= Interoperable Europe +++ Cyber Resilience Act +++ AI Act =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202307.en.html ]
July is here and so is our newsletter! In this issue we have some
updates on the latest status of the Interoperable Europe Act, the Cyber
Resilience Act, and the Artificial Intelligence Act. The competition
YH4F has just ended.
Table of contents
1. Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect
Free Software
2. IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free
Software, yet needs to improve...
3. … and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to
an Interoperable Europe
4. Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act – and safeguards for
Free Software
5. Germany: questions about the status of dPhoenix
6. 'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom': second edition ended
7. Planet FSFE: check out latest community news
8. Get Involved - Become a translator
9. Take Action! Add our email addresses to your contacts
10. Quote of the month
11. Contribute to our Newsletter
=== Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software ===
The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) launched a
landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the Cyber
Resilience Act (CRA).
Read more about this [1]
=== IEA: EU Parliament advances in strengthening the role of Free Software, yet needs to improve... ===
The two EP Committees for opinion, IMCO and LIBE, have adopted their
texts on the Interoperable Europe Act [2]. While both recognise the
importance of Free Software for this regulation, the inclusion of the
Free Software community in the Board remains uncertain. The wording on
proper monitoring and evaluation goes in the right direction.
=== ...and Council to exclude relevant stakeholders from contributing to an Interoperable Europe ===
The current draft from the Council on the Interoperable Europe Act is
limiting the Interoperable Europe Board, and with this excluding
relevant stakeholders from contributing to a more interoperable and
innovative Europe. There is also a lack of improved wording in the area
of monitoring and budgeting.
More info about this [3]
=== Artificial Intelligence: EU: Majority for AI Act – and safeguards for Free Software ===
The European Parliament voted in favour of the AI Act with 499 votes in
favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions. Free Software is given
safeguards; these rules must now be defended in the inter-institutional
negotiations (also known as trialogue in which representatives of the
Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree on an final text) and
transferred to the Cyber Resilience Act and the Product Liability
Directive.
Read more about this [4]
=== Germany: questions about status of dPhoenix ===
A Free Software office and collaboration suite for the public sector is
one of the projects with which the German government aims to fulfil the
goals of the coalition agreement in relation to Free Software. But a
closer look at the project raises the question whether our long-term
demands for 'Public Money? Public Code!' are actually met [5].
=== 'Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' second edition ended ===
The second edition of the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom contest has just
ended. Almost 70 teenagers from all over Europe registered for this
second edition that will have its award ceremony in October.
Check out the YH4F website [6] for the latest updates about this
competition!
=== Planet FSFE: check out latest community news ===
The FSFE planet is a aggregation of blog posts and thoughts of the Free
Software community. Check out the latest posts about the FSFE booth in
Veganmania in Vienna or the latest news from the KDE community.
=== Check out the latest posts [7] Get Involved - Become a translator! ===
Help us reach people in your country! Join our amazing group of
volunteers who help translate our messages into their native languages.
The Spanish translation team will also need an extra hand in the coming
months as Spain holds the EU presidency for the second half of the year.
Check out how to contribute here [8]
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=== Quote of the Month ===
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= EU: Liability, Interoperable Europe Act +++ Partial Router Freedom in Greece =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202304.en.html ]
In April’s newsletter we discuss EU proposals affecting Free Software:
the introduction of liability rules for software and the Interoperable
Europe Act. Greece secures Router Freedom but excludes fiber
connections.
=== EU: Proposed liability rules will harm Free Software ===
The EU is currently debating the introduction of liability rules for
software, including Free Software. The relevant proposals are the AI
Act, Product Liability Directive (PLD), and Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
The way they are, all proposals will harm the Free Software ecosystem
and thus the society and the economy.
We, therefore, propose a solution that will lead to more security while
safeguarding the Free Software ecosystem. Liability should be shifted to
those deploying Free Software instead of those developing Free Software
[1], and those who significantly financially benefit from this
deployment should make sure the software becomes CE-compliant.
=== The Interoperable Europe Act needs a “Free Software first” approach ===
The Interoperable Europe Act (IEA) aims to assist public administration
to share, reuse, and integrate information technology and data across
borders. Although the proposed IEA has the potential to be a game
changer in allowing the EU to guide with example in the digitalisation
path without having to reinvent the wheel, several problematic aspects
stand in the way, including the following [2]:
- *Clear rules with concrete activities and budget are missing.* There
is clear importance of training - with a proper budget allocation -
for civil servants on Free Software technologies, workflows, and their
impact on transparency and trustworthy interoperable digital
infrastructure.
- *The role of civil society is overlooked.* If the interoperability of
digital public services is to keep the interest of people at its
centre, their involvement and agency in such processes must guide
these efforts.
- *There are not yet clear definitions of Free Software and Open
Standards.* Until now, the lack of definitions and clear actions has
led to loopholes not only in the interpretation but also in the
implementation of previous digital initiatives.
=== Greece secures Router Freedom but excludes fiber connections ===
Routers and modems are gateways to the Internet. As with any other
digital devices, consumers should be able to choose such an important
piece of equipment. The Greek regulator, EETT, has adopted new rules
introducing Router Freedom in the country [3]. Since 2021, the FSFE has
been working with policymakers to protect the interests of end-users.
Civil society and industry organisations backed the FSFE and contributed
positively to this new law.
We regret that EETT excluded fiber networks as a default for Router
Freedom. Although end-users can require a separation of the optical
network equipment and routers, this restricts users from plugging their
fiber router directly into the network. Even so, Greek consumers are
better served by a clear framework for Router Freedom. We encourage the
regulator to make the new rules effective; freedom of terminal equipment
requires constant monitoring of internet service providers’ commercial
practices.
=== Young Hackers' Fixes ===
While reading novels and watching movies on his laptop, David thought
how convenient it would be to turn pages or pause the video with a wave
of the hand and made it happen. Andrei added clipboard functionality to
‘bemenu’, a dynamic menu program. Meet Andrei and David [4] who both
participated in the first edition of the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom
competition.
=== Women’s Day tribute ===
Thank you to everyone who is making the tech sector more inclusive! [5]
Let’s continue working together to achieve gender parity and embrace
equity. Moreover, Free Software can help close the gender gap. The use
and development of Free Software, by providing accessible digital tools,
support the process of digital transformation and provide women and
other under-represented groups with digital skills and the opportunity
to develop their own software according to their needs.
=== Ada & Zangemann book ===
Several weeks ago, Matthias Kirschner, Ada & Zangemann’s writer and FSFE
president, talked about the inspiration behind this book [6] and the
need to raise awareness about Free Software. The English version [7] is
already available in the US and it can be pre-ordered in Europe. The
book is under a Creative Commons license. Feel free to check if our
volunteers are already translating it into your native language [8]. You
can even join them!
=== Upcoming events ===
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: Join us in FOSS-North [9] on 24 and 25 April, following a
community day on 23 April [10]. Lina Ceballos, FSFE Policy Project
Manager, is giving a keynote talk ‘Interoperable Europe Act: A real
game changer?' [11].
- 🇭🇷 Croatia: Lina Ceballos is giving a keynote talk ‘EU Policy topics
the whole Free Software community should know about’ for DORS/CLUC23
[12] that will take place in Zagreb Croatia on 11-12 May.
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= Medical Devices Should Use Free Software +++ 25 New Videos =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202303.en.html ]
In this issue we have a podcast episode about the need that medical
devices have Free Software. Watch our talks from FOSDEM and videos about
legal issues when developing. Participants of YH4F are already coding.
Thanks to all your contributions, our fundraising ended successfully. We
bring community news from 9 countries.
=== My Medical Device, My Software ===
Karen Sandler relies on a medical device to keep her heart pumping. She
had a critical moment when her defibrillator misread her condition and
she had no access to tweak the device. Since then, Karen has been on an
odyssey to persuade doctors and manufacturers to embrace software
freedom in medical devices. She recalls a case of a neurotechnology
company that ended its support of retina implants. Despite such cases,
things can improve in healthcare as more tech savvy people need medical
devices. Listen to Karen’s interview in our Software Freedom Podcast [1]
=== Binge-watch our videos ===
We have published 25 videos this month!
- What is copyright? Can I copy someone else’s work? Read and watch our
explanatory videos on Frequently asked legal questions [2].
- ‘Refund of Payments for Pre-Installed Software’, ‘De-Monopolizing
Access to EU Applications’ and many more hot topics from FOSDEM 2023
[3].
- 10 new ‘Thank you!’ videos [4] to Free Software programs from our I
Love Free Software Day.
In our own Peertube instance you can always find our latest videos [5]
and leave comments! So, how to do it? If you have an account on any
ActivityPub-compatible instance, e.g. PeerTube, Mastodon, or Pleroma,
copy the URL of the video and paste it into the "Search" box of for
example your Mastodon’s web interface. Comment from there!
=== Updates ===
- The coding period of the second Youth Hacking 4 Freedom competition is
on! [6] Our 70 participants are meeting online regularly and engaging
in discussions while helping each other and networking in a Matrix
chat until the end of the coding period.
- Thanks to your valuable contributions, we have reached our fundraising
target [7]. Thank you for your confidence and support, even in these
difficult times.
- Check out the iheartsteam teachers’ podcast series which hosted
Matthias Kirschner for the book Ada & Zangemann [8].
- Our community loves Free Hardware too! This ‘thank you’ note to the
Libre-SOC project [9] is one of the latest articles you can find in
our Planet [10].
=== Events ===
Online & 🇩🇪 Germany: On 10 March 2023 Johannes Näder, FSFE Policy
Project Manager, will participate in the workshop "Free and Open
Software as a central component of diverse, sustainable digital
ecosystems" in the German Bundestag [DE]. You need to register in order
to watch it livestreamed. [11].
🇩🇪 Germany: An author reading of “Ada & Zangemann – A fairy tale about
software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream” will take place in the
German city of Traunstein. Kulturforum Klosterkirche Traunstein on March
14 [12].
🇸🇪 Sweden: On 24-25 April the FSFE invites you to join the foss-north
conference [13].
🇺🇸 USA: An author reading of “Ada & Zangemann” will take place in Boston
at the Convention and Exhibition Center on March 18 [14].
=== FSFE community ===
Our community celebrated ‘I Love Free Software Day’ all around Europe
[15]. The FSFE local groups in Spain, England, Portugal, Greece,
Germany, and Switzerland took up the call of the FSFE to get together
and celebrate their love for software freedom in person. The Italian
community organized an online event and even Free Software contributors
from outside the FSFE joined the call and organised meetings like the
ones in Austria and Barcelona.
🇩🇰 *Denmark*: The FSFE local group in Aarhus [16] gave a presentation
about "Free Software and Permaculture" [17] at Højskolen Mors [18]
discussing the importance of sustainability through refurbishment and
resource-saving Free Software.
In other news, one hot topic for the Aarhus FSFE local group is the
current discussion by the Danish Data Protection Authority about whether
the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education in schools is
legal.
🇩🇪 *Germany*: The local group Berlin [19] and the LinuxWorks LUG
discussed Berlin elections, addressed server configuration problems of
private servers, and noticed that old accounts in the Fediverse revived
after the recent changes at Twitter.
🇮🇹 *Italy*: The Merano group created its own wiki [20].
🇳🇱 *Netherlands*: The FSFE country team Netherlands [21] had a core
meeting to discuss its strategy and will meet again on 15 March.
🇨🇭 *Switzerland*: The next meeting is on 9 March [22].
👩🏽🔧 *Women*: The FSFE Women team [23] discussed wiki software: Gollum,
a git-based Wiki, and PmWiki, a wiki-based content-management system
(CMS) for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites.
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= I Love Free Software +++ Public authorities in Fediverse =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202302.en.html ]
In this issue we invite public institutions to join free, decentralised
social networks. Watch our info-session on German municipalities using
Free Software. An FSFE volunteer doubts the reliability of AI-generated
text. I Love Free Software Day is just around the corner. Celebrate with
us!
=== I Love Free Software Day ===
We know you love Free Software. We do too. Think of the program that
means the most for you, or one that positively surprised you this year.
Share a ‘thank you’ message on the 14th of February with #ilovefs to
show your appreciation to its contributors. We celebrate ‘I Love Free
Software Day’ with events too. Join us here [1]:
- 🇩🇪 Germany - Berlin, Frankfurt a.M., Bonn, Hamburg
- 🇬🇷 Greece - Thessaloniki
- 🇮🇹 Italy - online, Merano
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Arnhem
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Zurich
=== Invite public bodies to the Fediverse ===
If public bodies are on social networks they should also talk with
Fediverse users [2]. FediGov, the campaign of the FSFE’s Swiss country
team and GNU/Linux.ch, asks public bodies to use Mastodon, Pixelfeld and
Peertube. Join the campaign and demand that your public institutions use
ethical communication channels. The European Commission [3] and several
EU public institutions [4] are already on Mastodon.
=== Video and mailing list on German municipalities ===
Dortmund is opening a new chapter in Free Software governance and
inspiring municipalities across Germany. The recording of the dedicated
event we hosted on 11 January 2023 is now online [5]. Are you interested
in Free Software and working in a municipal administration or in
politics? Join our new mailing list [6] to exchange information about
Free Software in local institutions!
=== A word from the Planet ===
Watermarks that can verify whether a text was produced using AI, the
provision of sources that led to the output of the text, or the count of
back-references to a page can increase trust in AI- generated texts,
according to FSFE suporter Vincent Lequertier [7]. You can follow the
thoughts of members of the FSFE community in our Planet [8].
=== Past events ===
- Last weekend we were at FOSDEM 2023 [9] with a booth and various
talks.
- We have held several Upcycling Android workshops and now it is your
turn! Do you want to organise a workshop and teach others how to flash
phones? Check out our train the trainers workshop [10]. Marvin, one of
the speakers, said in a recent interview that despite the
imperfections so far, GNU/Linux systems on phones have the highest
potential to extend the life of devices [11] without running into
security problems.
- Raul Masu presented ‘Public Money? Public Code!’ at LibreItalia
Conference in Empoli in December 2022.
=== Groups ===
*Germany*: The FSFE local group in Bonn [12] met online on 9 January.
The group discussed how to make large amounts of data (JSONs) searchable
in a browser and how to integrate Free Software Text-To-Speech into a
blog. The question of coding without a 'real' computer led to a brief
look at Android IDEs for mobile app development. Kilux and Chemnitzer
Linux Tage might be good opportunities to meet besides FrOScon. The
group is also interested in free musical instruments, this time
featuring an opentheremin. Meanwhile, the FSFE local group in Berlin
[13] was discussing with the youth Free Software in schools and the
benefits of the AlekSIS [14] system.
*Greece*: In January the group discussed practices about translating
Free Software into Greek [15]. The group shared collaborative
translation platforms and glossaries.
*Netherlands*: The government released the code of DigiD, the identity
verification app. This great news comes after some months of advocacy by
the team. This victory was therefore the main topic of the last monthly
meeting, in January [16].
*Switzerland*: After a successful launch of the FediGov campaign, the
Zurich group discussed next steps [17]. Creating a Mastodon instance for
public institutions in Switzerland or contacting data protection
officers are ongoing ideas.
*Women*: In January the FSFE Women group discussed the Python tools
Conda, Poetry, and mypy [18].
*Translators*: 337 FSFE translations in 2022! Our exceptional
translators team [19] has created 337 new files in 2022. The leader is
Italian with 120 new pages, followed by Dutch, German, Spanish, and
Portuguese. Get involved by proofreading or translating our material.
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= Promising news from Belgium and Dortmund +++ IT Security +++ Job opportunity =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202301.en.html ]
In January’s Newsletter: Dortmund embraces Free Software, and Belgium is
working to ensure Router Freedom. A cryptographer analyzes IT security.
A digital health ecosystem licenses files with the REUSE tool. We are
looking for an office coordinator. We look forward to seeing you in
FOSDEM and I Love Free Software events.
=== Belgium Ready to Tick All Boxes for Router Freedom ===
Collaboration with supporters and volunteers brings us closer to
victory. We addressed Router Freedom to privacy groups, consumer
organisations, regulators, and telecommunications industry
representatives. We want the upcoming legislation in Belgium to protect
the right of all internet users to choose and use a private modem and
router. We were not alone. 260 people from Belgium answered our survey
which we could use to show potential barriers to Router Freedom.
The Belgian telecommunications regulator drafted a framework that
ensures Router Freedom for all connections [1], including optical fiber
which was often excluded in other countries. Enforcement of the current
proposal will mark a win for digital rights in Belgium.
=== Dortmund Becomes Exemplary Municipality for Free Software ===
By embracing Free Software, Dortmund becomes an example for other
municipalities. The City of Dortmund, together with Berlin and Munich,
is initialising the "Open Source Big 3" and setting up a "Coordination
Office for Digital Sovereignty and Open Source". This Office in Dortmund
will cooperate with the Municipal Joint Office for Administrative
Management (KGSt) on Free Software governance. The involvement of KGSt
makes this development relevant for all other municipalities in Germany.
We will inform you about the developments in an online event on 11
January 2023, organised in cooperation with the Do-FOSS initiative and
the Offene Kommunen.NRW. Register to join us [2]!
=== Podcast Episode: What Makes a Program Secure? ===
Achieving optimal security is a challenge for the average user; we need
to decide what level of privacy we need and what we are comfortable
with. Cryptographer and privacy specialist Cryptie explains what makes a
program secure: it has to be audited, checked, and corrected. Free
Software allows more people to audit as more people are allowed to read
the code and discover vulnerabilities.
Ultimately Free Software creates a culture in which people are ready to
answer to criticism on systems and software. However there is also Free
Software that is not audited, so its security is not confirmed.
Conclusion: the best and most secure software is Free Software, but not
all Free Software is secure. Listen to our new podcast episode with
Cryptie [3].
=== Digital Health Ecosystem Licenses Files With REUSE Tool ===
The combination of two ideas, universal access to healthcare and Free
Software, gives us GNU Health. Created by GNU Solidario, a non-profit
dealing with technology and social medicine, GNU Health is a community-
driven Free Software project. While visiting schools in Latin America
twenty years ago, the founder, Dr. Luis Falcón, realised that technology
needs to support social changes.
To make the licensing clear, the project has recently adopted the REUSE
specification 3.0 in its components Hospital Management System (both
server and client) and Thalamus (the message server for the GH
Federation). Luis presented the project and the process of the REUSE
implementation in a video interview [4].
=== “Thank You for Your Support” Raffle ===
The FSFE needs your help to keep on working towards software freedom.
Support us until February 12! We want to thank you for your support
during these difficult times with a raffle [5]. If you donate, or
donated in the past year, more than €128 you might receive a signed copy
of ‘Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice
Cream' Feeling lucky?
=== Celebrate I Love Free Software Day with a Meetup ===
On Tuesday 14 February let’s join to say thank you together to the
awesome Free Software community; let’s express our love to the
contributors behind Free Software. Their work is irreplaceable and does
not go unnoticed.
We invite you to organise a thematic meetup [6] with friends,
colleagues, or FSFE local groups, and share your pictures with us. We
also invite you to share a warm thank you message to your favourite Free
Software project [7] in a video or an image.
=== Join our team and take care of our office ===
We are looking for an office coordinator [8] for an open-ended 25-35
hours per week position in our Berlin office.
=== Join us in one of our events ===
- 💻 *Online*: Do you want to organise a workshop on how to flash phones?
We are here to help with an online train-the-trainers workshop. Learn
about the Upcycling Android campaign, what to consider when organizing
a workshop, and how we can help in promoting and implementing a
workshop. F-Droid lead maintainer Hans-Christoph Steiner and microG
main developer Marvin Wißfeld will present these two cornerstone
projects. The workshop will take place in English on 19.01.2023 from
6-8pm (CET) online in a BBB room [9].
💻🇧🇪 *Online & Brussels*, Belgium: FSFE goes to FOSDEM 2023! On Saturday
4 February come to our Legal and Policy Devroom [10], and our talk on
TEDective [11]. On Sunday 5 February checkout our talks on REUSE [12]
and ‘Public Money? Public Code!' policy [13] and community stories [14].
If you are in Brussels, come over to our booth, anytime in the weekend.
🇩🇪 *Cologne*, Germany: Upcycling Android is coming up on 20 January. You
can extend the life of your phone by flashing it with a Free Software
operating system. We will bring sample phones so participants can tinker
around with Free Software operating systems and we will also help
participants to flash their own devices. Please register [15].
=== What we have done ===
- We had another fun Upcycling Android workshop in Berlin, this time in
a library makerspace. Several people came to Pablo Neruda library for
the event, and many dropped by out of curiosity. We flashed phones
and, getting into the holiday spirit, we had biscuits and coffee.
=== Groups ===
*Denmark*: Local group Aarhus is meeting on 12 January.
*Germany*: Local group Berlin had its online edu meeting and local group
Hamburg had its monthly meeting. Local group Bonn met on 9 January.
*Greece*: The FSFE country team Greece had its first meeting in
December, with many participants and a lively discussion about Mastodon
that lasted for hours. The meeting started with a long introduction
round to get to know each other. Then the group discussed Mastodon tips.
Nikos Roussos presented the Greek mastodon instance Libretooth. Fani
Partsafyllidou, FSFE Communications Project Manager, gave updates from
the FSFE. The group voted for ‘Translations and Documentation in Greek’
as the topic of the next meeting on 12 January.
*Netherlands*: The FSFE country team Netherlands met online just before
the holidays and discussed how to deal with proprietary educational
tools and whether a meeting should be arranged during FOSDEM. Also, they
talked about the public registry of AI systems in Amsterdam [16], the
innovation of Open Hardware in Delft, and communication problems with
Neutrinet VPN. Fani shared updates from the FSFE.
*Switzerland*: The Zurich group is meeting on 19 January [17] to plan an
I Love Free Software meetup and discuss the ongoing campaigns.
*Women*: The Women’s group’s next meeting will be held on 20 January.
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Happy New Year!
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= Weak EU Digital Rights +++ Checkmate! +++ 5 reasons why =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202212.en.html ]
In this issue we note the shift of the EU Digital Rights Declaration to
an unclear, ambiguous text. Free Software chess engine wins its legal
battle. Your contribution can help software freedom. YH4F registration.
The Greek team meets after a long time.
=== EU Declaration of Digital Rights falls short of its ambitions ===
Member states, the European Parliament and the Commission have reached a
consensus on the Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles [1]. The
Declaration aims to serve as a reference point for the digital
transformation of Europe. Instead, it descends into murky waters,
causing ambiguity. The wording is unclear and the declaration overlooks
existing good proposals.
The Declaration is said to be built upon previous initiatives such as
the Berlin and Tallinn [2] declarations. These frameworks already
referred to Free Software concerning digital sovereignty and
interoperability, required more use of Free Software, and strengthened
the requirement for its use. It is striking that concerning
interoperability, Free Software is not explicitly mentioned in the
Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles.
=== Copyleft-licensed chess engine wins legal case against proprietary counterpart ===
Copyleft protects Free Software from becoming proprietary. Free Software
chess engine Stockfish filed a lawsuit when ChessBase distributed parts
of Stockfish work under a proprietary license, violating GPL-3.0
obligations. Checkmate! Stockfish was victorious [3]. ChessBase must
comply fully with GPL-3, hire a Free Software Compliance Officer, and
list their Free Software elements online, before they can distribute the
Stockfish software or make it publicly available again.
=== 5 reasons why your contribution matters ===
Your support and contribution for the promotion of Free Software are
important [4] for securing our continuous work, ensuring our
independence, strengthening our democratic society, promoting and
implementing concrete steps towards software freedom, and making it
easier to use and develop Free Software.
=== YH4F registrations end in 2022 ===
Registration for Youth Hacking 4 Freedom ends on 31st December [5]. The
coding contest welcomes 14-18 year old Europeans who wants to hack a
Free Software project of their choice and win cash prizes. As some of
the winners from the last edition stated, participating was a lot of fun
and a great opportunity. Check our video with the winners presenting
their projects in Brussels [6]. Share this opportunity among your
friends and community! Moreover, you can send it to schools, teachers,
and young people in your region.
=== Past events ===
- On 2 December Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant, spoke
at a workshop hosted by the European Commission [7]. The topic was
‘Open standards and industrial use for Open Source: Leveraging the
sustainability of Open Source projects and increasing competition and
interoperability between different steps in value-chains’.
- On 26 November Vincent Lequertier gave a talk 'For an inclusive and
ethical artificial intelligence' in the event Campus du Libre in Lyon,
France. Also, the FSFE had a booth at the event.
- On 21 November we flashed phones in Dessau and on 24 November in
Frankfurt, Germany. We flashed phone devices the FSFE provided, and
also others that people brought.
- On 17 November Lina Ceballos, REUSE's coordinator, gave a talk about
REUSE in the GNU Health Conference (GHCon). Right after, Lina gave the
GNUHealth project the well-deserved REUSE compliance award for its
Hospital Management System component. GNUHealth [8] is an outstanding
Free Software project that contributes to make a change in various
countries in the global South.
=== FSFE groups ===
Our groups welcome everyone who is interested in Free Software to join,
and abide to the Code of Conduct. Here is what they are up to.
*Germany*: A festive meeting marked the end of the year at the FSFE
local Berlin group. Nikolai from "cosum" joined as speaker. cosum (from
CO-llaborative con-SUM-ption) is a lending platform that allows people
to share things like tools, gardening equipment, or gazebos. With this,
the group wants to promote more social-ecological consumption models.
With cosum, a public lending store can be founded, but also private-to-
private lending between friends and lending in communities, e.g. in the
house or neighborhood, are possible. Borrowing saves resources, money,
and space. Hamburg has monthly meetings in-person.
*Greece*: After a long time without meetings, next Thursday 15 December
the FSFE Greece country team gathers in a first introductory meeting
[9]. The topics to be discussed include Mastodon and its current
developments, Greek instances, recommendations for content in the Greek
language, and usage tips. Nikos Roussos, developer at libreops, will
talk about Libretooth. Fani Partsafyllidou, FSFE Project Manager, will
share updates about Free Software in Europe. Just drop by!
*Netherlands*: During their last meeting the team discussed a Gitea
governance conflict [10]. The Fair Digital Education coalition, in which
the FSFE participates through the country team Netherlands, became an
Internet Society chapter [11]. The group also debated a worrying
phenomenon in the Netherlands, where citizens form WhatsApp groups with
policing purposes. There is a question if a standalone Belgium group can
be formed. The next meeting is on 21 December.
*Switzerland*: *Basel*: In their previous meeting, the FSFE local group
Basel discussed the dependency of schools upon proprietary software. The
experiences of the members were similar; schools have a simplistic
approach to software. The best way is to correct this is to demonstrate
the benefits of Free Software in a playful and visual way. The group
compared Tor, VPN, and Freifunk as privacy options. A member from the
Zurich group encouraged the Basel group to adopt a project based
strategy. *Zurich*: The FSFE local group Zurich has launched the FediGov
campaign and has created a leaflet for the campaign ‘Learn like a pro’.
*Women*: In the last online meeting Fani presented the Upcycling Android
open letter to the group. Then, the team talked about joining the
decentralized and independent alternative events of 37c3. In the
previous meeting the group discussed radio technology, an example of a
privacy-focused voice assistant [12], and colour printing.
=== Get active ===
We need your backing to gain the right to install any software on any
device. Sign our open letter and share it with your own message [13].
Explain to your network what this right means for you.
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= FSFE wins EU Datathon +++ YH4F winners and new round +++ No to chat control =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202211.en.html ]
FSFE’s ‘TEDective’, a program helping to analyse public spending, wins
first prize in the EU Datathon and our very own Youth Hacking 4 Freedom
contest starts again. An EU draft law might end secure chats. Citizens
in Sweden have a say with the Free Software Decidim and the FSFE
Switzerland asks administrations to join federated social media.
=== FSFE’s open data app TEDective wins EU Datathon ===
The FSFE’s proposal ‘TEDective’ won the first prize in ‘transparency in
public procurement’ challenge in the EU Datathon [1] – the European open
data competition. TEDective works with public EU tendering data. The
prototype program helps us analyse how public administrations in the
European Union spend their money. For example, it allows journalists to
find out how much money the government spends on Microsoft licenses and
products, but also it helps to compare that spending with other regions
in similar cases or even in relation to other countries. Are you a data
expert who wants to help? Email tedective(a)fsfe.org.
=== YH4F winners! ===
After a year of coding and evaluation, the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom
competition came to an end, giving us amazing projects. Over a hundred
people coming from 25 countries registered for the competition, making
it a truly pan-European event. The six winning programs offer sign
language transcription, a smart table robot, a personal assistant, a
music tutorial, file sharing, and a homework manager. All Free Software
[2].
Do you want to get to know some of the participants and their
motivation? Check our interview! Alexia, Ekaterina, and Miquel introduce
themselves [3].
=== YH4F competition starts again! ===
The registration for the second edition of “Youth Hacking 4 Freedom”
[4], the FSFE’s hacking competition for teenagers from all over Europe,
just started. This contest offers young people aged between 14 and 18
the opportunity to challenge themselves, meet like-minded people, and
win cash prizes. Register until 31 December 2022 [5] and share the
opportunity with schools and young hackers!
=== EU draft law might end secure chats ===
The European Commission proposed a directive on mandatory chat control
with the supposed aim to effectively tackle child sexual abuse. If the
law is enforced, Internet service providers will have to monitor and
scan all communications of citizens – including the securely encrypted
end-to-end ones. It is a threat to all our private communication. On top
of that, it is only big market players who can carry out this enforced
necessity to scan every single message. It would hinder Free Software
developers from writing and running their own versions of communication
software, and may deprive us of open standard programming interfaces
[6].
=== Podcast: Citizens participate in local administrations ===
Now it is easier than ever for a municipality to ask its citizens what
building projects to prioritise, how to distribute a given budget, or
other questions. In our latest Software Freedom Podcast, Petter Joelson,
director of the Swedish NGO Digidem Lab, explains the power of the
participation platform “Decidim” based on its implementation in Sweden
[7]. With Decidim [8], municipalities can design citizen processes in a
modular way to fit their needs.
Swedish administrations use participatory budgets – budgets in which
citizens participate. Citizens submit proposals and the administration
examines whether the proposal is legal and feasible. Then, citizens vote
on the approved proposals. With Decidim the process and the time taken
to implement the project can be monitored by everyone and it is possible
to check if something is not going according to plan. The software is
designed and suitable for large-scale implementations. Many cities
already use Decidim, for example New York, Barcelona, and Helsinki.
=== Fedigov: FSFE Switzerland asks administrations to join Mastodon ===
When public institutions share a message on social media they should not
limit it to proprietary platforms. To effectively communicate with all
citizens, including those who are rightfully concerned about their
privacy, administrations should also use federated social media. The
FSFE Switzerland and the GNU/Linux.ch explain this to local authorities.
The Fedigov website [9] (also available in DE [10], FR [11], IT [12] )
shows that ethical communication benefits the public sector. You can use
the letter template and send a letter to your local authorities asking
them to join Mastodon, Pixelfeld, and Peertube.
=== Save the date! ===
- On Thursday 17 November Lina Ceballos, REUSE coordinator, will give a
talk about REUSE [13] and show the participants how indicating
licensing and copyright information can be easier. Right after, Lina
will give the GNUHealth project the well-deserved REUSE compliance
award for its Hospital Management System component. The talk is part
of GHCon and takes place in person in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
- On Monday 21 November, we are giving an Upcycling Android workshop at
the Umweltbundesamt in Dessau [14], Germany. The workshop includes an
intro to F-Droid and microG. Register to attend!
- On Saturday 26 November we are organising a booth and a talk at Campus
du Libre in Lyon [15], France. Vincent Lequertier gives a talk ‘For an
inclusive and ethical artificial intelligence’. Just drop by!
=== Past events ===
- On 11 November we organised the Legal Education Day [16], presented
four talks, and held a booth at SFSCon [17] in Bolzano, Italy.
- On 2 November we gave an Upcycling Android workshop in Hamburg [18],
Germany, with an intro to F-Droid and microG.
- On 29 October Free Software and GNU/Linux enthusiasts met in Minsk
[19], Belarus.
- On 28 October the General Assembly [20] of the FSFE took place in
Arnhem, Netherlands.
=== FSFE groups ===
*Belarus*: The FSFE Minsk group [21] and GNU/Linux enthusiasts met in
Minsk. It the first in person meeting after a long period of only
virtual communications. Several topics regarding using and creating Free
Software were discussed. Some of them were Intel TDX confidential
computing, Lustre project state, Kubernetes clusters, OpenStreetMap, and
Pine Phone user experience. The event finished with all the participants
enjoying a barbecue.
*Germany*: Ana Galan, FSFE’s Senior Project Manager Communications,
joined Berlin’s group [22] October meeting. The group also organised a
booth in FifFkon, and talked in the online monthly edu meeting about the
OpenTalk videoconferencing tool. The Hamburg group [23] meets monthly.
*Italy*: The FSFE celebrated Linux Day on 22 October [24] in Milan [25].
Marta Andreoli, Deputy Coordinator Italy, gave an overview of Free
Software associations in Italy, Natale Vinto presented ‘Public Money?
Public Code!’, and Stefano Costa talked about Router Freedom in Italy
and EU.
*Netherlands*: Router Freedom consultation in Belgium is announced [26]
and the Netherlands group [27] is working on formulating a stance on
this and translating it to Dutch. The group met the FSFE team in Arnhem,
where the FSFE had its general assembly. The group also discussed the
exodus of developers leaving GitHub for codeberg.org and git.sr.ht
because of Copilot.
*Switzerland*: Volunteers in Switzerland, including the local groups
Basel [28] and Zurich [29], launch the Fedigov campaign. After the
recent developments on Twitter, now it is the right time to bring public
communication onto the Fediverse. All local groups can join the Fedigov
campaign! The code of the website is available [30], any group can fork
and adapt it. And the FSFE Switzerland can help this initiative in other
countries.
*Women*: In October’s online meeting [31], the group [32] discussed
calendar systems for websites and proposed to create an introduction of
the members in the form of a game.
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22: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Berlin
23: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg
24: https://fsfe.org/events/events.en.html#event-20221022-01
25: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Milano
26: https://www.bipt.be/operatoren/publication/raadpleging-over-een-ontwerpbesl…
27: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/BNL#FSFE_Nederland_.2F_Niederlande_.2F_Pa…
28: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Basel
29: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Zurich
30: https://codeberg.org/ralfhersel/fedigov
31: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Women/Notes
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= Free Software in France +++ Hackerspace in Albania +++ Job =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202210.en.html ]
In this issue, we discuss the rising awareness for Free Software in
France. We share our plans for monitoring the implementation of Device
Neutrality principles. A hackerspace in Albania shares the ‘Public
Money! Public Code’ demand. We are looking for a working student to be
our next system administrator assistant.
== Free Software in France gains attention ==
What is the status of Free Software in France? According to Hugo Roy,
there is rising awareness in the last decade, but France still needs a
bold political stance supporting Free Software. Public procurement
should require the right to produce unlimited amounts of a copy of the
software. This requirement does not favour any company or business
model, and can be a part of a public procurement. Hugo Roy is a lawyer
and a Free Software supporter. Hugo appreciates the welcoming
environment of the FSFE for volunteers and likes CalyxOS because it
offers a ready-to-use environment on a phone and it is reliable. Listen
to his interview in our new Software Freedom Podcast episode [1].
On a sidenote we think it is worth noting that we received more
signatures in our open letter for the right to install any software on
any device [2] from organisations throughout France than from any other
country. This might support Hugo’s observation of increased awareness
towards software freedom in France.
== FSFE monitors the implementation of Device Neutrality ==
Imagine unboxing your new tablet and finding out you can install new
apps only via the manufacturer’s own apps store. On top of that, your
device boots only a specific operating system, fully or partly
proprietary. In other words, you cannot install a different OS to
overcome such limitations. Your tablet deserves better.
Device Neutrality is a policy concept to enable end-users to bypass
gatekeepers in order to run Free Software and use services independently
of the control exercised by hardware manufacturers, vendors, and
platforms. To help understand this policy concept, we published an
article clarifying the requirements [3] of Device Neutrality. So far we
engaged in the field of device neutrality during the adoption of the
Digital Markets Act (DMA) [4], the European Union’s largest initiative
to regulate gatekeepers in digital markets. We saw a major win in 2022,
as several components of Device Neutrality were included in the DMA.
Our efforts are not over: now we have to make sure that the regulation
is enforced in practice. Monitoring the implementation and enforcement
of the DMA, conducting device-related activities, and promoting software
freedom require a lot of resources. Please consider donating to the FSFE
so we can continue to work for device neutrality [5].
== Hackerspace in Albania explains why privacy matters ==
Massive leaks of personal data in Albania revealed personal information
of citizens last year. Hackerspace OpenLabs, an associated organisation
of the FSFE, raises awareness on privacy in workshops and offers
trainings on the safe use of technology. As members of OpenLabs point
out in an interview with Le Courrier de Balkans, OpenLabs supports the
use of Free Software in public administrations and spread the message of
the ‘Public Money? Public Code!’ campaign in Albania [6]. Tirana City
Hall was the first capital city in the Western Balkans to switch to
larger remote Free Software solutions. Still, the country has to close
the digital gap among citizens.
== Job opening: Assistant system administrator ==
We are looking for a working student to support our work to empower
people to control technology. The work is 10 hours per week from our
Berlin office, but home office work will be possible later. The person
will support the FSFE’s technical infrastructure by working with our
system administrators. Apply until 16 October [7].
== Children’s book available to pre-order in English ==
/Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice
Cream/ has been translated into English. We made it! The book will now
be published and an e-book is already available [8]. Of course, the
e-book format contains no Digital Restrictions Management [9]. If you
are from the US you can pre-order the hardcover from No Starch Press
[10], get 25% off with the coupon code “Hacking4Freedom”, receive the
ebook now, and get the book sent from the US starting in December. If
you live outside the US you should be able to pre-order the book from
your local bookshop by the end of the year.
== Save the date! ==
On 11-12 November the FSFE will organise the Legal Education Day at the
SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy. You can participate in the events from
anywhere. The conference is livestreamed and you can ask questions in
the chat. We will present introductory topics of licensing of Free
Software. Tune in to learn about copyleft and non-reciprocal licenses,
license compatibility and incompatibility, and use of logos in software
projects. You will learn how to license Free Software projects easily
with REUSE. Join the Legal Education Day at the SFSCon [11] online! And
if you join in-person, come over to our booth to chitchat!
On 26 November Vincent Lequertier, AI specialist, gives a talk 'For an
inclusive and ethical artificial intelligence'. The presentation is part
of the event Campus du Libre (Free Software campus) [12], and the FSFE
will be there with a booth.
== Past events ==
- From 30 September to 2 October the FSFE and 11 civil society
organisations co-organised the Bits & Bäume [13] (“Bits and Trees”)
conference. We provided talks, and an Upcycling Android workshop. The
FSFE local group Berlin had an information booth.
- On 30 September Lina Ceballos, REUSE Project Manager, presented the
principles of REUSE and showed how to make licensing clear and simple
at the Akademy-es [14] conference in Barcelona, Spain. On 1 October
Lina presented REUSE tools and documentation at Akademy [15] in
Barcelona.
- On 29 September Katrina Holovets, artist, gave an author reading of
the children's book Ada & Zangemann in Ukrainian. Matthias Kirschner,
author and President of the FSFE, answered questions from the
audience. The event took place at the Landesvertretung Baden-
Württemberg and Rudi Hoogvliet, State Secretary of Baden-Württemberg,
introduced the book. On 24 September there was a German and Ukrainian
reading at Bezirkszentralbibliothek [16] Pablo Neruda in Berlin.
- On 15 September the Podcast Ubuntu Portugal published the interview
with Lucas Lasota, FSFE’s Senior Legal Project Manager, about Router
Freedom and Device Neutrality in Europe. The podcast was recorded in
Portuguese [17].
== FSFE groups ==
*Belarus*: Minsk GNU/Linux and Free Software enthusiasts have not
enjoyed in-person meetings for a long time. On 29 October they will
revive the tradition to meet in person and the FSFE local group Minsk
[18] will be there! Contact vics(a)fsfe.org if you are interested in
joining!
*Germany*: The FSFE local group Berlin [19] celebrated Software Freedom
Day on 17 September at BeLUG. The group gave four talks: ‘A critical
introduction to Free Software’ by Erik Grun, ‘FLOSS video production
with a focus on video tutorials’ by hoergen, ‘Dokuwiki - a lightweight
and extremely versatile wiki software’ by c47, and ‘A sustainable
approach to software as a resource’ by Tobias. The FSFE local group
Hamburg [20] has its next meeting on 10 October.
*Italy*: The FSFE local group Sicily [21] gave a talk on modernising
public administration with Free Software on 9 September in
Caltanissetta, Italy. The topic received a lot of attention as many
people attended the event. Many participants did not know about Free
Software before, and people wanted to know how they can contribute.
*Netherlands*: The FSFE country team Netherlands hosted an FSFE booth at
the NLLGG meeting in Utrecht on 17 September. Nico Rikken showed the
possibilities of installing a custom ROM with Free Software on a phone.
Participants shared their experiences on flashing phones and discussed
the available Free Software options for phones. A few days after, the
Netherlands team met online [22].
*Switzerland*: Volunteers decided to start a new local group in Basel
[23]. The first meeting was on 3 October. The group plans to be meeting
on the first Monday of every month.
*Women*: The FSFE Women [24] group planned next year’s activities during
their online meeting at 29 September.
== In memory of Damiano ==
The FSFE honours the memory of Damiano Conte, an important member of the
Free Software movement in Italy, and shares condolences to his family.
Damiano was a teacher of thousands of students in Bassano del Grappa
(VI) Italy during the last 20 years, and encouraged the use of GNU/Linux
and Free Software and hardware. In 2008 Damiano co-founded the Bassano
del Grappa Linux User Group (GrappaLUG). Since 2006 he had been
organising the Linux Day and giving talks [25]. GrappaLUG sent a
symbolic donation to the FSFE in memory of Damiano. We thank Damiano for
his long-term contribution to software freedom.
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= Librem 5: a PC in your pocket +++ Booths are back =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202209.en.html ]
In this issue we look into the software development of Librem 5 phone
and of Phosh, the popular graphical environment for Linux phones. And
booths are back! We are happy to discuss Free Software in person again.
== A PC in your pocket: Librem 5, a Free Software phone ==
Librem 5 runs the fully convergent PureOS, which means you can take a
mobile desktop with you within your phone. Its dedicated graphical
environment, Phosh, is becoming a popular option for Linux phones. Guido
Günther, FSFE supporter and one of Purism’s main developers, reveals
details of Librem’s software development with us in our interview [1].
Convergence, the ability to have almost the same OS in phones and
laptops, benefits software development. Guido explains: “Using mostly
the same components across devices helps avoid developing the same
things twice, one for mobile and one for desktop. It allows people with
knowledge of desktop Linux to find their way around right away [… and]
to contribute more easily as it is the same technology stack.”
The FSFE is advocating for the publication of source code of drivers,
tools, and interfaces [2] for the ecodesign and sustainability of
products. Over one hundred entities support this demand, and Guido
confirms its importance for hardware sustainability: “Finding or writing
Free Software drivers can be very challenging, especially when it comes
to complex things like the GPU, as these are very complex devices.
Similarly for software components in the camera stack. But having free
drivers is a requirement for sustainability.” Finally, Guido recalls
FrOSCon as a highlight of the FSFE local group Bonn.
== Save the date ==
On Friday 9 September, Francesco Bonnano, software developer, and
Professor Michele Calà will present the ‘Public Money? Public Code!’
campaign in Caltanissetta. Join [3] if you are nearby, or spread the
word!
>From 30 September to 2 October, the FSFE, together with 11 other civil
society organisations, is co-organising the Bits & Bäume 2022 [4] (“Bits
and Trees”) conference, the conference about digital sustainability.
Besides technically organising the conference, the FSFE is also involved
in creating content. Lucas Lasota speaks about “Device Neutrality: a
sustainable way to safeguard control over digital devices”, Erik Albers
about “4 Demands towards a sustainable European ecodesign”, and Matthias
Kirschner gives a book reading on “Ada & Zangemann: A tale about
software, skateboards and raspberry ice cream”. The FSFE local group
Berlin supports our activities with an information booth there. Tickets
are available now; drop by to discuss software freedom and
sustainability!
On Saturday 1 October, Lina Ceballos, FSFE Project Manager, will present
REUSE at Akademy in Barcelona [5].
== Back to the booths! ==
After a long time of restrictions in social gatherings, we were finally
able to have two booths in the weekend of 20-21 August. The FSFE had a
booth in the Open House event of the German Federal Ministry of
Environment in Berlin. It was a booth full of people and energy, thanks
to the overwhelming participation of the FSFE local group Berlin. More
than five volunteers were on the spot throughout the weekend, explaining
Free Software to the audience. At the booth we were presenting upcycled
Android phones [6] and explained how Free Software can help overcome
software obsolescence. One highlight was the visit of State Secretary
Rohleder to the booth. We demonstrated old phones that can still operate
securely with Free Software.
During the same weekend the FSFE had a booth at one of Germany’s largest
GNU/Linux conferences, FrOSCon in St. Augustin, Germany. The FSFE Women
group [7] joined and met there and discussed with members of the Open
Office booth the process of converting software into Debian packages.
Lina Ceballos presented REUSE in a talk [8].
== Our groups and community ==
Aarhus [9]: During their August meetup, the FSFE local group Aarhus
followed the recent developments in Denmark regarding potential Free
Software usage in schools. The Danish Data Protection Agency has, in
reaction to a complaint from a parent, found that the use of Chromebooks
and Google Classroom in schools in the municipality of Helsingør is
unacceptable and unlikely to comply with General Data Protection
Regulation.
The group also discussed the EU chat directive, translations into
Danish, and types of conferences where ‘Public Money? Public Code!’ can
be presented. The group will meet again on 22 September.
Hamburg [10]: The FSFE local group Hamburg had its monthly meeting and
will meet again on 12 September.
Netherlands [11]: The FSFE country team Netherlands is starting an
international coalition about Free Software in Education, coordinating
its efforts with organisations who work on education IT. The team will
meet again on 21 September.
Translators [12]: The FSFE translators group met online in August.
Bonnie Mehring gave a tutorial on using Git and guided new contributors
into making their first pull request. Luca Bonissi demonstrated the
webpreview tool. At the end of the meeting the participants enjoyed many
rounds of charades, pondering upon confusing sketches.
In August we published the first pages translated into Turkish: Our
general page about Free Software [13] and why Democracy requires Free
Software [14].
Vienna [15]: The FSFE local group Vienna held an information stall at
Veganmania on the Donauinsel, enjoying interesting conversations with
people who wanted to learn about Free Software.
Zurich [16]: The FSFE local group Zurich met in August and discussed the
activities in the educational sector and division of responsibilities.
The group will meet again on 8 September.
== Get active ==
Since the launch of the “Public Money? Public Code!” initiative, it has
grown a lot and experienced increasing support. Now there is a new and
fun way of showing your support for “Public Money? Public Code!”. Create
your own SharePic [17]! It is easy: choose a picture of yourself, go to
the SharePic generator, and add your support message. Ta-da: your
personalised SharePic. Share the picture on your favourite social media
using #PublicCode.
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translators, who enable you to read this newsletter in your native
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= Sustainability podcast +++ Job opportunity +++ Partial Router Freedom in Greece =
[ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202207.en.html ]
In this issue we share an uplifting podcast episode on the progress of
the Upcycling Android campaign. We have a work position in the FSFE
staff. Greece is about to secure Router Freedom except for fiber
connections. Community news comes from Aarhus, Barcelona, Berlin,
Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Translators, and
Women.
== Sustainability podcast ==
In recent years the FSFE has highlighted software sustainability,
launched a campaign encouraging people to reclaim their phones with Free
Software, and made recommendations for the EU Ecodesign criteria. Erik
Albers, who is working for the FSFE on those activities, tells the
thrilling story of the Upcycling Android campaign. The campaign has been
a big success. It offered workshops, shared policy recommendations, and
has made it to press with these activities.
Our open letter [1] for the right to install any software on any device
was well received. 90 entities signed, including the Nature And
Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), EDRi – European Digital Rights,
and the European Right to Repair Campaign. Volunteers translated it into
9 languages: Catalan, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch,
Portuguese, and Polish. Erik talks about the progress of Upcycling
Android in the new podcast episode with Bonnie Mehring [2]. You will
find out that it is ‘a happy podcast with a happy employee’.
== Job opportunity ==
The FSFE is hiring a Senior Project Manager Communication for 20-25
hours per week in our Berlin office [3]. Help us support software
freedom, so that every human can use, study, share, and improve software
and thereby support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech,
press, and privacy. Do you know of anyone who might be interested? Share
the news!
== Greece takes one step to secure Router Freedom but leaves fiber out ==
Greece is one step closer to securing Router Freedom, but the regulator
is excluding fiber (FTTH) connections from the legislation [4]. A
coalition of organisations is now requesting the regulator, EETT, to
reconsider this and thus safeguard the freedom of all users. The FSFE
coordinated the work of the coalition.
The EETT has taken a courageous position to set the position of the
network termination point (NTP) at the passive point for common
networks. It should equally guarantee the free choice of terminal
equipment for the next generations and emerging technologies. Users who
are connected to the internet using fiber connections should not be
excluded from choosing their own router.
== Save the date! ==
On Wednesday 13 July the FSFE will participate [5] in a session [6] at
the 1st International Congress on Democratic Digital Education and Open
Edtech in Barcelona. The session ‘First was the code’ covers the topics
of digital rights, auditing, and interoperability in education.
== Past activities ==
- On 7 June Carmen Bianca Bakker, Deputy Coordinator REUSE Software,
talked about the importance of licensing metadata in Free Software [7]
at the Upstream 2022 event.
- On 8 June Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant, gave a talk
on ‘ Free Software and artificial intelligence in the European Union
[8] ’ during the OW2 conference.
- On 9 June Lucas Lasota, FSFE Senior Legal Project Manager, gave a talk
on “ Practicing Sovereignty. Interventions for open digital futures
[9] ” at the Weizenbaum Conference in Berlin.
- On 9 June Lucas Lasota gave an online talk on Device Neutrality [10]
as part of the OW2 conference.
- On 9 June Matthias Kirschner, President of the FSFE, gave an author
reading of the children’s book Ada & Zangemann (DE) in a hackerspace
bus [11] in the re:publica 22 [12] conference.
- On 18 June Lucas Lasota gave a talk about Device Neutrality [13] at
OSCAL 2022, in Tirana, Albania. Alexander Sander gave a talk on ‘Free
Software and Artificial Intelligence in the European Union’ at the
same event.
- On 20 June the FSFE submitted feedback [14] to the European Commission
about the Sustainable products initiative, a proposal for a regulation
that will revise the Ecodesign Directive.
- On 22 June Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, FSFE Senior Legal Project Manager, gave
a talk on “Free Software and our Fundamental Rights” in Gothenburg,
Sweden.
- On 22 June Erik Albers, FSFE Program Manager for digital
sustainability, gave a talk on "Free software saves lives - of
hardware" at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.
- On 24 June Alexander Sander gave a talk on "What role did Free
Software play during the corona crisis?" at the esLibre conference in
Vigo, Spain.
- On 24 June Matthias Kirschner gave an author reading of the children’s
book Ada & Zangemann to over 150 third-graders in the largest cinema
room [15] in the city of Offenburg, Germany.
- On 24 June Lina Ceballos, FSFE Project Manager, gave a talk on " REUSE
[16] " at the esLibre conference in Vigo, Spain.
- On 25 June, Lina Ceballos and Alexander Sander gave a ‘ Public Money?
Public Code! [17] ’ workshop at the esLibre conference in Vigo, Spain.
- On 30 June, Lina Ceballos gave a talk on REUSE [18] at the
OpenExpoEurope2022 conference in Madrid, Spain.
- In June cURL [19] became REUSE [20] compliant. cURL now follows the
REUSE best practices that make licensing and copyright information
unambiguous and perfectly human- and machine-readable.
== FSFE groups ==
*Aarhus* | The Aarhus local group [21] had its first meeting after a
long time. The group decided to focus on outreach and ‘Public Money?
Public Code!’ topics. The group will meet again, and is meanwhile is
having discussions in the discourse forum [22].
*Barcelona* | The Free Software Barcelona group [23] had the first in-
person event [24] since 2020. Five lightning talks presented various
Free Software interests: PDF Annotations and Fonts: The Evil,
BetterCounter, Penpot, Steam Deck and KDE, and a primer to Intel's Xe
architecture.
*Belgium* | In Belgium the regulator BIPT will soon host a consultation
on Router Freedom. Supporters from Belgium and the Netherlands work
together with support from FSFE to prepare to ultimately achieve Router
Freedom for Belgium. This topic is discussed in the Netherlands get-
together meetings.
*Berlin* | The FSFE Berlin local group [25] had its regular monthly in-
person meeting. Also, a group member, Tunda, gave a lecture [26] on
things Free Software and Free Seeds have in common.
*Hamburg* | The FSFE local group [27] Hamburg had its regular monthly
meeting and will meet again on 14 July.
*Italy* | FSFE supporters in Italy held two events. In Trento the event
focused on Free Software in Education. In Bologna the event focused on
‘Public Money? Public Code!’ efforts. Members of the local government
attended. Three concrete proposals emerged from these events: Coderdojos
in public schools, local Coding Gyms, and a public hearing to bring the
topic of ‘Public Money? Public Code!’ in the town council. The FSFE
local group Sicily [28] is planning a similar event in Caltanissetta in
September. Sign up for updates.
*Netherlands* | The FSFE country team [29] the Netherlands had its
regular monthly meeting [30] and will meet again on 20 July.
*Translators* | The FSFE Translators team [31] is meeting in the first
half of August. Bonnie Mehring and Luca Bonissi will share how to
translate the FSFE pages. It is a great place to start if you would like
to begin contributing to the FSFE by translating our news. Date TBC,
please join the translators’ mailing list [32] to stay informed.
*Vienna* | The FSFE local group Vienna [33] had an information booth
[34] at the Veganmania street festival providing email encryption
advice, an overview of 10 different Free Software distributions, and
introduction to software freedom. Leaflets came in handy. The next
information stall will be at another Veganmania festival on the Danube
island in August.
*Women* | The FSFE Women team [35] made an introduction to content
management systems. CMS Garden joined the monthly meeting [36]. The CMS
Garden e. V. is an active association of the communities of 11 FOSS
content management systems. Meike Jung from Drupal, Petra Hasenau from
Typo3, and Kati Faude from CMS Garden gave presentations. Stay tuned in
the mailing list [37] for the next meeting.
*Zurich* | The FSFE local group [38] Zurich discussed the options for
the next steps for the ‘Learn like the pros’ activity [39] and noted
upcoming conferences in their monthly meeting [40]. The next meeting is
on 14 July.
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30: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Netherlands/2022-06-29
31: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Translators
32: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/translators
33: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Vienna
34: https://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2022/06/26/fsfe-information-stand-at-v…
35: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Women
36: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Women/Notes
37: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-women
38: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Zurich
39: https://lernenwiedieprofis.ch/
40: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Zurich/2022-06-09
41: https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=newsletter
42: https://community.fsfe.org/t/876