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<title>Till Jaeger +++ Youth Hacking 4 Freedom +++ SFScon 2021</title>
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<h1 id="till-jaeger-youth-hacking-4-freedom-sfscon-2021">Till Jaeger +++ Youth Hacking 4 Freedom +++ SFScon 2021</h1>
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<p>
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In our October Newsletter read about Till Jaeger, who knows
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first-hand what it takes to enforce Free Software licenses. Find
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out about the contest we just launched: Youth Hacking 4 Freedom. Learn
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about the donations by a high school yearbook team. Follow our
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latest activities and write down the dates of the upcoming
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SFScon.
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</p>
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<h2 id="new-podcast-how-can-we-prevent-violations-against-free-software-licenses-">New podcast: How can we prevent violations against Free Software licenses?</h2>
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<p>
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Till Jaeger shared his insight on <a href="/news/podcast/episode-12.html">how can
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we enforce Free Software licenses</a>. In a podcast hosted by
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Matthias Kirschner he recalled the beginning of this effort in
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2004. This was the first time when a violation of the GNU General
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Public Licence (GNU GPL) led to a court case and a settlement.
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The person behind this initiative was Harald Welte who afterwards
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created a project to rectify <a href="https://gpl-violations.org/">GPL violations</a>.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/f1bdc9b8f6624096d659036a7d6a5589.png" alt="Till Jaeger"/>
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<figcaption>Till Jaeger has been working alongside Harald Welte in enforcing the GNU GPL in court cases in Germany.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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17 years after the first court case we now have many more tools
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to prevent violations against Free Software licenses. Compliance
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information is clearer, and workshops such as the ones offered by
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the FSFE Legal Network are available. Still, Till suggests
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further simplification of licences, interoperability, and licence
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compatibility. Finally, Till thanks everyone doing GNU/Linux
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distributions for their crucial work.
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</p>
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<h2 id="youth-hacking-4-freedom-coding-contest-for-teenagers">Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: coding contest for teenagers</h2>
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<p>
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Software development is a powerful, and often self-taught, skill;
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people who started programming in a young age deserve
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encouragement. To this end, we are organising a coding
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competition for teenagers around Europe, <a href="/activities/yh4f/">Youth Hacking 4 Freedom</a>. From 1 November
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2021 to 31 March 2022, you can code any type of software you
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want, as long as it is Free Software. The winners will be awarded
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cash prizes (2 x 4096€, 2 x 2048€, 2 x 1024€) and a trip to
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Brussels. The <a href="/activities/yh4f/jury.html">evaluation</a>
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phase will be carried out by Free Software experts.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/big/d80c12c4384329bc2396789ccac25f81.png" alt="poster of girl in a hackerspace"/>
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</figure>
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<p>
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Are you between 14-18 and have already started programming? Join
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us! Just make sure you <a href="/activities/yh4f/">register</a>
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until <strong>Sunday, 31 October</strong> 2021. Our <a href="/activities/yh4f/faq.html">FAQs</a> might help. We are
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dedicated to offering an inclusive environment in the YH4F, and
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we encourage people of all genders to join! We will make sure
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everyone will enjoy the process and will leave this competition
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with a smile. <a href="/news/nl/nl-202110.html#share-yh4f-opportunity-with-teenagers-in-your-community">Spread the word</a>!
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</p>
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<h2 id="hittfeld-high-school-shows-its-support-to-free-software-projects-and-the-fsfe">Hittfeld high school shows its support to Free Software projects and the FSFE</h2>
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<p>
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The 2021 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@protabletcomputer/106895644060491971">yearbook</a>
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of a high school was successfully completed using Free Software,
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and the editorial team donated all profits from the sale to Free
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Software projects and the FSFE. This is the story of Hittfeld high school in Seevetal, in the German state of Lower Saxony.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/0d6cf5051ade30de60de4d463da46d01.jpeg" alt="School Yearbook"/>
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<figcaption>This yearbook was created using Free Software like
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LibreOffice, GNOME-Desktop, Ubuntu, Nextcloud, gThumb, darktable,
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PDF Arranger, LimeSurvey, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird,
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MailMerge, Jitsi Meet, OpenStreet, Inkscape, and
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GIMP.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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The editorial team mentions that it is beneficial for the school
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to avoid paying expensive subscriptions to proprietary programs.
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We deeply thank the pupils and everyone involved in the donation
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decision. This kind gesture is a nice reminder that we should
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support those who provide us great tools without restricting our
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freedom. We encourage everyone to support Free Software projects,
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just as the Hittfeld high school did.
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</p>
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<hr/>
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<p>This year the FSFE celebrates its 20th anniversary. <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=nl">Support our work for the next 20 years to come</a></p>
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<hr/>
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<h2 id="sustainability-track-at-south-tyrol-free-software-conference">Sustainability track at South Tyrol Free Software Conference</h2>
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<p>
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The South Tyrol Free Software Conference, SFScon, is one of
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Europe’s most established annual conferences on Free Software.
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Save the date! <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/">SFScon 2021</a>
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is coming up on Friday 12 November and Saturday 13 November
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2021.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/6b622e60ddaf68698e9a79ce8721315b.png"/>
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</figure>
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<p>
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This year the FSFE will participate in the conference by
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organising a Sustainability track with five 20-minute talks:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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'<strong>Software Heritage</strong>: The Great Library
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of Source Code' by <em>Stefano Zacchiroli</em> from the Software
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Heritage project.
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</li>
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<li>
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'<strong>Blauer Engel
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Eco-Certification</strong>' by <em>Joseph P. De
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Veaugh-Geiss</em> from KDE e.V.
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</li>
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<li>
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'<strong>Measuring the Sustainability of AI</strong>:
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towards a Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence'
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by <em>Anne Mollen</em> from AlgorithmWatch.
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</li>
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<li>
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'<strong>The role of software for a universal Right to
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Repair</strong>: can free software help us fix software
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obsolescence?' by <em>Ugo Vallauri</em> from the Restart
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Project and the European Right to Repair Campaign.
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</li>
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<li>
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'<strong>4 directives for a sustainable digital
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society</strong>: designing circular digitisation with upcyling
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software and reusing hardware' by <em>Erik Albers</em> from
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the FSFE.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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The FSFE will also support three additional talks. 'REUSE:
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Gold standard for Free Software licensing' part of the Legal
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track, by Max Mehl; 'Protecting Router Freedom' part of the
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IoT & Cybersecurity track, by Lucas Lasota; 'Public
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Money? Public Code! During Corona: What role did Free Software
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play during the crisis' part of the Public Administration &
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GIS track, by Alexander Sander. We are looking forward to see our
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readers at the SFScon!
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</p>
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<h2 id="what-we-have-done">What we have done</h2>
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<p>
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During the final week before the German federal election we
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reached out to politicians asking their stance on Free Software,
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in line with our <a href="/activities/elections/index.html">electoral
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activities</a>. Alexander Sander, FSFE Policy Consultant, and
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Karl Krüger from our associated organisation OSB Alliance
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conducted <a href="/news/2021/news-20210920-01.html">5
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interviews</a> (DE) with representatives of German political
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parties from 20 to 24 September. From CDU we spoke with
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Nadine Schön, MdB, CDU Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU
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parliamentary group in the Bundestag. We interviewed three
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members of the Digital Agenda Committee: Elvan Korkmaz-Emre from
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SPD, Manuel Höferlin from FDP, and Anke Domscheit-Berg from Die
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Linke. From the Greens, we spoke with Margit Stumpp, MdB,
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member of the Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs. The 5
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videos are available in German. Also we released our <a href="https://digitalezivilgesellschaft.org/digitalvisionen/">vision
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for the upcoming decades and concrete demands for the next
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government</a> and analyzed the <a href="https://digitalezivilgesellschaft.org/wahlpruefsteine/oeffentliches-gut/">election
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programs</a> of the parties.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/37b33beb98731493a1678f777af61f9e.png"/>
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</figure>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Lina Ceballos, FSFE Project Manager, gave an <a href="https://empodera.org/impact/en/experiences/experience/empowering-citizens-to-control-technology-for-a-more-transparent-and-fair-society">interview</a>
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to Empodera.org presenting the mission of the FSFE, the PMPC
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demands, and the need for Router Freedom. Lina stressed the need
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for a more ethical but also a more sustainable digital
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environment.
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</li>
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<li>
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Matthias Kirschner, president of the FSFE, was invited to a
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podcast <a href="https://radiocitylab.podigee.io/5-open-source-als-baustein-europaischer-innovationspolitik">episode</a>
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of Radio Citylab Berlin. It dealt with Free Software
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as a foundation for a democratic technology policy. This
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enlightening and fun discussion is available in German.
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</li>
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<li>
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The Bavarian Radio (Bayrischer Rundfunk) <a href="https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/iq-wissenschaft-und-forschung/30-jahre-linux-der-stille-siegeszug-der-freien-software/1838722">published
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a 26 minute radio feature (in German)</a> about the 30 year
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anniversary of Linux. Matthias Kirschner was also interviewed for
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that, and talked about how Linux as a Free Software kernel
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contributed to the Free Software movement and how this changed
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the world.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 12 September, the FSFE Netherlands <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/Netherlands/2021-09-15">met</a>
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online.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 13 September, the <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Bonn">FSFE Community
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Bonn</a> had its local group meeting and Johannes reported about
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GNURadio. The meetings are open to all who are interested in Free
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Software.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 17 September, the campaign framework "Public Money?
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Public Code!: A campaign framework to promote software
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freedom" was presented at the Kieler Open Source and Linux
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Days by Bonnie Mehring.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 19 September, the FSFE Vienna provided an information booth at
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Tierschutzlauf.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 19 September, Max Mehl introduced REUSE and its benefits for
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Free Software developers and users, especially for package
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maintainers of operating system distributions. The presentation
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is part of <a href="https://2021.eurobsdcon.org/home/speakers/#simplify">EuroBSDCon</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 23 September, the local <a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Berlin">FSFE Berlin</a>
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group celebrated 20 Years of FSFE together with the FSFE's
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president by eating cake around a campfire.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 27 September, the FSFE Women group had its monthly meeting.
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Antje analysed three papers about women in computer science and
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<a href="https://ntj.github.io/posts/2021-09-15-gender/">gender
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aspects of learning to code</a>, and Fani Partsafyllidou
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presented the Youth Hacking 4 Freedom competition.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 5 October, Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, the FSFE's Legal
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Coordinator, participated in a <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20211005/workshop/index.html">webinar
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on open source copyright and license management</a> organized by
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the NLNet Foundation for the benefit of various <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/">NGI projects</a>. The webinar helped software projects with understanding various aspects the law as it relates to software, as well as
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to introduce the FSFE's REUSE initiative to a wider
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audience.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 9 October, our associated organisation ANSOL (Associação Nacional
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para o Software Livre) celebrated its 20th anniversary. FSFE's president,
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Matthias Kirschner, gave a short talk about the FSFE's work during the
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last 20 years and highlighted joint activities with ANSOL.
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</li>
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<li>
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On 10 October, the <a href="https://yh4f.org/">Youth Hacking 4
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Freedom</a> hosted its opening event to explain the rules of the
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competition and to answer questions from people who had
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already registered.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="new-bag">New bag</h2>
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<p>
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For our 20th anniversary, we now present a new bag! Blue and
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double-faced, it comes with two slogans, the newest: 'FSFE
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since 2001', to remember when it all started and our
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evergreen: 'There is no cloud, just other people's
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computers'. A sustainable solution for a shopping bag. Get it
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from the FSFE <a href="/order/">web shop</a>.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<a href="/order">
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/50909cb78d5fe1b599b4f00e719abfd8.jpg" alt="bag in front of a tree"/>
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</a>
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</figure>
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<h2 id="share-yh4f-opportunity-with-teenagers-in-your-community">Share
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the YH4F opportunity with teenagers in your community</h2>
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<p>
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Would you like to help us spread the message, and help young
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hackers spot the opportunity to join YH4F? Then please contact
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teenagers you know, former schools, hacker spaces, youth
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facilities, or mailing lists. Share with them our <a href="https://yh4f.org">call for registration</a> through a post on your
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website, a mention in your Newsletter, or a social media post.
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Also, you can freely use the <a href="/activities/yh4f/media.html">illustrations</a>
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in our media kit, as well as our <a href="/news/2021/news-20210928-01.html">Press
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Release</a>. Both are available in English and translations.
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</p>
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<p>
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Your contribution is valuable to make sure that young people will take part — and hopefully connect more with the software freedom movement.
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</p>
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<h2 id="contribute-to-our-newsletter">Contribute to our newsletter</h2>
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<p>
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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 newsletter@fsfe.org.
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We're looking forward to hearing from you! If you also want to
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support us and our work, join our community and support us with a
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donation or a <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=newsletter">monthly
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contribution</a>. Thanks to our community and all the volunteers,
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supporters, and donors who make our work possible. And thanks to
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our translators, who enable you to read this newsletter in your
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native languages.
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</p>
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<p>Your editor, Fani Partsafyllidou</p>
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