Call for Free Software at Bitsäume22
Hello everyone, the Bitsäume Conference is a conference on the subject of digital sustainability and it took place in 2018 for the first and only time so far. This year however there will be the next edition of Bitsäume and this time the FSFE is part of its organising committe. We are only one of many organisations, but our goal is of course to have many interesting topics around Free Software in connection with digital sustainability. You can find the call for participation here: https://bits-und-baeume.org/konferenz/en Registration deadline: June 7th The text of the call for participation is quite long, but you will see that this is true because there are actually many different ways to participate. Lectures and workshops can be submitted, but also art and science, conceptual gatherings or other creative forms of activity. "Start-Ups" also have the opportunity to present themselves to a jury in a "Pitch and Thrive". As you can see, the format is really very open to contributions and I would be very happy if we could see a lot of Free Software topics being covered on the different stages : ) And while I can't help you to get your submission through, I am happy to help if you have any questions or want feedback on whether your format might be of general interest or not. Feel free to ask me directly about it. And also feel free to distribute this mail further on any other list from that you think there are people who will be actually interested in it. Questions and ideas of general interest could be for example * Lectures on different dimensions of the sustainability of Free Software (technical, economical, social ...) * Your favorite Free Software that contributes to sustainability * A piece of hardware that you were able to give a new life to with the help of Free Software or extended usage time * Increased resource efficiency of your computer through free software * Organizational sustainability through the use of free software and Opener Standards * Sustainable knowledge management and and and Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers - Programme Manager Digital Sustainability Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Upcycling Android
Hi all,
today we launched our new initiative Upcycling Android to help users
overcoming software obsolescence - with focus on the Android world.
Software obsolescence occurs when a device's manufacturer discontinues support
for the software required to operate the device. In this way, manufacturers
put consumers into the dilemma of either buying new hardware or living with
outdated software and potential security issues. This is exactly what is a big
problem in the Android world. Installing a Free Software Operating System
("Custom ROM") can be a way out of the dilemma. You may know this, but many
people don't. And for them we made the campaign. Along with the motivating
realization that every time we continue to use our phone with Free Software,
we support a more sustainable use of our resources.
You find more information on https://www.upcyclingandroid.org
If you like the campaign, please help to spread the word. In particular we
would love to see this message reaching out of our "usual bubble" and into
communities who traditionally are more concerned about the environment and/or
the right to repair movement. Let them know that Free Software is good for
everyone ; )
We also produced a nice video for the campaign, you can find it on:
Peertube: https://media.fsfe.org/w/kGvs3JNADvvQfkC1dR9FGr
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eogGN7b-9k
as well as attractive information and promotion material:
https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/informationmaterial.html
And this is just the beginning. In the coming months we will further elaborate
the material and policy statements around Upcyling Android. And use it to
influence the European legislation and directives to be negotiated next year
regarding the eco-design of products and the related Sustainable Products
Initiative.
We're also hosting workshops bringing people together to help each other
install Custom ROMs on specific phones. So if you like the campaign now, keep
checking back to https://www.upcyclingandroid.org for the latest news and
updates.
Best regards,
Erik
--
No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software
Erik Albers | Programme Manager Sustainability | FSFE
OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net
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Re: "Open Source Gardens" and Free Software
Hi Reinhard, all, On 14.03.21 16:29, Reinhard Müller wrote: > Am 14.03.21 um 16:20 schrieb Erik Albers: >> patents. Most of them are hybrid-varieties that are possible to reproduce > > you meant *not* possible to reproduce further, right? oh yes, exactly. They are sterile and you can eat their fruits but their seeds will not grow new plants. Also their usage is timely limited, often they can only germinate some months and not the next year. This way they can sell new seeds again and again each year and farmers are in dependencies on price and availability ... thank you for your attention and clarifying this. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
"Open Source Gardens" and Free Software
Hi all, although it is not directly related to Free Software, it is very close and I thought the gardeners among you might be interested in a project some friends and me are running: The world wide seed market is heavily dominated by three chemical companies who control the market via artificial property rights and patents. Most of them are hybrid-varieties that are possible to reproduce further. This, to artificially limit the availability of seeds and put farmers around the globe in dependencies to said companies. Since some years now there is an "Open Source Seeds" movement growing up, whose breeders put their seeds under a copyleft license that protect their seeds and any future breeding from these seeds from being traded under artificial property rights and patents. To spread the word about it some friends and me created the "Open Source Gardens" to bring homegardeners in contact with concepts of Open Source Seeds and Free Software. Now we are running a campaign in that we send out seeds of different varieties. If you are a gardener, get a kit, join us or help spread the word: https://opensourcegardens.info/order-seeds.en.html#springflowers Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: FSFE-defined coding standards?
On 15.02.21 07:27, krey...@rixotstudio.cz wrote: > On 2/14/21 10:35 PM, Reinhard Müller wrote: >> Just for the sake of completeness: >> >> Am 13.02.21 um 05:11 schrieb Jacob Hrbek: >>> as current coordinator for FSFE-Czechia (currently disputed by Max) >> AFAICT, the only person who claims that there is a group "FSFE-Czechia" >> and calling yourself the coordinator of that group is you. Please stop >> this. It doesn't help anything. >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Reinhard Müller * Financial Team >> Free Software Foundation Europe >> >> ___ >> Discussion mailing list >> Discussion@lists.fsfe.org >> https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion >> >> This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All >> participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: >> https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct > > Group approved by eal to my knowledge absolutely disagree! I told you that in order to create a local group, you should start to publicly announce meetings on the fsfe infrastructure with the aim of creating a local group in Czechia and held these meetings in public. There you get to know other fsfe people, you find a transparent working mode and a project to work on and regularly invite new members on our infrastructure to join the group. And then, once you decided as a group _together_ to exist and to work further, to vote on a coordinator and a vice-coordinator together, then you can call it a new local group. There is no way for you to go around our procedures and call yourself alone an offical FSFE Czechia. Please stop this. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
cfp about:freedom for this year's online CCC
Hi all, the Chaos Communication Congress has become an important event in the last years to spread FSFE's mission and message. Over the years, we have created our own cluster called about:freedom [1] with many other civil society organisations and organised our own lecture series. This year - surprise - the congress will take place online. Or, better said, online and physically decentralized: a global stream can be followed online, but there will also be satellite events in several major cities. Together with the Open Infrastructure Orbit, about:freedom will curate a "common" stage (without an audience!) in Berlin, Munich and Monheim. Speakers will be able to give their presentation live or pre-record it and just be online only for Q For the FSFE I would like to see many topics about Free Software and its big picture being submitted and selected. You can find the Call for Participation here and you are welcome to distribute it: https://oio.social/de/2020/10/30/cfp-oio-about-freedomrc3.html Deadline is Monday the 23.11. Thank you very much and best regards, Erik [1] https://events.ccc.de/congress/2019/wiki/index.php/Assembly:About:freedom -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Anyone knows a good Free Software Project Management Tool?
Hi all, On 17.09.20 10:04, Erik Albers wrote: > a friend is looking for a good Free Software Project Management tool that she > says offers "similar experience as MS Projects or Asana", including Budget, > Mile stones, task assignments etc. > > Anyone here has a good recommendation? thank you all for the good hints and pointers, I forwarded you information so they can decide what fits best their needs Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Anyone knows a good Free Software Project Management Tool?
Hi all, a friend is looking for a good Free Software Project Management tool that she says offers "similar experience as MS Projects or Asana", including Budget, Mile stones, task assignments etc. Anyone here has a good recommendation? Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Free Software for live streaming
Hi Patrick, On 02.07.20 15:21, Patrick Ohnewein (FSFE) wrote: > On 02.07.20 13:56, Erik Albers wrote: >> there is the interest of a medium-sized German city to stream its city >> council >> meetings to the internet. They would like to use Free Software, are willing >> to >> spend some money for it and are looking for help now. >> >> Apparently there is OBS Studio in this area [1]. Theoretically, this could >> also be possible via Big Blue Button [2]? Does anyone here have experience >> with any of the mentioned software or in general with live streaming and Free >> Software and can share recommendations / pitfalls? > About OBS Studio: > > With OBS Studio we collected some experiences streaming jitsi sessions > to YouTube as live streams. It works very well. > > The computer with OBS Studio installed needs to be strong in CPU and > RAM. Very important is also a very good uplink to the Internet! > > You need of course cameras streaming video signals to the OBS Studio > machine. > > What is even more difficult most of the times, is to get a good audio > quality from the microphones. The question to be answered is: How do you > get the audio stream in good quality into OBS Studio machine? > > Last but not least, consider spending the money on the person who will > do a good direction and recording. The director using OBS Studio has to > mix different camera sources, like ambience camera, camera focused on > speakers and slides. > > We are evaluating OBS Studio as a possible solution for the SFScon[3] > this year. We foresee the conference to be held in blended mode with > participants at NOI Techpark and others connecting online. > > The main difference between BBB and OBS Studio is, that BBB is a > collaboration platform, which allows recording and streaming of the > session as is, OBS Studio is a tool to mix different video and audio > sources to create recordings and streaming with the ability to have > different scenes like speaker video on screen to the slides, etc. not > just a plain recording of a BBB or jitsi session. > [1] https://www.lugbz.org/tutorial-bigbluebutton/ > [2] https://hackathon.bz.it/ > [3] https://www.sfscon.it/ thank you very much for this brilliant insight, that is exactly the information I was looking for and that hopefully helpful for Fürstenfeld Bruck as well. I copy Tobias into the discussion who is researching solutions and necessary technical setup for the city, so he can ask more details himself if needed. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Free Software for live streaming
Hi all, there is the interest of a medium-sized German city to stream its city council meetings to the internet. They would like to use Free Software, are willing to spend some money for it and are looking for help now. Apparently there is OBS Studio in this area [1]. Theoretically, this could also be possible via Big Blue Button [2]? Does anyone here have experience with any of the mentioned software or in general with live streaming and Free Software and can share recommendations / pitfalls? Thank you and best regards, Erik [1] https://obsproject.com/de/ [2] https://bigbluebutton.org/ -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Wiki page about Free Software for remote working
Hi all, last week some people created the a FSFE-wiki page about Free Software solutions for remote working. I think it has grown quite cool and gives a good overview. What do you think? Is it good? Is there missing something essential? https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/FreeSoftware4RemoteWorking Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager & Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
FSFE's Call for sessions "about:freedom" during 36C3
Hi all if it happens that you come to the Chaos Communication Congress this year you could be interested in the FSFE's call for participation: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191102-01.html also if you know someone who is going there who might have interest, please share the call. You find the text of the call within the link and hereafter in copy: # Call for sessions "about:freedom" during 36C3 In the context of the 36th Chaos Communication Congress happening from December 27th to 30th in Leipzig, the FSFE is happy to host an assembly again inside the cluster "about:freedom". We offer attention and a stage for self-organised sessions by and for our community and friends, and this is our call for participation. For our sessions at the FSFE assembly, we are looking for inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, community/developer/strategy meetings or any other public, informative or collaborative activities. Topics can be anything that is about or related to Free Software – from your private project to global community projects. While we welcome submissions on technical topics, we also further encourage non-technical talks that address philosophical, political, economical, and/or other aspects regarding Free Software, particularly for this year related to digital sustainability. As part of our cluster about:freedom, we also look forward to sessions about related subjects that have a clear connection to Free Software, in particular privacy, data protection, encryption, the commons and internet policies. For our friends, it is also possible to have informal meetings, announcements or other activities at our assembly. In this case, get in touch and we will see what we can do. If you are a musician and like to help forming our first Free-Software-song sing-along big band, please also get in touch. # Formalities If you are interested in hosting a session, please apply before ** Monday, November 18, 18:00 UTC ** by sending an email to e...@fsfe.org with the subject “Session at 36C3” and use the following template: Title: name of your session Description: description of your session Type: talk / discussion / meeting / workshop … Length: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 min Tags: put useful tags here Link: (if there is a helpful link) Expected number of participants: 20 or less / up to 50 / up to 100 / beyond About yourself: some words about you/your biography Time limitations: exclude days or times you are not able to present You will be informed latest on Tuesday, November 26, if your session is accepted. # Good to know * Be aware that an acceptance in our call does not guarantee or offer you a ticket! Please check the CCC-announcements and proceed according to their requirements for the tickets. * If your session is accepted we will happily take care of its proper organisation, advertising and everything else that needs to be done. You are then welcome to simply come and host your session. * For your inspiration see our sessions during 35C3, 34C3, 33C3 and 32C3. Please, share this call with your friends and/or your favourite channels. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Analysis: The use of open-source software by terrorists and violent extremists
On 11.09.19 09:29, Alexander Sander wrote: > Hi all, > > fyi: a weird Analysis of Tech Against Terrorism initiative was published: > > Analysis: The use of open-source software by terrorists and violent > extremists - > https://www.techagainstterrorism.org/2019/09/02/analysis-the-use-of-open-source-software-by-terrorists-and-violent-extremists/ > > "The case of Gab illustrates the threat that open-source software can be > abused by anyone, including terrorists and violent extremists." First, the same is true for non-free software: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and other mainstream proprietary platforms are full of extremist propaganda videos from Islamic State, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacy etc and "hate speech". Facebook is a platform that even hosted live-streaming of killing sprees already multiple times. So although multi-billion dollar heavy with thousands of employees, I cannot see how proprietary platforms seem to have any better standing in censoring terrorism on their platform. Second, the research is exactly sponsored by these proprietary platforms Facebook, Microsoft, Google ... no further comment https://www.techagainstterrorism.org/about/faq/ Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: recommendations for a mini laptop
On 04.07.19 12:44, Alessandro Rubini wrote: >> On the german list someone came up with the eeePC. This is from size exactly >> what I am looking for and you can get them second hand at around 50 euro. > > I had 3. One was my laptop (with external keyboard), one was my son's > and the other was my wife's desktop (with external kbd/mouse. One > broke and the other two are parked away since years. thank you for the input. You remember if you had a SSD in it? I guess this makes a big difference. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: recommendations for a mini laptop
On 28.06.19 14:25, Bernhard E. Reiter wrote: > Am Freitag 21 Juni 2019 17:17:38 schrieb Erik Albers: >> I am looking for a tiny laptop in a size of 9 or 10 inch that runs >> GNU/Linux > > What about > * https://www.pine64.org/pinebook/ > maybe to large, it is 11.6" :) thank you, I was already considering this, but it is still too large to be handy. > * https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/gemini-pda/products/gemini-pda-1 > probably too small 6" ;) > and https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator#/ > needs a few more month and is still too small >;) well, maybe too small, yes, but definitely too expensive to backpack with them around the world in public transports and cheap hostels : ) On the german list someone came up with the eeePC. This is from size exactly what I am looking for and you can get them second hand at around 50 euro. Thanks to everyone for your tips, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
recommendations for a mini laptop
Hi all, I am looking for a tiny laptop in a size of 9 or 10 inch that runs GNU/Linux and that I can easily take with me on my backpacking vacations. Battery power is a more important feature for me than computational power. I will basically use it for writing text and mails and browsing the web. Ok, if I can run GIMP that would be nice, but not necessary. If you know of a company that sells such a laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed I would consider to support them. Else, I will install it by myself. Thanks for any recommendations, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: On Censorship
Hi Joe, On 06.05.19 16:58, Joe Awni wrote: > Personally, I have experienced instances of de facto censorship in the form > of not being allowed to participate in an election, You have not being allowed to participate because the deadline for candidates have been on February 1st and you applied on April 15, means you have been 2,5 months beyond the deadline. This is in no way censorship. here available for everyone to see: https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/010954.html > having messages delayed > until untimely, unauthorized edits, and removal of messages. *I think it is > absolutely important we avoid censorship in any communication in any form. * this talking about censorship meanwhile is getting really boring. I know of multiple people and messages that have NOT been delivered on your "alternative mailing-list" fsfellowship.eu by Reinhard Müller, Florian Snow, Christian Kalkhoff, Diogo Constantino and myself minimum. so better start to lead by example before blaming everyone else or I will stop listening. And now let's see if this mail is going to be delivered on fsfellowhip.eu : ) Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: [Attention] Do not follow to unsubscribe (was: Hijacking attempt by Daniel Pocock)
Hi Christian, On 03.05.19 08:00, Christian Imhorst wrote: > Am 02.05.2019 12:59 schrieb Erik Albers: >> We will stop this attack as soon as possible and discuss the case with legal >> experts to take action accordingly. > > can you please tell us what do you want to achieve or what's the result of the > discussion with legal experts? > > It's not okay what Daniel did and hijacking our maillinglist is a no-go. I > hope he will clean up the mess asap. But the FSFE should take care and help > the community to evolve. What we really shouldn't do is to take each other to > court or to threaten with lawyers. Well, I am not a lawyer and I cannot say what we will be the result of a consultation with legal experts. And I agree that bringing a case to court should be the last option to do. But try to take for a second the other point of view: We are an organisation with tens of thousands supporters, followers, friends and volunteers. It is in the overall communities interest to protect them among other things against misuse of their data and our infrastructure. There is nothing more I can say for now because personally I am not further involved in the process and it is not me to decide if and where the line of criminal activity has been passed or not. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Hijacking attempt by Daniel Pocock
On 03.05.19 10:08, Christian Kalkhoff wrote: > Dear all, > > Am Donnerstag, 2. Mai 2019, 09:43:44 CEST schrieb Michael Kesper: >> Dear all, >> >> It seems that former fellowship representative Daniel Pocock has >> a) set up a mailing list discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu > > It seems to me, that either the list is broken by now or got switched to > moderated. I sent there a mail, that never got delivered (to me at least). On > the other side, there were mails, that came through. this is already the third email by three different persons that I am aware of that is not delivered on discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu. and then quoting Daniel again: "I'd like to focus on one simple and constructive issue: how can fellows and the rest of the free software community move to a censorship-free way of working?" that looks like an epic fail to me... Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
[important] How to remove yourself from fsfellowship.eu
Hi all, many of you ended up on discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu without your consent. The information given by Daniel Pocock of how to remove yourself from the list was misleading or not working. The solution to unsubscribe yourself is to send a mail to discussion-requ...@lists.fsfellowship.eu with the subject "unsubscribe": <mailto:discussion-requ...@lists.fsfellowship.eu?subject=unsubscribe> You will receive an email with a link to confirm your removal as well as the option to remove yourself with another email-command. For us the link seemed to not work but we cannot confirm as we cannot repeat it. The email command worked succesfully for us. Sorry for any inconvenience, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
[Attention] Re: removal from mail list
Hi all, if you like to be unsubscribed from the list created by Daniel Pocock follow this update: On 02.05.19 13:57, Thomas Doczkal wrote: > Damit. Of course the right header info to unsubscribe is: > > List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/options/discussion>, > <mailto:discussion-requ...@lists.fsfellowship.eu?subject=unsubscribe> Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: List of email addresses
Hi all, On 02.05.19 13:17, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote: > Considering the CoC, I'm refraining myself from talking too much about a > certain individual. > > As there seems to be some confusion as to how Daniel Pocock was able to > access > the subscriber emails of this list: > > The list is visible to all subscribers here: > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/roster/discussion > > Having list membership visible to all subscribers is common practice, and > virtually all public mailing list are configured to show this information on > request. After all, the mailing list archive is also available, and by > scraping the mailing list archive one would be able to gather a similar list… as explained by Johannes, this list was available to all list-subscribers as it is common practice. However, we now changed the settings and list-subscribers are only visible for list-admins from now on. > However, I'm pretty sure that using this information in the way that Mr. > Pocock did is very much not allowed under EU law. Maybe it's time to let the > legal team handle this transgression and evaluate FSFE's legal options? as already announced in the other mail, we get in contact with legal experts to act accordingly. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
[Attention] Do not follow to unsubscribe (was: Hijacking attempt by Daniel Pocock)
Dear list-subscribers, On 02.05.19 09:43, Michael Kesper wrote: > It seems that former fellowship representative Daniel Pocock has > a) set up a mailing list discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu > b) subscribed all participants of this list (I guess) > c) Sent an email asking people to unsubscribe from _this_ list > > Clearly, I did not give consent to b) nor c). > > I hereby ask FSFE officials to use all available legal tools against these > eclatant DSGVO and privacy violations in order to protect its subscribers. we are really sorry for this having happened and can ensure that the list discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu is not run by the FSFE nor is it in any other way part of FSFE's infrastructure or communication channels. IP-adresses associated with the infrastructure behind discuss...@lists.fsfellowship.eu indicate that the list is run by Daniel Pocock. Again, we can ensure that neither Daniel Pocock nor anyone else ever had allowance to misuse our list of subscribers for their private infrastructure. [Attention] Meanwhile a script is being misused to unsubscribe all members of this list discussion@lists.fsfe.org automatically without their consent. If you like to stay on this list and you receive a mail to confirm your removal, do not follow the link! We will stop this attack as soon as possible and discuss the case with legal experts to take action accordingly. Feeling sorry for any inconvenience, Erik for the FSFE -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Any Audacity pro here?
Hi all, I have a problem: I recorded an interview using Audio Recorder [1] and now I miss the half of the voice. However, I see a low amplitude in many cases, so I have hope there is still some audio available. Is anyone here a pro in Audacity or any other tool and can maybe help me to recover the audio? That would be amazing. Best, Erik [1] https://itsfoss.com/record-streaming-audio/ -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Wiki loves IloveFS-day : )
Hi all, I guess you all know that on February 14 there will be another I love Free Software day. Which goes perfect together with a current "photographic contest organized by Wikimedia community to document love testimonials in various cultures and regions of the world": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Love_2019 Wikimedia Commons is the database of pictures that are used in the wikipedia. They regularly do contests to get pictures from monuments and other areas of Wikipedian interest. But in contrast to them this contest is not limited to "sites, whether of regional or national importance but on the widest variety of love testimonials possible. This means that most users will be able to find several pertaining subjects close to them, whether heritage sites or daily life event." Means that you can do a picture of your IloveFS-day contribution or of your group and upload it to wikimedia : ) The contest is running from February 1 to 28. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
FSFE publishes expert brochure about “Public Money? Public Code!"
Hi all, convincing decision-makers why more public code would benefit us all should be easy. There are so many good arguments for putting publicly funded code under a Free Software licence: Tax savings, transparency, and innovation – just to name a few. But, in practice, we experienced that there are still a lot of basics that need to be explained. Starting with: What is Free Software? To help with this and in preparation for the upcoming elections of the EU parliament, we compiled a policy brochure that presents the most important facts and arguments about publicly funded code. Today, we publish it [1] under a Creative Commons licence so that you and everyone else are free to use it as support for convincing candidates. Read more information about the brochure and order yourself a copy here: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/publiccode/brochure.html Thanks and best regards, Erik [1] https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190124-01 -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Please help to collect interesting Free Software events throughout Europe in 2019
Hi all, to help FSFE und the Free Software community organise throughout the year, we are collecting all kinds of Free Software related events that are happening in Europe in 2019. If you know a community-driven Free and Open Source Software event in Europe with a minimum duration of 8 hours, please let us know and leave it in this pad: https://mypads.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/miscellaneous-p52vlc7ms/pad/view/free-software-events-2019-2ihpk7rc All events in interest to the FSFE community will be imported from here into the FSFE's wiki calendar and the overall list published in an overview for everyone. Please also help by spreading this link into other relevant channels. Thank you - Merci - Gracias - Спасибо - شكرا - Dankon - Dankeschön Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
FSFE infrastructure is no place for personal attacks
Dear lukerogers, your message is offensive and a personal attack to another list-subscriber. In my function I shall protect other community members and list-subscribers in a way that they can feel at ease without fearing any form of attack, reprisal or harassment. I am not going into more detail here, you already received a private message with more information about the further procedure. I only post this message to the list, so people know that we care. Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Silent majority
Hi all, On 06.09.2018 07:25, b...@gnu.org wrote: > I don't know nothing about what's been talked about in this thread. > > This is just a reminder that there are probably many subscribers like > me who don't have a clue of what is at stake here. > > Perhaps you should gather in a field, organize a tournament and come > back when someone wins -- or have a good discussion somewhere IRL? > > In any case, please keep in mind that some readers may be completely > lost and partially fed up with the spectacle. this is my favourite post to the discussion in the last days. Thank you so much for stepping up from the silence. Please let us all try to calm down for a while and then let us discuss Free Software topics again. Thank you, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: selective censorship (aka some words from your list-admins)
Dear Daniel, On 05.09.2018 20:25, Daniel Pocock wrote: > One of those posts is so offensive and inaccurate that I would kindly > request that if you are willing to censor new subscribers, Moderation is unlike censorship. Every message that is written in an appropriate tone will be delivered to the list, no matter the opinion. > you also > censor that GA member by removing his post from the public archive. removing posts from the archive is not possible (for me). > I would also request that you escalate that particular post to the CARE > team. When anyone feels attacked on a FSFE list in a way that is against our Code of Conduct, please contact the CARE team about it directly yourself. You do not need me or anyone else for this process in between. You can find contact information of the team and its individuals here: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct#CARE Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Let us keep being friendly with each other (aka some words from your list-admins)
Dear all, Exchanging opinions and discussing them in public is very important for our community. Sometimes, discussions can become emotional and sometimes debaters use a too offensive language although, possibly unintentionally. In the last days we have seen some heated debates coming up on this list and individual messages of those discussions have already been brought to the attention of your list-admins. It also came to our attention that some of the more offensive messages were sent from mail accounts that joined this list just recently. The list administration would like to help bring back a good tone and discussion culture by moderating the discussion if necessary and for now we set new subscriptions to the list on moderation. But much more important for our discussion culture will be what you bring into it. A successful method that works for many people is, that if you are upset, then consider to keep your mail as a draft overnight and re-read it before sending it the next day. Also it might help to keep your audience in mind: This list has several hundred subscribers and is archived publicly on the Internet and indexed by search engines. Generally the best advice is to always keep in mind that: The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and its community aim to offer a friendly and peaceful environment for every participant at the FSFE's events, online and offline. All participants should at all times feel at ease to do so without fearing any form of attack, reprisal or harassment. We ask everybody to be respectful and considerate towards each other, especially when attempting to provide constructive criticism. Thank you very much and looking forward to many fruitful and friendly discussions, Erik for the list-admins -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: supporting our fellowship representative
On 29.08.2018 22:57, Daniel Pocock wrote: > If you look at any of the significant resignations of CEOs or political > leaders, it is usually the same pattern: they have done many good things > but then they made one miscalculation and they have to go for the good > of the organization. > > Somebody else then gets to have a turn at leading and they may also make > a really strong contribution too. This approach might work in a big organisation but not in a small one as we are. Let me give you the point of view of a staffer: We are currently 5 employees and the president. We sit in a tiny office in Berlin together (you have been here, you know how tiny it is), we split the work in departments, we keep an eye on people getting their free time but also always having someone available in the office, we plan long-time campaigns together, we spent weekends together working for Free Software, share trains, hotels etc. To let everything for us and for the FSFE run smoothly we need trust, flat hierarchies and good relationships. What staffers definitely not need is bullfighting alpha animals that just wait for something to happen and then to take over the leadership and tell the employees top-down what needs to be changed and be done in a different way. And Matthias currently has full support by the staffers. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: please be excellent to each other (Re: application for FSFE e.V. membership and resignation)
Hi Daniel, On 28.08.2018 09:25, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 27/08/18 16:02, Erik Albers wrote: >> Hi Daniel, >> >> I like to believe that your activities and communication are with good >> intention and you like to change things for the good. However, you should >> keep >> in mind that we are a organically grown organization with an established >> communication and community culture. And although we are in a process of >> change, the methods you use are currently maybe not the best approach to >> achieve your goals. >> >> In any case it would be helpful if you could to stick to our rules of >> communication and try to be excellent to each other. > > When council included a motion in the agenda of the extraordinary > general meeting calling for the immediate termination of my membership, > that was not "being excellent to each other". "being excellent to each other" does not mean that people should not argue or insist on different opinions. But they should do so with a respectful communication towards each other. > Council has unleashed this poison into the community and only the > president can drag us out of that by resigning. Trying to shift the > blame onto me won't make any difference. I have felt bad about this > organization ever since I saw that motion in the notice of meeting. Any > way you look at it, it is bullying and abusive behaviour. I am feeling sorry for you that you feel so bad since then but this seems to be a personal problem. 1) the motion you are referring to was changed after your first criticism and so is nothing to refer to. 2) it was one motion out of three to decide on. so why not telling the whole story and also cite the other two motions? 3) most important: the vast majority of the FSFE members voted for another motion. A motion to keep you in office for the whole 2 year-term! Everybody can read this in the offical minutes: "The current Fellowship representatives' membership ends as soon as the constitutional change is successfully registered, or 2 years after their election, whichever comes later." (https://fsfe.org/about/legal/minutes/minutes-2018-05-26.en.pdf, p. 9) this vote is the result of a weighing in the reasons that speak against keeping "the institution of a fellowship representative" and the benefits to keep you as a person inside the GA. Unintelligible, you feel personally attacked since then although people voted to keep you in. >>> For example, you previously wrote in a private GA discussion that my >>> communications to fellows should be censored to ensure that >>> communications maximize donations (your comment in February: "people >>> might even stop to support us financially" if I write emails to the the >>> people who I am mandated to represent). But that is nonsense: the role >>> of a representative is not to maximize donations, my role is to ensure >>> the money already given to you is being spent as well as possible. For >>> trying to fulfil that role, you immediately set up an illegal conspiracy >>> to stab me in the back, publishing an internal censorship policy for >>> future communications and calling an extraordinary general meeting[4] on >>> a Saturday while I was out in Kosovo doing real free software activities >>> and voting on a motion tacked onto the end of the agenda to immediately >>> terminate my membership without cause. It is never nice to write such >>> strong words, but in a case like this, fellows deserve to know the ugly >>> truth about FSFE Council's behaviour and as the elected representative I >>> would be negligent if I didn't blow the lid on this. As the #MeToo >>> movement has demonstrated, sometimes it is necessary to call out >>> obnoxious behaviour to begin a process of reform. >> >> You are using very offensive language here that is against our code of >> conduct: >> >> "To foster tolerance, respect and hospitality in our community, we >> agree not to engage in discriminatory, disparaging or offensive speech >> or actions" >> >> Please refrain from doing so. > > > This looks like another attempt at censorship, this time trying to use > the code of conduct as justification. No, it is not. If you trespass our community rules and I kindly ask you to stop it, this is not censorship! Just as it is not intolerant if someone does not tolerate offending behaviour. Actually, speaking up and making myself target of your aggressive language unfortunately becomes more and more an act of courage. Your offensive language has a chilling effect on our discussions and I rep
How Spanish administrations reuse software
Hi all, in the light of our Public Money? Public Code! campaign we are running a series of interviews to highlight best practices for publishing code. The first one is with Elena Muñoz Salinero, head of the Technology Transfer Centre, about how Spanish administrations reuse software. It all starts with a law in 2007 and ends up now in the obligation and technical solutions for public administrations to share and reuse their self-developed software. Give it a read at: https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180601-01 Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Re: Public Money Public Code: a good policy for FSFE and other non-profits?
On 14.06.2018 08:01, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
>> But did no-one see any merit in the idea? Maybe one of the many
>> other, non-Fellow/member/supporter Assembly members might share
>> their thoughts with us.
>
> I am a member, and I think Max well explained the reasoning. But I see
> one more: we do not need to publish a "hall of shame". It would
> mostly help internal frictions, or attacks by anybody who wants to
> paint himself as holier than us ("himself": women are usually more
> intelligent than that).
totally agree here. And as a staffer that is also hired for doing a good
outreach I see two problems here:
a) the work-time I need to invest to "[...] maintain a public inventory on the
wiki listing the non-free software and services in use, including details of
which people/teams are using them, the extent to which FSFE depends on them, a
list of any perceived obstacles within FSFE for replacing/abolishing each of
them, and for each of them a link to a community-maintained page or discussion
with more details and alternatives."
I am sorry, but I really think my work time is better invested in promoting
FSFE and Free Software instead of overanalysing every single step or supervise
my colleagues.
b) the negative approach in the proposal aka "hall of shame". I second, it
would mostly help internal frictions and give unnecessary arguments into the
hands of our opponents ("look, even the FSFE is not able to operate without
proprietary software" [link] or "the FSFE is a not reliable in their request
to use Free Software because they do not do this themselves" etc).
If at all, we should maintain a public inventory to list all the Free Software
we are using to run our services, that we self-develop and what we achieve
with them. In contrast to Daniel's proposal, this could help our own
reputation and the reputation of Free Software. And it would show the FSFE to
lead by example (what we actually do).
However, I still fear this list will create internal frictions about the
purity of some software.
So, I propose you trust us that we use Free Software always and that this is
minimum 95%, including our phones, landlines, printers etc.
And then we concentrate on our work not our software in use.
Best,
Erik
btw: I also cannot follow the argument in Daniel's blog post, that "tax
deductions given to our supporters" means we are supported by public money.
But well, this is another story.
--
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Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE
OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net
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CfP: FSFE community meeting and FSFE track at the Libre Software Meeting
Hi all, Even in 2018 people are not celebrating Christmas and Easter at the same time, but at the FSFE, we will celebrate the FSFE community meeting and the Libre Software Meeting (in the francophone world also known as RMLL) at the same time. This will be from 7 to 9 of July in Strasbourg and you can find the official announcement and the call for participation in the latest news-item: https://fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180414-01 In a nutshell: - FSFE hosts an own track at LSM 2018 in Strasbourg from July 7 to 9. We are looking for inspiring sessions for this. - From 7 to 8 of July there will be an informal community meeting in parallel and a formal one on July 9 - Many staffers, coordinators and team members will be present - more details are still to come but the deadline to apply for a talk/session is April 30! - Very important: There is a travel budget and we are happy to help you financially being part of the FSFE community meeting. Any additional questions, please ask. Ah, and please spead this call Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
Let us know your favorite Free Software event in 2018 (and all the others : )
Hi all, to help us organise throughout the year, in a first step I am collecting all kinds of Free Software and Open Source related events that are happening in Europe in 2018. If you have an event right now in your mind that someone (maybe you?) from the FSFE should attend / be aware of / take part than please check this pad for a minute and look if this event is already listed: https://mypads.framapad.org/mypads/?/mypads/group/fsfe-community-qmsss7ym/pad/view/floss-events-in-europe-2018-bb2lqo75r Thank you - Merci - Gracias - Спасибо - شكرا - Dankon FYI: In a next step we will fill our wiki calendar with this information Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Call for sessions at the FSFE assembly at 34C3
Dear list, For those of you who go to the 34C3 but did not yet receive the news: the FSFE assembly is once again running a call for participation: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171024-01.en.html This time we will share a stage together with EDRi, EFF, Privacy Internatioanl etc and I would be very pleased to see a lot of FSFE supporters on stage or topics around Free Software being discussed respectively. Attention: Deadline is already this Sunday. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Re: Poster for PMPC
Hi all, On 13.09.2017 16:04, Jonke Suhr wrote: > I wonder if you think if a poster for PMPC would be a good idea? > > It could borrow the design of the sticker: > > https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.html#pmpc-sticker > > But maybe with more design elements on it? I like the idea of having a poster about PMPC. I think it could also be a good idea instead of producing an "eye-catcher" to do an "explain-poster". Like a short comic, using pictures from the video, that explains the issue. Such a poster could maybe help more than a big logo on the wall. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?
On 25.07.2017 15:15, Paul Boddie wrote: >> Should we, however, take down our web-page for saving users from being >> tracked by third-parties (e.g. via their cookies) while they are browsing >> our web-pages? > > Are the FSFE Web pages serving up tracking cookies? of course not. But many pages nowadays use cookies to scan past browsing history and to track further user-browsing even when users already left their pages. Together with the fact that many people never delete their cookies, these companies know exactly (and better than us), when you are visiting fsfe-pages (as well as any other page in the internet). Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Communication & Community Coordinator | FSFE OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Re: Is it acceptable to use proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom?
Hi all, On 21.06.2017 12:22, Erik Albers wrote: > Now I would be interested what you think? Do you think that - although the use > of proprietary platforms is ethically not supportable - the chances of > convincing new people to use and further Free Software are worth the > punishment? > Or do you think that our message should not occur on platforms like Facebook > or Twitter at all, because it contradicts our efforts in getting people to use > decentralized services, run with Free Software and therefore potentially harm > us in the long run? first of all, thank you very very much for this peaceful and argument-driven discussion even though we have different views on a politically important decision. Please let me try to summarize a bit the discussion and finally give some new input. Although not every message had a clear statement in favor or against using proprietary software (platforms) to promote software freedom, I think I counted 8 persons in this thread in favor and 3 against. I think the most prominent arguments that argue back and forth are: The integrity of the FSFE is at stake the more we use non-free software even if we do it to promote Free Software VS in order to reach out to the people and to grow, we have to be where they are and reaching out to the people is part of our mission. and We shall better invest our time into real-world-activities or into (help) hacking free alternatives VS social media is helpful in outreach and sharing our message with "the world" And there have been brought up concerns about privacy as well as the wish for data and metrics. I like to make a point on metrics: yes, our activities should be based on data and metrics and fortunately every day we have more of it. But I like to bring up that numbers about the social or the media impact are always interpretable and kind of "soft-factors", no matter if we talk about online-activities or offline-activites. I make this point because I often hear that "it tells you nothing to see that you have [x number] of shares/dents/likes/toots etc" on a social media platform. Yes, that is true. Well, it is a number that you can see and compare but you have no idea about the real impact you made. This impact we can only assume. However, basically the same happens in "the real world": For example, I have all numbers of the promotion material we handed out at the last Chaos Communication Congress. I can see we handed out 1000 noCloud-stickers (all we had). That sounds a lot and a success. But do we know what people do with it? Maybe more than half of it threw it away? Or they put it into their bottom drawer where they forget about it for the next decades? Maybe not. But even if we assume that every single person of these 1000 stickers puts it on their laptop, do we know if this makes a difference? Do we have an idea if this brings just one more Fellow to the FSFE or if this convinces just one more person to get a Free Software-user? Me not and we all can only assume. And even if numbers are huge, the impact could be low. Then I see we handed out 44 Gnupg-Flyer in English. During 4 days, that sounds not a lot. But again, we simply do not know the impact. Maybe half of those people who picked them up now use GnuPG for their mail-encryption, get interested in Free Software and now or in some years will become important Free Software advocates? Again, about the impact we had with this, we can only assume. And even if numbers are low, the impact could be big. So why metrics at all? Fortunately, we can at least try to make some connections. For example when people sign up as a supporter of the FSFE and write into the referrer "booth at CCC", we do at least know that we did a good job in being there. Still, we do most probably not know what was it in particular that convinced this person? Same if we get a rise in page-visits after such an event. On first sight it seems that we did a great job in being there. But we do not know what is it in particular that drives more visitors on our page: the talk that we have given at the event, the PR material given out or maybe just the nice booth personnel? Or, who knows, maybe by chance at the same weekend there was a prominent person we are not aware of but who was giving a public performance and mentioning our name or handing out stickers and the rise of visitors is because of that and not because of our booth? I think you get the point. Metrics in the real world are pretty hard to interpret. However, like it or not, metrics in the digital sphere and on (proprietary) social media platforms seem easier to access and to make connections. For example when our president shares our new merchandise product and it got 500 shares and sold out in 24h. Or when someone did share our nocloud-sticker with a link to our order-page on reddit [1] and we got in 48h nearly as much orders as in the rest of
Re: Fellowship elections participation
Hi André, On 25.04.2017 17:13, André Ockers wrote: > Op dinsdag 25 april 2017 13:00:51 schreef Erik Albers: >> However, former elections with only one (!) candidate and without reminders >> and no public hustings (2016 and 2014) have had more participation ... >> >> Why is this? Please help us to understand what FSFE can do to make the >> electiosn more appealing or raise participation? >> Or help us to understand what was the reason that this year there was such a >> low amount of participation? > > I can only speak for myself. > Earlier there was talk that FSFE made the decision that in the course of this > year, the Fellowship is going to be ended, and we'll all just be supporters. > I > almost did not vote because of this, but in the end I did, just to let my > voice heard. thank you very much for your feedback. Unfortunately, it seems that there is some communication issue about the fellowship -> supporter change. We have been hearing couple of times in the past that "Fellowship" is a word that is hard to understand from the outside and people do not intuitively understand that a "Fellow" of FSFE is someone who is supporting the FSFE. Many people actually understood it the other way round, that a Fellow must be someone who is supported by the FSFE. This is mainly due to academic speech, where a "Fellow" uses to be someone who is financially supported by a research or educational institution to facilitate his studies. When we are now transforming our language from Fellow to Supporter, this is only a name change, not more. All future supporters will keep the benefits of a Fellow. In this sense, the name "Fellowship elections" this year seemed to be kind of anachronistic to this decision. But as the name of our community election is written into the constitution it will need a rewriting of our constitution to reflect this change. This, however, was not possible in time for the 2017 elections. Best regards, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Free Software Foundation Europe OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Fellowship elections participation
Hi list, the Fellowship elections 2017 are over and the winner is Daniel Pocock. https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170425-01 I like to thank all candidates for bringing life into this years election and every voter for rewarding our candidates' activities by participating in the elections. Unfortunately, we only had a participation of around 17 % which seems to be the lowest participation since we record participation (2014). Many of the list subscribers here have had the possibility to vote, so I like to ask for explanations and possibilities how we can raise participation? The low amount of participation leaves me in particular wondering as this year we had 7 candidates, each of them with a short representation in out wiki [1], public hustings [2] and a reminder three days before the end of elections. However, former elections with only one (!) candidate and without reminders and no public hustings (2016 and 2014) have had more participation ... Why is this? Please help us to understand what FSFE can do to make the electiosn more appealing or raise participation? Or help us to understand what was the reason that this year there was such a low amount of participation? Thank you very much, Erik [1] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017 [2] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017#Hustings -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Free Software Foundation Europe OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Implementing a code of conduct?
Dear all, we (the local coordinators, country coordinators, team coordinators, the GA and the extended team including individual contributors) have been working on a Code of Conduct for FSFE events and communication. The wish came up by individual requests of people who felt attacked and by the fact that nowadays some sponsors (e.g. Mozilla) do not sponsor anymore events that do not have a clear Code of Conduct. We now feel that we have a final version at hand and would like to establish it soon: https://wiki.fsfe.org/HowTos/Public/CodeOfConduct On the German general discussion list however, there have been some voices raised against having a Code of Conduct at all. Without repeating arguments and without trying to influence you, I would like to ask about your opinion: Are you in favor or against having a general Code of Conduct? Are you in favor or against having this Code of Conduct? We are happy about simple yes/no answers but feel free to also elaborate your opinion. Thank you very much, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Free Software Foundation Europe OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Re: Call for Sessions at the FSFE assembly during 33C3
Hi all, On 20.10.2016 12:19, Erik Albers wrote: > as in previous years, the FSFE will organise an assembly during CCC including > self-organised sessions. If you plan to go to 33C3 and you like to host a > session, please read our call: > > http://blog.3rik.cc/2016/10/call-for-sessions-at-the-fsfe-assembly-during-33c3/ > > Please also help spreading the call. I forgot to add the text to simplify the information flow: = Call for sessions at the FSFE assembly during 33C3 = Every year, from December 27 to 30, there is the Chaos Communication Congress. And, as in recent years, FSFE is happy to host an assembly that includes an information booth, self-organised sessions and a meeting point for all friends of Free Software to come together, share or simply relax. This is our call for participation. We are happy to organise sessions in the name of our assembly and we will book proper rooms or offer our assembly itself. Sessions can be inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, community/developer/strategy meetings or any other public, informative or collaborative activity. Topics can be anything that is about or related to Free Software. We welcome technical sessions but we also encourage to give non-technical talks that address philosophical, economical or other aspects of/about Free Software. We also like sessions about related subjects that have a clear connection to Free Software for example privacy, data protection, sustainability and similar topics. Finally, we welcome all backgrounds – from your private project to global community projects. You have something different in mind? For our friends, it is also possible to have informal meetings or activities at our assembly. In this case, get in contact with me and we figure it out. == Formalities == If you are interested in hosting a session at the FSFE assembly, please apply no later than * Sunday, November 20, 18:00 UTC * by sending an email to me (eal at fsfe dot org) with the subject “Session at 33C3” and use the following template: Title: name of your session Description: description of your session Type: talk / discussion / meeting / workshop … Tags: put useful tags here Link: (if there is a helpful link) Expected number of participants: 20 or less / up to 40 / up to 100 About yourself: some words about you/your biography You will be informed latest on Wednesday, November 23, if your session is accepted. == Good to know == - If your session is accepted we happily take care of its proper organisation, publicity and everything else that needs to be done. You are then welcome to simply come and give/host your session : ) But this is neither a guarantee for a ticket nor do we take care of your ticket! Check this CCC-announcement [1] and get yourself a ticket in time. If you miss it, there is nothing we can do, even if we accepted your talk. - You do not need to be a Fellow of FSFE to host a session. - Please share this call with your friends or your favorite mailing list. [1] https://events.ccc.de/2016/10/16/33c3-tickets-status-und-freier-verkauf/ Beste Grüße, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Free Software Foundation Europe OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
Call for Sessions at the FSFE assembly during 33C3
Hi all. as in previous years, the FSFE will organise an assembly during CCC including self-organised sessions. If you plan to go to 33C3 and you like to host a session, please read our call: http://blog.3rik.cc/2016/10/call-for-sessions-at-the-fsfe-assembly-during-33c3/ Please also help spreading the call. Best, Erik -- No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software Erik Albers | Free Software Foundation Europe OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
