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Free Radio and Free Software
by Nils Brock 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Dear list, my name is Nils Brock. I have been working at the interface between free radio and free software during the last years. I would like to know if anybody on this list is also working conceptually or practically on the production, streaming and digital transmission of radio based on free software. Personally I will be working with free and community media during the next years in Brazil. It would be nice to get in touch with people working on similar topics in Europe. Looking forward hearing from you, Best, Nils

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Petition to free Stuxnet/Duqu/Flame trojan code under GPL
by David Gerard 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Seems they used the LZO library, which is straight-up GPL. http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/ And so, someone has asked them to release the code under the GPL. http://blog.crysys.hu/2012/06/stuxnet-duqu-flame-open-source-license-questi… Other code uses various permissive licenses. As works of the US federal government, the rest is of course public domain. *splutter* So does the author of LZO want to send the US government a GPL notification? Perhaps the SFLC can help ... - d.

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Fwd: [EBU TECHNICAL] Learn about Free and Open Source Software for Media, Radio & TV - LSM 2012
by Sam Tuke 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

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Analysis on Secure Boot / Restricted Boot
by Matthias Kirschner 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

I just published an analysis on "Secure Boot": https://fsfe.org/campaigns/generalpurposecomputing/secure-boot-analysis.en.… FSFE's goal is to ensure that the owners of IT devices are always in full and sole control of them. This fundamental principle is recently being challenged. With a function called "Secure Boot", which will be deployed in computers starting 2012, manufacturers of IT hardware and software components are striving to get into a position where they permanently control the IT devices they produce. Hence such devices will be "secure" from the manufacturer's perspective, but not necessarily from the owner's point of view: The owner can be treated as an adversary. By preventing uses of the device which the manufacturer does not intend, they can control and limit what a general purpose IT machine (e.g. a PC, laptop, netbook) may be used for. In case of IT devices with internet access, they can alter these usage restrictions at any time without even informing the device owner. As a result, IT manufacturers at their will can take away common rights owners of products usually receive. [...] Best Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003 Free Software is important to you? Join today! (fsfe.org/join) Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner)

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uk - "Number 10 shuts wallet on closed-source IT projects"
by Craig Errington 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Thought some of you might find this interesting. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/31/government_closed_source_kicked_bac… -- Craig Errington (ce) Free Software Foundation Europe (fellow) Mail: ce(a)fsfe.org Jabber: ce(a)jabber.fsfe.org

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PDFReaders 2.0 - Your help is needed!
by Hannes Hauswedell 31 May '12

31 May '12

Hi everyone, we are currently preparing a major update to PDFReaders.org, adding: * a more appealing and cleaner "home"-page, with *one recommendation* for the auto-detected platform * Free pdf reader recommendations for mobile platforms * Free pdf browser plugin recommendations BUT, we need some help with gathering/verifying information, deciding what to recommend... Please have a look at the current Reader-Overview [1] and the TODOs there. Tell us... * if you know any other Free pdf readers that we haven't listed, yet (for any platform, but especially OSX and iOS) * which Android reader you would recommend * any other ideas you might have! You can reach us via mail[2] or comment directly in the blog [3]. If you have an account at the fellowship-wiki[4] you can commit changes to the overview directly. Thanks for your help! -- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ Best Regards, │ Free Software Foundation Europe █▉ │ Hannes Hauswedell │ German Team █▉█▉█▉ │ │ Coordinator for pdfreaders.org ▉▉ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ [1] https://wiki.fsfe.org/PDFreaders/todo2012/Overview-Page [2] feedback((a))pdfreaders(.)org [3] http://blogs.fsfe.org/h2/2012/05/21/pdfreaders-2-0-your-help-is-needed/ [4] https://wiki.fsfe.org/

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Re: Ask women in FS a question
by Anna Morris 28 May '12

28 May '12

Dear all, > As some of you may know, the Flossie 2012 <http://www.flossie.org>conference is happening this weekend. I am running a project called "The > Record" which will create a video archive of interviews with women > attending this fab event (there are set to be 180 women in attendance). > > http://etherpad.fsfe.org/Tm1nUTnAME > > I am inviting fellow fellows to add their questions, which will be put to > the women during the interview. Just click the link above and write down > any questions you would like to ask about Women and Floss! > > Best, > > Anna >

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May Fellowship Interview
by Alessandro Polvani 24 May '12

24 May '12

Hi all, This month, for our monthly fellowship interview, we talked with Giacomo Poderi. He has worked as a translator and editor for FSFE, as well as completing a master’s degree in Philosophy. Currently he’s working on a Ph.D in sociology, which looks at the user experience in Free Software Projects, focusing on the turn-based strategy game ‘The Battle for Wesnoth’. Please read this interview on http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=590 Thank you, Alessandro -- Alessandro Polvani [ ] <alessandro.polvani(a)fsfe.org> Free Software Foundation Europe [ ][ ][ ] [http://fsfe.org] Assistant to the President | | +49-30-27595290 Your donation powers our work! [http://fsfe.org/donate/]

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PDFReaders 2.0 - Your help is needed!
by Fioddor Superconcentrado 23 May '12

23 May '12

Hannes Hauswedell <h2(a)fsfe.org> writes: > * a more appealing and cleaner "home"-page, with *one > recommendation* for the auto-detected platform From: Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors(a)iki.fi> To: discussion(a)fsfeurope.org Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 01:46:32 +0300 +1 The current long list of readers is very confusing. (I also think that the name pdfreaders.org is bit misleading since it does not list the most popular pdf reader in the world but I guess renaming it to free-pdfreaders.org is already too late...) From: Fioddor I don't like the idea of a single-product recomendation. FSFE should remain AND LOOK LIKE neutral. Neither a transparent auto-detection: people doing a selection for friends, users surfing the web from their workplace, fast consultation on the go (mobile set) looking for sw for the home system, ...). I'd improve the long list turning it into a table with some criteria. Filtering (e.g javascript) would also be welcome.

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Software Patents leaflet - again : )
by Erik Albers 18 May '12

18 May '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello List, sorry for the delay in working on the leaflet about software patents. We had a really high workload the last 4 weeks, combined with a high rate of illness among the members of our team. Therefore, I was not able to work on this issue. So, let's start again: Our leaflet about software patents that we use at the booth, is really outdated and should be updated. Please help me to update our leaflet. I opened an Etherpad where I inserted the text of the actual leaflet and some additional text from my side: http://policy.etherpad.fsfe.org/7 PW: SWPAT2012 I think, the length that the text on the etherpad has now is approximately the text length we can use on the leaflet. So, when you add some text then try to delete some text elsewhere, if possible : ) Thank you very much for you participation and ideas, best regards, Erik - -- 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/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPdeCcAAoJEBho/C6GOdyBfa4P/R/0xs4tKzeBHAKwASNC31Hc XEa482rUr4y/wdP0npXlDN+A/VUPe35gQe2iSykbmjQBq1Te3Abt8c1+LkSt+7AC Kojdy6zNdVVjI8sWeqtBsHNNDLmca8xVXf5lm5bDy2IHVwIybep+FM28I04ixjHp IrEkasPXE6QAa9peQLecGpULguF68i+Ja2fwBpDLrPMOBb8RmeomBbnfqJPqR2Qj 9h5irf9lh9AxQ5sgoLZ5DIhdatrSFXDswyAIkww/rOc/T11kvQTIK5U6Ielsqqpa 893ywmZpFhNEB2u4vzT1pnEd/IEFWxd3zJUeFvHU1mh9M94U0jHXx30eBQAwXbT2 H8NQUteYbDTNDMIyaDSLe+GCFpJ9TlS2xrYBY0ObofEj1xjVV2REF6HyobqNix3u X4ak/XrDKdGjPyu9ONibjKmntKh4eU0NzihNZXY0lVCIQBJMPlVMuwPBpq8xlIH6 z98ggUfUz9M0VoStDO6ru435SjBUofu8LAQswk/VugF1JZUKqCWxwyuftMVkiv+W +56IzLMpSr2iy3IK/pMgfCtQ4YxyeqGxbI14eTE3cKorzEimDPiFZqor80EoX5zN OoPzN8PweGqcLxYU2J9X+iVVOEvcrJ3K5Co1Cy0kGabIOOU5MJ0mJ1zFldOY57tj Pi2MhGvM0bBxTPDn+ush =3zg+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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