From jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si Mon Nov 10 12:14:20 2014 From: jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si (Jaka Kranjc) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:14:20 +0100 Subject: [Fellowship-Slovenia] Fwd: Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih med EU in partnericami - 20.11. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: če koga zanima, pomembno je že. LP -------------- Posredovano sporočilo -------------- Od: Datum: 10. november 2014 11.44 Zadeva: Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih med EU in partnericami - 20.11. Za: Kp: Sasa.GOLOB at ec.europa.eu Spoštovani, v zadnjem obdobju se tudi v Sloveniji krepi javna razprava o zunanjetrgovinski politiki Evropske unije, konkretneje o pogajanjih oziroma prostotrgovinskih sporazumih med državami članicami EU in nekaterimi ključnimi partnericami, kot sta ZDA (TTIP) in Kanada (CETA), veliko pa je govora tudi o sporazumu TISA (Sporazum o trgovini s storitvami). Evropska komisija si želi v posameznih državah članicah Evropske unije predstaviti pomen in potek pogajanj ter predvsem izmenjavo mnenj in argumentov različnih deležnikov. Predstavništvo Evropske komisije v Sloveniji zato vljudno vabi predstavnika/co vaše organizacije na neformalno srečanje, posvečeno tej tematiki, z *Lutzom Guellnerjem, namestnikom vodje enote za informacije, komuniciranje in civilno družbo iz Generalnega direktorata Evropske komisije za trgovino*. Srečanje pripravljamo *v četrtek, 20. novembra 2014, med 11.45 in 13.15* v *konferenčni dvorani Predstavništva Evropske komisije v Sloveniji na Bregu 14 v Ljubljani*. Pogovor bo neformalne narave (t.i. off the record) in bo potekal v* angleščini*. Ker bo dogodek potekal v času kosila, bomo poskrbeli za sendviče in osvežilno pijačo. Zaradi lažje organizacije vas vljudno prosim, da *udeležbo vaše/ga predstavnika/ce potrdite najkasneje do ponedeljka, 17. novembra 2014,* na elektronski naslov: *sasa.golob at ec.europa.eu* V upanju, da se boste odzvali našemu vabilu, vas lepo pozdravljam in se veselim srečanja, *Nataša Goršek Mencin *Head of Representation / Vodja Predstavništva *European Commission / Evropska komisija *Representation in Slovenia / Predstavništvo v Sloveniji Breg 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija tel.: + 386 1 252 88 10 fax.: + 386 1 425 20 85 E-mail: natasa.gorsek at ec.europa.eu *http://ec.europa.eu/slovenija/ * Spremljajte Evropsko komisijo v Sloveniji na *Facebooku* , *Twitterju* in *YouTubeu* Od odgovorov na vsa vprašanja o Evropski uniji vas loči le klic na brezplačno telefonsko številko *EUROPE DIRECT 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11*. Vsak državljan lahko iz katerekoli države članice EU brezplačno pokliče na omenjeno številko ter v svojem jeziku postavi in dobi odgovor na vprašanje o EU. Storitev je dostopna od ponedeljka do petka med 9.00 in 18.00 uro. ********Disclaimer******** *This is not an official communication of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia. The European Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever arising in connection with this E-mail.* -- Jaka Kranjc, društvo Ekologi brez meja, sekcija za kohezijo in abstrakcije Ecologists Without Borders Association Thank you for supporting us ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ATT15411 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1648 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si Mon Nov 17 15:06:29 2014 From: jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si (Jaka Kranjc) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:06:29 +0100 Subject: [Fellowship-Slovenia] Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih med EU in partnericami - 20.11. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: na koncu je koalicija pripravila protestno pismo in se dogodka tudi protestno ne bo udeležila. LP Dne 10. november 2014 13.14 je Jaka Kranjc napisal/-a: > če koga zanima, pomembno je že. > > LP > > -------------- Posredovano sporočilo -------------- > Od: > Datum: 10. november 2014 11.44 > Zadeva: Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih > med EU in partnericami - 20.11. > Za: > Kp: Sasa.GOLOB at ec.europa.eu > > > Spoštovani, > > v zadnjem obdobju se tudi v Sloveniji krepi javna razprava o > zunanjetrgovinski politiki Evropske unije, konkretneje o pogajanjih oziroma > prostotrgovinskih sporazumih med državami članicami EU in nekaterimi > ključnimi partnericami, kot sta ZDA (TTIP) in Kanada (CETA), veliko pa je > govora tudi o sporazumu TISA (Sporazum o trgovini s storitvami). > > Evropska komisija si želi v posameznih državah članicah Evropske unije > predstaviti pomen in potek pogajanj ter predvsem izmenjavo mnenj in > argumentov različnih deležnikov. > > Predstavništvo Evropske komisije v Sloveniji zato vljudno vabi > predstavnika/co vaše organizacije na neformalno srečanje, posvečeno tej > tematiki, z *Lutzom Guellnerjem, namestnikom vodje enote za informacije, > komuniciranje in civilno družbo iz Generalnega direktorata Evropske > komisije za trgovino*. > > Srečanje pripravljamo *v četrtek, 20. novembra 2014, med 11.45 in 13.15* > v *konferenčni dvorani Predstavništva Evropske komisije v Sloveniji na > Bregu 14 v Ljubljani*. > > Pogovor bo neformalne narave (t.i. off the record) in bo potekal v* > angleščini*. Ker bo dogodek potekal v času kosila, bomo poskrbeli za > sendviče in osvežilno pijačo. > > Zaradi lažje organizacije vas vljudno prosim, da *udeležbo vaše/ga > predstavnika/ce potrdite najkasneje do ponedeljka, 17. novembra 2014,* na > elektronski naslov: *sasa.golob at ec.europa.eu* > > V upanju, da se boste odzvali našemu vabilu, vas lepo pozdravljam in se > veselim srečanja, > > > > *Nataša Goršek Mencin *Head of Representation / Vodja Predstavništva > > > *European Commission / Evropska komisija *Representation in Slovenia / > Predstavništvo v Sloveniji > > Breg 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija > tel.: + 386 1 252 88 10 > fax.: + 386 1 425 20 85 > E-mail: natasa.gorsek at ec.europa.eu > *http://ec.europa.eu/slovenija/ * > > Spremljajte Evropsko komisijo v Sloveniji na *Facebooku* > , *Twitterju* > in *YouTubeu* > > > Od odgovorov na vsa vprašanja o Evropski uniji vas loči le klic na > brezplačno telefonsko številko *EUROPE DIRECT 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11*. Vsak > državljan lahko iz katerekoli države članice EU brezplačno pokliče na > omenjeno številko ter v svojem jeziku postavi in dobi odgovor na > vprašanje o EU. Storitev je dostopna od ponedeljka do petka med 9.00 in > 18.00 uro. > > ********Disclaimer******** > *This is not an official communication of the Representation of the > European Commission in Slovenia. The European Commission accepts no > responsibility or liability whatsoever arising in connection with this > E-mail.* > > -- > Jaka Kranjc, društvo Ekologi brez meja, sekcija za kohezijo in abstrakcije > Ecologists Without Borders Association > Thank you for supporting us ! > -- Jaka Kranjc, društvo Ekologi brez meja, sekcija za kohezijo in abstrakcije Ecologists Without Borders Association Thank you for supporting us ! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Mene na žalost ne bo takrat v Sloveniji. lp, hook > Dne 10. november 2014 13.14 je Jaka Kranjc > > napisal/-a: > > če koga zanima, pomembno je že. > > > > LP > > > > -------------- Posredovano sporočilo -------------- > > Od: > > Datum: 10. november 2014 11.44 > > Zadeva: Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih > > med EU in partnericami - 20.11. > > Za: > > Kp: Sasa.GOLOB at ec.europa.eu > > > > Spoštovani, > > > > v zadnjem obdobju se tudi v Sloveniji krepi javna razprava o > > zunanjetrgovinski politiki Evropske unije, konkretneje o pogajanjih > > oziroma > > prostotrgovinskih sporazumih med državami članicami EU in nekaterimi > > ključnimi partnericami, kot sta ZDA (TTIP) in Kanada (CETA), veliko pa je > > govora tudi o sporazumu TISA (Sporazum o trgovini s storitvami). > > > > Evropska komisija si želi v posameznih državah članicah Evropske unije > > predstaviti pomen in potek pogajanj ter predvsem izmenjavo mnenj in > > argumentov različnih deležnikov. > > > > Predstavništvo Evropske komisije v Sloveniji zato vljudno vabi > > predstavnika/co vaše organizacije na neformalno srečanje, posvečeno tej > > tematiki, z *Lutzom Guellnerjem, namestnikom vodje enote za informacije, > > komuniciranje in civilno družbo iz Generalnega direktorata Evropske > > komisije za trgovino*. > > > > Srečanje pripravljamo *v četrtek, 20. novembra 2014, med 11.45 in 13.15* > > v *konferenčni dvorani Predstavništva Evropske komisije v Sloveniji na > > Bregu 14 v Ljubljani*. > > > > Pogovor bo neformalne narave (t.i. off the record) in bo potekal v* > > angleščini*. Ker bo dogodek potekal v času kosila, bomo poskrbeli za > > sendviče in osvežilno pijačo. > > > > Zaradi lažje organizacije vas vljudno prosim, da *udeležbo vaše/ga > > predstavnika/ce potrdite najkasneje do ponedeljka, 17. novembra 2014,* na > > elektronski naslov: *sasa.golob at ec.europa.eu* > > > > V upanju, da se boste odzvali našemu vabilu, vas lepo pozdravljam in se > > veselim srečanja, > > > > > > > > *Nataša Goršek Mencin *Head of Representation / Vodja Predstavništva > > > > > > *European Commission / Evropska komisija *Representation in Slovenia / > > Predstavništvo v Sloveniji > > > > Breg 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija > > tel.: + 386 1 252 88 10 > > fax.: + 386 1 425 20 85 > > E-mail: natasa.gorsek at ec.europa.eu > > *http://ec.europa.eu/slovenija/ * > > > > Spremljajte Evropsko komisijo v Sloveniji na *Facebooku* > > , *Twitterju* > > in *YouTubeu* > > > > > > Od odgovorov na vsa vprašanja o Evropski uniji vas loči le klic na > > brezplačno telefonsko številko *EUROPE DIRECT 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11*. Vsak > > državljan lahko iz katerekoli države članice EU brezplačno pokliče na > > omenjeno številko ter v svojem jeziku postavi in dobi odgovor na > > vprašanje o EU. Storitev je dostopna od ponedeljka do petka med 9.00 in > > 18.00 uro. > > > > ********Disclaimer******** > > *This is not an official communication of the Representation of the > > European Commission in Slovenia. 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URL: From jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si Mon Nov 17 20:34:48 2014 From: jaka.kranjc at ocistimo.si (Jaka Kranjc) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:34:48 +0100 Subject: [Fellowship-Slovenia] Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih sporazumih med EU in partnericami - 20.11. In-Reply-To: <1606444.yhSlUdQC48@hermes> References: <1606444.yhSlUdQC48@hermes> Message-ID: en del zbora navija, da bi šli tja še aktivno protestirat. Če koga zanimajo podrobnosti in nadaljne aktivnosti, naj sporoči, ker je cela mailing lista jeznih aktivistov. In bi bilo škoda, da bi samo posredno dobival informacije. Mimogrede še to: > Jutri ob 12. uri prirejamo v knjigarni HSK na Trubarjevi v LJ novinarsko > konferenco z našo prijateljico, nekdanjo vodjo odnosov z javnostmi haške > tožilke (Carla del Ponte) in žvižgačko Florence Hartmann (zaradi knjige Mir > in kazen jo je haško sodišče pred leti obsodilo - odmeven primer > preganjanja živžgačev na svetovni ravni). Florence je pred kratkim izdala > knjigo Žvižgači (ki velja za najbolj poglobljeno delo na to temo doslej), > tokrat pa nastopi točno na obletnico padca Vukovarja. LP Dne 17. november 2014 21.19 je Matija Šuklje napisal/-a: > Die 17. 11. 14 et hora 16.06.29 Jaka Kranjc scripsit: > > na koncu je koalicija pripravila protestno pismo in se dogodka tudi > > protestno ne bo udeležila. > > Dodajam Kiberpipo, če ima kdo tam čas in interes …verjetno bi bilo fino, > bi > vsaj kdo prišel tja in povedal, da se globoko ne strinjamo s tem, da bi se > prek „trgovinskih sporazumov“ teptalo zasebnost Evropejcev in pa > spreminjalo > naše avtorsko-pravne in podobne zakone. > > Mene na žalost ne bo takrat v Sloveniji. > > > lp, > hook > > > Dne 10. november 2014 13.14 je Jaka Kranjc > > > > napisal/-a: > > > če koga zanima, pomembno je že. > > > > > > LP > > > > > > -------------- Posredovano sporočilo -------------- > > > Od: > > > Datum: 10. november 2014 11.44 > > > Zadeva: Vabilo na neformalni pogovor o mednarodnih trgovinskih > sporazumih > > > med EU in partnericami - 20.11. > > > Za: > > > Kp: Sasa.GOLOB at ec.europa.eu > > > > > > Spoštovani, > > > > > > v zadnjem obdobju se tudi v Sloveniji krepi javna razprava o > > > zunanjetrgovinski politiki Evropske unije, konkretneje o pogajanjih > > > oziroma > > > prostotrgovinskih sporazumih med državami članicami EU in nekaterimi > > > ključnimi partnericami, kot sta ZDA (TTIP) in Kanada (CETA), veliko pa > je > > > govora tudi o sporazumu TISA (Sporazum o trgovini s storitvami). > > > > > > Evropska komisija si želi v posameznih državah članicah Evropske unije > > > predstaviti pomen in potek pogajanj ter predvsem izmenjavo mnenj in > > > argumentov različnih deležnikov. > > > > > > Predstavništvo Evropske komisije v Sloveniji zato vljudno vabi > > > predstavnika/co vaše organizacije na neformalno srečanje, posvečeno tej > > > tematiki, z *Lutzom Guellnerjem, namestnikom vodje enote za > informacije, > > > komuniciranje in civilno družbo iz Generalnega direktorata Evropske > > > komisije za trgovino*. > > > > > > Srečanje pripravljamo *v četrtek, 20. novembra 2014, med 11.45 in > 13.15* > > > v *konferenčni dvorani Predstavništva Evropske komisije v Sloveniji na > > > Bregu 14 v Ljubljani*. > > > > > > Pogovor bo neformalne narave (t.i. off the record) in bo potekal v* > > > angleščini*. Ker bo dogodek potekal v času kosila, bomo poskrbeli za > > > sendviče in osvežilno pijačo. > > > > > > Zaradi lažje organizacije vas vljudno prosim, da *udeležbo vaše/ga > > > predstavnika/ce potrdite najkasneje do ponedeljka, 17. novembra 2014,* > na > > > elektronski naslov: *sasa.golob at ec.europa.eu* > > > > > > > V upanju, da se boste odzvali našemu vabilu, vas lepo pozdravljam in se > > > veselim srečanja, > > > > > > > > > > > > *Nataša Goršek Mencin *Head of Representation / Vodja Predstavništva > > > > > > > > > *European Commission / Evropska komisija *Representation in Slovenia / > > > Predstavništvo v Sloveniji > > > > > > Breg 14, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija > > > tel.: + 386 1 252 88 10 > > > fax.: + 386 1 425 20 85 > > > E-mail: natasa.gorsek at ec.europa.eu > > > *http://ec.europa.eu/slovenija/ * > > > > > > > Spremljajte Evropsko komisijo v Sloveniji na *Facebooku* > > > , *Twitterju* > > > in *YouTubeu* > > > > > > > > > Od odgovorov na vsa vprašanja o Evropski uniji vas loči le klic na > > > brezplačno telefonsko številko *EUROPE DIRECT 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11*. > Vsak > > > državljan lahko iz katerekoli države članice EU brezplačno pokliče na > > > omenjeno številko ter v svojem jeziku postavi in dobi odgovor na > > > vprašanje o EU. 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URL: From hook at fsfe.org Sat Nov 22 17:22:40 2014 From: hook at fsfe.org (Matija =?utf-8?B?xaB1a2xqZQ==?=) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:22:40 +0100 Subject: [Fellowship-Slovenia] Fwd: [Correction] FSFE Newsletter November 2014 Message-ID: <2518557.CgQioHS0PD@hermes> ---------- Nuntius praecox ---------- In rem: [Correction] FSFE Newsletter November 2014 Die et hora: 11. 11. 14 17.01.47 Scripsit: Fellowship of FSFE Ad: Matija Šuklje Dear Fellows, after the November Newsletter was sent to you, we received a very good suggestion for the first section. Therefor we decided to rewrite this part before publishing it. So here the corrected Newsletter, how it was sent to the public today. The only change is in the first section about Munich. I hope you enjoy reading it. All the best, Matthias = FSFE Newsletter – November 2014 = [ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201411.en.html ] == Munich: facts harder than fiction == The city of Munich runs Free Software on more than 15.000 workplace computers and has saved over 11.000.000€ in return[1]. During the migration to Free Software, they consolidated their heterogeneous IT in 51 places with 1000 IT employees and 22 IT departments. Despite these challenges most users are happy with the migration and say they do not want to switch back[2] (in German). And all of this happened in the front-yard of Microsoft's German headquarters. If you do not like the success of Free Software in Munich, what could you do? You could play on emotions and spread rumours that the Munich IT people are not taking the demands of regular users nor the executive into account. Of course, you have to stay vague, hoping to bring out a few of those voices that are always unhappy - but this is an easy way of discrediting the progress already made. This is what happened in the last months in Munich with remarks by the new mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD, Social Democrats) and his vice Josef Schmid (CSU, Christian Democrats). Some commentators have speculated about a connection to the fact that Microsoft is now moving its headquarter from Unterschleissheim to Munich, and Reiter claiming that he helped with this deal[3] (in German). As Microsoft was the biggest tax payer in Unterschleissheim[4] (in German), Munich will financially benefit by this move. But they seem to have underestimated the success of Free Software in Munich. IT experts from their own political parties raised their voice to correct them[5] and others have uncovered their misleading statements[6]. Thus, the comments by the mayors represent only individual opinions. Munich's political support for GNU/Linux is strong, and the money the city saves and will continue to save by using GNU/Linux, LibreOffice/OpenOffice, and the Desktop from KDE counts profoundly. If Free Software can even survive a smear campaign by the mayors it shows that it is there to stay. Dear Free Software community: be proud and spread the word! But do not rest, the next attack will be more subtle. == EU wide Open Standards policy == But the answer to the inquiry includes another crucial point: the problem with document formats. The Munich IT managers noted that, at the beginning of their migration, the German federal states and the federal government highlighted the importance of Free Software and Open Standards, but afterwards never consequently went this path. In Germany, the lack of a clear Open Standard Policy is a major blocker for public administrations to use Free Software. In recent years, other European Countries such as Great Britain, France, Italy, and Sweden have done more to promote Free Software and Open Standards. On the European level, the former Munich mayor asked the European Commission to implement two measures to enable participation with Free Software in EU projects[7]: First to have all document templates which are available in Microsoft Office formats, also in Open Document Text (ODT) format. Second that all presenter notebooks in the EU institutions also have a program installed which can handle Open Document Presentation (ODP) files. This was in 2011 and the European bodies have neglected implementing Open Standard policies for a long time. == Open Standard compliance checks == When intuitions decide on Open Standards policies, this is just the first step. It is important to check this decision and to remind them about it. In 2010 as a Document Freedom Day activity our Fellows in Cologne and Bonn checked the German federal administrations after a decision that they have to be able to receive, edit, and send back ODF[8]. The FSFE found out that only 2 of 87 departments are conforming to federal open document regulations. This highlights the importance of being persistent and monitoring the implementation of such policies. Check out this month's “Get active” item with a specific suggestion how you can help with that within a few minutes. == Something completely different == - We are currently looking for interns again, especially in preparation of Document Freedom Day[9] but we also have general internship positions open from early January[10]. When Max Mehl saw the news item he published a summary about his internship with FSFE[11]. - Together with the Italian consumer association ADUC, and the Italian group ILS, we asked[12] regulators to take concrete steps to protect Italians from being forced to pay for software they do not want or need. - Local activities: Our Vienna group had their most active and successful Autumn ever. Franz documented how they participated in the three big events Software Freedom Day, the biggest German speaking animal rights conference, and the Game City fair 2013[13]. Christian Kalkhoff from our Munich group gave a presentation about the groups activities at the GNU Hackers Meeting 2014. The video is now online[14]. If you want to help with the organisation of the LibreOffice conference 2015, Carsten Agger is still looking for assistance, as our Aarhus group will help at the event[15]. - Spoiler alert: The last edition of the education news also mentions the focus of the upcoming Document Freedom Day 2015[16]. - Public administrations: The German town of Gummersbach announced that this summer it has completed its switch to GNU/Linux PCs[17], England's Healthwatch switches to Free Software CiviCRM[18], and a Free Software solution developed for the government of South Tyrol (Italy) to automatically test government websites and services is now also being used to probe sites of the region's tourism sector[19]. - Our sister organisation invites Free Software enthusiasts to the libre planet conference 2015[20] in the US. Furthermore the nomination for the 17th annual Free Software Awards is open[21], and you can send your nominations before Sunday 16 November. - Matthew Garret wrote a blog post on why he joined FSF's board[22]. But some of the comments he received are really offensive, and your editor hopes that Matthew can just ignore them. Related to this, your editor recommends you reading the article “On the sickness of our community”[23] by Jonathan Corbet. As always, if you have comments about it send them to our discussion lists[24]. - From the planet aggregation[25]: - Computers are entering the fashion field from multiple directions. Current FSFE intern Michele Marrali wrote about MeshCon 2014, a conference that connects fashion designer and technology experts[26]. - André Ockers reports that the Dutch public broadcaster NOS moves away from open standards[27] - Matija Šuklje made his first commit to KDE and writes about FSFE's Fiduciary Licence Agreement[28] - Daniel Pocock reports positive results from Outreach Program for Women[29] - Hugo Roy explains how he wrote a new defensive publication for ownCloud's file syncing encryption[30]. == Get active: Fix my document - ODF in EU bodies == The EU institutions still have a lot to do to remove barriers for Free Software users. Together with Open Forum Europe (OFE) your editor had a meeting with the IT responsible of the Commission, the Council, and the Parliament about that. We discussed our letter on video format[31] and the campaign “FixMyDocuments.eu”. This campaign was started by OFE to help EU institutions to implement their decision to support Open Document Formats[32] FSFE's volunteers already translated the website in more languages, but now it is time for all of you to act. We would like you to find EU institutions who offer non-free formats on their website, without also publishing those documents in ODT, and then submit them[33]. Furthermore OFE encourages and will support anyone who wants to use the platform to cover other administrations. Thanks to all the volunteers[34], Fellows[35] and corporate donors[36] who enable our work, Matthias Kirschner - FSFE -- Free Software Foundation Europe FSFE News Upcoming FSFE Events Fellowship Blog Aggregation Free Software Discussions 1. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/106341 2. http://www.computerwoche.de/a/wohin-steuert-linux-in-muenchen,3043464,2 3. http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2013-11/reiter-muenchen-spd/komplettansicht 4. http://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/muenchen-lk-nord/unterschleissheim-umzug-nach-muenchen-microsoft-prueft-neue-standorte-2766978.html 5. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/munich-city-council-shields-limux-against-mayor 6. https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20141016-01.en.html 7. https://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/prasident-des-deutschen-stadtetags-an-europaische-kommission-mehr-fur-freie-software-einsetzen/ 8. https://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100803-01.en.html 9. https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20141017-01.en.html 10. https://fsfe.org/contribute/internship.en.html 11. http://blog.mehl.mx/2014/my-internship-at-fsfe/ 12. https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20141017-02.en.html 13. https://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2014/10/23/three-autumn-events-2014/ 14. http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2014/2014-08--kalkhoff--fsfe--ghm.webm 15. https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/2014/10/22/announcing-the-libreoffice-conference-for-2015-in-aarhus-denmark/ 16. https://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/10/free-software-in-education-news-%E2%80%93-september/ 17. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/105069 18. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/104519 19. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/tyrol-government-shares-test-tool-industry 20. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/registration-opens-for-libreplanet-2015 21. https://www.fsf.org/news/the-free-software-foundation-opens-nominations-for-the-17th-annual-free-software-awards 22. http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/33455.html 23. http://lwn.net/Articles/615192/ 24. https://fsfe.org/contact/community.en.html 25. http://planet.fsfe.org 26. https://blogs.fsfe.org/puster/2014/10/14/meshcon-2014/ 27. https://blogs.fsfe.org/ao/2014/10/28/dutch-public-broadcaster-moves-away-from-open-standards/ 28. http://matija.suklje.name/my-very-first-commit-to-kde 29. http://danielpocock.com/positive-results-from-opw-2013 30. http://hroy.eu/posts/owncloud-encryption-defpub/ 31. https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140326-02.en.html 32. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/informatics/oss_tech/pdf/2011-07-25_ares.pdf 33. http://fixmydocuments.eu/?page_id=9 34. https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute.en.html 35. http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join 36. https://fsfe.org/donate/thankgnus.en.html --------------------------------------------- -- Legal Coordinator & Coordinator Slovenia Free Software Foundation Europe www: http://fsfe.org █▉ || priv. www: http://matija.suklje.name e-mail: hook at fsfe.org █▉█▉█▉ || priv. e-mail: matija at suklje.name xmpp: hook at jabber.fsfe.org ▉▉ || priv. xmpp: matija.suklje at gabbler.org sip: matija_suklje at ippi.fr || gsm: +386 40 690 890