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<p>However, the document lacks proper understanding of licensing conditions
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of standard-essential patents in order to include Free Software into
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standard setting processes. In particular, FSFE <a href="fixme:link">expresses
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standard setting processes. In particular, FSFE <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160428-02">expresses
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its concerns in regard to the promotion of so-called "fair, reasonable,
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and non-discriminatory (FRAND)licensing terms</a> that in practice are
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incompatible with Free Software. This way, the document jeopardises every
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the whole essence of Free Software licensing, and are pleased to see that
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the Commission disregarded that claim in its antitrust case against Google.</p>
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<h2 id="fsfe-merges-offices-to-berlin">FSFE merges offices to Berlin</h2>
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<p>FSFE's history is deeply rooted in Düsseldorf and its surrounding area,
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given the fact that we opened our first office in Düsseldorf. This office
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was FSFE's first administrative center and later became the hub of our
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merchandise activities. Düsseldorf now is the epicenter of one of the
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oldest Fellowship groups and we are very grateful for the support which
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the Fellows and volunteers in the area have given to the FSFE through
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the years.</p>
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<p>However, after many years of maintaining two offices, we now concentrate
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our administrative activities in the Berlin office that has been used as
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FSFE's headquarters since several years now. With the closing of the
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Düsseldorf office, all merchandise, administration and <a href="https://fsfe.org/contact/contact.en.html">communication is handled via
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the Berlin office solely</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="from-the-community">From the community</h2>
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representative who is to represent our community and the FSFE's Fellowship
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in <a href="https://fsfe.org/about/team.en.html#general-assembly">FSFE's
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general assembly</a>. Although we only had one candidate, we like to
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<a href="FIXME:%20Link%20to%20News-item%20of%20elections,%20still%20to%20come">thank
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160502-01">thank
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and congratulate Mirko Boehm to run for the office and being elected</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p>We have now over 30 organisations and companies who joined us in
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proposing measures to EU institutions and EU member states to avoid negative
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implications on users' rights and Free Software imposed by the
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/radiodirective/statement.en.html">EU
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Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, aka 'Radio Lockdown Directive'</a>.
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The joint statement is open to new signatures against negative implications
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that the 'Radio Lockdown Directive' poses on software freedom, users'
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<li><p>FSFE also joined a coalition of organisations that fight the
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negative implementations of the 'Radio Lockdown Directive' in France.
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Together, we signed <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160406.en.html">an
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Together, we signed <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160406">an
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open letter to the French government and French Telecommunications Regulatory
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Authority (ART)</a> to ensure that the implementation of the 'Radio Lockdown
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Directive' in France will not harm Free Software.</p></li>
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<li><p>On our way to become more transparent and inclusive, we published
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our <a href="https://fsfe.org/about/transparency-commitment.en.html">transparency
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our <a href="https://fsfe.org/about/transparency-commitment">transparency
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commitment</a> in line with the guidelines from Transparency International Germany.</p></li>
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<li><p>A lot of our initial structure and founding documents have not
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