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Protect freedom on radio devices: raise your voice today!
by Max Mehl 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Hi all, There is a EU directive which may make it impossible to install custom software on your radio devices, e.g. routers, mobile phones, or embedded devices. You can help convince the European Commission to limit the number of device categories this affects, but the period is ending this Monday. It is not hard to participate. I've just published a blog post summarising the topic (long version here [^1]) and providing basic arguments that you can reuse: https://blog.mehl.mx/2019/protect-freedom-on-radio-devices-raise-your-voice… Please spend a few minutes to make your point by Monday. We need to show the Commission that there are people who actually care for user freedom on their devices, and who want to control their technology. Thanks for raising your voice! Best, Max [^1]: https://fsfe.org/activities/radiodirective/ -- Max Mehl - Programme Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl Become a supporter of software freedom: https://fsfe.org/join

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about "I love Free Software" Day 2019
by Galia Mancheva 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Dear FSFE Community, As February 14th, most commonly known as the "I love Free Software" Day is around the corner, I am contacting you with a warm invitation to participate in the online and/or offline promotion of the day. As in previous editions, the campaign foresees spreading the visuals and graphics of the "I love Free Software" Day initiative (which will also include pictures & videos when possible) on various social media platforms, websites, blogs, and etc. The offline campaign envisages spreading the word by giving away stickers, balloons, sending postcards and taking photos of the Free Software fans with versions of the slogan, which will also be involved in the online outreach. Additionally, some Free Software supporters will hold a short talk/presentation about the benefits of software freedom in front of students in a few tech oriented universities. In case, you would be able to find time to share and spread the love for Free Software locally, or why not even globally, online and/or offline, please send me an email back. I will make sure you receive a supporter package with materials and coordinate possible further actions with you. Kind Regards, Galia -- Galia Mancheva- Project Manager Free Software Foundation Europe | www.fsfe.org +49-30-27595290 (office) +32 488 070 135 (mobile) fingerprint: 4195 1315 E14A A00A 0119 6F17 8040 8B16 CADD 6573 Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030

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Wiki loves IloveFS-day : )
by Erik Albers 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Hi all, I guess you all know that on February 14 there will be another I love Free Software day. Which goes perfect together with a current "photographic contest organized by Wikimedia community to document love testimonials in various cultures and regions of the world": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Love_2019 Wikimedia Commons is the database of pictures that are used in the wikipedia. They regularly do contests to get pictures from monuments and other areas of Wikipedian interest. But in contrast to them this contest is not limited to "sites, whether of regional or national importance but on the widest variety of love testimonials possible. This means that most users will be able to find several pertaining subjects close to them, whether heritage sites or daily life event." Means that you can do a picture of your IloveFS-day contribution or of your group and upload it to wikimedia : ) The contest is running from February 1 to 28. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net

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vscode - any known Free Software builds/packages?
by Bernhard E. Reiter 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Hi, there is an MIT licensed base version called "vscode" which the proprietary version of Microsoft Visual Studio Code is based, which seems to be getting more popular. Does somebody know of Free Software re-building or packaging efforts? Best Regards, Bernhard == Details https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-161792005 "We build on top of the vscode code base we just open sourced and we release it under a standard, pre-release Microsoft license." "We clone the vscode repository, we lay down a customized product.json that has Microsoft specific functionality (telemetry, gallery, logo, etc.), and then produce a build that we release under our license." "When you clone and build from the vscode repo, none of these endpoints are configured in the default product.json. Therefore, you generate a "clean" build, without the Microsoft customizations, which is by default licensed under the MIT license" -- FSFE -- Founding Member Support our work for Free Software: blogs.fsfe.org/bernhard https://fsfe.org/donate | contribute

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FSFE publishes expert brochure about “Public Money? Public Code!"
by Erik Albers 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Hi all, convincing decision-makers why more public code would benefit us all should be easy. There are so many good arguments for putting publicly funded code under a Free Software licence: Tax savings, transparency, and innovation – just to name a few. But, in practice, we experienced that there are still a lot of basics that need to be explained. Starting with: What is Free Software? To help with this and in preparation for the upcoming elections of the EU parliament, we compiled a policy brochure that presents the most important facts and arguments about publicly funded code. Today, we publish it [1] under a Creative Commons licence so that you and everyone else are free to use it as support for convincing candidates. Read more information about the brochure and order yourself a copy here: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/publiccode/brochure.html Thanks and best regards, Erik [1] https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190124-01 -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net

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Looking for a job as a full stack developer
by Full Stack 20 Jan '19

20 Jan '19

Hi everyone, I am currently looking for a new job as a full stack web developer. Preferred open source based; or at least open source friendly. If anyone offers such a job, please contact me. You're also welcome, if you know an open position somewhere. My wishes for my next job * Work with free software or development of free software * Free choice of my technical working environment * Fair and flexible working times * open company/organization culture with a respectful treatment of everyone What I offer: * Master degree with major subjects Web, Databases and Software Engineering * ~10 years professional experience * Front end: JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3+ Frameworks and tools, among others: VueJS, Angular, Ionic (Hybrid Apps), Mocha, Jasmine, Webpack, Websockets, Babel, Scss, Less * Backend: PHP, NodeJS Frameworks and tools, among others: Laravel, Zend, Express, PHPUnit, Behat * Experiences in implementing tests and CI systems * Experiences in contributing to open source projects I am currently located in mid-west Germany. A relocation may be possible, depending on the job. I can send you further information if you contact me. I am happy about every message :) Best regards The one, looking for a job

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UNICEF wants to financially "invest" in Free Software products of companies
by Bernhard E. Reiter 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

"[...] The Fund provides investment-style funding for early-stage, open source technology solutions that address the most pressing challenges faced by children and young people. [...]" [1]. Though full of overrated technology hypewords, it maybe of interest because its explicit requirement of Free Software results. Best, Bernhard [1] https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/82482?utm_source=email -- FSFE -- Founding Member Support our work for Free Software: blogs.fsfe.org/bernhard https://fsfe.org/donate | contribute

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Please help to collect interesting Free Software events throughout Europe in 2019
by Erik Albers 04 Jan '19

04 Jan '19

Hi all, to help FSFE und the Free Software community organise throughout the year, we are collecting all kinds of Free Software related events that are happening in Europe in 2019. If you know a community-driven Free and Open Source Software event in Europe with a minimum duration of 8 hours, please let us know and leave it in this pad: https://mypads.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/miscellaneous-p52vlc7ms/p… All events in interest to the FSFE community will be imported from here into the FSFE's wiki calendar and the overall list published in an overview for everyone. Please also help by spreading this link into other relevant channels. Thank you - Merci - Gracias - Спасибо - شكرا - Dankon - Dankeschön Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net

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Annual report "software freedom in Europe 2018"
by Matthias Kirschner 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Hello everybody, Today we published our annual report "software freedom in Europe 2018" <https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20181105-01.html>. "Software freedom in Europe" is the yearly report of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). In one document, it gives you a breakdown of important things the FSFE has done and achieved during the last 12 months. In the 2018 report, you will read about our electoral campaigns, our input on the European Union's copyright reform, and about our successful outreach in demanding publicly financed software be made publicly available under a Free Software licence. You will also get insights about the events we (co-)organised and about our community and groups that helped us with these achievements. Finally, we will display some numbers showing what resources we counted on, and giving an outlook for the next year. I am proud what our teams accomplished during the last 12 months; no matter if it was the members of the General Assembly, one of our working groups, our web or translators team, a local group team, one of the booth teams, or in another way. And I would like to thank those of you who contributed as volunteers to the FSFE's activities, as well those of you who have donated to the FSFE, or support us regularly financially as supporters. Looking forward to another 12 months in which we will improve the situation for software freedom. 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/support) Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) Weblog k7r.eu/blog.html

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resigning as Fellowship representative
by Daniel Pocock 23 Sep '18

23 Sep '18

(I would kindly request that my signed resignation be forwarded unaltered to all registered fellows/supporters not on the mailing lists.) Dear fellows, Given the decline of the Fellowship and FSFE's migration of fellows into a supporter program, I no longer feel that there is any further benefit that a representative can offer to fellows. With recent blogs, I've made a final effort to fulfill my obligations to keep you informed. I hope fellows have a better understanding of who we are and can engage directly with FSFE without a representative. Fellows who want to remain engaged with FSFE are encouraged to work through your local groups and coordinators as active participation is the best way to keep an organization on track. This resignation is not a response to any other recent events. From a logical perspective, if the Fellowship is going to evolve out of a situation like this, it is in the hands of local leaders and fellowship groups, it is no longer a task for a single representative. There are many positive experiences I've had working with people in the FSFE community and I am also very grateful to FSFE for those instances where I have been supported in activities for free software. Going forward, leaving this role will also free up time and resources for other free software projects that I am engaged in. I'd like to thank all those of you who trusted me to represent you and supported me in this role during such a challenging time for the Fellowship. Sincerely, Daniel Pocock FSFE Fellowship Representative

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