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03 December 2018
La Free Software Foundation Europe è un'organizzazione pan-europea,
fondata nel 2001 per aumentare il potere degli utenti nel controllare la tecnologia. Per permettere
all'organizzazione di intensificare il proprio lavoro con la Commissione Europea e per far sì
che più persone conoscano il Software Libero, la FSFE ha bisogno di altri 190.000€ per la sua attività
nel 2015. L'anno prossimo, la FSFE spingerà più forte che mai per intessere la libertà
del software nel tessuto della nostra società .
19 December 2014
The European Parliament has approved funding for several projects related to Free Software and privacy. In the EU budget for 2015, which the European Parliament adopted on December 17, the Parliamentarians have allocated up to one million Euro for a project to audit Free Software programs in use at the Commission and the Parliament in order to identify and fix security vulnerabilities.
18 December 2014
April, France's leading Free Software advocacy organisation, was founded 18 years ago today.
April was set up in December 1996 by students in a Paris university as a not-for-profit group to promote Free Software in computer science research.
18 December 2014 – Karsten Gerloff
Il mondo di domani viene deciso da quello che facciamo oggi. La FSFE
aiuta la gente a capire in che modo la tecnologia influenza i propri
diritti e le proprie libertà, e permette ad ognuno di scoprire la
propria strada nel mondo digitale. Qui ci sono i risultati
che abbiamo raggiunto nel 2014, e anche i progetti che stiamo preparando!
16 December 2014
GnuPG is the world's leading privacy tool, with an estimated
base of more than four million active users world-wide, and a thousand
new users each day. It guards emails, files, and programs from
snooping and spying on Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux. This crucial
program needs your help to keep going in 2015 and beyond.
12 December 2014
A study released on Friday says that the European Parliament must adopt Free
Software and Open
Standards in order to fulfil its transparency obligations. The
authors conclude that "the Rules of Procedure of the European
Parliament should whenever possible make Free Software and Open
Standards mandatory for all systems and data used for the work of
Parliament."
20 November 2014
At a meeting in the European Parliament, FSFE's president Karsten
Gerloff highlighted several ways in which the Parliament could become
more transparent, and make better use of Free Software and Open
Standards.
In a short intervention, he urged the Parliament to finally make its
live streams accessible to Free Software users. He asked the
Parliament's IT administration to enable IMAP access on its mail
servers to allow Free Software users to connect through standard
protocols, and warned the Parliament to avoid lock-in as it progresses
towards greater digitisation.
20 November 2014
For the time being, the public development of the Free Software 'OpenJustitia' by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has ceased because of a new legal opinion. The reason for this abrupt end is apparently the legal uncertainty regarding public contractors in Switzerland. The FSFE demands that the missing legal framework be created as soon as possible so that software developed with public funding in Switzerland in the future can also be released as Free Software.
17 October 2014
Every year, the FSFE is organising the "Document Freedom Day", a global campaign to highlight the importance of Open Standards for our freedom of communication, interoperability and indepedence from vendor lock-in. For this campaign, FSFE's Berlin office is looking for an Intern PR / Campaigning in full time from January 1st until March 31st.
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17 October 2014
La FSFE e l'associazione per la protezione dei consumatori ADUC, assieme con l'Italian Linux Society, chiedono al poteri regolamentari di intraprendere passi concreti al fine di proteggere gli italiani dall'essere forzati a pagare software che non vogliono o di cui non hanno bisogno. La corte di Cassazione ha deciso in settembre che i venditori di computer devono rimborsare i clienti del prezzo pagato per software non libero e non voluto che venga preinstallato su PC fissi e portatili.
Oggi, FSFE, ADUC e ILS hanno mandato una lettera all'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM),
chiedendo che i rivenditori di computer rispettino la decisione della Suprema Corte e rispettino i diritti dei cittadini.
16 October 2014
On Tuesday, Munich's first mayor finally reacted to an inquiry by the Green Party (in German) related to rumours regarding a possible switch back to a Windows-based desktop environment. The answer to the inquiry shows that there is no factual basis for the claims made by first mayor and second mayor. An evaluation of the IT infrastructure and -processes is underway. FSFE calls on the city council to include vendor independence as well as interoperability as factors in the investigation, since they were central reasons for Munich to switch to Free Software in the first place.
12 September 2014
La Corte di Cassazione Italiana ha assestato un forte colpo
contro la pratica di imporre software non libero a chi acquista PC
e laptop.
Secondo quanto riportato da La Repubblica,
martedi la corte ha depositato una sentenza nella quale ad un acquirente è stato
riconosciuto il diritto di ricevere un rimborso per il
prezzo della licenza Microsoft Windows involotariamente acquistata con il suo computer.
01 August 2014
Free Software has progressed in leaps and
bounds since we founded FSFE in 2001. But we still have a long way
to go until we can all be in control of our computing, our data,
and our digital lives.
11 July 2014
From 13 – 15 June 2014 FSFE had its German speaking team meeting in the
Linuxhotel in Essen. The participants had some problems to travel there
because of the chaos resulting from a heavy thunderstorm in the region. A
lot of train lines where not functional, and the situation on the streets
was also chaotic. But just because no ICE trains stop in Essen does not
mean we will not continue our work for Free Software. In the end we were
able to bring all volunteers to the Linuxhotel to plan further activities
and discuss current issues.
08 July 2014
The European Commission has recently renewed its commitment to a
proprietary desktop and secret file formats.The Commission is refusing
to get serious about breaking free from vendor lock-in, and is
ignoring all available alternatives. In doing so, the EU's civil
service fails to practice what it preaches.
30 June 2014
Today our sister organisation, the FSF, published their e-mail self
defence guide and their infographic in 6 new languages. It is now
available in English, German, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Russian,
Turkish, and Japanese. They explain the installation of the necessary
programs for e-mail encryption under GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Microsoft
Windows; the key generation; the web of trust; as well as the usage of
those programs. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection,
an email account, and about half an hour. Please give us feedback, so we
can include that before printing the infographics, and help us to spread
them.
20 June 2014
Eine charakteristische Eigenschaft digitaler Kommunikation ist ihre vermeintliche Stofflosigkeit. Diese Stofflosigkeit ist es, die auch ein prinzipiell unbegrenztes Speichern und Archivieren aller elektronischen Kommunikation ermöglicht. Das, und die Möglichkeit diese Daten massenhaft und maschinell auszuwerten und zu analysieren, verleitet Geheimdienste rund um den Globus zum abhören und speichern unser aller Kommunikation. Als Gegenmaßnahme könnte man wieder vermehrt offline kommunizieren – oder aber eine starke Verschlüsselung durch Freie Software verwenden..
28 May 2014
The European elections have brought 33 Free Software supporters into the new European Parliament. Candidates across the political spectrum signed the Free Software Pact, promising to support Free Software and Open Standards during their time in Parliament. Out of 162 signatories, 33 were elected
27 May 2014
Even if you're not using Google's
Gmail service yourself, many of your friends
will. How well can we really protect our privacy when
we opt out of centralised web services?
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24 April 2014
Open Standards were celebrated to the ends of the earth for Document Freedom Day 2014, with 51 events in 22 countries. The campaign for interoperability was enacted from Tokyo to Rio, and Birmingham to Taipei.
24 April 2014
Today the Linux Foundation announced the "Core Infrastructure Initiative" to fund and support Free Software projects that are critical to the security of Internet users. The first project to receive funding will be OpenSSL, which is used for secure data transportation by millions of websites. FSFE welcomes this initiative.
28 March 2014
After multiple public hearings and political debates, the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) presented a set
of proposed regulations (German)
that would eliminate compulsory use of particular routers and improve the transparency of telecommunication
firms for customers. Compulsory routers tie customers to a device provided by the ISP. The Free Software Foundation
Europe (FSFE), Chaos Computer Club (CCC), and the project leadership of
IPFire and OpenWrt, as well as other experts,
reviewed these regulations and gave comments to
the BNetzA (German)
26 March 2014
In
an open
letter to the European Parliament and the European Commission,
Free Software Foundation Europe
and Open Forum Europe are
asking the European institutions to improve their support for Open
Standards. The letter is directed to Giancarlo Vilella, the president
of the European Parliament's DG ITEC and chair of the
Inter-Institutional Committee for Informatics.
25 March 2014
Over the following 24 hours Open Standards will be celebrated to the ends of the earth. The Document Freedom Day campaign for interoperability is being enacted from Tokyo to Rio, and Birmingham to Taipei. 41 Events are taking place in 18 countries so far.
24 March 2014
The revelations from Edward Snowden concerning massive
surveillance of communications demonstrates the need for each person to be
able to control their computers and phones. Yet computer and telephone
manufacturers and retailers typically impose on users programs that jeopardise
their privacy.
14 March 2014
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), Open Invention Network (OIN),
and The Linux Foundation announced today the launch of the Asian Legal
Network. The Asian Legal Network was established to provide a leading
forum for sharing knowledge and best practices regarding Free Software
legal affairs, particularly those that relate to market participants
in Asia.
04 March 2014
From May 22 to 25 in 2014 European citizens will vote for candidates standing for the European Parliament. This is an ideal time to engage with politicians with why Free Software matters. Help us to get the candidates across Europe to declare their support for Free Software.
03 March 2014
…Stefan "Penny" Harmuth! The election period for this year's Fellowship
GA seat has ended on February 28. There was just one candidate running for the Fellowship GA seat this time. The more we are happy that still 20,3% of our Fellows took their chance to support Stefan Harmuth in his run for the seat.
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26 February 2014
FSFE has
submitted comments
on a proposal by the UK government to use only document formats based
on Open Standards
in future.
21 February 2014
Il 14 Febbraio, persone di tutto il mondo hanno espresso
la propria gratitudine e il proprio apprezzamento non solo ai propri amati, ma
anche al Software Libero e a chi collabora per farlo funzionare. Con la nostra
iniziativa annuale #ilovefs, vi abbiamo chiesto di ringraziare i vostri sviluppatori e progetti
preferiti e siamo stati sopraffatti dalle risposte sui blogs, social network,
e sulle mailing list.
11 February 2014
This Tuesday is a day to fight
back against mass surveillance, and here at FSFE we're proud to be
part of the struggle.
11 February 2014
On 14th February, the Free Software Foundation Europe
asks all Free Software users to think about the dedicated hard-working
people in the Free Software community and to show them their appreciation like last year.
14 January 2014
Il governo italiano ha fatto del Software Libero l'opzione predefinita per le pubbliche amministrazioni. In un documento, pubblicato mercoledì scorso, l'Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale ha fissato regole in base alle quali tutte le organizzazioni governative del paese devono valutare l'utilizzo di Software Libero prima di acquistare licenze per programmi proprietari.