Notices by FSFE (fsfe@mastodon.social)

📢 The FSFE is hiring!

We are looking for a person with a strong technical background to support our projects with software engineering and expertise. It's a part-time position, either in #Berlin or remote.

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210119-01.html

SFP#8: Matthias Kirschner & Bonnie Mehring discuss how to answer questions about "Free Software can cost money?". If you struggle to explain your loved ones some key concepts of #FreeSoftware this is the episode for it!

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-8.html

@kirschner #SoftwareFreedom

Our movement is growing every day. Get our kids and baby friendly merchandise material to help with onboarding:

https://fsfe.org/order/order.html

The @sfscon is running another edition this year online and we wish organisers and participants an inspiring time.

The FSFE has organised several talks this year in which legal issues are clarified and current political developments are analysed:
https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201019-01.html

Last year we have been using the occasion to run our annual community meeting and Florian Snow wrote a report: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191205-01.html

2020 is a year in that many administrations and political bodies announced that they plan to follow our road to software freedom. Read about successes and milestones and about the state of #FreeSoftware in #European #Public #Policies in our yearly report: https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201110-01.html#europeanpolicies

The last test day for public emergency systems in #Germany was an official failure. We looked at the situation from the #FreeSoftware point of view, and analysed what a better system with user friendliness included can look like.

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201112-01.html

#Warntag #Warntag2020 #CI #KRITIS

2020 is a special year because of the impact COVID-19 had on our organisation and the global process of digitisation. Read about the FSFE's work, goods and bads during the last twelve months in a nutshell in our yearly report "Software Freedom in Europe": https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20201110-01.html

From hackathons to apps to public administrations: Read about the recent successes in #Europe regarding #FreeSoftware in our #July #Newsletter, find videos from multiple online events where the #FSFE was represented and read about our diverse activities:
https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202007.html

After the city of #Barcelona and the Parliament of #Asturias now the Municipality of #Benigànim, #Spain, commits to the principles of our #publiccode campaign by publishing any publicly financed software development as #FreeSoftware. They also plan to gradually switch to Free Software in all municipal facilities.

http://www.beniganim.es/noticia/lajuntament-beniganim-utilitzara-programari-lliure-dispositius-mobils-produits-duna-forma-etica-sostenible

In our sixth episode of the Software Freedom Podcast we invited Dr. Miriam Ballhausen to talk with us about copyright enforcement. She is a German lawyer with the focus on software, #DataProtection, copyright law and specifically #FreeSoftware copyright.

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-6.en.html

Router Freedom in Europe +++ Hamburg pro Free Software +++ European Parliament too

In our June #Newsletter read among other things about #RouterFreedom in #Europe, about a new coalition agreement in #Hamburg that puts a focus on #FreeSoftware and about the #EuropeanParliament demanding #publiccode. As always, also read about our diverse community activities.

Available in EN, ES, FR, IT, NL

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202006.html

The FSFE #Newsletter May is out including our demand to publish the results of publicly financed #hackathons as #FreeSoftware +++ #Munich supporting #publiccode +++ new #podcasts +++ Corona tracing apps under a FreeSoftware licence

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202005.html

Surprise your friends, families or colleagues with our special edition of #Christmas cards dedicated to the 4 freedoms to use, study, share, and improve.

https://fsfe.org/order/#card-christmas-blue

Order today and you will receive them in time.

#FreeSoftware

"In a world where software influences virtually every single aspect of our lives, Free Software is a precondition for a free society."

Read our Interview with Reinhard Müller:
https://fsfe.org/about/people/interviews/mueller.en.html#interview

and then join him as a #supporter:
https://my.fsfe.org/donate

Code paid by the people should be available to the people!

Ask others to join the cause and show your commitment with our t-shirt:
https://fsfe.org/order/#tshirt-pmpc-black

#publiccode #FreeSoftware

We want the "Next Generation Internet" to be interoperable, inclusive, transparent and privacy friendly. #FreeSoftware is crucial to this, so the #FSFE helps software projects with licensing issues:

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191022-01.en.html#ngi0

Help us to help them with your donation or get a supporter:
https://my.fsfe.org/donate

#NGI0 #Reuse

Since all tickets are now sold out for #36C3, this weekend is the perfect time to submit your #session about #FreeSoftware, data protection, internet policies and digital sustinability in our cluster #AboutFreedom:

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191102-01.html

Deadline this Sunday!
#ccc #cfp

This will be the last weekend before the deadline of our #cfp #aboutfreedom for #36c3:
https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191102-01.html

Don't miss your chance to bring your session about #FreeSoftware, #privacy, data protection, #encryption, the commons and internet policies to #ccc

Your #router is important equipment because it connects your devices to the internet. However, many Internet Service Providers in Europe are imposing their specific routers to customers. The #FSFE helps you to become active for #RouterFreedom!

Read more: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191028-01.html

Today is the Day against #DRM! Join us and the @fsf@twitter.com in raising awareness about digital restrictions
https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191012-01.html #IDAD