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<h2>"Secure Boot": Who will control your next computer?</h2>
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<p>The FSFE's goal is to ensure that the owners of IT devices are always in full
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<p>The FSFE's goal is to ensure that the owners of IT devices are always
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in full
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and sole control of them. This fundamental principle is recently being
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challenged. For maintaining sustained growth in the development and use of
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software, the broad availability of general purpose computers is crucial. This
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<p>Interesting times in the European Free Software Championship. <a
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href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2012/07/euro2012-final-spain-vs-norway/">Spain
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won the European Free Software Championship</a> with 4:3 against Norway.
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Thanks to referee <a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido">Guido Arnold</a> we did
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Thanks to referee <a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido">Guido Arnold</a>
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we did
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not receive any reports of fouls during the alternative games. Outside those
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games the FSFE also works on fairness.</p>
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analysis, 14 have been found to clearly violate the Finnish procurement law.
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These violating notices explicitly asked for tenders of specific brands of
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software manufacturers or products and thus discriminate all other brands and
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manufacturers, effectively stopping free competition.</p>
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manufacturers, effectively stopping free competition.</p>
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<p>The FSFE contacts the violating authorities and informs them about the
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specific violation the notice contains, <a
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<li>The FSFE's former legal coordinator <a
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href="https://lwn.net/Articles/501490/">Shane Coughlan launched
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OpenRelief</a>. The project is aimed at developing
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inexpensive—"disposable"—drone aircraft to assist relief teams in detecting
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inexpensive—"disposable"—drone aircraft to assist relief teams in
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detecting
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people, changes in terrain, smoke, radiation, and other conditions in places
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that may be difficult or dangerous for on-the-ground exploration.</li>
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Free Software to protect your privacy online, regardless of the measures that
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the Coalition may impose upon you or your telecoms providers.</li>
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<li>The FSFE has been <a href="/news/2012/news-20120607-01.html">asking
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<li><bold>UPDATE: The European Parliament rejected
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ACTA. (04/07/2012)</bold><br />The FSFE has been <a
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href="/news/2012/news-20120607-01.html">asking
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activists across Europe</a> to protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting
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Trade Agreement (ACTA). Our aim is that the European Parliament finally
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rejects this controversial treaty, which would greatly harm citizens'
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and as you can see on <a href="https://fsfe.org/events/">our event page</a>
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Richard Stallman is giving talks in the Czech Republic, Germany, and
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Spain.</li>
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<li>A selection from the <a href="http://planet.fsfe.org">Fellowship blog
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aggregation</a>:</li>
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href="http://blog.hugoroy.eu/2012/06/13/facebook-update-their-terms-of-service-but-were-watching-them/">
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Hugo Roy commented on Facebook's updates of the terms of service</a>
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(that is the document most people never read, but everyone agrees to when
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they sign up to services online).</li>
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they sign up to services online).</li>
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<li>Mirko Böhm <a
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href="http://www.agile-workers.com/web/2012/06/leadership-strategy-and-qt/">is
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<p>Every time your editor reads <a
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href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews">a Fellowship interview</a>
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he feels proud to work for the FSFE with all those amazing people. Again this month
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he feels proud to work for the FSFE with all those amazing people. Again
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this month
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when <a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=605">Bjarni Runar
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Einarsson was interviewed</a> about PageKite, an application which
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allows the publication of websites stored on personal computers. <a
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<p>Thanks to all the <a href="http://fellowship.fsfe.org/join">Fellows</a> and
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<a href="donate/thankgnus.html">donors</a> who enable our work,<br/>
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<a href="/about/kirschner">Matthias Kirschner </a> - <a href="http://www.fsfe.org">FSFE</a></p>
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<a href="/about/kirschner">Matthias Kirschner </a> - <a
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href="http://www.fsfe.org">FSFE</a></p>
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<p>-- <br />
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<a href="/index.html">Free Software Foundation Europe</a><br />
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<a href="/news/news.rss">FSFE News</a><br />
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<a href="/events/events.rss">Upcoming FSFE Events</a><br />
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<a href="http://planet.fsfe.org/en/rss20.xml">Fellowship Blog Aggregation</a><br />
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<a href="http://planet.fsfe.org/en/rss20.xml">Fellowship Blog
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Aggregation</a><br />
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<a href="/contact/community.html">Free Software Discussions</a> </p>
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