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<h1 class="p-name">FSFE Newsletter - February 2017</h1> |
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<h2 id="why-open-science-matters-and-the-fsfe's-position-on-horizon-2020"> |
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Why Open Science matters and the FSFE's position on Horizon 2020</h2> |
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<p>"Open Science" is an emerging movement that asks to |
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transfer the four freedoms that we practice in Free Software into science. |
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Although it is still emerging, Open Science receives more and more strategic |
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importance for decision-makers. In the eyes of financial ministers of the |
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European Union, Open Science produces and uses a lot of Open Data, which |
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in turn has the potential for big economic benefits. The "European Cloud |
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Initiative", for example, is part of the European Commission's strategy |
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for Open Science, intended for building a <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open-science">"competitive data |
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and knowledge economy in Europe"</a>. It aims at strengthening Europe's |
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position in data-driven innovation and is thus considered to become an |
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important part of the European Digital Single Market. Or, as the Organisation |
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for Economic Co-operation and Development puts it: <a href="https://www.oecd.org/sti/oecd-science-technology-and-innovation-outlook-25186167.htm">"Encouraging the |
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sharing and re-use of research data could generate more value for public money"</a>.</p> |
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<p>With this in mind, the FSFE targets Free Software to be part of this |
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emerging field of European Open Science from the beginning. As all |
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research, data processing and archiving nowadays heavily depends on |
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software, it is a chance to jump on the bandwagon and define Free Software |
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as a precondition of Open Science. As one course of action, we <a href="/news/2017/news-20170105-01">wrote a position |
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paper for the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020</a>, the biggest EU Research |
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and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available.</p> |
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<p>The <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/policy/letters/20170105-horizon2020-position-paper.pdf">FSFE's position paper |
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explains how Free Software and Open Standards are fundamental to Open |
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Science</a> and we therefore ask for all publicly-funded research in Europe |
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to mandatorily use and develop Free Software and Open Standards. With |
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the "European Cloud Initiative" in mind, we explicitly ask that <a href="/news/2017/news-20170105-01">"Data and |
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software repositories and Data Management Plans (DMPs) must employ Free |
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Software in order to ensure unfettered access to their contents and long |
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term preservation"</a>.</p> |
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<p>Help us now to grow bigger and make a difference in 2017<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl2017-02"> https://fsfe.org/join</a></p> |
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<h2 id="what-else-have-we-done?-inside-and-Outside-the-fsfe">What else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE</h2> |
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<li>To underpin the demands of the position paper we wrote for the interim |
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evaluation of Horizon 2020 (see above), we <a href="/news/2017/news-20170110-01">filed a Freedom |
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of Information request to the European Commission’s Directorate-General |
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for Research and Innovation</a> to ask about the use, development and |
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release of (Free) software under Horizon2020. We will keep you updated |
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about any response.</li> |
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<li><a href="/news/2017/news-20170109-01.html">We published |
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our annual report</a> with insights about our policy work, campaigns and |
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events in 2016 as well as a preview for 2017.</li> |
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<li> In August 2016, <a href="/news/2016/news-20160817-01">the FSFE joined the Advisory Board of |
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The Document Foundation</a>. Now, <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/12/27/the-document-foundation-opens-libreoffice-certification-for-migrations-and-trainings-to-all-project-volunteers-to-members-of-not-for-profit-bodies-and-to-individuals-of-proven-competence/">The Document |
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Foundation opens up the LibreOffice Certification for Migrations and |
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Trainings</a> to members of not-for-profit organisations on their Advisory |
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Board, including the FSFE.</li> |
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<li><a href="/community/events/2016/summit/backsight">We published |
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a report of the first ever FSFE summit</a> that happened in September 2016. The |
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report includes reflections, impressions, pictures and the full schedule |
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with links to the abstract, slides and video recordings of each talk, if |
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available. If you missed the summit, this report is your chance to catch |
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up on it.</li> |
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<li><a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2016/wiki/Assembly:Free_Software_Foundation_Europe">The FSFE's |
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assembly during the 33rd edition of the Chaos Communication Congress (33C3)</a> was a |
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big success thanks to our highly motivated team behind the booth and the |
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high quality of 21 sessions in three days that have been realized by our |
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session hosts. <a href="http://blog.3rik.cc/2017/01/worked-for-us-thank-you-33c3/">Read Erik's |
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report and see the pictures for more insights</a>.</li> |
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<li>Like every year, FSFE staff and many team members will be at FOSDEM |
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and we have a big booth <a href="https://fosdem.org/2017/practical/transportation/">in the K building</a>. If you |
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come to FOSDEM take the chance to meet the FSFE or individual members.</li> |
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<li><a href="http://bcnfs.org/">"Barcelona Free Software"</a> is a local |
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group in Barcelona and an open space for coders and users who love Free |
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Software. Following a team decision at the end of 2016, Barcelona Free |
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Software now is an <a href="/associates/associates">associated |
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organisation of the FSFE</a>.</li> |
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<li>Would you like to work with us in the FSFE or you know somehow who |
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would like to? <a href="/news/2017/news-20170116-01">In 2017, |
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we are looking for new student interns</a> to join our team and who like |
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to get to know a world full of Free Software.</li> |
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<h2 id="get-active">Get active</h2> |
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<p>February 14 is "I love Free Software day", the day to say thank you to |
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all the people behind Free Software. Use this day to show your love for |
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your favorite Free Software and check out our campaign page in advance |
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to get some ideas and inspiration: <a href="http://www.ilovefs.org">http://www.ilovefs.org</a></p> |
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<h2 id="good-free-software-news">Good Free Software News</h2> |
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<p>The <a href="https://en.ogpsummit.org/paris-declaration/">Paris Declaration on Open Government</a>, introduced |
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during the OGP Paris Summit last December, aims at establishing cooperation |
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between countries and civil societies throughout 2017. The Declaration is |
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composed of 21 collective action items with the <a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/opengov/news/paris-declaration-promote-collective-actions-open-government">accomplishment |
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of open public procurement and formation of effective Free Software |
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policies listed among them</a>.</p> |
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<h2 id="help-us-to-improve-our-newsletter"> Help us to improve our newsletter</h2> |
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Do you think we have missed some news, or you'd like specific news to appear in the next newsletter? Please share this and any other feedback by writing to <email>newsletter@fsfe.org</email> |
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">volunteers</a>, |
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nltr16">Fellows</a> |
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<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">corporate donors</a> |
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who enable our work, |
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your editors Erik Albers, Olga Gkotsopoulou and Fernando Sanjurjo, |
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<p>Help us now to grow bigger and make a difference in 2017<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl2017-02"> https://fsfe.org/join</a></p> |
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