Newsletter Sep 2019 #1073
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@ -0,0 +6,4 @@<body class="newsletter article" microformats="h-entry" id="nl-201909"><h1 id="fsfe-newsletter-september-2019">FSFE Newsletter September 2019</h1><p>In this month's newsletter, we focus our attention on the impact of Free Software on competition, in a piece written by our guest expert, Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri. We also take the chance to announce the awesome progress we have made in the REUSE project towards making copyright and licensing easier for developers. Further down, you can discover upcoming events and information about the FSFE Annual Community meeting, as well as see some photos and video recordings from events where we and our volunteers promoted Free Software across Europe. We also make some recommendations for articles you may find useful.</p>newsteaser="yes"from this@ -0,0 +8,4 @@<h1 id="fsfe-newsletter-september-2019">FSFE Newsletter September 2019</h1><p>In this month's newsletter, we focus our attention on the impact of Free Software on competition, in a piece written by our guest expert, Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri. We also take the chance to announce the awesome progress we have made in the REUSE project towards making copyright and licensing easier for developers. Further down, you can discover upcoming events and information about the FSFE Annual Community meeting, as well as see some photos and video recordings from events where we and our volunteers promoted Free Software across Europe. We also make some recommendations for articles you may find useful.</p><h2 id="free-software-and-its-impact-on-competition">Free Software and its impact on competition</h2><p>Our guest writer Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri shared his expert knowledge on what the impact of Free Software on competition is. Elaborating on the legal and economic arguments on whether the release of software under a FOSS license distorts the market, this article was originally written for our Public Money? Public Code - policy brochure. If you missed it, please take a look and <a href="/news/2019/news-20190806-01.html">learn more about</a> the impact that Free Software has on competition.</p>FOSS license -> Free Software license
"Public Money? Public Code!" brochure
@ -0,0 +11,4 @@<p>Our guest writer Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri shared his expert knowledge on what the impact of Free Software on competition is. Elaborating on the legal and economic arguments on whether the release of software under a FOSS license distorts the market, this article was originally written for our Public Money? Public Code - policy brochure. If you missed it, please take a look and <a href="/news/2019/news-20190806-01.html">learn more about</a> the impact that Free Software has on competition.</p><h2 id="reuse-makes-copyright-and-licensing-easier-than-ever">REUSE makes copyright and licensing easier than ever</h2><p>As you most likely already know, the FSFE is running a project called <a href="/activities/reuse/reuse.html">REUSE</a>. Its main goal is to help developers display copyright and licensing information of their projects according to the industry's best practices. Just recently, the project released version 3.0 of their specification. The new edition is accompanied by a helper tool that makes adopting these best practices easier than ever. If you are curious for more details on the topic, we welcome you to <a href="/news/2019/news-20190807-01.html">visit the dedicated article</a>.</p>@ -0,0 +22,4 @@<p>As with every month, we are trying to spread the word and help individuals and organisations understand what Free Software is and how Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination. If you are interested in seeing us in action and to join our cause, keep in mind the following dates and locations in the coming months:</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://osseu19.sched.com/event/05a3272287d3def1bcb0a62ace00b730">Open Source Summit</a> in Lyon, France is happening between September 28th and October 30th and the FSFE's Programme Manager Max Mehl will talk about the REUSE project and Free Software licensing compliance.</li>@ -0,0 +23,4 @@<ul><li>The <a href="https://osseu19.sched.com/event/05a3272287d3def1bcb0a62ace00b730">Open Source Summit</a> in Lyon, France is happening between September 28th and October 30th and the FSFE's Programme Manager Max Mehl will talk about the REUSE project and Free Software licensing compliance.</li><li>Between November 15th and 16th the FSFE Community Meeting will unite forces with the <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/">South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFScon)</a> in Bolzano, Italy. The FSFE will have its own track and you are kindly invited to join the expert and community talks, as well as the social activites. You can read more about this on our <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/FSFECommunityMeeting2019">wiki page</a></li>@ -0,0 +35,4 @@</figure><ul><li>The FSFE Policy Manager Alexander Sander went to the <a href="https://programm.froscon.de/2019/events/2326.html">FrOSCon</a> and gave a talk about the current state of the Public Money?Public Code! initiative, the full recording of which is <a href="https://youtu.be/MggxiG0ONBk">available online</a>. Thanks to the FSFE's local group in Bonn, we were also present with a booth. It turned out that many of the visitors were truly interested in what happens at a local level, as well as how they can help and support the cause with specific actions. It was a great opportunity to have such substantial discussions and exchange of ideas and best practices. </li>we share youtube instead of peertube on purpose. ref. @alex @reinhard exchange on that
@ -0,0 +38,4 @@<li>The FSFE Policy Manager Alexander Sander went to the <a href="https://programm.froscon.de/2019/events/2326.html">FrOSCon</a> and gave a talk about the current state of the Public Money?Public Code! initiative, the full recording of which is <a href="https://youtu.be/MggxiG0ONBk">available online</a>. Thanks to the FSFE's local group in Bonn, we were also present with a booth. It turned out that many of the visitors were truly interested in what happens at a local level, as well as how they can help and support the cause with specific actions. It was a great opportunity to have such substantial discussions and exchange of ideas and best practices. </li><figure><img src="/picturebase/booths/201908-201908_Veganmania-booth-Austria_800pxl.jpg" alt=" FSFE Information stall at Veganmania Summer Festival 2019" />filename incorrect
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@ -0,0 +42,4 @@<figcaption>FSFE Information stall at Veganmania Summer Festival 2019</figcaption></figure><li>The most frequently asked questions our Viennese FSFE Group faced during the local Veganmania Summer Festival in August was why a Software organisation like the FSFE participates in a vegan festival. Their answer? The same ethical considerations that lead people to adopt a vegan life style can be applied analogously to information technologies and the use of Free Software. For more interesting insights, read <a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2019/08/27/fsfe-booth-donauinsel/">their blog entry</a>. </li>questions -> question
@ -0,0 +45,4 @@<li>The most frequently asked questions our Viennese FSFE Group faced during the local Veganmania Summer Festival in August was why a Software organisation like the FSFE participates in a vegan festival. Their answer? The same ethical considerations that lead people to adopt a vegan life style can be applied analogously to information technologies and the use of Free Software. For more interesting insights, read <a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2019/08/27/fsfe-booth-donauinsel/">their blog entry</a>. </li><figure><img src="/picturebase/events/201908-CCcamp-about-freedom-talk_800pxl.jpeg" alt="about:freedom talk session @CCcamp in Mildenberg, Germany" />filename incorrect
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@ -0,0 +49,4 @@<figcaption>about:freedom talk session @CCcamp in Mildenberg, Germany</figcaption></figure><li>At the Chaos Communication Camp in Mildenberg, Germany that happened between August 21th and 25th, the FSFE hosted its own assembly under the <a href="https://events.ccc.de/camp/2019/wiki/Village:About:freedom">about:freedom </a> slogan. More than 50 talks, workshops and panels found the slogan matching their views and joined us throughout the entire course of the camp. Sustainability of Software, Argumentation Trainings for Data Protection, Copyright, workshops on Free Your Android and Crypto, and measuring Internet censorship, these were just few of the many topics that we and the Camp visitors enjoyed. A recording of the Sustainability of Software talk is also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0NS5KDsbs">available on our channel</a>. More great photos from the Village settings are <a href="https://pixelfed.social/c/73939228374994944">accessible online</a>.</li>@ -0,0 +53,4 @@<figure><img src="/picturebase/events/201908-CCcamp-about-freedom-at-night_800pxl.jpeg" alt="Night life @ about:freedom village at CC summer camp" /><figcaption>Night life @ about:freedom village at CC summer camp</figcaption>small picture, not 800px as indicated by file name
@ -0,0 +56,4 @@<figcaption>Night life @ about:freedom village at CC summer camp</figcaption></figure><li>During the Next Cloud Conference in Berlin that took place on September 14th at the premises of the Technical University of Berlin, our Policy Manager Alexander Sander was part of a panel discussion dedicated on Public Money, Public Code. He debated on behalf of the FSFE with people representing Next Cloud, the Working Group of Youth Organisations and Regional Youth Council in Germany, and the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. The full video of the debate and what was said can be seen on our <a href="https://youtu.be/QHFkD4xfd6c">video channel</a>.</li>Next Cloud -> NextCloud (2 times) - yes. the name of the event is next cloud, organised by next cloud having one of their people in the panel.
@ -0,0 +59,4 @@<li>During the Next Cloud Conference in Berlin that took place on September 14th at the premises of the Technical University of Berlin, our Policy Manager Alexander Sander was part of a panel discussion dedicated on Public Money, Public Code. He debated on behalf of the FSFE with people representing Next Cloud, the Working Group of Youth Organisations and Regional Youth Council in Germany, and the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. The full video of the debate and what was said can be seen on our <a href="https://youtu.be/QHFkD4xfd6c">video channel</a>.</li></ul><ul><li>As a result of our participation at events and efforts promoting the Public Money? Public Code innitiative during the summer, the Open Letter received 6 new supportive signatures over the last 2 months. The following organisations from around Europe and the world endorsed these principles and joined the actions on local ground:</li>@ -0,0 +61,4 @@<ul><li>As a result of our participation at events and efforts promoting the Public Money? Public Code innitiative during the summer, the Open Letter received 6 new supportive signatures over the last 2 months. The following organisations from around Europe and the world endorsed these principles and joined the actions on local ground:</li><ol><li> <a href="https://opensaar.de/en/">OpenSaar</a> is an Initiative based in the SaarLorLux region. They have dedicated their efforts to promoting FOSS in their region.</li>Initiative -> initiative
@ -0,0 +63,4 @@<ol><li> <a href="https://opensaar.de/en/">OpenSaar</a> is an Initiative based in the SaarLorLux region. They have dedicated their efforts to promoting FOSS in their region.</li><li> <a href="https://www.fossbd.org/">FOSS Bangladesh</a> is the most prominent Free Software Organisation in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh and has <a href="https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2013/spring/foss-bangladesh">worked with FSF</a> some time ago.</li><li> <a href="https://peercoin.net/">Peercoin Foundation</a> is an international NGO working towards the development of a FOSS blockchain.</li>FOSS -> Free Software
their name is FOSS - the second foss has been amended
their name is FOSS - the second foss has been amended
@ -0,0 +94,4 @@<hr/><p>Join our community:<a href="https://fsfe.org/join/nl2019-07">https://fsfe.org/join/nl2019-09</a></p>update 07 -> 09
@max.mehl pictures sizes have been updated. The Veganmania photo has been left with the original size, as it is already below 400pxls
Will merge and add some edit afterwards directly