register at YH4F
website: https://yh4f.org
* The registration is open until the 31st of December 2022.
* Six winners will be awarded with cash prizes and a trip to Brussels.
* The competition takes place online while the Award Ceremony will be
held in Brussels.
* The coding period starts on the 1st of January and ends on the 30th
of June.
More information about YH4F:
- Press Release for the second round of YH4F:
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221104-01.html
- YH4F website:
https://yh4f.org
- Documentation about last edition with quotes from the participants:
https://media.fsfe.org/w/wWUP7M5fJg2FcvG2Fv12sN
- The first edition winners were from: Greece, Spain, Poland, Cyprus and
Ukraine. Information about that edition's winners and their projects:
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221004-01.html
- Interview with participants from the first round:
https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221104-02.html
If you need more information, photos or would like to arrange an
interview with the organisers, please do not hesitate to contact:
Ana Galan - Senior Project Manager Communications
anaghz(a)fsfe.org // +49 157 92 34 72 12
Available in Signal and Matrix
Best regards,
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Press FSFE
Hello,
we want to apologize for our last emails with the subject 'Status of
TEDective'. As you may have noticed, these mails were not intended for
external contacts and we apologise for any inconvenience caused by this
Of course, if you want to know more about our TEDective app you can find
more information here: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221026-01.html
and we are always willing to answer your questions.
Please accept our apologise for this mistake.
Best regards,
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Ana Galan - Senior Project Manager Communications
Free Software Foundation Europe
Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t:+49 157 92 34 72 12
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 |(fsfe.org/support)
Hi Jheengut,
On Sun, 2022-12-18 at 17:15 +0400, Jheengut Pritvi wrote:
> I read about this software some days ago. It seems a very interesting
> initiative.
Thanks, we hope it will be useful to anybody who wants to explore what
public administrations spend their money on
> Is this software portable to other public procurement systems or tied
> to the EU system only.
In its first iteration, yes! TEDective will work with data from Tenders
Electronic Daily. Once the TED data is cleanly and reproducibly
transformed to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), there is ample
opportunity to also ingest OCDS data from other systems. Also the frontend
that we'll build for exploration will work on OCDS data so it's likely it
can be put to use to analyse different OCDS datasets.
I hope this answers your question.
> Probably the only hacker employed by the Government of Mauritius.
If you feel like hacking on TEDective (I will do some onboarding towards
the end of January), don't hesitate to contact us at tedective(a)fsfe.org or
create an account for our Git instance here: https://fsfe.org/register/linus
Many thanks and all the best,
Linus
--
Linus Sehn >>> System Hacker @ Free Software Foundation Europe
matrix: @linus:fsfe.org | git@fsfe: https://git.fsfe.org/linus
Become a supporter of software freedom > https://fsfe.org/join
Hello everybody,
in one of our last fundraising e-mails we included the following:
> "Moreover, our new application prototype ‘TEDective’ enables anyone to
> analyse publicly available tender data in an automated way and thereby
> keep an eye on public procurement practices. ‘TEDective’ was awarded first
> prize in the category ‘Transparency in public procurement’ at the 6th EU
> Datathon."
As the maintainer of TEDective, I just want to quickly qualify this. The
project is currently in an early alpha stage and is not yet usable for the
broader public. I hope to dedicate more time to it starting in January.
Our goal is to deliver a testable beta version of TEDective in Q1.
Until then, we are also looking for data science and public procurement
enthusiasts that want to join the effort. If you know any, don't hesitate
to point them our way at tedective(a)fsfe.org
Many thanks and all the best,
Linus
--
Linus Sehn >>> System Hacker @ Free Software Foundation Europe
matrix: @linus:fsfe.org | git@fsfe: https://git.fsfe.org/linus
Become a supporter of software freedom > https://fsfe.org/join
= EU Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles falls short of its ambitions =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221206-01.en.html ]
Member states, the European Parliament, and the Commission have reached
a consensus on the Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles.
Although it aims to serve as a reference point for the digital
transformation of Europe, it instead descends into murky waters, causing
ambiguity. Its wording is unclear and it overlooks existing good
proposals.
Whereas the EU institutions claim that digital sovereignty and openness
are crucial for the digital transformation of Europe, the declaration
lacks clear definition of such values. The text of the declaration makes
reference to promoting interoperability, open technologies and
standards. However, it is not clear what exactly the signatory
institutions mean with such wording. By contrast, the European
Parliament proposal had a clear reference to Free Software as a way to
ensure transparency in the use of algorithms and artificial
intelligence, as well as the importance of Open Standards.
Unfortunately, this wording failed to be upheld during the inter-
institutional negotiations, and the final text ended up being rather
unclear.
/“In a fast-pace digitalised society, the importance of such declaration
of digital rights is crucial. This text will serve as a benchmark for
decision makers in the journey of shaping our digital sphere. It is
problematic for our software freedom that such declaration lacks clear
definitions and that solid existing frameworks are not being taken into
consideration”,/ explains Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project Manager.
It is also not clear if the declaration is consistent with existing
frameworks. According to its text, it is built upon previous initiatives
such as the Berlin and Tallinn [1] declarations. These aforementioned
frameworks already refer to Free Software when it comes to digital
sovereignty and interoperability, while they also require more use of
Free Software, and strengthening the requirement for its use. However,
when it comes to interoperability, Free Software is not explicitly
mentioned in the Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles.
Last but not least, /“the declaration misses to name reusability of
software and hardware through Free Software licenses as an important
step towards a more sustainable digital society. Having said this, the
current negotiations about the Ecodesign Directive will have to do it
right where the declaration falls short”/ says Erik Albers, FSFE's
Digital Sustainability Program Manager.
1: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170710-01.en.html
== About the Free Software Foundation Europe ==
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control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our
lives; and it is important that this technology empowers rather than
restricts us. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use,
understand, adapt and share software. These rights help support other
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The FSFE helps individuals and organisations understand how Free
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enhance users' rights by abolishing barriers to Free Software adoption,
encourage people to use and develop Free Software, and provide resources
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