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28 April 2017
Em 2016, a FSFE está comemorando 15 anos de existência. O que começou como um pequeno grupo de voluntários tem crescido até se converter num movimento à escala europeia com membros que o apoiam activamente em mais de 20 paises. Dedicamos este aniversário para a nossa comunidade, a quem nos fez crescer forte nos últimos 15 anos - com a celebração da primeira cimeira da FSFE, o FSFE summit, do 2 ao 4 de setembro, a ter lugar no Centro de Congressos de Berlim, Alemanha. Se você gosta de ser parte dela, reserve a data e leia a convocatória para a participación.
13 December 2016
From September 2nd to 4th, the FSFE organised its first ever summit to bring together our pan-European community and Fellows for a whole weekend and to discuss contemporary and important issues regarding software freedom. On this occasion we also held our official party to celebrate 15 years of FSFE. Read our report including some pictures of the event and find a summary with all talks that have been held with links to our video-recordings.
12 December 2016
This month the FSFE newsletter comes for the first time with a call to raise our funds and progress in Russia to further Free Software on political level. Also read about our various activities or participate in our discussion about "Free Software business". As in every newsletter, you also find our out-of-the-community section with interesting news from our community and some good Free Software news from around the world.
02 December 2016
Este
ano, a FSFE celebrou seu 15º aniversário. 15 anos empoderando usuários,
apoiando comunidades e pressionando por uma legislação melhor. 15 anos para
ver que todas as atividades, mesmo se condideradas pequenas no momento, podem
tornar-se grandes. 15 anos para ver que todas as atividades,
mesmo se consideradas impossíveis no momento, pode ter sucesso quando nós
permanecemos juntos. Juntos, nós algumas vezes tivemos sucesso mesmo contra o
mais pesado lobby de grandes grupos. 15 ano para saber que tudo isso
não seria possívels sem o apoio contínuo de nossa comunidade, contribuindo
milhares de horas de seu trabalho e apoiando-nos financeiramente.Help us now to grow bigger and make a difference in 2017.
16 November 2016
Since the start of the FSFE 15 years ago, the people involved were certain that companies are a crucial part to reach our goal of software freedom. For many years we have explained to companies – IT as well as non-IT – what benefits they have from Free Software. We encourage individuals and companies to pay for Free Software, as much as we encourage companies to use Free Software in their offers. While more people demanded Free Software, we also saw more companies claiming something is Free Software or Open Source Software although it is not.
10 November 2016
Legislators have drafted
a bill
that will boost Free Software on multiple levels within the Russian
Federation's public sector.
10 November 2016
This month the FSFE newsletter comes with a public consultation on our Fellowship brand. Read the background and do not miss your chance to participate. Also read about the take-over of FSFE's Vice-presidency by Heiki Löhmus and the ongoing revision of the European Interoperability Framework. As in every newsletter, you also find our out-of-the-community as well as a what-we-have-done section with some good Free Software news and highlights of our press coverage.
10 November 2016
Last weekend, the FSFE visited Oberhausen to participate in
OpenRheinRuhr, a well-known Free Software event in north-western
Germany. We had a strong booth team, gave talks, and enjoyed
talking to tons of like-minded people about politics, technology
and other stuff. In this blog post you will learn about some
highlights of the weekend and what coat hangers have to do with
flat irons.
31 October 2016
Alessandro Rubini has stepped down as Vice-president of the FSFE. Alessandro, an electronic engineer with Ph. D. in a computer science, brought invaluable insight to the internal discussions within the FSFE and has worked tirelessly to push the Free Software envelope in Italy and the rest of Europe.
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20 October 2016
From December 27 to 30, the FSFE will host an assembly during the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress (33C3) including an information booth, self-organised sessions and a meeting point for all friends of Free Software to come together, share or simply relax. We are looking forward to organise sessions in the name of our assembly and we will book proper rooms or offer our assembly itself. Sessions can be inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, community/developer/strategy meetings or any other public, informative or collaborative activity.
Topics can be anything that is about or related to Free Software. We welcome technical sessions but we also encourage to give non-technical talks that address philosophical, economical or other aspects of/about Free Software. We also like sessions about related subjects that have a clear connection to Free Software for example privacy, data protection, sustainability and similar topics. Finally, we welcome all backgrounds – from your private project to global community projects. If you are interested, read more about our call for participation.
30 September 2016 – Jonas Öberg
FSFE is a charity dedicated to empowering users to control technology.
We are working to build freedom in digital society. We operate in a lively
environment with volunteers from many countries. We are looking for a
technical intern to join our team for three months, taking part in the
work to rewrite and implement a new account management system.
28 September 2016
A 14 de Setembro a Comissão Europeia (CE) publicou a sua,
há muito esperada, Proposta
de Directiva sobre o direito de autor no Mercado Único Digital. Embora
a proposta nos agrade pela introdução duma excepção, obrigatória, ao direito de autor no
referente ao 'text and data mining' (TDM) no campo da investigação científica, preocupa-nos
a inclusão de uma ampla cláusula possibilitando o uso de "salvaguardas técnicas", dada
aos detentores de direitos por forma a limitar a aplicação da excepção agora introduzida.
07 September 2016
Julia Reda ended the QtCon, a conference for
the Free Software community, with a closing keynote on, among other
things, Free Software in the European Public Sector.
09 August 2016
In the afternoon of Saturday 6 August, our friend and
active Fellow Elias Diem passed away. He was on his way back home from a hiking
trip with a friend in the Swiss alps. He slipped and fell about 150 meters. His
friend tried to rescue him, but it was too late. He died of a heavy head injury
at the age of 39.
04 August 2016
Free Software advocates from all over Europe will be meeting in Berlin
from the 2nd to the 4th of September at the FSFE Summit 2016. Apart from
working on furthering the adoption of Free Software in Europe, we will
also be celebrating the FSFE's 15th anniversary.
25 July 2016
Up until now, Internet service providers (ISPs) in
Germany determined the router users had to use to connect to the
Internet. The user had no say in this decision. This changes on August
1. A new law will allow users choose the device that gets installed in
their homes. The FSFE wants to ensure everybody knows about their new
rights and is asking users to report cases in which ISPs try to avoid
the new regulation.
01 July 2016
Imagine a European Union that builds its IT infrastructure on Free Software. Imagine European Member States that exchange information in Open Standards and share their software. Imagine municipalities and city councils that benefit from decentralized and collaborative software under free licenses. Imagine no European is any longer forced to use non-Free Software... This is what we are seeking. And although this vision feels like a long road to go, we know that we are taking major steps along it today. To help unlock our full potential on this road, FSFE offers cross-border collaboration and in 2016 its first European summit. Join us and our movement.
30 June 2016
The Free Software Foundation Europe protects users,
companies and institutions from technological abuse by promoting the use
of Free Software. Now there is a project that protects the code used in
Free Software itself and promised to preserve it for the future: Inria
presents the Software Heritage initiative.
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02 May 2016
… Mirko Boehm! The election period for this year's Fellowship
GA seat has ended on April 29, 2016. There was just one candidate running for the Fellowship GA seat this time. The more we are happy that still 18,9% of our Fellows took their chance to support Mirko Boehm in running for the seat.
28 April 2016
On 19 April, the European Commission published a communication on "ICT
Standardisation Priorities for the Digital Single Market" (hereinafter 'the
Communication'). The Digital
Single Market (DSM) strategy intends to digitise industries with several
legislative and political initiatives, and the Communication is a part of it
covering standardisation. In general, the Free Software Foundation Europe
(FSFE) welcomes the Communication's plausible approach for integrating Free
Software and Open Standards into standardisation
but expresses its concerns about the lack of understanding of necessary
prerequisites to pursue that direction.
11 April 2016
23 organisations including the Free Software Foundation
Europe (FSFE) joined up in
proposing measures to EU institutions and EU member states to avoid
negative implications on users' rights and Free Software imposed by the EU
Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU.
24 February 2016 – Jonas Öberg
From teaching people to use encryption for their e-mail, to changing
the direction of policy on a European level, the Free Software
Foundation Europe worked hard in 2015 to empower users to control
technology. With welcome help from our donors and contributors, we
set out with ambitious goals for the year. We saw a lot of
improvements in how we work, and we ended the year positively with a
lot to look forward to in 2016. Please enjoy this story of (some!) of
our work over the year, and thank you for helping us make the world a
better place!
22 February 2016
Sunday 14 February 2016 was a day to declare love for
people we care for. On this day, as a yearly tradition, the Free Software
community celebrates "I love Free Software" day to thank developers behind Free
Software. This year, for the 6th time, FSFE asked everyone to participate and
express their appreciation and gratitude to their favourite Free Software
contributors.
08 February 2016
It's time to say "thank you" on 14th of February,
the "I love Free Software" Day 2016.
The Free Software Foundation Europe asks all Free Software users to use
the traditional day of love to think of the hardworking people
contributing to the Free Software we all depend on. As every year there are
many ways for people to participate in this online campaign which has
first been celebrated five years ago.
05 February 2016
Traditionally, Brussels is the place to go for Free Software enthusiasts
and developers at the end of January. During FOSDEM,
hundreds of experts talk about their beloved project and discuss the past,
present and future of Open Source. It is a great place for meeting like-minded people.
28 January 2016
On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted
its own-initiative report "Towards a Digital Single Market"
in response to the European Commission's Digital Single Market strategy.
FSFE is glad to see that the Parliament took an affirmative attitude
and a bolder stance towards the increased use of Free Software and
its importance to digital single market.
26 January 2016
The Free Software Foundation Europe is delighted to hand
over the organisation of the international Document Freedom Day to the Digital
Freedom Foundation. Document Freedom Day is the global campaign for document
liberation and awareness of Open Standards with grassroots events throughout
the world. The Digital Freedom Foundation is best known to organise Software
Freedom Day, the international day to celebrate Free Software.
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