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<title>1&1 Internet AG receives German Document Freedom Award </title>
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<h1>1&1 Internet AG receives German Document Freedom Award </h1>
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<p>Karlsruhe, 28 March 2012 - 1&1, GMX and WEB.DE
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receive the German Document Freedom Award for the use of Open Standards.
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The prize is awarded by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and the
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Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure e.V. (FFII). 1&1 is
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awarded for automatically adding XMPP for all customers of their mail
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services. The Document Freedom Award is awarded annually on the occasion
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of Document Freedom Day - the international day for Open Standards. Last
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years winners include <a
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href="/news/2011/news-20110330-01.html">tagesschau.de</a>, <a
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href="/news/2010/news-20100324-01.html">Deutschland Radio</a>, and the <a
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href="https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/press-release-de/2008q1/000124.html">German
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Foreign
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Office</a>.</p>
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<div class="captioned right" style="max-width;">
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<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/DFD-2012-Karlsruhe">
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<img src="/graphics/DFA-2012-1.jpg" alt="" style="width:100%;"/>
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<p>Stephan Uhlmann (FFII), Jan Oetjen (1&1, Vorstand Portale), Tino Anic (1&1), Matthias Kirschner (FSFE)</p>
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</div>
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<p>In Karlsruhe FSFE and FFII handed over a certificate and the Document
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Freedom Award-cake to Jan Oetjen, CEO 1&1 Internet Portals, and Tino Anic
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with his team, who are responsible for this functionality. The Extensible
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Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, previously called Jabber) is an <a
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href="/freesoftware/standards/standards.html"> Open Standard</a> communication protocol
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used for chatting. A <a href="http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/">
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variety of chat programs support this protocol</a>, and it is also used
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in VoIP applications.
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Every e-mail users of 1&1, GMX and WEB.DE get such an XMPP account by
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default, which has the same name as the e-mail address.</p>
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<p>"Unlike closed services such as Facebook and Skype, 1&1 has provided
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open connectivity with the rest of the Jabber/XMPP network for many years.
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They are to be commended for supporting truly free communication using
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Internet standards." says Peter Saint-Andre, Executive Director of the XMPP
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Foundation.</p>
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<p>Like 1&1, everyone can set up an XMPP server and enable it to
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connect with other XMPP standard compliant servers around the world. People
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having an account from 1&1 are able to chat with other contacts, within
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or outside the 1&1 network, using any XMPP supporting client they want.
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They can chat with customers from other XMPP supporting companies like
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Google (with Google Talk), with people who set up their own Free Software
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XMPP server, and with all of FSFE's supporters, which also automatically
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get an XMPP account. When using Skype, ICQ, Facebook, Yahoo! Messenger or
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Microsoft Network (MSN), all the people who want to chat with each other
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have to use the same provider.</p>
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<p>"Facebook and Microsoft Network (MSN) also use XMPP for their chat
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functionality. But they disabled the XMPP server feature to connect with
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other XMPP servers. This way Facebook and MSN are restricting their users
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to their own service: You are only allowed to talk with people who also
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have an account at their service and surrendered their data. By using XMPP
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servers which connect with other XMPP servers, you give your friends the
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freedom to decide which software and which provider they want to use and
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trust!", says Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's German Coordinator.</p>
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<p>"We are very honoured to receive this award. It confirms our decision to
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use the open standard XMPP for our online chat within WEB.DE, GMX and
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1&1 mailboxes. It allows our users to chat without technical barriers
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across the web.", says Jan Oetjen, CEO 1&1 Internet Portals.</p>
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<p>Stephan Uhlmann, FFII board member, adds: "We're inspired by companies
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like 1&1 Internet AG who not only base their business on Internet open
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standards, like email and the web, but also keep these services
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interoperable and do not rely on lock-in effects to convince their
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customers."</p>
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<p>Background information:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Press pictures of the award ceremony <a
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href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/DFD-2012-Karlsruhe">are available on a seperated page.</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://wissen.dradio.de/kommunikation-autarkes-chatten.36.de.html?dram:article_id=15749">
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DRadio Wissen interview</a> with Deputy German Coordinator Torsten
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Grote about XMPP (in German) explaining the importance of XMPP. (<a
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href="http://ondemand-mp3.dradio.de/file/dradio/2012/0/26/drw_201203261034_autark_chatten_gespraech_mit_thor_10eb6223.mp3">Audio</a>,
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unfortunately only mp3). </li>
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<li>Until 30th March - <a href="/news/2012/news-20120321-01.html">You
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suggest, we send handcuffs: Who needs education about
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standards?</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Other activities and events in Germany during Document Freedom Day 2012:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-03">FSFE: Information booth about Open Standards and Free Software in the public library in Offenburg</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-28">FSFE: Lectures and dicussions about open standards and their usefullness in the Chaosdorf in Düsseldorf</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://gruen-digital.de/2012/03/document-freedom-day-kleine-anfrage-laesst-bundes-cio-gegen-adobe-reader-werbung-taetig-werden-jetzt-mithelfen/">Green Federal Party: Document Freedom Day: Questions about advertisement for Adobe Reader directed to the German federal government are now responded. Help needed for evaluation.</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-41">Green Party Berlin: Awarding a DFD-cake for the city of Vienna to the ambassador in Berlin by the Green parliamentary group</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://documentfreedom.org/2012/events/#event-20120328-30">Pirate Party Baden-Württemberg: Countdown to Document Freedom Day by the Piratenpartei Baden-Württemberg</a> </li>
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<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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