On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 3:25 PM, <press(a)fsfeurope.org> wrote:
> = FSFE Newsletter - August 2012 =
>
> [Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201208.en.html ]
>
> == Helping the European Parliament to release its own Free Software ==
>
> For the first time, the European Parliament (EP) is about to release one
> of its own programs as a Free Software. The program in question is
> called AT4AM, short for "Automatic Tool for Amendments". The Parliament
> is making laws, and AT4AM automates a lot of the formalities associated
> with the legislative process.
>
> Karsten Gerloff and Carlo Piana were invited to give talks at the event
> to discuss the right license under which to publish AT4AM, and to
> explain the political dimension of Free Software.
>
> Do you want to know why the FSFE suggested the EP to license their
> software under GNU AGPL version 3, and what else our president has on
> his wishlist for the EP? Then read his report[1]!
>
> 1.
> http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2012/07/18/helping-the-european-parliament-to…
>
>
> == Protect Free Software licenses from bankruptcy ==
>
> When the companies or authors that license Free Software enter
> bankruptcy, there is a risk that granted Free Software licenses will
> face legal challenges in some jurisdictions. The FSFE is trying to
> prevent this situation in Germany. We started talking about this during
> a meeting with the German Minister of Justice, who we could have meet
> thanks to receiving the Theodor Heuss Medal[2]. Now the ifrOSS supported
> by the FSFE suggests the German Ministry of Justice to include a
> specific Free Software clause in the German Insolvency Code[3]. The
> clause ensures that Free Software licenses would not be negatively
> affected by a bankruptcy of a licensing rights holder. It makes it clear
> that any offer to grant a Free Software license made before the
> licensor's bankruptcy can be accepted by anyone even after the
> bankruptcy proceedings started.
>
> If Free Software face similar problems in your jurisdiction, please
> contact us[4] or take similar steps.
>
> 2. http://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100510-01.en.html
> 3. http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20120730-01.en.html
> 4. http://fsfe.org/contact/contact.en.html
>
>
> == The Fellowship: One to rule them all ==
>
> In the Lord of the Rings, Gollum does not want to share the ring. He is
> such an egoist. But Barbara "swimmi" Roth and Martin "gollo"
> Gollowitzer, both Fellows of the FSFE are used to share (as well as use,
> study, and improve).
>
> After signing their public keys with the highest trust level[5], they
> now finally decided to swim into the harbour of marriage. It is the
> first marriage your editor knows about, where both were Fellows
> *before* their marriage. The FSFE wishes them all the best for
> their future and is looking forward to see a lot of "forks"[6], so we
> have more Free Software activists. May many fellow[7] this example[8]!
>
> 5. https://xkcd.com/364/
> 6. http://media.macno.org/u/macno/m/i-am-a-fork/
> 7. http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join
> 8. http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join
>
>
> == Something completely different ==
>
> - From August 21st to 26th Free Software will be one major theme at Campus
> Party in Berlin. Your editor helped to find some interesting speakers
> for the
> event. Well, see yourself[9].
> - La Quadrature Du Net published a video tutorial how to call a Member of
> the
> European Parliament (MEP). You can apply their instructions[10] to our
> Ask
> Your Candidates campaign[11] and talk with politicians about general Free
> Software topics, our campaigns[12], or other issues.
> - How, exactly, can you have a successful project with collaborators? Can
> we
> quantitatively analyse past projects to figure out what works, instead of
> just using our best guesses? David A. Wheeler reviewed a book[13]which
> analyses how to be successful with Free Software.
> - You want to have a small low cost Free Software PC? Take a look at this
> overview[14]and decide what is best for you.
> - Digital Restriction Managmenet: Our sister, the FSF finished an update
> of the
> "Guide to DRM-free Living"[15]with dozens of new places to get ebooks,
> movies, and music without DRM.
> - A selection from the Fellowship blog aggregation[16]:
> - Berlin Fellowship group[17]coordinator Alexander Kahl wrote about why
> git
> kicks ass[18]and how to use GNU Emacs as a terminal emulator[19].
> - What is going on in Norway, and what is the role of Free Software
> competence centres? Paul Boddie takes a look[20]at the Norwegian
> government's recent withdrawal of all financial support for the
> Norwegian
> Free Software Competence Center.
> - Hugo Roy explains how to microblog links quickly with duckduckgo[21].
> - Timo Jyrinki tells a story[22] how sometimes computing brings you to
> the
> closet.
> - Our interns[23] were attending Richard Stallman's talk in Dresden.
> Anatolii Doludenko published some pictures in his blog[24].
> - From the Nokia 770 to the N800 to the N810 to the N900 to the N9.
> What is
> next? Read Henri Bergius' dreams of the MeeGo diaspora[25].
> - Our former president Georg Greve gives an update and overview about the
> Free Software groupware Kolab 3.0[26],
> - and finally our vice president is looking for someone who can write a
> GUI
> front-end to Searduino[27]. Can you? If not, but you want to help Free
> Software, continue reading our this month's get active item.
>
> 9. http://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=961
> 10. https://www.laquadrature.net/node/5880
> 11.
> http://fsfe.org/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.en.html
> 12. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/campaigns.en.html
> 13. http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2012/07/08/#internet-success
> 14. http://raymii.org/cms/p_Small_Linux_PCs_overview
> 15. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2241
> 16. http://planet.fsfe.org
> 17. http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin
> 18.
> http://paralambda.org/2012/07/06/git-evolution-of-a-topic-branch-and-how-to…
> 19.
> http://paralambda.org/2012/07/02/using-gnu-emacs-as-a-terminal-emulator/
> 20. http://blogs.fsfe.org/pboddie/?p=88
> 21.
> http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/2012/07/tweet-bang-how-to-share-a-link-quickly-o…
> 22. http://losca.blogspot.de/2012/07/where-computing-takes-you.html
> 23. http://fsfe.org/contribute/internship.en.html
> 24.
> http://blogs.fsfe.org/tolld/2012/07/12/fsfe-in-dresden-during-rms-talk/
> 25. http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/meego-diaspora/
> 26. http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=529
> 27. https://sandklef.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/searduino-needs-a-gui/
>
>
>
> == Get Active: Help us with Android installation parties! ==
>
> Torsten Grote, who started our Free Your Android[28]campaign, wrote down
> what he is missing in CyanogenMod 9[29]. In good Free Software fashion
> he created feature requests for a configurable power control widget, an
> ssh daemon, direct in-app shortcuts, or native OpenVPN support in
> CyanogenMod’s issue tracker.
>
> We want to help as many people as possible to regain control of their
> Android devices and their data in general. One important step in this
> process is helping people to install Free Software on their phones and
> tablets. So on Software Freedom Day (15th September) the FSFE wants to
> have public Free Your Android installation parties.
>
> If you can organise such a workshop, please let us know[30]! If you
> still need help on how to do so, we will try to help you having a
> successful event. E.g. on August 26th we will have a workshop in Berlin
> for people who plan to give such workshops in the future, be it at
> Software Freedom Day, at a conference or another occaison.
>
> 28. http://FreeYourAndroid.org
> 29.
> http://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/2012/07/18/what-i-am-missing-in-cyanoge…
> 30. mailto:android@lists.fsfe.org
>
> Thanks to all the Fellows and donors who enable our work,
> Matthias Kirschner - FSFE
>
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= FSFE Newsletter - August 2012 =
[Read online: http://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201208.en.html ]
== Helping the European Parliament to release its own Free Software ==
For the first time, the European Parliament (EP) is about to release one
of its own programs as a Free Software. The program in question is
called AT4AM, short for "Automatic Tool for Amendments". The Parliament
is making laws, and AT4AM automates a lot of the formalities associated
with the legislative process.
Karsten Gerloff and Carlo Piana were invited to give talks at the event
to discuss the right license under which to publish AT4AM, and to
explain the political dimension of Free Software.
Do you want to know why the FSFE suggested the EP to license their
software under GNU AGPL version 3, and what else our president has on
his wishlist for the EP? Then read his report[1]!
1. http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2012/07/18/helping-the-european-parliament-to…
== Protect Free Software licenses from bankruptcy ==
When the companies or authors that license Free Software enter
bankruptcy, there is a risk that granted Free Software licenses will
face legal challenges in some jurisdictions. The FSFE is trying to
prevent this situation in Germany. We started talking about this during
a meeting with the German Minister of Justice, who we could have meet
thanks to receiving the Theodor Heuss Medal[2]. Now the ifrOSS supported
by the FSFE suggests the German Ministry of Justice to include a
specific Free Software clause in the German Insolvency Code[3]. The
clause ensures that Free Software licenses would not be negatively
affected by a bankruptcy of a licensing rights holder. It makes it clear
that any offer to grant a Free Software license made before the
licensor's bankruptcy can be accepted by anyone even after the
bankruptcy proceedings started.
If Free Software face similar problems in your jurisdiction, please
contact us[4] or take similar steps.
2. http://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100510-01.en.html
3. http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20120730-01.en.html
4. http://fsfe.org/contact/contact.en.html
== The Fellowship: One to rule them all ==
In the Lord of the Rings, Gollum does not want to share the ring. He is
such an egoist. But Barbara "swimmi" Roth and Martin "gollo"
Gollowitzer, both Fellows of the FSFE are used to share (as well as use,
study, and improve).
After signing their public keys with the highest trust level[5], they
now finally decided to swim into the harbour of marriage. It is the
first marriage your editor knows about, where both were Fellows
*before* their marriage. The FSFE wishes them all the best for
their future and is looking forward to see a lot of "forks"[6], so we
have more Free Software activists. May many fellow[7] this example[8]!
5. https://xkcd.com/364/
6. http://media.macno.org/u/macno/m/i-am-a-fork/
7. http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join
8. http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join
== Something completely different ==
- From August 21st to 26th Free Software will be one major theme at Campus
Party in Berlin. Your editor helped to find some interesting speakers for the
event. Well, see yourself[9].
- La Quadrature Du Net published a video tutorial how to call a Member of the
European Parliament (MEP). You can apply their instructions[10] to our Ask
Your Candidates campaign[11] and talk with politicians about general Free
Software topics, our campaigns[12], or other issues.
- How, exactly, can you have a successful project with collaborators? Can we
quantitatively analyse past projects to figure out what works, instead of
just using our best guesses? David A. Wheeler reviewed a book[13]which
analyses how to be successful with Free Software.
- You want to have a small low cost Free Software PC? Take a look at this
overview[14]and decide what is best for you.
- Digital Restriction Managmenet: Our sister, the FSF finished an update of the
"Guide to DRM-free Living"[15]with dozens of new places to get ebooks,
movies, and music without DRM.
- A selection from the Fellowship blog aggregation[16]:
- Berlin Fellowship group[17]coordinator Alexander Kahl wrote about why git
kicks ass[18]and how to use GNU Emacs as a terminal emulator[19].
- What is going on in Norway, and what is the role of Free Software
competence centres? Paul Boddie takes a look[20]at the Norwegian
government's recent withdrawal of all financial support for the Norwegian
Free Software Competence Center.
- Hugo Roy explains how to microblog links quickly with duckduckgo[21].
- Timo Jyrinki tells a story[22] how sometimes computing brings you to the
closet.
- Our interns[23] were attending Richard Stallman's talk in Dresden.
Anatolii Doludenko published some pictures in his blog[24].
- From the Nokia 770 to the N800 to the N810 to the N900 to the N9. What is
next? Read Henri Bergius' dreams of the MeeGo diaspora[25].
- Our former president Georg Greve gives an update and overview about the
Free Software groupware Kolab 3.0[26],
- and finally our vice president is looking for someone who can write a GUI
front-end to Searduino[27]. Can you? If not, but you want to help Free
Software, continue reading our this month's get active item.
9. http://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=961
10. https://www.laquadrature.net/node/5880
11. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/askyourcandidates/askyourcandidates.en.html
12. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/campaigns.en.html
13. http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2012/07/08/#internet-success
14. http://raymii.org/cms/p_Small_Linux_PCs_overview
15. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2241
16. http://planet.fsfe.org
17. http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin
18. http://paralambda.org/2012/07/06/git-evolution-of-a-topic-branch-and-how-to…
19. http://paralambda.org/2012/07/02/using-gnu-emacs-as-a-terminal-emulator/
20. http://blogs.fsfe.org/pboddie/?p=88
21. http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/2012/07/tweet-bang-how-to-share-a-link-quickly-o…
22. http://losca.blogspot.de/2012/07/where-computing-takes-you.html
23. http://fsfe.org/contribute/internship.en.html
24. http://blogs.fsfe.org/tolld/2012/07/12/fsfe-in-dresden-during-rms-talk/
25. http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/meego-diaspora/
26. http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=529
27. https://sandklef.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/searduino-needs-a-gui/
== Get Active: Help us with Android installation parties! ==
Torsten Grote, who started our Free Your Android[28]campaign, wrote down
what he is missing in CyanogenMod 9[29]. In good Free Software fashion
he created feature requests for a configurable power control widget, an
ssh daemon, direct in-app shortcuts, or native OpenVPN support in
CyanogenMod’s issue tracker.
We want to help as many people as possible to regain control of their
Android devices and their data in general. One important step in this
process is helping people to install Free Software on their phones and
tablets. So on Software Freedom Day (15th September) the FSFE wants to
have public Free Your Android installation parties.
If you can organise such a workshop, please let us know[30]! If you
still need help on how to do so, we will try to help you having a
successful event. E.g. on August 26th we will have a workshop in Berlin
for people who plan to give such workshops in the future, be it at
Software Freedom Day, at a conference or another occaison.
28. http://FreeYourAndroid.org
29. http://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/2012/07/18/what-i-am-missing-in-cyanoge…
30. mailto:android@lists.fsfe.org
Thanks to all the Fellows and donors who enable our work,
Matthias Kirschner - FSFE
--
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Upcoming FSFE Events <http://fsfe.org/events/events.en.rss>
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