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<title>FSFE Newsletter - January 2010</title>
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<h1>FSFE Newsletter - January 2010</h1>
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<p>In January, FSFE was awarded the Theodor Heuss Medal as a "trendsetting
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organisation". This recognition for the hard work of the past years was a
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good start into the new year.</p>
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<p>FSFE participated in a WIPO meeting on patents and standards, moved forward
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with the restructuring of the website, identified two Fellowship candidates
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for the Fellowship seat in FSFE's General Assembly, and much more. </p>
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<p>Read further January Newsletter</p>
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<p align="right"><a href="mailto:poderi@fsfe.org">Giacomo Poderi</a></p>
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<h3>Table of Contents</h3>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#1" name="TOC1">Fellowship elections, introducing the candidates: Julia Klein and Björn Schießle</a></li>
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<li><a href="#2" name="TOC2">Ongoing website restructuring</a></li>
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<li><a href="#3" name="TOC3">Standards and patents at WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland, 25-29 Jan</a></li>
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<li><a href="#4" name="TOC4">Fellowship Jabber meeting: "What does it mean to be a candidate for the GA seat?", 06 Jan</a></li>
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<li><a href="#5" name="TOC5">December Fellowship grants</a></li>
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<strong>In the spotlight</strong>
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<li><a href="#6" name="TOC6">FSFE honoured with Theodor Heuss Medal - "trendsetting organisation"</a></li>
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<strong>It happened in the past</strong>
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<li><a href="#7" name="TOC7">First draft of GPLv3 presented</a></li>
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<strong>Upcoming events</strong>
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<li><a href="#8" name="TOC8">Election for Fellowship GA seat</a></li>
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<li><a href="#9" name="TOC9">FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium, 06-07 Feb</a></li>
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</ol>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="1"/>Fellowship elections, introducing the candidates: Julia Klein and Björn Schießle</h3>
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<p>Julia Klein and Björn Schießle are the two candidates who will run for
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the election of the second available seat as Fellowship representative at
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FSFE's GA. Both have been Fellows for a few years now. Julia often
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participates in Fellowship events and helps in setting up FSFE's booths in
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Germany. Björn is active in the German translation team, takes part in the
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Baden-Würtemberg</p>
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<p>Fellowship events and has a been part of FSFE's German team for several years.
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More information on the voting period are available at</p>
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<li><a href="/news/2010/news-20100129-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100129-01.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/election10">https://wiki.fsfe.org/election10</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="2"/>Ongoing website restructuring</h3>
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<p>Last month we announced the beginning of the major restructuring of
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FSFE's website. The work is not finished yet, but as it is possible to
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notice by browsing fsfe.org, our webmasters team did an excellent job in
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only a few weeks. The visible changes are only the top of the iceberg.
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Many hours of work were spent on the improvement of the underlying
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structure of the website. You can help the webmasters team by joining them
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or simply by pointing out problems concerning the website.</p>
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<li><a href="mailto:web@lists.fsfe.org">web@lists.fsfe.org</a></li>
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<li><a href="/contribute/web/web.html">https://fsfe.org/contribute/web/web.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="3"/>Standards and patents at WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland, 25-29 Jan</h3>
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<p>Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's president, and Hugo Roy, FSFE's intern,
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participated in the meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of
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Patents. From FSFE's perspective, the two most important points on the
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agenda were the relation between standards and patents, and limitations to
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patentability. In this regard, FSFE made a statement which highlights the
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relevance of transparent processes when discussing patent regulations and
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gives support to the idea of creating a working program for the discussion
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of limitations and exceptions of patentability, and their effectiveness in
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addressing development concerns. FSFE's statement is available at:</p>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=291">https://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=291</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="4"/>Fellowship Jabber meeting: "What does it mean to be a candidate for the GA seat?", 06 Jan</h3>
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<p>On 06 January, the Fellows met on our jabber server to hear about Torsten
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Grote's experience as representative for the Fellowship at FSFE's General
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Assembly (GA). Torsten clarified doubts that other Fellows had concerning
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this role, and encouraged them to run as candidates for the other available
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seat. The election will take place during February.</p>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Jabber">https://wiki.fsfe.org/Jabber</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="5"/>December Fellowship grants</h3>
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<p>As it happened for the application period of November, we received many
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interesting grant applications and deciding amongst these wasn't easy at
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all. However, the grants for December have been awarded to Alex Bihlmaier
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and Christoph Fritz, both from Germany, and Stelios Stavroulakis from
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Greece. They impressed us with their enthusiasm for Free Software projects
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and the many valuable contributions they have made so far.
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We welcome them to the Fellowship!</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">https://my.fsfe.org/donate</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">https://my.fsfe.org/donate</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>In the spotlight</h2>
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<h3><a name="6"/>FSFE honoured with Theodor Heuss Medal - "trendsetting organisation"</h3>
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<p>FSFE will receive this year's Theodor Heuss Medal for its extraordinary
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work for equitable participation in the information society. Since 2001
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FSFE has promoted the freedom to use, investigate, modify and redistribute
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software in all parts of society and politics. Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's
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president, and Matthias Kirschner, German team coordinator, emphasised on
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the valuable efforts done by Georg Greve, Bernhard Reiter and Werner Koch,
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who founded FSFE, and by all volunteers who supported us during these
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years. It was them who made this success possible!</p>
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<p>The non-partisan Theodor Heuss Foundation seeks "to bring attention to
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something that needs to be done in our democracy". Regarding FSFE's medal,
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the Foundation states: "FSFE, as a forward thinking organisation,
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contributes to the development and establishment of rules for good global
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governance." The award ceremony will take place on May 8 in Stuttgart,
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Germany.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/news/2010/news-20100126-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2010/news-20100126-01.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Relevant links:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.theodor-heuss-stiftung.de">http://www.theodor-heuss-stiftung.de</a></li>
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<li><a href="/activities/activities.html">https://fsfe.org/activities/activities.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="/contribute/contribute.html">https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>It happened in the past</h2>
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<h3><a name="7"/>First draft of GPLv3 presented</h3>
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<p>In January 2006 at MIT in Boston, USA, the first draft of the GPLv3 was
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presented and discussed. Georg Greve and other FSFE representatives
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participated at the first international conference on the GPLv3. An event
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that marked an important milestone towards the new version of the world's
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most successful Free Software license.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q1/000127.html">Press Release</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Upcoming events</h2>
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<h3><a name="8"/>Election for Fellowship GA seat</h3>
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<p>During the whole month of February, the election for the second Fellowship
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seat in FSFE's GA will take place. All Fellows will be asked to vote for
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the candidates and to decide who, between Julia and Björn, will join
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Torsten in representing the Fellowship in FSFE's highest decision making
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body.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/election10">https://wiki.fsfe.org/election10</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="9"/>FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium, 06-07 Feb</h3>
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<p>As usual, FSFE will participate at FOSDEM with a lively and well-staffed
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booth. This European event organized by the community, for the community
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is the place where Free Software developers meet, and an event that you
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should not miss. Drop by the FSFE booth near the entrance and say hello!
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FOSDEM takes place at ULB Campus Solbosh, 50 Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt,
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1050 Brussels, Belgium. Admission gratis.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://fosdem.org/2010/">http://fosdem.org/2010/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p></p>
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<p>You can find a list of all FSFE newsletters on</p>
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<a href="/news/newsletter.html">https://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html</a>
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<p>You can join the Fellowship and find how to support us on</p>
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">https://my.fsfe.org/donate</a>
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute.html</a>
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<p>You can order our merchandise at</p>
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<a href="/order/order.html">https://fsfe.org/order/order.html</a>
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