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<p newsteaser="yes">Karlsruhe, 28 March 2012 - 1&amp;1, GMX and WEB.DE
receive the German Document Freedom Award for the use of Open Standards.
The prize is awarded by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V. (FFII) for
automatically adding XMPP to their e-mail addresses. The prize is awarded
annually on the occasion of Document Freedom Day for the promotion of Open
Standards. Last years winners include <a
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V. (FFII). 1&amp;1 is awarded for
automatically adding XMPP for all customers of their mail services. Hence, every e-mail address at web.de or gmx.de can be used to chat, independent from the use of a special chat-client.<br/> The Document Freedom Award is awarded annually on the occasion of Document Freedom Day - the international day for Open Standards. Last years winners include <a
href="/news/2011/news-20110330-01.html">tagesschau.de</a>, <a
href="/news/2010/news-20100324-01.html">Deutschland Radio</a>, and the <a
href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release-de/2008q1/000124.html">German
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Office</a>.</p>
<p>In Karlsruhe FSFE and FFII handed over a certificate and the Document
Freedom Award- cake to Jan Oetjen, CEO 1&amp;1 Internet Portals, and Tino Anic
and his team, who are responsible for this functionality. The Extensible
Freedom Award-cake to Jan Oetjen, CEO of 1&amp;1 Internet Portals, and Tino Anic
with his team, who are responsible for this functionality. The Extensible
Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, previously called Jabber) is an <a
href="/projects/os/os.html"> Open Standard</a> communication protocol
used for chatting. A <a href="http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/">
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<p>"Unlike closed services such as Facebook and Skype, 1&amp;1 has provided
open connectivity with the rest of the Jabber/XMPP network for many years.
They are to be commended for supporting truly free communication using
Internet standards." says Peter Saint-Andre, Executive Director XMPP
Internet standards." says Peter Saint-Andre, Executive Director of the XMPP
Foundation.</p>
<p>Like 1&amp;1, everyone can set up an XMPP server and enable it to
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functionality. But they disabled the XMPP server feature to connect with
other XMPP servers. This way Facebook and MSN are restricting their users
to their own service: You are only allowed to talk with people who also
have an account at their service and surrendered their data. Use XMPP and
give your friends the freedom to decide which software and which provider
have an account at their service and surrendered their data. By using free XMPP clients instead, you give your friends the freedom to decide which software and which provider
they want to use and trust!", says Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's German
Coordinator.</p>
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interoperable and do not rely on lock-in effects to convince their
customers."</p>
<p>Background information:</p>
<ul>
<li>Press pictures of the award ceremony are available on <a
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<p>Other activities and events in Germany during Document Freedom Day 2012:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-30">Countdown to Document Freedom Day by the Piratenpartei Baden-Württemberg</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-41">Awarding a DFD-cake for the city of Vienna to the ambassador in Berlin by the Green parliamentary group</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-03">Information booth about Open Standards and Free Software in the public library in Offenburg</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-28">Lectures and dicussions about open standards and their usefullness in the Chaosdorf in Düsseldorf</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/events.en.html">All other activities during DFD around the globe</a></li>
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