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<html newsdate="2031-09-27">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: Coding Competition for teenagers about to start</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: Coding Competition for teenagers about to start</h1>
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<p>
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The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a charity that
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empowers users to control technology. To inspire the younger
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generation to software freedom, the FSFE is organising the coding
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competition ‘Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' (YH4F), where teenagers from
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all around Europe have the chance to compete in a fair and fun way.
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The winners receive a cash prize and a trip to Brussels with other
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young hackers.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Participants must be 14-18 years old and should register at <a href="http://yh4f.org/">yh4f.org</a></li>
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<li>The opening event will be hosted on 10 October 2021.</li>
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<li>Registration will be open until <strong>31 October 2021</strong>.</li>
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<li>Six winners will be awarded cash prizes (2 x 4.096€, 2 x 2.048€, 2 x 1.024€) and a trip to Brussels.</li>
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<li>The competition will take place online. The Award Ceremony will be in Brussels.</li>
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</ul>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/d80c12c4384329bc2396789ccac25f81.png"/>
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</figure>
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<p>
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The YH4F competition includes an online opening day to welcome
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everyone on board, in a kick-off event on Sunday 10 October, 5pm
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CEST. The FSFE will present the competition and answer
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questions. Please find more information on how to join at
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<a href="http://yh4f.org/">yh4f.org</a>.
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</p>
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<h3 id="coding">Coding</h3>
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<p>
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On Monday 1 November 2021, a five-month coding phase starts and
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the participants focus on coding until March 2022. Participants may
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bring all their imagination to the competition; they may code
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any type of software they want, as long as it is Free Software. The
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software project can be a stand-alone program written from scratch,
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or you can modify or combine existing programs. Everything is
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welcome! The participants will have the chance to briefly follow
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each other’s work and exchange ideas.
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</p>
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<h3 id="evaluation">Evaluation</h3>
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<p>
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After the participants submit their programs, an evaluation phase
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is carried out by Free Software experts. Our <a
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href="/activities/yh4f/jury.html">jury
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members</a> excel in software development; among them are Neil
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McGovern, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, and Claudia
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Müller-Birn, Professor for Human-Centered Computing at the Freie
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Universität Berlin.
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</p>
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<h3 id="awards">Awards</h3>
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<p>
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The winners will be invited to receive their awards during a trip
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to Brussels in June 2022. The 2-day trip includes the Award
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Ceremony and social activities where the winners will have the
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chance to get to know each other better.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/6ac0ff244c825c956a5272e6e08fdb17.png"/>
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</figure>
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<p>
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We are dedicated to offering an inclusive environment in the YH4F,
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and we would like to encourage people of all genders to join! We
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will make sure that everyone will enjoy the process and will leave
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this competition with added knowledge and a smile. The YH4F is made
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possible thanks to the kind support of Reinhard Wiesemann,
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Linuxhotel, and Vielrespektzentrum.
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</p>
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<p>
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At the website <a href="http://yh4f.org/">yh4f.org</a> you
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can find all related information, such as the process, the
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eligibility criteria, and <a
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href="/activities/yh4f/faq.html">FAQs</a>. You
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can also use the illustrations in our dedicated <a
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href="/activities/yh4f/media.html">media package</a> when sharing the news of the
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competition.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="yh4f">Youth Hacking 4 Freedom</tag>
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</tags>
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<discussion href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/744"/>
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<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/a235dcbf5ea56c30feaae56daa9677fe.png"/>
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</html>
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