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<title>Olga Gkotsopoulou</title>
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<body class="bio">
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<p id="category"><a href="../interviews.en.html">Interviews</a></p>
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<h1>Interview with Olga Gkotsopoulou</h1>
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<img class="avatar" src="gkotsopoulou.jpg" alt="A photographic portrait" width="150" height="150" title="Olga Gkotsopoulou" />
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<p class="about">
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<em>"Hi, i am Olga Gkotsopoulou, LSTS Research associate in Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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<br />
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Since the beginning of my university studies in 2008, I have been
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volunteering and working in Greece and abroad, serving a diverse
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spectrum of causes, always promoting human rights and digital
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freedoms."</em>
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<br />
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<div class="interview">
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<p class="question"> What made you interested in the FSFE and motivated to become a
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supporter?</p>
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<p> Working with topics of data protection, I started searching for
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technological alternatives which are friendly towards users' rights and
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thus, I started participating in the activities of the Greek Free/Open
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Source Software Society-Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS), learning
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more and more about the history of the movement and the contribution of
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Free Software projects and their communities to digital rights. Soon I
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became familiar with the exceptional campaigning, policy and legal work
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of the FSFE. When I saw the call for trainees, I thought to myself that
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there cannot be a better opportunity to learn about the policy and
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legal work around Free Software in Europe and I applied with the hope
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to be selected. </p>
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<p class="question">What tasks did you have or what work did you do as an intern for FSFE?</p>
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<p> I interned with FSFE in 2016-2017. I helped with the composition of
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the position paper for the European Commission's public consultation on
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Horizon 2020 interim evaluation, all its communication and call for
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action processes. I contributed to the preparation and submission of
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Freedom of Information requests to European institutions.I participated
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in the preparation of long and short-term campaigns, such as the Public
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Money Public Code campaign, and the I love Free Software Day. Moreover,
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I had the opportunity to engage in day-to-day activities vital for an
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NGO, taking care of the shipping of FSFE's merchandise and promotional
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material all over the world, assisting with the release of monthly
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newsletters, weekly news items and other communication activities, as
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well as conducting legal and policy reviews, creating and maintaining
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wiki pages on various topics, being involved in the translation of info
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material and the moderation of mailing lists and the OTRS ticket
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system. A big part of my traineeship was also devoted to the
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preparations of the Legal and Licensing Workshop 2017, the biggest
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legal event in the field. Last but not least, I acquired some technical
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and designing skills, using various software programs. </p>
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<p class="question"> And what is the most fun part about engaging for FSFE?
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</p>
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<p> Even though every activity had its own appeal, the tasks I liked
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the most were the “out-of-the-office” activities, building ties with
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the community. Some highlights: the gobo projector light show, spending
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a night at the Berlin streets, projecting thought provoking statements
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on walls; sending to the German parliament flowers and letters for the
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IloveFS day; preparing and organising booths; participating in the
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biggest Free Software and technology-related conferences in Europe, eg
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the QtCon and the first FSFE Summit ever, the FOSDEM in Brussels, the
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33c3 in Hamburg and the LinuxCon in Berlin, but also other smaller
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events, talks and lectures, such as occasionally the Berlin FSFE group
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meetings. I even helped with the organisation of such events myself,
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for instance I led the organisation of the first ever visit of the
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FSFE's staff to Athens. </p>
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<p class="question">What is your favourite FSFE campaign at the moment?
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</p>
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<p>
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<a href="https://publiccode.eu" target="_blanc">"Public Money Public Code"</a>.
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</p>
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<p class="question">In one sentence: What is the biggest benefit of Free Software?</p>
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<p>Freedom!</p>
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<p class="question">What is your favourite Free Software?</p>
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<p>
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LibreOffice.
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</p>
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<br/></div>
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<p>Find more interviews and videos with the FSFE community on our <a href="../interviews.html">interviews page</a>.</p>
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