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<title>35 years for the FSF +++ Participation at SFSCon +++ Technical job vacancy</title>
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<h1 id="35-years-fsf-participation-sfscon-technical-job-vacancy">35 years FSF +++ Participation at SFSCon +++ Technical job vacancy</h1>
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<p>Read in our October newsletter about FSF's thirty-fifth anniversary, our
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upcoming participation at SFSCon, our technical job vacancy, and our
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other diverse community activities.</p>
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<h2 id="35-years-fsf">Congratulations to the FSF on its thirty-fifth anniversary</h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.fsf.org/events/fsf35">35 years ago</a>, our sister
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organisation, the <a href="https://fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a>, was
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founded to work for users' freedoms to use, study, share, and improve
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software with the introductory line that <strong>"Our work will not be
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finished until every computer user is able to do all of their digital tasks
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in complete freedom"</strong>. That is a promise that holds true even after
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thirty-five years of working for software freedom and inspiring countless
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people and many organisations to take a stand for user freedoms. <a
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href="/news/2020/news-20201009-01.html">The FSFE's President, Matthias
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Kirschner, recorded a congratulatory speech</a> in which he reflected on the
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importance the FSF and our movement have had and continue to have over the
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years.</p>
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<video width="100%" crossorigin="crossorigin" poster="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/4810dd3b11dadc80460aa3246083c7a7.png" controls="controls">
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<source type="video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"" src="https://download.fsfe.org/videos/FSF35-Matthias-Kirschner.mp4"></source>
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<source type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" src="https://download.fsfe.org/videos/FSF35-Matthias-Kirschner.webm"></source>
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</video>
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<h2 id="participation-sfscon">Participation at SFSCon</h2>
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<p>The South Tyrolean Conference for Free Software, SFScon, is one of the
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established annual conferences on Free Software in Europe. In recent years we
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have been represented with lectures, workshops and our information booth.
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Last year we also organised our Community Event in the context of SFSCON, so that
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we could meet our community and also many other interested people, and
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eventually <a href="/news/2019/news-20191205-01.html">reported about our
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work</a>. </p>
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<p>Due to the current situation, the 2020 edition of this event can only take
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place in blended mode: both online and at NOI Techpark, for a limited number
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of people. But of course, the FSFE is again contributing to the
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programme.</p>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/2a016b7f2770328ac7d26c7eab404ed9.jpg" alt="Community Meeting" />
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</figure>
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<p>We have organised seven lectures in which legal issues are clarified and
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current political developments are analysed. Concrete practical questions
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concerning compliance, for example for SMEs, will be addressed, as well as
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questions about machine learning and problems which arise in the development
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of a "free" smartphone. <a href="/news/2020/news-20201019-01.html">Here you
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find more information on our track and the SFSCon2020</a></p>
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<hr/>
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<p>The biggest financial impact the FSFE faces in these times of physical
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distancing is the cancellation of Free Software conferences, including our
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own events. To keep the software freedom movement solid and alive, please
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consider <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl">donating a part of
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your conference budget to Free Software organisations, including the
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FSFE</a>.</p>
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<hr/>
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<h2 id="job-vacancy">Technical job vacancy</h2>
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<p><a href="/news/2020/news-20201005-01.html">The FSFE is looking for a
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working student</a> to support our work to empower people to control
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technology. The person will work 10 hours per week in the Berlin office
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(home office possible at a later stage) and will support the FSFE's
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technical infrastructure by working closely together with our system
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administrators. Deadline to apply is Sunday, 15 November 2020. Please share
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this with others you know who might be interested. </p>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/e88678b1f41368ab7106657ce298706e.jpg" alt="Bulletin Board with a post saying: Make things happen" />
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</figure>
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<h2 id="Upcoming-events">Upcoming events</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>At the <a href="https://osseu2020.sched.com/event/eCVu">OSSEU2020
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Alexander Sander will talk</a> about how Free Software enables global
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solutions for global problems.</li>
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<li>At the <a href="https://cfp.privacyweek.at/pw20/talk/BU7HK9/">Privacy
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Week Alexander Sander will talk</a> about our "Public Money? Public Code!"
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campaign and why Free Software helps to tackle a global crisis.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="what-have-we-done-inside-and-outside-the-fsfe">What have we done? Inside and outside the FSFE</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>For the <a href="/news/podcast/episode-7.html">seventh episode of
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our Software Freedom Podcast</a> we talked with Vincent Lequertier
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about transparency, fairness, and accessibility as crucial criteria for
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artificial intelligence (AI) and why it is important for our society to
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release AI software under a Free Software license. </li>
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<li>In his <a href="https://sfk.flossk.org/">keynote at Software
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Freedom Kosova 2020 </a> Alexander Sander, FSFE's EU Public Policy
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Manager, provided a brief overview of the FSFE's previous and ongoing activities to foster software
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freedom in Europe, on the levels of politics, legal work with
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enterprises, and general public awareness. The keynote was followed by
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a workshop two weeks later.</li>
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<li>At the "openSUSE + LibreOffice Virtual Conference" (oSLO),
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Alexander Sander <a
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href="https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSLO/program/proposals/3247">gave
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a talk</a> about the advantages of using Free Software in the public
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sector, about what we have learnt from the corona crisis, and why it is
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even more important to use Free Software now than ever before.</li>
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<li> We are grateful to Lioh Möller who coordinated the FSFE country
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team Switzerland and welcome the new coordinator Gian-Maria Daffré with
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Ralf Hersel as vice-coordinator. The Swiss group is well known for
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their Free Software education portal <a
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href="https://lernenwiedieprofis.ch/">Lernen wie die Profis (learning
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like a pro)</a> and the news-zine and podcast <a
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href="https://gnulinux.ch/">gnulinux.ch</a>.</li>
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<li> The Berlin coordinator Erik Grun together with Katja Jäger <a
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href="https://campus.re-publica.com/en/session/freie-software-digitale-gesellschaft">gave
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a talk</a> about Free Software for the digital society in education at
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the re:publica campus in Berlin.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="contribute-to-our-newsletter">Contribute to our newsletter</h2>
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<p>If you would like to share any thoughts, pictures, or news, please send
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them to us. As always, the address is newsletter@fsfe.org. We are looking
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forward hearing from you!</p>
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<p>If you also want to support us and our work, join our community and
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support us <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl-202009">with a
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donation or a monthly contribution</a>.</p>
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<p>Thanks to our community and all the <a href="/contribute">volunteers</a>,
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/support">supporters</a>, and <a
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href="/donate/thankgnus">donors</a> who make our work possible. And thanks to
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<a href="/contribute/translators">our translators</a>, who enable you to read
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this newsletter in your native languages.</p>
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<p>Your editors,
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Erik Albers and Alexander Sander</p>
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<p><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl">Support us with your donation</a></p>
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