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<title>FSFE Newsletter - April 2017</title>
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<h1 class="p-name">FSFE Newsletter - April 2017</h1>
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<h2 id="Free-Software-in-the-German-OGP-action-plan">Free Software in the German OGP action plan</h2>
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<p>Last December, Germany joined the
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<a href="https://www.opengovpartnership.org/">Open Government
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Partnership</a> and now has until June 2017 to develop and decide
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on an action plan. Increased transparency and continuous reporting,
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governmental effectiveness and citizen-friendly administration are
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all part of the goals of Open Government.</p>
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<p>The FSFE has worked together with other organisations and the
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"working group OGP" Germany to summarise the topic of Free Software
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in the Open Government context and provide concrete action items,
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along with a short but illuminating introduction into the topic
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and a vision for 2030. The recommendations were submitted to the
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German government in March.</p>
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<p>The proposal was the outcome of a workshop, held by the German
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Government in February, with the contribution of numerous
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civil society representatives, including the FSFE. By
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<a href="/news/2017/news-20170328-01.html">
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publishing our suggestions</a>, we hope to enable civil society
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actors worldwide to learn about the OGP discussion in Germany and
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use these suggestions in other countries.</p>
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<hr />
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<p>Help us grow and make a difference in 2017
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl2017-04">
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https://fsfe.org/join</a></p>
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<hr />
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<h2 id="what-else-have-we-done?-inside-and-Outside-the-fsfe">
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What else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE</h2>
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<ul>
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<li> In the Dutch elections, <a href="/news/2017/news-20170302-01.html">
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Freedomvote.nl</a>, initiated by the Dutch FSFE group, compared
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party positions on digital freedom and not only helped voters
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to make up their minds, but also gave a taste of what to expect
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by the newly elected parties' digital policies.</li>
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<li> Last month, <a href="/about/associates/associates.html">
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we welcomed as an associated organisation, Dyne.org - a
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non-profit think/do tank</a> with more than 10 years of
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expertise in developing Free Software tools and narratives for
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community empowerment.</li>
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<li>On March 7, <a href="ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPd5N2Y5nuM">
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Matthias Kirschner put the spotlight on LiMux</a> at the talk
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he gave at <a href="https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2017/03/58-npa/">
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the 58. Netzpolitischer Abend</a> in Berlin, and on March 28,
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<a href="https://ansol.org/FSFE-palestra">he shared his views
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with the audience at the ISCTE–University Institute of Lisbon
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in Portugal</a> concerning ways to empower people to use
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technology. Matthias also participated in a longer
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<a href="http://www.pietcast.com/folge-0026-limux/">podcast
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in German about LiMux</a>.</li>
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<li>On March 11-12,<a href="https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2017/en">
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the FSFE returned to Chemnitzer Linux-Tage</a>, Germany's
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biggest Free Software conference, held in the University
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of Chemnitz. We arranged an information booth and Max Mehl
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spoke about the developments around the
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<a href="/activities/radiodirective/index.html">
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EU Radio "Lockdown" Directive</a>.</li>
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<li>On March 20, Olga Gkotsopoulou, Polina Malaja and Lusy Vaseva
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<a href="https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/oscibar2017_session17">
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presented the FSFE's Position Paper for the endorsement of Free
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Software and Open Standards in Horizon 2020 and all publicly-funded
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research</a> and facilitated a discussion about the role of Free
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Software in Open Science at <a href="https://www.open-science-conference.eu/barcamp/">
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the Open Science Barcamp in Berlin</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/securedrop-and-alexandre-oliva-are-2016-free-software-awards-winners">
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The winners of the 2016 Free Software Awards were announced by
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the Free Software Foundation</a> during the LibrePlanet 2017
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conference. The Award for Projects of Social Benefit was given to
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SecureDrop, an anonymous whistleblowing platform, maintained by
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Freedom of the Press Foundation, while the Award for the Advancement
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of Free Software went to Alexandre Oliva, an advocate of Free
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Software and the GNU Project.</li>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/franz.gratzer/2017/03/10/booth-veganmania-indoor-2017/">
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The Vienna FSFE group held an information booth at Veganmania
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indoor festival 2017.</a></li>
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<li>Jonas Öberg wrote about the <a href="http://blog.jonasoberg.net/policy-whys-that">
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the need to work more with governments and local municipalities</a>
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in order to encourage uptake of Free Software friendly policies in
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procurement and development of IT systems. The FSFE policy team
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has intensified its efforts in this direction and
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">asks
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for everyone's support.</a></li>
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<li>If you're interested in discussions about Free Software on
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Android, you can join FSFE's <a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/android">
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android mailing list</a>, which Matthias Kirschner highlighted in
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his introduction to <a href="https://k7r.eu/testing-signal-without-google-account/">
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installing Signal without a Google account or Google Play</a>.</li>
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<li> <a href="/news/2017/news-20170315-01.html">
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In February, we celebrated the "I Love Free Software day" for the
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8th consecutive year</a>. People all over the world used the
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occasion to declare their love and affection not only towards their
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significant other, but to the whole Free Software community.
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This year's celebrations had everything:
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<a href="/activities/ilovefs/whylovefs/gallery.html">
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a FOSDEM photobooth in Brussels</a>, <a href="/news/2017/graphics/ilovefs-roses.jpg">
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letters and flowers for the German Parliament</a>, light projections
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<a href="http://bit.ly/2ltZM4H"> in the streets of Berlin</a>
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and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/blixxter/32872437596/">
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Frankfurt</a>, creative <a href="http://www.elektrollart.de/?p=4503">
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artworks</a>, a bright program of IloveFS events,
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<a href="https://blog.3rik.cc/2017/02/free-software-ergo-sum/">
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funny memes</a>, songs, microblogging as well as longer blogposts
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from individuals, politicians and supporting organisations.</li>
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<li>Are you currently a student? Is an internship a compulsory part
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of your studies curriculum? Are you fluent in German and English
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and interested in the politics around Free Software? Then,
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<a href="/news/2017/news-20170321-01.html">check
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our new intern vacancy announcement</a>, for a position in our
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office in Berlin, from June till October 2017. And don't forget,
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that we're still able to accept additional student interns for
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2017. <a href="/news/2017/news-20170116-01.html">
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Apply now</a> and don't miss the opportunity to become part of a
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great international and diverse team, based in Berlin!</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="get-active">Get active</h2>
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<p>Fellowship elections 2017: According to
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<a href="/about/legal/">
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our constitution</a>, two seats in the <a href="/about/people/index.html#general-assembly">
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General Assembly</a> are reserved for elected representatives of our
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Fellows. They serve two-year terms and one seat is up for re-election
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every year. The electoral process 2017 covers the period from April
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10 till April 24. Eight candidates are running for office in the
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FSFE's General Assembly. You can find the list of candidates, along
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with their manifestos and background as well as the election schedule
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and voting procedure, in <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017">
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our dedicated Fellowship Election 2017 page</a>. All Fellows
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eligible to vote will automatically receive an email with all
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necessary information.</p>
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<h2 id="help-us-improve-our-newsletter">Help us improve
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our newsletter</h2>
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<p>If you see some news you think should be included, forward
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it to us. If you'd like to share any thoughts, send them to us.
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The address is as always <email>newsletter@fsfe.org</email>. We're looking
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forward to hearing from you!</p>
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<p>Thanks to all
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">
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volunteers</a>,
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nltr17">
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supporters</a> and
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<a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">
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donors</a> who make our work possible.</p>
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<p>your editors Jonas Öberg, Olga Gkotsopoulou, Lusy Vaseva
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<a href="/index.html">FSFE</a></p>
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<hr />
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<p>Help us grow and make a difference in 2017
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl2017-04">
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https://fsfe.org/join</a></p>
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