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Paul Boddie is a developer in the bioinformatics domain. In this interview, he explains his conception of Free Software, which has a lot to do with sustainable computing and with the ability to use, maintain and develop solutions indefinitely.
Read about ground-breaking decision of the Court of Justice of EU, AG's opinion in awaited European interoperability ruling, two software patent cases and much more.
City officials in Helsinki, Finland, are overwhelmingly satisfied after trying out the Free Software office suite OpenOffice.org on their laptops. 75% of 600 officials have been using OpenOffice.org exclusively since February, as part of a pilot project where the city installed the program on 22,500 workstations.
This was an exciting year for Free Software, and for FSFE. We fought against software patents and the way they restrict Free Software and competition. We helped to defend the GPL against those who would take away our freedom to study and modify the software on our computers, and worked on many other important issues.
Competition authorities in the US and Europe are currently investigating the sale of 6000 patents from Nortel, a bankrupt telecommunications equipment manufacturer, to a consortium of Apple, Microsoft and four other companies.
Read about ground-breaking decision of the Court of Justice of EU, abuse of copyright against an Android developer, AG's opinion in awaited European interoperability ruling and much more.
The European Commission has adopted a set of proposals for its next framework program. Called Horizon 2020, this program will provide 80 billion EUR for research and development projects from 2014 to 2020. Prior to finalisation of the proposal, FSFE had provided input to the Commission in order to make the program accessible for Free Software research and projects. Our input also aims at making the results of publicly funded research available as widely as possible.
Im Streit zwischen den Unternehmen AVM und Cybits liegt nun auch die schriftliche Begründung des Urteils des Landgerichts Berlin (PDF) vor. Das Gericht bestätigt die Auffassung der FSFE, dass die Nutzer von GNU-GPL-Software diese auch dann verändern und wieder installieren dürfen, wenn diese als Teil von Firmware von Embedded-Systemen vertrieben wird.
FSFE has sent input to the European Commission on its upcoming seven-year flagship program for research funding. Under the "Horizon 2020" program, the European Commission will support research and development in Europe with 80 billion Euro from 2014 to 2020.
Das YaCy-Projekt veröffentlicht Version 1.0 seiner freien Peer-to-Peer- Suchmaschine. Die Software ist ein völlig neuer Zugang zum Thema Suche. YaCy verwendet keinen zentralen Server. Stattdessen kommen die Suchergebnisse von einem Netzwerk, das derzeit aus über 600 unabhängigen Knoten besteht. In einem derartigen verteilten Netzwerk entscheidet nur der Nutzer selbst, welche Inhalte aufgelistet werden oder in welcher Reihenfolge die Ergebnisse erscheinen.
The European Commission published a Green Paper to launch a public debate on the key issues to be taken into account for future EU research and innovation funding programmes. FSFE decided to contribute and provide input to this process.
Mirko Boehm currently works as a researcher at the Technical University of Berlin, focusing on the subject of Free Software and copyright and patents. For a long time he has been involved with KDE. In our November Internship Interview he talks about interactions between Free Software communities and “corporate” world, and the role of Free Software at universities and in education.
The controversial ACTA treaty will be discussed tomorrow in the a closed meeting of the European Parliament's committee on international trade (INTA). Together with six other civil society organisations, FSFE has urged the Parliament to make the committee session public, so that European citizens can form their own opinions on ACTA.
The patent litigation between Microsoft and Barnes & Nobles is taking a new turn, with the revelation of Microsoft's patent strategies against Android: FUD, invalid patents, etc. according to Barnes & Nobles. Also, new questions arise on exact scope of the copyrightability of software, with the litigation between Oracle and Google, again on Android, exploring new issues on linking, user-space and APIs specifications.
Erik Josefsson is the winner of the Nordic Free Software Award 2011. With the award, the Swedish Foundation for Free Culture and Free Software (FFKP) honours Josefsson for his achievements as a campaigner for freedom in the information society.
Am 8. November hat das Landgericht Berlin eine Entscheidung im Rechtsstreit zwischen der AVM Computersysteme Vertriebs GmbH (AVM) und der Cybits AG (Cybits) gefällt. Darüber wurde an dieser Stelle bereits früher berichtet. In diesem Rechtsstreit versuchte AVM im Wesentlichen, Cybits zu verbieten, Freie Software unter der GNU GPL Lizenz auf AVM Fritz!Box-Geräten zu verändern. Gestern verwarf das Gericht diese Hauptforderung. Folglich bestätigte es auch, dass Benutzer von Embedded-Geräten mit vorinstallierter Freier Software rechtlich die Freiheit haben, Veränderungen an dieser Software durchzuführen, diese zu installieren, zu benutzen und auch weiterzugeben. Die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) und gpl-violations.org begrüßen diese Entscheidung.
Hollands Regierung will die Schulen des Landes für die nächsten Jahre von einem einzigen Anbieter abhängig machen. Holländische Schüler, die Freie Software oder Geräte verwenden, die Silverlight nicht unterstützen, werden von den Online-Systemen der Schulen ausgeschlossen, weil proprietäre Technologie und geheime Formate verwendet werden sollen. Die Bildungsministerin Marja Bijsterveldt teilte kürzlich mit, dass sie nicht bereit wäre, die eigenen Richtlinien der Holländischen Regierung für Offene Standards umzusetzen. Stattdessen wird die Regierung eine lang anhaltende Abhängigkeit der Bildungseinrichtungen von einem einzigen Anbieter akzeptieren.
Zusammen mit Jamendo suchen wir drei Bands, die zum "Ich ♥ Freie Software"-Tag am Dienstag, 14. Februar 2012 zwischen 19 Uhr und 22 Uhr im Unperfekthaus in Essen ein Live-Konzert geben.
Rikard Fröberg works at the The Society for Free Culture and Software, and contributes this year to the FSCONS organisation for the third time. In the October Internship Interview he considers the importance of having an active and engaged community of users, which, thanks to events like FSCONS, have the opportunity of direct interaction.
Last week Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the Next Big Thing (TM) for Facebook: OpenGraph. Facebook intends to act as its own private Internet, but fortunately there are lots of projects out there that will do the same things that Facebook does, and much more.
Stefan Kangas is the President of the recently started Fripost, the Free Email Association, which proposes itself to deliver a free and reliable Email service. This service, which is running since February, represents an alternative to proprietary Email providing services, which may limit user's freedom and privacy.
Im Rahmen der am 23. Oktober 2011 stattfindenden National- und Ständeratswahlen in der Schweiz hat die Zürcher Fellowshipgruppe der FSFE eine Politikerbefragung zu Freie Software durchgeführt.
Die Free Software Foundation Europe veröffentlicht heute ihre Freien-Software-Wahlprüfsteine für die Wahl zum Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin am 18. September. Die Parteien konnten Stellung nehmen zu Fragen über die generelle Förderung von Freier Software, dem Problem der Herstellerabhängigkeit bei unfreier Software, Offenen Standards, dem Einsatz von Freier Software in der Bildung, Werbung für unfreie Software auf Webseiten der öffentlichen Verwaltung sowie zu Softwarepatenten.
Pictures from the FSFE talks at the Manchester DIY Feminist Festival.
Richard Shipman, Teaching Fellow at the Computer Science department of Aberystwyth University, talks about the importance of promoting Free Software alongside alternatives at school level, and what role the computer sciences can play in relating the messages of Free Software to other institutions and disciplines.
On Saturday 13th August Free Software activists came to FSFE’s PDF Readers Sprint in Manchester and found 59 previously unreported adverts for proprietary PDF readers, all of them on UK Council websites.
OggCamp 2011 attracted 200-300 people, and the FSFE booth was successfully run by myself and Chris Woolfrey. We talked to approximately 60 people, handed out approximately 120 leaflets, received one donation, and sold five t-shirts. FSFE was generally well received and I felt that the booth was a great success.
This weekend Free Software activists will find and report web advertising for proprietary software that is being funded by the British Government. Activists will meet on Saturday at Manchester's 'MadLab' Hackerspace to hunt for new adverts and contact government departments requesting that they be removed.
What constitutes a socially acceptable and sustainable approach to "Cloud Computing" and "Software as a Service"? Georg Greve examines seven categories of requirements of cloud based systems which are truly Free.
Computer Aided Design software is critically important to a variety of industries and professions. It's also notorious for being poorly catered for by Free Software applications. Here's a brief summary of the current situation.
Bernhard Reiter, co-founder of FSFE, talks about funding Free Software development and advocacy, the need for salaried campaigners, and the evolution of FSFE from its humble origins.
At FSFE's General Assembly which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on June 11, FSFE's members elected Henrik Sandklef as the organisation's Vice President. A computer scientist and GNU Hacker from Gothenburg, Sweden, Henrik has been active with FSFE since 2005. He takes over from Fernanda Weiden, who held the volunteer position for the past two years.
The Deputy Coordinator of FSFE’s Education Team provides an insight into the team's latest efforts at increasing the use of Free Software in education.
Gestern fand in Berlin eine gerichtliche Anhörung zu einem Fall statt, der zu einem bedeutenden Präzedenzfall für die Embedded-Industrie werden könnte (siehe dazu „AVM verletzt die Lizenz des Linuxkernels“). In dem Rechtsstreit zwischen AVM und Cybits versucht AVM, die Position durchzusetzen, dass andere nicht das Recht haben, Freie Software auf von AVM gekauften Geräten, wie der weit verbreiteten Fritz!Box, zu verändern. Im Zentrum der Auseinandersetzung steht der Linuxkernel, der unter der GNU GPL vertrieben wird. Diese Lizenz garantiert den Benutzern genau diese Freiheit. Die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) und gpl-violations.org haben heute einen detaillierten Bericht über die Anhörung veröffentlicht.
Berlin, 20. Juni: Morgen, am 21. Juni, findet am Landgericht Berlin die Anhörung zu einem Rechtsstreit statt, der weitreichende Konsequenzen über die Zukunft der Entwicklung und des Vertriebs von Software haben könnte. In diesem Verfahren stehen sich gegenüber, der Vertreiber von DSL-Routern AVM Computersysteme Vertriebs GmbH (AVM) und die Cybits AG (Cybits), ein Hersteller von Filterungssoftware für Kinder. Beide Firmen benutzen den Linuxkernel, der unter der GNU General Public License Version 2 (GNU GPL) steht, die jedermann das Recht gibt, die Software zu verwenden, zu verstehen, zu verteilen und zu verbessern.
On today's World IPv6 Day, FSFE is pleased to announce that almost all of its servers are now reachable via IPv6.
Luxembourg, May 25 - FSFE played a key role at a Microsoft hearing before the European Union's General Court on Tuesday, helping explain the intricacies of Free Software servers.
Florian discusses the past present and future of LibreOffice and The Document Foundation, and his views on the importance of Free Software marketing.
Fresh action in the European Commission's antitrust proceedings against Microsoft: On May 24, the European Court of Justice conducts a hearing on Microsoft's appeal against the fine. FSFE has participated in the case for a decade and will intervene on the Commission's behalf.
Nach den Befragungen in anderen Bundesländern, veröffentlichte heute die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) die Ergebnisse ihrer Parteienumfrage zu Freier Software für die Bürgerschaftswahl in Bremen.
We need your help to write a paper with details of recommended Free Software applications for use in the UK public sector. Please contribute your knowledge by joining us on Etherpad.
Im Fall der Abkehr des Auswärtigen Amtes von Freier Software verwickelt sich die Bundesregierung in Widersprüche. Die Reaktion der Regierung auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Grünen wirft mehr Fragen auf, als sie beantwortet.
FSFE's UK Team asks The Guardian Newspaper to adhere to Open Standards when publishing digital resources for teachers.
On Friday, Free Software Foundation Europe asked the European Commission to create a legal avenue for citizens seeking collective redress against companies. In its contribution to a public consultation by the Commision, FSFE argues that consumers should be able to join forces in order to defend their rights against harmful business practices.
As British Telecom plans to roll out their new music subscription service to its 5.5 million broadband customers, FSFE asks them to make user freedom one of the product's key features.
Michiel explains how the Unhosted project could change the face of Free Software web applications, and solve problems of privacy, scalability and affordability for all kinds of software provided as a service.
Competition authorities in Germany and the United States today highlighted the fundamental role that Free Software plays for competition in the software market. After several months of discussions, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the German Federal Competition Office (FCO) have allowed a consortium of Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC to acquire 882 patents from Novell only subject to conditions clearly intended to prevent their use against Free Software players.
FSFE calls Free Software supporters to participate in the ongoing PDFreaders campaign and remind public institutions to remove advertisements of proprietary PDF readers from their websites.
Free Software Foundation Europe has provided the European Commission with input on modernising the way in which public bodies buy software and related services.
On April 6, FSFE provided the German competition authorities with its
views
on the sale of Novell's patents to CPTN, a joint venture of
Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle. According to the German authorities,
the terms of the sale have been slightly modified since
we registered
our concerns with them on December 22, 2010.
Despite these modifications, the transfer of a substantial number of
patents to firms with a history of using them against Free Software
remains a worrying prospect. Both documents are available on our
overview
page for the case.
Berlin, 15. April. Die Free Software Foundation Europe begrüßt die kleine Anfrage der Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen zur Rückmigration des Auswärtigen Amts auf Microsoft Windows XP.
Today FSFE announced a new cutting-edge development: the Analogue Printer.
Tagesschau.de, die Internetplattform der ARD, wird heute anlässlich des "Document Freedom Day" für den Einsatz Offener Standards ausgezeichnet. Die Auszeichnung verleihen die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) und der Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur e.V. (FFII) dafür, dass die angebotenen Sendungen zusätzlich im offenen Videoformat "Ogg Theora" verfügbar sind.
Im Rahmen des heutigen Document Freedom Day verleiht die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) der Landeshauptstadt München den Europäischen Document Freedom Day Preis. Die Zeremonie findet um 13:00 im Münchner Neuen Rathaus statt.
Today, activists in 37 cities around the world are raising awareness for Open Standards and open document formats. In workshops, talks and other events, they are explaining why Open Standards and Free Software are crucial to a free and competitive information society.
As companies and communities come together to raise awareness of Open Standards for the forth consecutive Document Freedom Day, the issue of freedom from restricted digital files is more relevant in the UK than ever.
As Britain reverses its traditional role and moves to the fore of European public sector Free Software policy, FSFE explains the most important recent developments.
Heute veröffentlichte die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) die Ergebnisse ihrer Parteienumfrage zu Freier Software für die Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz. Die Parteien konnten Stellung nehmen zu Fragen über die generelle Förderung von Freier Software, dem Problem der Herstellerabhängigkeit bei unfreier Software, Offenen Standards, dem Einsatz von Freier Software in der Bildung, Werbung für unfreie Software auf Webseiten der öffentlichen Verwaltung sowie zu Softwarepatenten.
In this interview, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen from KO GmbH describes the aims of the GamingFreedom.org project, as well as what Free Software could mean for gaming in future.
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) welcomes the initiative for users' freedom taken by the Italian Association for Users and Consumers Rights (ADUC). On January 24, ADUC filed a complaint against Microsoft demanding that the company should reimburse consumers who return unused licenses for the Microsoft Windows operating systems that are pre-installed on newly bought computers.
Anlässlich der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt hat die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) die Freien-Software-Positionen der Parteien erfragt. Die bisherigen Antworten der CDU, der Grünen, der Linken und der Piraten sind nun veröffentlicht. Die Wahlprüfsteine beinhalten Fragen zur generellen Förderung von Freier Software; dem Problem der Herstellerabhängigkeit bei unfreier Software; Offenen Standards; Freie Software in der Bildung; Werbung für unfreie Software auf Webseiten der öffentlichen Verwaltung sowie zu Software-Patenten.
Die Free Software Foundation Europe wird diesen März zehn Jahre alt. Die FSFE wurde 2001 gegründet – als „eine Organisation, die sich Aktivititäten rund um Freie Software in Europa widmet“ und als „die offizielle Schwesterorganisation der Free Software Foundation in den Vereinigten Staaten“ in Europa.
All through the month of February, FSFE's Fellows cast their votes for one of their number to represent them in FSFE's General Assembly. The election period ended yesterday at midnight, with the following results:
The 'Institude for Government' think tank has published a 100 page report on public sector IT in the UK called "System Error: Fixing the flaws in government IT", which calls for dramatic change to government attitudes, and wider use of both Free Software and, as Glynn Moody points out, the principles behind its development.
In a meeting called by the Home Office's lead architect, members of the British Computer Society's Open Source Specialist Group argued that some proprietary software was "viral" in the way that it had spread and stagnated within government and industry, and should be banned from government systems.
A presentation given by the Cabinet Office which outlines its expectations for greater availability and support of Free Software in the public sector is available to the public. It makes clear that the government sees great value in high quality FS, and expects to make significant savings by using it.
Notes and pictures from FSFE's attendance at two important events last week.
Research programme publishes damning report of public health ICT, and recommends Free Software and Open Standards.
Free Software activist, Creative Commons musician, and professional geologist Massimo Barbieri discusses his experiences with Free art, software, and standards.
February 14, 01:38:27 UTC, the first identi.ca message related to FSFE’s “I ♥ Free Software” campaign airs on identi.ca. This was only the start of a tremendous love declaration to Free Software developpers and applications that went out until late at night, around 3:00 a.m.
Warum nicht diesen 14. Februar zu einem ganz besonderen Valentinstag machen? Am Valentinstag ruft die FSFE Freie Software benutzende Menschen aus der ganzen Welt dazu auf, ihre Liebe für Freie Software zu zeigen. Das ist die perfekte Gelegenheit um Ihre Liebe für Freie Software und das Benützen von Computern in Freiheit zu zeigen.
Free Software Foundation Europe is asking the Members of the European Parliament to wait for legal advice before voting on a unitary patent for Europe. While a proposal is on the Parliament's agenda for the coming week, a legal opinion by the European Court of Justice is expected later this month.
Die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) feiert den Document Freedom Day 2011 und lädt Einzelpersonen, Projektgruppen und Insitutionen dazu ein, mit ihnen am 30. März den Document Freedom Day (DFD) zu begehen. Der DFD ist ein globales Ereignis, an dem Offener Standards und offenen Dokumentformaten, sowie deren Bedeutung gedacht wird. Offene Standards stellen sicher, dass Sie eine Zugangsmöglichkeit zu Ihren Daten haben und ermöglichen es, Freie Software zu programmieren, um Dateien in bestimmten Formaten lesen und schreiben zu können.
Der Vorgang sollte wohl in aller Stille vor sich gehen. Doch jetzt steht er im Scheinwerferlicht, dank einer Anfrage der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion: Das Auswärtige Amt (AA), einst ein "Leuchtturm-Projekt" für den Einsatz von Freier Software in den Bundesministerien, wird wieder zu proprietärer Software zurückkehren. Der Linux-Verband (LIVE) und die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) bedauern diese Entwicklung.
Giacomo Poderi and Sam Tuke are the new Country Coordinators for the Italian and British Country Teams respectively.
Political veteran Anne discusses new ways influence European legislation, the scale of Free Software support in developing countries, and the importance of local culture in community campaigning.
After months of work by FSFE's Web Team a new website design has been launched, bringing with it a fresh look, improved infrastructure, and new features.
Free Software Foundation Europe has written to the German competition authorities in order to share its concerns about the sale of Novell's patents to a consortium called CPTN, made up of Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC.