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<title>FSFE Newsletter - June 2016</title>
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<h1 class="p-name">FSFE Newsletter - June 2016</h1>
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<h2 id="fsfe-co-signed-the-letter-on-net-neutrality">FSFE co-signed letter on net neutrality</h2>
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<p>FSFE together with 72 organisations
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<a href="https://akvorrat.at/sites/default/files/20160502_nn_berec_civilsocietyletter_signed.pdf">signed
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a letter to the EU telecom regulators in support of strong net neutrality
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rules</a> in the on-going negotiations for the guidelines on the implementation
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of the recently adopted EU Regulation 2015/2120. The Regulation creates a
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basis for strong net neutrality, and FSFE together with other organisations
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from all over the world asks the Body of European Regulators of Electronic
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Communication (BEREC) and the 28 national telecom regulators to uphold
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these rules and to establish strong net neutrality guidelines around Europe.</p>
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<h2 id="from-free-software-misunderstandings-to-software-at-cern---fsfe-busy-at-events">From
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Free Software misunderstandings to software at CERN - FSFE busy at events</h2>
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<p>The past month was full of events and talks, with FSFE staff and team
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members being present on several occasions. Talks and presentations make
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a large part of our work to reach out and communicate our message to
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people from different backgrounds.</p>
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<p>FSFE's president Matthias Kirschner gave a short talk during
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<a href="https://re-publica.de/16/session/freie-software-missverstandnisse-gekonnt-aufklaren">Re:publica TEN</a>
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about how to counter Free Software misunderstandings. He also participated
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as a speaker at the Croatian Linux Users' Conference
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<a href="http://2016.dorscluc.org/activity/29/#activity">DORS / CLUC</a>
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in Zagreb, Croatia, where he gave a keynote about "The long way to empower
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people to control technology".</p>
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<p>During the foss-north conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, FSFE's vice
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president Alessandro Rubini gave a talk on "Time in Software
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and Hardware - how time is handled in the Linux kernel and in the White
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Rabbit network at CERN", and FSFE's executive director, Jonas Öberg,
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presented a talk about the "State of Free Software in Europe (and elsewhere)".</p>
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<p>German Coordinator Max Mehl gave a talk about Radio 'Lockdown'
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Directive during the Wireless Battle of the Mesh v9, in Porto, Portugal,
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and your co-editor Polina Malaja gave an overview on the same topic
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during the Wireless Community Weekend 2016in Berlin, Germany.</p>
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<p>Last but not least, FSFE's Austrian coordinator Peter Bubestinger
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<a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/pb/?p=165">gave a talk about Free Software
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in schools</a> at the Open Source Conference Albania OSCAL.</p>
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<h2 id="from-the-community">From the community</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Torsten Grote
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<a href="https://blog.grobox.de/2016/briar-next-step-of-the-crypto-messenger-evolution/">gives
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an overview of recent security innovations in instant messaging in his
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blogpost about "Briar - Next Step of The Crypto Messenger Evolution"</a>.
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Briar is aiming at becoming a peer-to-peer messenger which is entirely
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Free Software: it utilises end-to-end encryption with forward secrecy and
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does not require its users to disclose their metadata (i.e. the content
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of their address-books and how frequently they talk to their contacts).
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These criteria will help in offering a secure and privacy-friendly
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messenger that is available for everyone to use freely.</p></li>
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<li><p>Elena Grandi
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<a href="http://social.gl-como.it/display/3e3ce0df12572dd2557bdda693148259">described
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her experience with OpenPandora</a>, a handheld game console and a mobile
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personal computer. On this occasion, Elena also anticipated the pros
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and cons of the successor device Pyra.</p></li>
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<li><p>Diderik van Wingerden blogged about his perception of future
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innovations and the role of Free Software in it by compiling a list of
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sources that helped him in
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<a href="http://think-innovation.com/blog/shaping-a-vision-of-the-future/">"Shaping a vision of the future"</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p>Our executive director Jonas Öberg wrote about the
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<a href="http://blog.jonasoberg.net/automated-testing-of-algorithms/">Videorooter
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project and its automated testing of algorithms</a>. The code is now
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connected to Github repositories and automated tests of algorithms are
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run every time someone improves the code.</p></li>
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<li><p>Björn Schießle read the coalition contract of the new
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government in Baden-Württemberg, a state of Germany, and
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<a href="http://blog.schiessle.org/2016/05/10/freie-software-im-koalitionsvertrag-baden-wurttemberg/">analysed
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how they promise to promote Free Software</a> (German).</p></li>
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<li><p>Christian Widerström made an
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<a href="https://blog.widerstroem.com/weblog/4/veranstaltungen-oesterreich-2016-part-i">overview
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of the upcoming activities and events that the Austrian FSFE team will
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be participating in</a> (German).</p></li>
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<li><p>The project "Sustainable use of older laptops with Linux and Free
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Software", mainly run by Fellow Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann,
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<a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/wromey/2016/05/06/projekt-nachhaltige-nutzung-auch-alterer-laptops-mit-linux-und-freier-software-erhalt-den-rwe-nachhaltigkeitspreis/">has
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been given the RWE Sustainability Award</a>. The project helps people to
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migrate to Free Software and to make use of their old hardware with a
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proper GNU/Linux installation (German).</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="what-else-have-we-done">What else have we done?</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>How to successfully campaign for Free Software in a way that is
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appealing both for the general public and politicians? FSFE teamed up
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with the <a href="https://www.pen.gg/">Peng! Collective</a> and
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learned from the latter's experience in campaigning during a weekend-long
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workshop. FSFE's Fellowship Representative Mirko Boehm
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<a href="https://creative-destruction.me/2016/05/04/how-to-campaign-for-the-cause-of-software-freedom/">summarised
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the outcome of the workshop in his blogpost</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p>FSFE's Austrian team did a great job by being present with booths
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at <a href="https://blog.widerstroem.com/weblog/2/linuxwochen-wien-grazer-linuxtage">Linuxwochen
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Wien and Grazer Linuxtage (German)</a> and the local group in Berlin was
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present at the OpenTechSummit in Berlin, Germany.</p></li>
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<li><p>Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann <a href="http://open-educational-resources.de/podlove/file/502/s/download/c/select-show/OER027.mp3">gave
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an interview about the importance of Free Software in Open Educational
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Resources</a> (German).</p></li>
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<li><p>Getting active for Free Software and doing this by working for
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the FSFE is increasingly attractive and we receive a lot of applications
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for our internship program each month. However, most of the applications
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we get do not make the cut. In his blogpost, our executive director
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Jonas Öberg <a href="http://blog.jonasoberg.net/are-you-the-fsfes-next-intern/">gave
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a few hints about how to succeed with your internship application</a>
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and make it to the FSFE team as an intern.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="take-action">Take Action</h2>
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<p>Become a volunteer to maintain our blog platform! If you are interested
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in devops or system administration, we now offer an opportunity to polish
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your skills and learn new tricks by hosting a blog platform for thousands
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of our volunteers!</p>
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<p>FSFE's blog platform is a service we provide to our volunteers to give
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them a place to write about their explorations of Free Software and their
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work in the FSFE. For a while,
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<a href="http://blog.jonasoberg.net/blogs-and-other-infrastructures/">the
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service has been in dire straits and in need of an upgrade</a>. Thanks
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to our wonderful volunteers who already stepped up and proposed their
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help in maintaining the platform, the service will be kept alive.</p>
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<p>If you are interested in joining our blog platform team, get in touch
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with our blog team at blog-hackers (at) lists.fsfe.org.</p>
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<h2 id="good-free-software-news">Good Free Software news</h2>
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<p>The Hungarian government
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<a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/hungary-increase-use-open-source-software">published
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a decree promoting the use of Free Software and Open Standards in
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public administrations</a>. The country's Ministry of Interior is bound
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to start a central licence registry for software used by the public sector
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and report yearly on the progress made in use of Free Software and Open
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Standards. Meanwhile,
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France <a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/france%E2%80%99s-rgi-v2-recommends-odf">revised
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its interoperability guidelines which from now on recommend ODF as a
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standard communication format between public administrations and citizens</a>.
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Sweden's Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) is
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<a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/sweden%E2%80%99s-insurer-open-source-maximises-it-efficiency">determined
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to adhere to its Free Software strategy and to sustain the Free Software
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solutions it uses</a>, according to the planned updates of the strategy
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to be published in June. As stated by the Social Insurance Agency,
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Free Software maximises value of IT by allowing its efficient use.</p>
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<p>Thanks to all the
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">volunteers</a>
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,
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">Fellows</a>
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and
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<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">corporate donors</a>
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who enable our work,</p>
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<p>your editors Polina Malaja and Erik Albers, <a href="/index.html">FSFE</a></p>
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