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<title>FSFE Newsletter - March 2017</title>
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<h1 class="p-name">FSFE Newsletter - March 2017</h1>
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<h2 id="the-chronicles-of-limux">The Chronicles of LiMux</h2>
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<p>In February, the news about LiMux shook the
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world. LiMux, a project run by the city of Munich and completed
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in 2013, constitutes one of the finest examples of
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vendor-neutral administration based on Free Software; during
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its execution phase, 15,000 personal computers and laptops used
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by public administrations were migrated to Free Software.</p>
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<p>In a surprise move, a coalition of parties filed a motion
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with minimal lead time before the city council, asking for the
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abolishment of the project and the return into proprietary
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solutions.</p>
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<p>The response by the community was immediate and formidable.
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FSFE's Deputy Coordinator for Germany, Björn Schießle,
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<a href="/news/2017/news-20170301-01">describes
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what followed</a>. An ad-hoc coalition was formed by the
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FSFE, the Document Foundation, KDE and OSBA, collecting
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questions around the motion and its related processes. Members
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of the city council were contacted prior to the public hearing
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and FSFE supporters in Germany and Austria were invited to
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engage, contacting politicians on the issue.
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<a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/LiMux">Media coverage
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in multiple languages</a> was additionally created.</p>
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<p>During the public hearing, participating parties quoted some
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of our questions, and admitted they had never before
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received so much input from the public. The result of the
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hearing was a modified motion passed on February 15,
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calling the administration to propose a strategy for the
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unification of the city's client-side IT architecture by the
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end of 2020, building on a yet-to-be-developed proprietary
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client and guaranteeing maximal compatibility with the existing
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solutions.</p>
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<p>The FSFE does not claim LiMux has solved all the
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problems. However, we do claim these problems are mostly
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of organisational nature, and as such must be disconnected from
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the technical side. Public infrastructure must remain
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independent of single software vendors, and invest into common
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assets, which are provided by Free Software.</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=nl2017-03">
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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>For #IloveFS, André <a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/ao/2017/02/14/ilovefs-2017-vrije-software-lied/"> translated</a> the Free Software song.</li>
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<li>After last year's successful pre-FOSDEM meeting, the FSFE
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and OpenForum Europe continued the tradition of bringing
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together active Free Software stakeholders during a prior to
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FOSDEM public policy related event.
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<a href="/news/2017/news-20170214-02">This
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year's meeting</a> offered the opportunity to individual
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citizens and decision-makers to exchange their views on the
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basis of practical first-hand information concerning Free
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Software in public policy.</li>
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<li>For 16 years, FSFE has been present at FOSDEM with a booth,
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numerous volunteers and staff. Reinhard Müller, FOSDEM booth
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coordinator,
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<a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/reinhard/2017/02/fosdem-2017/">
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describes in his report</a> the great atmosphere among the
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booth volunteers and how an outstanding amount of merchandise
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and promotional material was distributed during the 2 days of
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the event.</li>
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<li><a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/713073/">In 2016, Europe
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welcomed three new umbrella organizations</a> for Free
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Software (and hardware) projects: Public Software CIC, The
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Commons Conservancy, and the Center for the Cultivation of
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Technology. Standing by the needs of the community, the
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brand-new organisations provide a legal entity for projects
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to join, with regards to donations, accounting, grants, legal
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compliance, or even sophisticated governance. These
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administrative services allow projects to focus on
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technical and community matters.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="get-active">Get active</h2>
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<p>We're still able to accept additional student interns for
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2017. If you're currently studying and are required to do an
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internship as part of your studies, or if you've not yet
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graduated and want to do a voluntary internship, you should
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<a href="/news/2017/news-20170116-01">apply
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now</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="help-us-to-improve-our-newsletter">Help us to 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 newsletter@fsfe.org. 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 Olga Gkotsopoulou and Jonas Öberg
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<a href="/">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=nl2017-03">
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https://fsfe.org/join</a></p>
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<hr />
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</body>
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