<title>FSFE Berlin trifft gnuHU Berlin, Deutschland</title>
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<p>Die Berliner Gruppe der FSFE trifft sich mit der gnuHU Gruppe der Humboldt Universität zu einem gemeinsamen Abend über Freie Software, zum Kennenlernen der Gruppen und ihrer Arbeit am 7. Mai, 18 bis 20 Uhr, im Signallabor an der Georgenstraße 47 (2. Stock).</p>
<title>FSFE Berlin meets gnuHU Berlin, Germany</title>
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<p>The Berlin group of the FSFE will meet with the gnuHU group of Humboldt University for a joint evening about Free Software, to get to know the groups and their work on 7 May, 6 to 8 pm, in the Signallabor at Georgenstraße 47 (2nd floor).</p>
<title>Nachbereitungs Abend zum Umweltfestival Berlin, Deutschland</title>
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<p>Die Berliner Gruppe, Bits&Bäume Berlin und KDE Eco laden am 3.6. zu einem Workshop-Abend (18 bis 21 Uhr) in die c-base ein, um die Themen von unserem gemeinsamen Stand beim Umweltfestival zu vertiefen.</p>
<p>Themen des Abends (je nach Nachfrage der Anmeldungen):
<ul>
<li>Sprechstunde Nachhaltinge IT mit Freier Software</li>
<li>Zertifizierung von Software mit den Blauen Engel</li>
<p>Um besser Planen zu können und die Kapazitäten des Veranstaltungsortes nicht zu überscheiben bitten wir um eine <ahref="/it-nachhaltig">unverbindliche Anmeldung</a>.</p>
<p>Ort: c-base, Rungestraße 20 (U+S Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke)</p>
<title>Follow-up meeting on the Umweltfestival Berlin, Germany</title>
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<p>The Berlin Group, Bits&Bäume Berlin and KDE Eco invite you to a workshop evening at c-base on 3 June (6 to 9 pm) to discuss the topics from our joint stand at the environmental festival in greater depth.</p>
<p>Topics of the evening (depends on the demand during registration):
<ul>
<li>Consultation hour on sustainable IT with free software</li>
<li>Certification of software with the Blauer Engel</li>
<li>Upcycling Android with CustomROMs</li>
<li>The Fediverse (decentralised social networks)</li>
<li>Linux installation workshop</li>
</ul></p>
<p>In order to be able to plan better and not to exceed the capacities of the venue, we ask for a <ahref="/it-nachhaltig">non-binding registration</a>.</p>
<p>Location: c-base, Rungestraße 20 (U+S station Jannowitzbrücke)</p>
Languages Dictionary</a>, software with the purpose of keeping
languages at risk of extinction alive, valuing the contribution of
native language speakers. Tobias comes from the Netherlands, and he
developed <a
href="https://edugit.org/thedutchprogrammers/plan2go">Plan2Go</a>, a
calendar webapp he got the idea for while talking with his friends.
</p>
<p>Read along to learn more about these projects and their developers!</p>
<hr/>
<p><strong>FSFE</strong>: Hi Tobias and Antoni! Can you introduce yourselves before explaining your projects?</p>
<p>
<strong>Tobias</strong>: I’m Tobias from the Netherlands and I’m 17
years old. I love programming and helping others by making software.
Sometimes I play video games or make stuff for video games.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Antoni</strong>: My name is Antoni, I am a high school student
from Poland. I’m mainly a linguistics and computer science nerd, but am
also interested in sociology, psychology, cultural studies, literature,
and philosophy. I would like to study computer science and classics.
</p>
<p><strong>FSFE</strong>: What is the project you developed for YH4F 2023? How does it work?</p>
<p><strong>Antoni</strong>: </p>The <ahref="https://ankiedos.github.io/Endangered-Languages-Dictionary/about.en.html">Endangered Languages Dictionary (ELD) project</a> aims to be a dictionary for the world’s languages that are at risk of extinction. The project home page–still in construction–intends to only have a title in Esperanto and a bar redirecting to the selected language main page. There one can search for a phrase. The browser calculates Levenshtein’s distance between the phrase being searched and all the phrases in the given sub-dictionary (the upper limit of the search is the number to the left of the search bar that one can specify, the default is 2). All phrases meeting the specified criteria are displayed on the page as hyperlinks to their specific pages.
Subsystem for Linux (WSL)</a> to him. He replied he preferred
VirtualBox, as “it is open source” After I explained to him that he was
wrong [VirtualBox is licensed under GPL, but the extensions are
proprietary], and the openness of the source code of WSL, he asked for
evidence, and he got it. After examining the codebase, he wrote me: “It
is quite similar to the situation when you would paint a beautiful white
shirt in brown just to wallow it in the mud. (of course the shirt is
Linux)”. This has influenced me to the degree that I got pushed even
further in that direction than my classmate.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Tobias</strong>: I always only made software for myself, I
began to do it more seriously when I found out that other people might
also want my software. So I published it online, without any license.
</p>
<p>
<strong>FSFE</strong>: So it seems that at the time you did not know
that by default, if you do not specify a license, it is copyrighted.
</p>
<p><strong>Tobias</strong>: Yes, I discovered Free Software licenses thanks to YH4F!</p>
<p>
<strong>FSFE</strong>: Both projects are very interesting and ambitious.
Why did you decide to code them from scratch, rather than to contribute
existing projects?
</p>
<p>
<strong>Tobias</strong>: It’s always nice to have one [project] that you
can completely modify the way you want. If you are going to contribute
to other projects that are already kind of finished, there is only a
little bit of stuff that you might be able to add. We had about six
months, and I did not really think I could just spend all of it
contributing to just an existing project. Most probably, I would have
been done before the end of the coding period. Above all, it is very
helpful to know what’s behind a project you build from scratch by your
own.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Antoni</strong>: I didn’t find any Free Software similar to
mine, though I didn’t actively do any in-depth research. If it comes to
the value of ELD, it is low-bandwith friendly as it doesn’t depend
heavily on stylesheets. Additionally, this also implies a decrease of
resources. needed only to render a webpage!
</p>
<p><strong>FSFE</strong>: How was the experience of developing your software during YH4F 2023?</p>
<p>
<strong>Antoni</strong>: What I enjoyed the most was the fact that this
is not only a competition, but also an opportunity to learn something,
just by participating! I think that is mainly because of the long
timespan given and the short list of requirements.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Tobias</strong>: I liked the whole thing! You can program stuff,
you can join meetings with other participants and have a discussion. For
example, you can explain your project and then get some feedback. That’s
the deal: making software and getting feedback from others. And just
having fun.
</p>
<p><strong>FSFE</strong>: What are the future plans for your project?</p>
<p>
<strong>Antoni</strong>: I would like to share the message to conserve
endangered languages because it is quite sad that we are losing
linguistic diversity. The world would be less interesting and less rich.
About extending the project, I am going to pause its development, and
get back to it once I have resources, such as time and money.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Tobias</strong>: If I find the time and I get an idea to add
something to the software or just fix a feature that does not work right
now (like the time notifications) then I will work on it. Otherwise, I
will just leave it as it is right now.
</p>
<p>
<strong>FSFE</strong>: Thank you Antoni and Tobias. We wish you a bright
future and a lot of success with your plans!
</p>
<hr/>
<p>
The 2024 edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom is still going on now! The
coding period ends on 30 June and you can still take part in the 2024
edition via last minute registration. Check out the <a
href="https://yh4f.org">YH4F website</a> to find out all the details of
this competition or feel free to reach out to the organisers via <a
href="mailto:contact@fsfe.org">mail</a>!
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<cite><ahref="https://yh4f.org"><strong>Youth Hacking 4 Freedom</strong></a></cite> is the FSFE’s coding competition for European teenagers, fostering the development of Free Software and highlighting its importance among young people. We stayed in touch with the participants of the last edition, and we are happy to interview some of them about their story, their experiences at YH4F 2023, and their future plans.
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