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<title>#ilovefs Report 2017: Love and Activism</title>
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<h1>#ilovefs Report 2017: Love and Activism</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">On Tuesday 14th of February, the "I Love Free
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Software" day was celebrated for its eighth consecutive year, in what
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can now be called a tradition. This day has become a special day for
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people all around the world to declare their love and affection not
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only to their partner but also to the whole Free Software
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community.</p>
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<p>The FSFE would like to thank everybody who participated during this
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year’s #ilovefs campaign. Thank you for taking the time to show your
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appreciation to the people that make Free Software possible: the
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developers, designers, testers, translators and projects that work hard
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every day to preserve our freedoms. And thanks to everybody for your
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pictures, videos, blogs and news posted during the 14th, before or
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after. Because of you, the #ilovefs campaign has become an authentic
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success. </p>
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<h2>FOSDEM: Find your way into love</h2>
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<p>The first love signs were shown at FOSDEM in the beginning of
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February. This year we held again our IloveFS photobooth and many
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people, (<a
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href="https://twitter.com/fsfe/status/831596374663716864">but don't
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assume only people</a>) posed in front of our camera in order to
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confess their love for their favourite Free Software projects,
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colleagues and community contributors (<a
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href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/whylovefs/gallery.en.html">see
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our full gallery</a>). When we asked them why they love FS, words such
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as Free Society, Democracy and Freedom were repeatedly written on our
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black chalkboards. Who said, you cannot love and be wise at the same
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time?</p>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Mozilla.jpg">
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<img width="100%" alt="Love for Mozilla at FOSDEM" src="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Mozilla_thumbnail.jpg" />
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</a>
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<p>Love for Mozilla at FOSDEM</p>
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</footer>
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</div>
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<p>In this ambient full of love, we also distributed around 20 IloveFS
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packages to Free Software projects present at FOSDEM. Each package
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included a variety of stickers, leaflets, balloons and a paper with
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creative ideas in order to grant some inspiration to all those
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considering to participate in this year's celebrations.</p>
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<h2>Letters 'n' Roses</h2>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="/news/2017/graphics/ilovefs-roses.jpg">
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<img width="100%" alt="Rose and letter ready to be delivered to the German Paliament" src="/news/2017/graphics/ilovefs-roses_thumbnail.jpg" />
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</a>
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<footer>
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<p>Roses and letters ready to be delivered to the German Paliament</p>
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</footer>
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</div>
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<p>631 is the number of elected MPs in the German Parliament. This is
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also the number of <a
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href="https://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/ilovefs-OpenLetter.pdf">letters</a>
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and flowers that <a
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href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/ilovefs-berlin-2017-9.jpg">FSFE
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volunteers and staff prepared and delivered</a> to every single one of
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them for the IloveFS Day. The main aim was to use this occasion to
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raise awareness among parliamentarians and invite candidates - in
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advance of the German elections taking place this autumn - to support
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Free Software and endorse the idea of "Public Money Public Code". But
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no, this is not all...</p>
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<h2>Berlin and Frankfurt love Free Software to bits</h2>
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<p>The FSFE volunteers, based in Berlin did not stop there! They chose
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to combine once again political activism with their love for Free
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Software and <a
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href="https://netzpolitik.org/2017/guerilla-projektionen-zum-i-love-free-software-tag-in-berlin/">spent
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a night in the streets of Berlin with a light projector</a> and thought-provoking love messages on the <a
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href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/ilovefs-berlin-2017-1.jpg">German
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Parliament</a>, the <a
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href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/ilovefs-berlin-2017-3.jpg">Federal
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Ministry of Finance</a>, the Berlin Wall and other places of public
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interest. In the end, <a
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href="https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/2017/ilovefs-berlin-2017-4.jpg">even
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the Berlin Astronaut admitted the universe's love for Free
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Software</a>.</p>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Projektionen.jpg">
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<img width="100%" alt="Public Money Public Code projection on the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy" src="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Projektionen_thumbnail.jpg" />
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</a>
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<footer>
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<p>"Public Money Public Code" projection on the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy</p>
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</footer>
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</div>
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<p>On the very same night of the 14th, some Pirates of Hesse also took
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part in the beamer action and displayed messages of Free Software
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affection <a
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href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/blixxter/32872437596/">all around
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Frankfurt</a>.</p>
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<h2>14th</h2>
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<p>And finally, the big day has arrived. During Tuesday, 14 February, people
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all around the world expressed their appreciation to Free Software and the
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people that make it possible, in many ways, including blog posts, pictures, news
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items, microblogs and funny memes. Keeping with the cheesy theme, <a href="https://twitter.com/Olga_Gkotso/status/830404271392833536">heart-shaped
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specially decorated chocolates</a> could not be missing from such a day.</p>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Tweet2.png">
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<img width="100%" alt="@JCR_Internet posting this beautifull We (L) FS graphic" src="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Tweet2_thumbnail.png" />
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</a>
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<footer>
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<p>@JCR_Internet posting this beautiful We <3 FS graphic</p>
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</footer>
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</div>
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<p>The day was full of love for Free Software projects and developers.
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For example, <a
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href="https://femgeeks.de/ilovefs-lineage-os/">Femgeeks</a> wrote
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about their love for the Lineage OS. The <a
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href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/whats-a-cryptovalentine">FSF
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asked people to become each other's cryptovalentines</a> by setting up
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private and encrypted communication with GnuPG. Others showed their
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love to <a href="https://ctrl.blog/entry/ilovefs-2017">GNU/Linux</a>,
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<a href="https://ctrl.blog/entry/ilovefs-2017">Ikiwiki and git
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annex</a>
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<p>Also, we were really happy to see that many organisations, coming
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from different backgrounds and regions, decided to promote the “I love
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Free Software” campaign from their respective websites. <a
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href="http://medialab-prado.es/article/dia-del-amor-por-el-software-libre-ilovefs-2017">Medialab
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Prado</a>, in Madrid, organised activities to promote the use of Free
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Software during the whole day. The artist Elektroll, decided to show
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his appreciation for Free Software projects with <a
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href="http://www.elektrollart.de/?p=4503">this wonderful artwork</a>.
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<a
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href="http://osb-alliance.de/news/berlin-sendet-eine-botschaft-zum-i-love-free-software-tag">OSB
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Alliance</a> informed about FSFE's activities and promoted love for
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Free Software on its page. In general, we would like to thank all the
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organisations who decided to promote "I Love Free Software" day, like:
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<a href="https://ansol.org/ilovefs2017">Ansol</a>, <a
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href="http://xarxanet.org/informatic/noticies/el-14-de-febrer-es-el-dia-mostrar-el-teu-amor-al-programari-lliure">Xarxanet</a>,
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<a
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href="http://punttic.gencat.cat/article/el-14-de-febrer-mostra-el-teu-amor-pel-programari">Punt
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Tic</a>, <a
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href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/february-14th-is-i-love-free-software-day-170213201009.html">Linux
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Today</a>, <a
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href="http://www.gizlogic.com/i-love-free-software-day-no-san-valentin/">Gizlogic</a>
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and many others. Some Free Software projects took the occasion to send
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a special ‘thank you’ to their hard working communities, like <a
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href="http://www.kdeblog.com/un-simple-gracias-tambien-ayuda-love-free-software-day-2017-ilovefs.html">KDE
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Spain</a>, <a
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href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2017/02/14/celebrating-i-love-free-software-day-2017/">The
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Document Foundation</a> or <a
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href="https://framablog.org/2017/02/15/plus-damour-pour-le-logiciel-libre-ilovefs/">Framasoft</a>.</p>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Tweet3.png">
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<img width="100%" alt="Member of the European Parliement, Jan Philipp Albrecht, sending some love to Free Software" src="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Tweet3_thumbnail.png" />
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<p>Member of the European Parliement, Jan Philipp Albrecht, sending some love to Free Software</p>
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</div>
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<p>Julia Reda, Member of European Parliament, did not miss the chance
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to show her support for Free Software by <a
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href="https://juliareda.eu/2017/02/ilovefs-haende-weg-von-limux/">calling
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out Munich to stay with LiMux</a>. Also Green MEP, Jan Philipp
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Albrecht, posted on twitter about his love for Free Software and the
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FSFE. In their website <a
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href="https://gruen-digital.de/2017/02/we-love-free-software/">GrünDigital</a>,
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the German Greens expressed their political support for the Free
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Software community. As did the <a
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href="https://www.piratenpartei-hessen.de/pressemitteilung/2017-02-14-i-love-free-software-tag-piraten-sind-mit-dabei">Pirate
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Party Hesse</a>, calling for the use of Free Software in public
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administrations.</p>
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<div style="max-width: 600px; width: 40%; clear: right;" class="captioned right">
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<a href="https://quitter.no/notice/3277730">
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<img width="100%" alt="Yoda showinf #ilovefs" src="/news/2017/graphics/IloveFS-Tweet1_thumbnail.png" />
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</a>
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<footer>
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<p>Yoda showing #ilovefs</p>
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</footer>
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</div>
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<p>In his blog, FSFE’s president, Matthias Kirschner <a
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href="https://k7r.eu/thanks-to-free-software-contributors-in-the-public-service/">dedicated
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his #ilovefs thank you to Free Software contributors in the public
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administrations</a>. Erik Albers, FSFE's community builder, prepared <a
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href="http://blog.3rik.cc/2017/02/free-software-ergo-sum/">a blog with
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nice memes of classic philosophers and their vision on Free
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Software</a>. While, Max Mehl, our Germany Coordinator, <a
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href="https://blog.mehl.mx/2017/i-love-astroid-ilovefs/">blogged about
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his new favourite email client, astroid</a>.</p>
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<p>We hope all Free Software contributors out there feel even more
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motivated after this year's #ilovefs day. Our own conclusion? <a
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href="https://quitter.no/notice/3277117">"Build Free Software - Not
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walls"</a>, because in the Free Software world, different languages do
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not divide us. <a
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href="https://twitter.com/fsfe/status/831503330690158596">Instead, our
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love for freedom unites us all</a>.</p>
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<p>
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We encourage everybody to mark next year's February 14 as "I Love Free
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Software" day to continue this lovely campaign. Nevertheless, don't
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forget: each and every day is the perfect day to show your appreciation
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to Free Software and its contributors, by using, studying, sharing and
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improving it. </p>
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</p>
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<sidebar promo="our-work">
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<h2>Previus #ilovefs reports </h2>
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<dynamic-content/>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2016/news-20160222-01.en.html">2016 #ilovefs Report</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150303-01.en.html">2015 #ilovefs Report</a>
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<li>
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140221-01.en.html">2014 #ilovefs Report</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2013/news-20130221-01.en.html">2013 #ilovefs Report</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</sidebar>
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<tags>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag content="I Love Free Software">ilovefs</tag>
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