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<title>46 Sign OS Freedom Open Letter +++ Fair Market App +++ Your Digital Rights</title> |
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<h1>46 Sign OS Freedom Open Letter +++ Fair Market App +++ Your Digital Rights</h1> |
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In this Issue: an alliance of 46 entities - and counting - supports the |
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universal right to install any software on any device. Free Software |
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is being considered for inclusion in the EU Declaration of Digital |
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Rights. FSFE's transparency in public procurement app gets to EU |
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Datathon finals. Italian FSFE volunteers prepare tour. |
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<a href="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/135aea69165f2910e2e72a571c80acf5.png"> |
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/135aea69165f2910e2e72a571c80acf5.png" alt="three illustrations: a phone-like device looks like a lock that has been opened, a happy cartoon mastodon, EU datathon banner"/> |
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<h2 id="46-entities-request-the-eu-for-the-right-to-reuse-hardware">46 Entities Request the EU for the Right to Reuse Hardware</h2> |
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<p> |
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The EU is redefining their ecodesign criteria for environmentally |
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friendly electronics. The FSFE provided input by publishing an <a |
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href="/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html">open letter</a> |
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demanding the right to install any software on any electronic device. |
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This right would allow to keep our devices longer, but it requires manufacturers to follow certain rules. For example, |
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manufacturers must be required to unlock bootloaders on all devices, |
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including computers, tablets and phones; they must also |
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publish full specifications for every component on the device. This |
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allows us and any third party to better repair our devices, and even |
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reuse parts of them. The use of Open Standards is also necessary for |
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devices to communicate and operate with each other. |
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<figure class="no-border"> |
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<a href="/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html"> |
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/3a61b0fdd2eff4e6764ae3ba6fb6b892.jpg" alt="Four illustrations. 1. Three gears in different colours and sizes integrate with each other, while one has the coding abbreviation on it 2. A phone-like device out of which come three arrows, one to the left, one to the right and one straight ahead 3. Four different geometrical figures are connected via bridges 4. a phone like device looks like a lock that has been opened."/> |
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Initially <a href="/news/2022/news-20220427-01.html">38 |
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organisations</a> agreed on the necessity of these conditions and |
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signed the open letter before publication. It is still |
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possible to sign the letter and more than 45 organisations |
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have now signed. It speaks volumes that tech companies, right to repair |
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initiatives, and important environmental organisations support the |
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right to install any software on any device. |
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</p> |
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<h2 id="fsfe-s-app-prototype-shortlisted-to-eu-datathon-finals">FSFE's App Prototype Shortlisted to EU Datathon Finals</h2> |
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<p> |
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The FSFE System Hackers created an <a |
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href="https://ted.sehn.dev">application prototype</a> aspiring to |
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connect publicly available tendering and company data and to allow |
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analysis of this data. The goal of the app is to allow citizens and |
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experts to monitor suspicious market activity of public interest. The |
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project idea has been a success and made it to the top six out of |
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26 entries in the ‘transparency in public procurement’ challenge of |
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the EU Datathon 2022. Our team has now been invited to further |
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develop the app. |
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<a href="https://ted.sehn.dev"> |
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/a83ce8f643fa79e37f7ff49bf930ea4c.png" alt="EU Datathon banner shows cubes running and reaching the finishing line of a sprint. The first cube cheers."/> |
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</figure> |
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<h2 id="digital-rights">Update: Digital Rights Declaration</h2> |
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<p> |
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The EU is in the process of discussing the Declaration of Digital |
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Rights and Principles. The <a href="/news/2022/news-20220503-01.html">European Parliament has now |
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agreed on a common text</a> recognising Free Software as a way to |
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ensure transparency in algorithms and artificial intelligence. The |
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agreed text also stresses the need for 'trustworthy standards |
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and, wherever possible, open source standards'. It encourages |
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'sustainable by design digital technologies that are durable, |
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repairable, and interoperable, both on hardware and software level, |
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and banning practices leading to premature obsolescence'. The |
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FSFE keeps monitoring the ongoing inter-institutional dialogue trying |
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to make sure that the Parliament proposal remains. |
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<h2 id="ai">Update: AI Resolution Passed</h2> |
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<p> |
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<a href="/news/2022/news-20220503-01.html">The European Parliament |
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passed a resolution</a> on Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a huge |
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majority. According to the resolution, public procurement should |
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require Free Software, where appropriate, with the goal to encourage |
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cross-border collaboration. The Parliament acknowledges that Free |
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Software can enhance investments and boost innovation in AI |
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technologies in the EU. The FSFE now urges the Parliament to transfer |
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its own position into the AI regulation. |
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</p> |
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<h2 id="save-the-date-">Save the Date!</h2> |
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<ul> |
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On 12 May the FSFE <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Berlin">Berlin</a> group |
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has its regular monthly meeting. |
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<li> |
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On 14 May the FSFE will have a booth in make-it.saarland in |
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Saarbrücken, Germany and also our Policy Consultant Alexander |
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Sander will give a talk ‘Innovation needs Free Software’ on |
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Saturday and Sunday. On 19 May Alexander will discuss the |
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challenges and perspectives of ethical and diversity-sensitive AI |
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in the European context at the KIDD-Fachkonferenz panel in Berlin. |
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On 20 May the FSFE <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Women/">Women</a> group has its |
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regular monthly meeting. <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/Women/Notes">In the last |
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meeting</a>, the group discussed the legal structure and the |
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blogging network of the organisation. |
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On 2 June there is an <a href="https://www.stadt-koeln.de/leben-in-koeln/freizeit-natur-sport/veranstaltungskalender/ada-und-zangemann-autorenlesung">author |
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reading</a> of Ada & Zangemann [DE] in Cologne. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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On 14 June the FSFE local group <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg">Hamburg</a> has |
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its regular monthly meeting. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Lucas Lasota, FSFE Legal Project Manager, is conducting a <a href="https://box.hu-berlin.de/f/beb04d451cf04f6db673/">seminar on |
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digital sovereignty</a> at the Humboldt University of Berlin for |
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the summer semester. |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<h2 id="past-and-ongoing-activities">Past and Ongoing Activities</h2> |
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On 4 May we held an online session about the <a href="/news/2022/news-20220420-01.html">future of |
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Router Freedom in Austria</a>. The recording [DE] will soon be |
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available in our Peertube instance. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Max Mehl, FSFE Programme Manager, wrote a <a href="https://mehl.mx/blog/2022/docker2caddy-an-automatic-reverse-proxy-for-docker-containers/">blog |
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post</a> about a Python application he created for the FSFE |
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infrastructure to automate reverse proxies for Docker containers, |
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Docker2Caddy. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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We published a short video: What is Free Software (Open Source)? |
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<a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/xs29yhLxSP1uKLYkSeoKKp">EN</a>, |
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<a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/ndxFckPP8yWhMfnPcsvEkM">DE</a>. |
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Matthias Kirschner, President of the FSFE, shared a <a href="https://k7r.eu/short-history-of-the-what-is-free-software-open-source-video/">blog |
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post</a> on how the video came to be made. To reach to possibly new |
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audiences, we also uploaded the video to proprietary platforms <a href="https://youtu.be/EMi3PCW23yQ">EN</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/WAWrgKFkCpA">DE</a> where you can upvote it |
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to help new people learn about software freedom. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="https://media.fsfe.org/w/3C7v3X7Enfc7raZesFZKKv">„Nur ein |
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Jahr länger…“ – Politik und Software rund um’s Smartphone</a> [DE], |
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the talk by FSFE Programme Manager and sustainability expert Erik |
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Albers at the Digital Social Summit 2022, is now available on our |
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Peertube instance. |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<h2 id="fsfe-local-groups">FSFE Local Groups</h2> |
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<strong>Italy</strong> | The Italian Translation team has worked on |
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the <a href="/activities/publiccode/brochure">PMPC |
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brochure</a> and it is now available in Italian. Friends of the team |
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are kindly proofreading the brochure. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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The Italian volunteers are also preparing a summer tour around the |
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country to let people know that code paid for by the public should |
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also be publicly available. The first stop in the tour is Trento, on |
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June 7th. Learn more about the plans in the mailing lists or chats of |
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<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Milano">Milano</a> and <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Sicilia">Sicily</a>. Meet the |
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volunteers in the tour and get yourself a copy of the freshly |
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translated PMPC brochure! |
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</p> |
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<a href="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/6a8e6e5ef14b732ee3d6d100d5434bef.png"> |
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/6a8e6e5ef14b732ee3d6d100d5434bef.png" alt=" a cartoon mastodon sending paper planes"/> |
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</a> |
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</figure> |
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<p> |
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<strong>Zurich</strong> | The local group in Zurich is working on |
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persuading public administrations to migrate to federated social |
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networks. The group have been discussing the idea since early April, |
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and the project gained a boost when many people and entities, |
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including the <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/explore">European Union</a> |
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have been joining Mastodon. <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Zurich/2022-05-18">The group will |
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meet</a> again on 18 May 2022. |
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</p> |
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<strong>Netherlands</strong> | Building on the Zurich group's idea, |
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the Dutch team <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Netherlands/2022-04-20">brainstormed |
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technical solutions</a> to automatically post Dutch municipalities’ |
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news to Mastodon. ‘What if we gather the RSS feeds of 345 Dutch |
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municipalities and feed them to a Mastodon account?’ was a question |
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that caught attention. Fani Partsafyllidou, Project Manager at FSFE, |
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joined the last meeting. The <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Netherlands/2022-05-25">next |
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meeting</a> is on Wednesday 25 May 20:00 CEST. |
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</p> |
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<h2 id="get-active">Get Active</h2> |
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<p> |
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In the FSFE we want to empower users to control technology. But Free |
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Software also helps to achieve ecological sustainability. That is why |
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we joined the organising committee of the Bits & Bäume 2022 |
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('Bits and Trees') conference which will take place from 30 |
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September to 2 October. |
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Passionate about sustainable Free Software solutions? Please let us |
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and everyone else know at the conference! Submit a talk, a workshop |
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or a fine piece of art to Bits & Bäume 2022. <a href="/news/2022/news-20220425-01.html">The Call for Participation |
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for is open until 7 June</a>. |
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</p> |
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<h2 id="contribute-to-our-newsletter">Contribute to our Newsletter</h2> |
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If you would like to share any thoughts, pictures, or news, please |
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send them to us. As always, the address is |
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<email>newsletter@fsfe.org</email>. We're looking forward to hearing |
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from you! If you also want to support us and our work, join our |
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community and support us with a <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=newsletter">donation or a monthly contribution</a>. Thanks to |
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our community and all the volunteers, supporters, and donors who make |
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our work possible. And thanks to our translators, who enable you to |
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read this newsletter in your native languages. |
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</p> |
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<p>Your editor, Fani Partsafyllidou</p> |
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