[lugm.org] Fwd: FSFE Newsletter - October 2017

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From: "Free Software Foundation Europe" <press at fsfe.org>
Date: 24 Oct 2017 9:14 pm
Subject: FSFE Newsletter - October 2017
To: <newsletter-en at lists.fsfe.org>
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>  = FSFE Newsletter - October 2017 =
>
> [ Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201710.en.html ]
>
>  == Tell the EU to Save Code Share in the current EU Copyright debate! ==
>
> The EU is currently revising its copyright rules in its proposal for the
> EU Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market [1], so that they
> may be more suitable for the modern digital age. Instead of recognising
> the realities of how different content is being shared online, the
> current EU Copyright Directive proposal, and in particular its Article
> 13 targeted at online hosting providers, threatens [2] our ability to
> access public code repositories and share code online. The new rules
> enshrined in Article 13 intend to introduce new obligations for code
> hosting platforms in order to prevent any possible copyright
> infringement: if they do not implement these, the platforms will end up
> being directly liable for their users' activity. Article 13 thus imposes
> the use of costly upload filters in order to identify allegedly
> infringing code. The problem with such a requirement is that there are
> no known automated filters that can accurately identify whether the code
> is shared adequately and without breaching a respective Free Software
> licence. In addition, Article 13 imposes a far-reaching monitoring
> obligation on code hosting platforms to actively search for infringing
> activity by their users. Article 13 treats every user of code hosting
> platforms as a potential copyright infringer whose content, including
> entire code repositories, may be taken down, or barred from upload to
> the platform, at any time. If code is so easily "unpublished", all other
> software built on top of it will be hampered.
>
> For more information on how Article 13 poses a threat to the ability to
> build software online, please visit Save Code Share [3] and read our
> White Paper [4].
>
>    [ In the online version you can find a picture here:          ]
>    [ FSFE booth at FrOSCon 2017                                  ]
>    [ https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201710                          ]
>
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>
> Help us grow and make a difference in 2017 [5]
>
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>
>  == What else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE ==
>
> - The success of our Public Money? Public Code! [6] campaign so far has
>   been overwhelming. At the time of writing, more than 13.000
>   individuals have signed the open letter [7] and the campaign has been
>   backed by the support of more than 80 organisations. The campaign has
>   gained attention from huge press coverage [8]; many prominent people,
>   developers, artists, CEOs and politicians have joined our demand that
>   whenever software is financed by public money it should be public
>   code. If you have not done so already, join us now and sign the open
>   letter [9].
>
> - Jonas Öberg, the FSFE Executive Director, blogged about updates [10]
>   and templates to the FSFE's REUSE campaign [11]. In his blog post he
>   presents three different Git repositories, each of which is REUSE
>   compliant, and which demonstrate different parts of recommended REUSE
>   practices.
>
> - Kristi Progri, project assistant for the FSFE, blogged about our
>   ongoing identity process and how to become part of the involved
>   interview process [12].
>
> - Polina Malaja, our policy analyst and legal coordinator, gave a talk
>   at CopyCamp in Warsaw, Poland, about the implications of the current
>   EU Copyright Directive proposal for the collaborative software
>   environment, and our campaign Save Code Share.
>
> - Carmen Bakker and Erik Da Silva, current interns at the FSFE, gave a
>   talk during Copycamp in Warsaw about our Public Money Public Code
>   campaign. Find a short report and a video on Carmen's blog [13].
>
> - Erik Albers, program manager and community coordinator of the FSFE,
>   gave a talk about Free Software campaigning in the forefront of
>   elections [14] at the Kieler Linuxtage, Germany.
>
> - On Software Freedom Day, Polina Malaja gave a talk about Public Money
>   Public Code [15] in the c-base, Berlin.
>
> - During the Digitale Woche Kiel, Erik Albers gave a talk about Public
>   Money Public Code [16] and how it helps with the current coalition
>   agreement in Schleswig-Holstein.
>
>  == Do not miss it! Upcoming events with the FSFE ==
>
> We are preparing the first-of-its-kind FSFE community meeting. It will
> take place on November 25 & 26 in Berlin. We therefore invite all active
> community members, and those who would like to become active again, to
> come together and collaborate. Seats are limited due to physical
> restrictions. If you would like to participate read all details on the
> dedicated wiki-page [17].
>
>  == Get Active ==
>
> Tell the Members of the European Parliament and the EU Council to secure
> collaborative software development online, and in particular the sharing
> of Free Software, by signing the Open Letter, both as an individual
> and/or an organisation at Save Code Share [18]! Please spread the word
> about the negative implications of the current EU Copyright Directive
> proposal within your networks #savecodeshare [19]. Tell EU policy makers
> that there is no place for upload filters when it comes to sharing code
> as Free Software!
>
>  == Contribute to our newsletter ==
>
> If you would like to share any thoughts, pictures, or news, send them to
> us. As always, the address is newsletter at fsfe.org. We're looking forward
> to hearing from you!
>
> Thanks to our community, all the volunteers [20], supporters [21] and
> donors [22] who make our work possible. And thanks to our translators
> [23], who enable you to read this newsletter in your mother tongue.
>
> Your editors,
> Polina Malaja and Erik Albers
>
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>
> Help us grow and make a difference in 2017 [24]
>
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>
>   1: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52016PC0593
>   2: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20171005-01.en.html
>   3: https://savecodeshare.eu/
>   4:
> https://savecodeshare.eu/static/assets/WhitePaper-
> ImpactofArticel13onSoftwareEcosystem-SaveCodeShare.pdf
>   5: https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-10
>   6: https://publiccode.eu/
>   7: https://publiccode.eu/openletter/
>   8: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/PMPC/Press
>   9: https://publiccode.eu/#action
>  10: http://blog.jonasoberg.net/reuse-templates/
>  11: https://reuse.software/
>  12: https://kristiprogri.com/2017/09/20/fsfe-identity-process/
>  13:
> https://www.carmenbianca.eu/en/post/2017-10-02-copycamp-
> public-money-public-code/
>  14:
> https://www.kieler-linuxtage.de/index.php?seite=programm.
> html&untermenu=Besucher-Info#308
>  15: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2017/Germany/Berlin/JointSFDBerlin
>  16: https://digitalewochekiel.de/programm/public-money-public-code/
>  17: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/2017/the-fsfe-community-meeting-2017
>  18: https://savecodeshare.eu/#sign-letter
>  19: https://savecodeshare.eu/
>  20: https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute
>  21: http://fsfe.org/join
>  22: https://fsfe.org/donate/thankgnus
>  23: https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators
>
>
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