Fellowship Interview with Alexander Kahl
Fedora maintainer Alex discusses working with Free technology at Nokia, the threat of diluting Free Software principles, and how he uses computing for emotional development.
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Fedora maintainer Alex discusses working with Free technology at Nokia, the threat of diluting Free Software principles, and how he uses computing for emotional development.
Dopo un solo mese dall'inizio della campagna PDFreaders della FSFE, 172 istituzioni pubbliche hanno rimosso la pubblicità a lettori PDF proprietari dai loro siti web. Particolarmente eccezionali sono le risposte provenienti da Croazia, Russia e Slovenia. In Croazia quasi tutte le istituzioni segnalati hanno cancellato le pubblicità. Metà di quelle contattate in Russia e Slovenia hanno soddisfatto le richieste della FSFE.
The European Commission today published its long-awaited revision of the European Interoperability Framework. This document aims at promoting interoperability in the European public sector. The document is the result of a prolonged and hard-fought process. Free Software Foundation Europe accompanied this process and offered input to the European Commission at various stages.
The European Commission will spend EUR 189 million on proprietary software over the next six years, in direct contradiction to its own decisions and guidelines. The Commission last week announced a six-year framework contract to acquire a wide range of mostly proprietary software and related services1.
GNU Scientific hacker Brian explains why printing Free Documentation is a serious business, why he loves Emacs Org-Mode, and why adaptability is key for Free Software.
Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson, Free Software developer and community builder from Iceland, has received the Nordic Free Software Award.
Un mese, una campagna, un obbiettivo: sbarazzarsi delle pubblicità a software non libero sui siti web pubblici. In quattro settimane, la FSFE ha ricevuto segnalazioni riguardanti 2162 istituzioni Europee che pubblicizzano lettori PDF non liberi. Oltre ai 305 attivisti che hanno partecipato alla ricerca, 1500 persone, 46 aziende e 38 organizzazioni hanno firmato la nostra Petizione per la rimozione della pubblicità a software proprietario sui siti delle istituzioni pubbliche. Per il momento la caccia è finita, ora è tempo di inseguire quei siti che incoraggiano i visitatori a mettere a repentaglio la propria libertà. È il momento di eliminare la pubblicità!
Interviews with FSFE fellows are back! In the first in this new series Chris Woolfrey talks to Leena Simon about dogmatism, surveillance, and why Free Software needs more geek girls.
Durante la campagna della Free Software Foundation Europe per pdfreaders.org, gli attivisti per il Software Libero da 41 paesi diversi hanno segnalato 2286 istituzioni del settore pubblico che promuovono lettori PDF non liberi sui propri siti web. Ora, FSFE contatterà queste istituzioni cercando di fare rimuovere il maggior numero possibile di pubblicità ai lettori non liberi prima della fine dell'anno. I progressi saranno riportati nella lista delle istituzioni segnalate.
FSFE yesterday sent a letter to the European Commission to support Open Standards and interoperability. In the drawn-out battle to retain at least a weak recommendation for Open Standards in the revised European Interoperability Framework, FSFE has countered a leaked letter by proprietary lobby group Business Software Alliance with its own thorough analysis of the relation between standards and patents.
With the upcoming local elections, the Vienna Fellowship group asked the political parties about Free Software and Open Standards. Eight out of fifteen parties replied to the questions about use of Free Software, adoption of Open Standards for communication (internal and external) and E-Governance.
La Free Software Foundation Europe invita tutti gli Europei a cercare pubblicità di lettori PDF proprietari sui siti dei propri governi e di segnalarceli. FSFE ha preparato anche una petizione per chiedere la fine di questa pratica pubblicitaria, ed incoraggia il pubblico a firmarla.
La Free Software Foundation Europe sta chiedendo alle imprese europee di Software Libero di partecipare ad un sondaggio riguardo la posizione delle aziende rispetto all'accettabilità di includere i brevetti software negli standard industriali.
Research published this week suggests that the majority of federal government departments in Germany are ignoring requirements to implement Open Standards.
Research published by FSFE this week suggests that the majority of federal government departments in Germany are ignoring requirements to implement Open Standards.
Minister of state Cornelia Rogall-Grothe, IT Commissioner of the German government, said in an interview with the newspaper C't (C't 2010 Heft 15, S. 150-51) that "only by using Open Standards can [the government] obtain independence from software development companies". He also recognised that "maximal interoperability can be reached with open IT-Standards".
Gentile Ministro Roberto Bizzo,
il 25 maggio 2010 l'autorità del governo regionale di Bolzano ha deciso
di spendere 2.2 milioni di Euro per i prossimi tre anni per rinnovare le
licenze software vendute da Microsoft Ireland, e per comprarne di nuove.
Tutto ciò è avvenuto senza la pubblicazione di un bando di concorso,
rendendo impossibile ai fornitori di software simili concorrenti di fare
le proprie offerte.
David Reyes Samblas Martinez is the founder of Spanish Copyleft Hardware store Tuxbrain, and attended the famous Open University of Catalunya. He’s also the subject of this month’s Fellowship interview, in which he answers questions on hardware manufacturing, e-learning and Free Software politics.
The European Commission has officially published its long-awaited Digital Agenda, outlining its policy plans for the next five years. "While it includes some important building blocks for Free Software, the omission of Open Standards rips a gaping hole in this agenda," says Karsten Gerloff, President of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) on Saturday received the Theodor Heuss Medal in recognition of its work for freedom in the information society. The medal is awarded once a year in Stuttgart by a non-partisan foundation named for West Germany's first president.
Berlin 28. April 2010. Georg Greve, founding president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, has received the Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz am Bande). Georg received this high award from the German President for his work on Free Software and Open Standards.
Today is Document Freedom Day 2010. For the third time, groups all over the world are celebrating open document formats and Open Standards. They are raising awareness for how a technical issue impacts our day- to-day lives.
The European Commission is currently trying to get a new draft of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) approved by Member States. The draft gives rise to concerns that the Commission is giving up its worldwide leadership in the use of Open Standards, hurting innovation, competition and user freedom in Europe. FSFE has updated its analysis page, comparing the current draft with previous versions, as well as demands from a proprietary lobby group. Ahead of Document Freedom Day on March 31, FSFE is in conversation with EC and Member State decision makers to make them aware of the problem.
Berlin/Vienna March 24. The Free Software Foundation Europe awarded Deutschlandradio and Radio Orange with the Document Freedom Day 2010 Prize for using Open Standards and promoting them in society. FSFE's German team together with the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) will present the DFD cake displaying "rOGG on!" in Berlin and Cologne to Deutschlandradio. The Austrian DFD cake goes to the Vienna-based station Radio Orange 94.0.
FSFE's Fellows have elected their second representative to the organisation's governing body, the General Assembly. Julia Klein will join Torsten Grote in FSFE's strategic decision making body to speak for the Fellows for the next two years.
Will you be able to read your documents 20 years from now? Every day, millions of computer users like you edit text and spreadsheets, take pictures and record audio and video. What if you couldn't read your private letters anymore, or even open that album with pictures from your honeymoon? What if you couldn't exchange those files with friends, because the software used by each one of you can't talk to each other? To help you make your documents future-proof, we celebrate Document Freedom Day on March 31.
FSFE welcomes the arrival of greater competition in the web browser market. From today, Microsoft has to offer Windows users in Europe the possibility to choose among different browsers. This step puts into practice the company's settlement with the European Commission from December 2009. The Free Software Foundation Europe was an active participant in the Commission's investigation.
This year on Valentine's Day, FSFE calls on Free Software users everywhere to show their love for Free Software. Behind every Free Software initiative and organisation there are real, hard-working people.
During the whole of February 2010, FSFE's Fellows will be able to elect their second representative in FSFE's General Assembly. The winner of the election will help FSFE's strategic decision making body plan the future of the organisation, and will join Torsten Grote who occupies the first Fellowship seat since earlier last year. Both Fellowship representatives are full members of the General Assembly for a term of two years, and have all the rights and obligations of other members.
La Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) riceve la medaglia Theodor Heuss del 2010 per l'impegno straordinario verso la partecipazione equa alla società dell'informazione. La FSFE si batte dal 2000 per le libertà di usare, studiare, modificare e ridistribuire il software in tutti i settori della società e della politica. La Fondazione Theodor Heuss definisce la FSFE "una organizzazione rivolta al futuro, che contribuisce allo sviluppo e al rafforzamento delle regole per una equa governance globale".