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"I love Free Software"-Tag am 14. Februar im Unperfekthaus, Essen

02 February:

Die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) ruft jährlich alle Unterstützer Freier Software auf, beim "I love Free Software"-Tag mitzumachen. Dazu gibt es eine Mitmach-Kampagne, zu der ihr Material und Ideen auf ilovefs.org finden könnt. Dieses Jahr wird es außerdem erstmalig eine "I love Free Software"-Veranstaltung[2] "I love Free Software"-Veranstaltung im Unperfekthaus in der Innenstadt Essens geben.

Save the date: "I love Free Software" - Day on 14th February

23 January:

The Free Software Foundation Europe plans to celebrate Valentine's Day on 14th February as an "I love Free Software" - Day. Please help us in showing your support for Free Software by participating in our online campaign. Emails, blogs, microblogs, donations, everything is welcome! There are free banners to use for your website available, too. In addition, this year will also be an event to celebrate Free Software in the Unperfekthaus in Essen. We would love to see you there!

Fellowship Interview with Heiki Ojasild

23 January:

For our January fellowship interview we met Heiki Ojasild. He joined the Free Software Foundation Europe in 2011, undertaking the task of translating fsfe.org into Estonian, his mother tongue. He is currently developing an XChat add-on, as well as a website for free SVG and JavaScript games. In 2010 he took part in the Baltic Olympiad in Informatics. In this interview, he explains us his views about copyright, Digital Restrictions Management, kopimism, and activism.

Events

FSFE at the Chemnitzer Linuxtage

17 March to 18 March

The "Chemnitz Linux Days" is a conference that deals with GNU/Linux and Free Software . It is open for everyone, novizes and experts alike. The FSFE will be present with a booth where you can inform yourself about our work and to get to know the people behind FSFE. In addition, Matthias Kirschner – Fellowship Coordinator and Coordinator of the German team – will give a talk about "Non-free software advertisement presented by your government" on Saturday, 17.03. at 16:30 in Raum V1.

FSFE at the 11th "Augsburger Linux-Infotag"

24 March

FSFE is present with an information and merchandise booth at the 10th "Linux-Infotag Augsburg". Further Björn Schießle will give a talk about the prospective challenges for Free Software. The event takes place on 24 March 2011 from 9:30 to 17:30 in the IT faculty of the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Admission is free.

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Contact

germany@fsfeurope.org

Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
Linienstr. 141 EG
10115 Berlin

+49 30 27595290

German Team

Guido Arnoldguido (at) fsfe (dot) orgDeputy Coordinator Education
Karsten Gerloffgerloff (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgPresident, Coordinator Open Standards, Coordinator Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Coordinator World Intellectual Property Organization
Georg C. F. Grevegreve (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgFounding President
Torsten Grotegrote (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgDeputy Coordinator Germany
Nicolas Jeannicoulas (at) fsfe (dot) orgCoordinator Webmasters
Thomas Jenschjensch (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgCoordinator Education
Rainer Kerstenkersten (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgOffice
Matthias Kirschnerkirschner (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgFellowship Coordinator, Coordinator Germany
Julia Kleinklein (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgFellowship Representative
Werner Kochkoch (at) fsfeurope (dot) org
Bernhard Reiterreiter (at) fsfeurope (dot) org
Björn Schießleschiessle (at) fsfeurope (dot) orgCoordinator German translations