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Icelandic developer receives Nordic Free Software Award
by press＠fsfeurope.org 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

= Icelandic developer receives Nordic Free Software Award = [Permanent URL: http://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20101108-01 ] Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson, Free Software developer and community builder from Iceland, has received the Nordic Free Software Award. This annual prize was awarded on Saturday by Föreningen för Fri Kultur och Programvara and Free Software Foundation Europe at the Free Software Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden this weekend. Einarsson has been a leading figure in Iceland's Free Software movement for more than a decade. He has been driving the country's Free Software and free culture community, founding and participating in various groups such as Vinix, contributing to the KDE project, and starting netverjar.is, an organisation fighting for civil rights on the Internet. "Without Bjarni, Iceland's Free Software community wouldn't be what it is today," says Karsten Gerloff, President of the Free Software Foundation Europe. "People like Bjarni are the lifeblood of our community. I'm very glad to see his work recognised in this way." Bjarni has advocated the use of Free Software by maintaining and distributing CDs with a free operating system, both translating and developing Free Software for several years. "The Nordic Free Software Award is special because it's a recognition from your peers," comments 2009 award recipient, the Swedish Free Software developer Daniel Stehnberg. "It means having your work appreciated by people who understand what you have achieved." == Links == Föreningen för Fri Kultur och Programvara http://ffkp.se Free Software Foundation Europe http://fsfe.org == Media contacts == Iceland: Smári McCarthy - smari(a)immi.is +354 662 2701 Denmark: Anne Østergaard - anne(a)ostergaard.nu +45 35 42 88 73 Sweden: Daniel Stenberg - daniel(a)haxx.se +46 705 44 31 77 Norway: Anders Kringstad - akai(a)underworld.no +47 932 82 137 Finland: Otto Kekäläinen - otto(a)fsfe.org +358 44 566 2204 Rest of Europe: Karsten Gerloff - gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org +49 176 9690 4298 == About the Free Software Foundation Europe == The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and involved in many global activities. Access to software determines participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study, modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSFE. http://fsfe.org/

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FSFE Newsletter November 2011
by press＠fsfeurope.org 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

(Hjälp oss att nå ut till människor i deras modersmål. Gå med i vårt svenska översättningsteam: http://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/.) = FSFE Newsletter - November 2010 = [Permanent URL: http://www.fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201011.en.html] This edition explains how we counter the lobby work of proprietary organisations at the European level, what we do at the United Nations level to inform more people about the dangers of software patents, what we are doing to get rid of non-free software advertisement on public websites, and what you can do to make a change. Beside that the Document Foundation was formed to take care of the development of Libre Office. More and more organisations raise awareness about government spendings on non-free software, like the [1]parlamentarian group Digital Sustainability in Switzerland and our associated organisation [2]ANSOL in [3]Portugal (Portuguese). The Austrian Fellows asked the political parties in Vienna about their [4]stance on Free Software related issues, the Fellowship interviews started again with a [5]new interview with Leena Simon, Karsten gave a talk about "Power and Freedom" at Tedx [6]which was recorded (bittorent), and I (Matthias) informed the listeners of Dradio Wissen about [7]Free Software licenses (German). == Facts against BSA's fictions on Open Standards == Open Standards are always a hot topic in Brussels. Where Open Standards go, Free Software can easily follow. That's why [8]we're pushing for Open Standards in the rules and recommendations that the European Commission makes for public bodies across Europe. For example we document the changes of EU's new interoperability recommendations ( [9]European Interoperability Framework), we [10]publish analysis, and with [11]Document Freedom Day we raise awareness for the topic in a wider public. But not everyone out there likes Open Standards. The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a lobby group for proprietary software, is pressuring the European Commission to remove the last traces of support for Open Standards from the latest version of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF). We obtained a [12]copy of a letter sent to the Commission by the BSA. We [13]analysed their arguments and explained why their claims are false, and why Open Standards are key to interoperability and competition in the European software market. In short we dealt with the following points: - Restriction-free patent licensing opens up participation and promotes innovation - The example standards cited by the BSA are irrelevant to the software field - (F)RAND licensing in software standards is unfair and discriminatory - The BSA's letter to the Commission isn't supported by its own - membership, much less by the software industry as a whole - (F)RAND is incompatible with the most widely used Free Software licenses - Restriction-free specifications will promote standardisation, competition and interoperability We sent a [14]letter with those arguments to the European Commission to support Open Standards and interoperability, and [15]informed the press about it. Although this topic is quite complex, several media outlets picked it up. You might especially be interested in an article by Glyn Moody about [16]"A (Final) Few Words on FRAND Licensing". == WIPO - Fighting software patents at WIPO == But why wait until we have to deal with topics at the European level? We always try to fix them at the root, so we work in some committees of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). From October 11-15, WIPO's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) had its 15th session. We participate there because the committee discusses questions related to patents and standards. Our main goals in the committee are to convince WIPO member states and WIPO staff why software should not be patentable, explain to them the relation between standards and patents from the perspective of Free Software, and make them understand how rules must be shaped so that their countries can get the most out of Free Software. In our most important statement [17]"Statement on the relation between standards and patents at WIPO SCP/15" we explain why software standards must be implementable in any software or business model, including those based on Free Software. We argued that when patents are included in software standards, they need to be licensed in a manner that does not restrict their implementation in any way. Besides the absence of any other restriction, that means royalty-free licensing to any party implementing the standard. == PDFreaders: 2162 public websites advertise non-free software == One month, one campaign, one goal: getting rid of non-free software advertisements on public websites. In four weeks, we received reports concerning [18]2162 European institutions who advertise non free PDFreaders. Apart from the 305 activists who participated to the search, 1500 individuals, 46 businesses and 38 organisations signed our [19]Petition For The Removal Of Proprietary Software Advertising On Public Websites. Now that the hunt is over, it's time to chase up those websites which encourage visitors to jeopardise their freedom. It's time to stamp out the ads! Highly motivated volunteers searched the internet for public websites that advertise for non-free software and reported [20]2162 institutions. Some of them, like Massimo Barbieri and Lucas Bickel individually reported more than 350! Alessandro Albini, Rainer Schmitz, and Павел Харитонов (Pavel Kharitonov) also made a remarkable contribution in reporting around 50 institutions each. But we will not stop with a list of institutions. In the coming weeks, we will [21]send letters to the institutions to draw their attention to their unfair advertising. In the name of the signatories of the [22]petition, we will ask the institutions to either remove any recommendation for non-free software from their website, or give a choice of several programs. == Get active: stamp out the ads! == Wherever you are, whatever time you have, you can contribute to the removal of non-free software adverts on public website. The amazing work of the ads hunters and [23]our translators has laid a firm foundation for the next phase. Now it is up to you to enable us to get things done. You can make a difference! Help us to [24]translate the letter into missing languages or [25]donate to the PDF readers campaign fund to help cover the 1600 EUR for postage and the extra costs of administration to deliver the messages throughout Europe. Help us stamp out the ads! Hope to see you at [26]FSCONS, Regards, Matthias Kirschner- FSFE 1. http://www.digitale-nachhaltigkeit.ch/2010/10/beschwerde-ans-bundesgericht/ 2. http://ansol.org/ 3. http://listas.ansol.org/pipermail/ansol-imprensa/2010-September/000085.html 4. http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/vienna/Wahl2010 5. http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=119 6. http://download.fsfe.org/torrents/TEDxEutropolis-Karsten_Gerloff-Power_and_… 7. http://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=679 8. http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=408 9. http://fsfe.org/projects/os/eifv2.en.html 10. http://fsfe.org/projects/os/ps.en.html 11. http://www.documentfreedom.org/ 12. http://fsfe.org/projects/os/bsa-letter-ec.pdf 13. http://fsfe.org/projects/os/bsa-letter-analysis.en.html 14. http://fsfe.org/projects/os/bsa-eif-letter-fsfe-response.pdf 15. http://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20101016-01.en.html 16. http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/10/a-final-few-words-… 17. http://fsfe.org/projects/wipo/statement-20101013.en.html 18. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.en.html 19. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.en.html 20. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.en.html 21. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/letter.en.html 22. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.en.html 23. http://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators.en.html 24. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/letter.en.html 25. http://fsfe.org/donate/donate.en.html 26. http://www.fscons.org/ -- Free Software Foundation Europe <http://www.fsfe.org> FSFE News <http://fsfe.org/news/news.en.rss> Upcoming FSFE Events <http://fsfe.org/events/events.en.rss> Fellowship Blog Aggregation <http://planet.fsfe.org/en/rss20.xml> Free Software Discussions <http://fsfe.org/contact/community.en.html>

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04 Nov '10

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FSFE : End non-free advertisement: stamp out the ads!
by press＠fsfeurope.org 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

= End non-free advertisement: stamp out the ads! = [permanent URL : http://www.fsfe.org/news/2010/news-2010-11-02-01.html] One month, one campaign, one goal: getting rid of non-free software advertisements on public websites. In four weeks, FSFE received reports concerning 2162 European institutions[1] who advertise non-free PDF readers. Apart from the 305 activists who participated to the search, 1500 individuals, 46 businesses and 38 organisations signed our Petition For The Removal Of Proprietary Software Advertising On Public Websites[2]. Now that the hunt is over, it's time to chase up those websites which encourage visitors to jeopardise their freedom. It's time to stamp out the ads! Highly motivated volunteers searched the internet for public websites that advertise non-free software and reported 2162 institutions[3]. Some of them, like Massimo Barbieri and Lucas Bickel individually reported more than 350! Alessandro Albini, Rainer Schmitz, and Pavel Kharitonov also made a remarkable contribution in reporting around 50 institutions each. But the FSFE won't stop with a list of institutions. In the coming weeks, FSFE will send letters to the institutions[4] to draw their attention to their unfair advertising. In the name of the signatories of the petition[5], FSFE will ask the institutions to either remove any recommendation for non-free software from their website, or give a choice of several programs. Wherever you are, whatever time you have, you can contribute to the removal of non-free software adverts on public websites. The amazing work of the ads hunters and our translators[6] has laid a firm foundation for the next phase. Now it is up to you to enable us to get things done. You can make a difference! Help us to translate the letter[7] into missing languages or donate to the PDF readers campaign fund[8] to help cover the 1600 EUR for postage and the extra costs of administration to deliver the messages throughout Europe. Help us stamp out the ads! == About the Free Software Foundation Europe == The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and involved in many global activities. Access to software determines participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study, modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSFE. http://fsfe.org/ 1. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.en.html 2. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.en.html 3. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.en.html 4. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/letter.en.html 5. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/petition.en.html 6. http://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators.en.html 7. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/letter.en.html 8. http://fsfe.org/donate/donate.en.html

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Press-release-sv November 2010