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= FSFE Newsletter - September 2017 =<br>
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[ Read online: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201709.en.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-<wbr>201709.en.html</a> ]<br>
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== Public Money? Public Code! ==<br>
<br>
Digital services offered and used by our public administrations are part<br>
of the critical infrastructure of 21st century democratic nations. Due<br>
to restrictive software licences, however, many public bodies do not<br>
have full control over their digital infrastructure. Although publishing<br>
publicly funded software under a free licence generates great benefits<br>
for governments and civil society, policy makers are still reluctant to<br>
improve legislation in this area. It is time to change this. At the<br>
FSFE, we want European legislation requiring that publicly financed<br>
software developed for public sector must be made publicly available<br>
under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it<br>
should be public code as well!<br>
<br>
To push our demand, the FSFE launched a new campaign last week: "Public<br>
Money Public Code" [1]. The campaign explains the benefits of releasing<br>
publicly funded Software under free licences with a short inspiring<br>
video [2] and an open letter [3] to sign. Furthermore, the campaign and<br>
the open letter will be used in the coming months until the European<br>
Parliament election in 2019 to highlight good and bad examples of<br>
publicly funded software development and its potential reuse.<br>
<br>
Initial success was overwhelming. The campaign launch was covered by<br>
many websites and news magazines over Europe. At the time of writing,<br>
the Open Letter is already signed by more than 35 organisations [4] and<br>
more than 5000 individuals [5]. Various politicians and other prominent<br>
people have publicly announced their support of the campaign, including<br>
Edward Snowden, President of Freedom of the Press Foundation:<br>
<br>
"Public money shouldn't write software the public isn't allowed to<br>
fix. Sign the letter, save the world: <a href="https://publiccode.eu/#action" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/#action</a><br>
#PublicCode" [6]<br>
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[ In the online version you find a picture here: ]<br>
[ Edward Snowden on <a href="http://publiccode.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">publiccode.eu</a> ]<br>
[ <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201709" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-<wbr>201709</a> ]<br>
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Support public code as well and sign the open letter here:<br>
<a href="https://publiccode.eu/#action" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/#action</a> [7]<br>
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== FSFE publishes Software Licensing Best Practices ==<br>
<br>
If you want others to be able to use your code, you have to include a<br>
licence, and as a best practice you should do so in a way which can be<br>
understood by humans and computers alike. Unfortunately, endless<br>
software projects and code snippets are available in the open but still<br>
lack a proper licence. One potential reason is that attaching a licence<br>
to software - properly and in a way that is understandable - can be<br>
challenging. Making sure computers understand your licence is even more<br>
difficult.<br>
<br>
That is why the FSFE has begun our work to make managing copyrights and<br>
licences in free and open source software easier [8]. Our Software<br>
Licensing Best Practices guide will help you include license and<br>
copyright notices correctly in your software. And as we keep evaluating<br>
best practices, under <a href="https://reuse.software/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://reuse.software/</a> [9] you will already find<br>
a few simple steps to take to make the copyright and licence of your<br>
project more easily understood.<br>
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== What else have we done? Inside and Outside the FSFE ==<br>
<br>
- The proposed European Copyright Directive restricts the rights of<br>
developers and internet users, creating barriers for the development<br>
of source code. Together with Open Forum Europe, the FSFE wrote a<br>
white paper [11] to help people understand the full view of the matter<br>
at stake from a software developer point of view. We will launch a<br>
campaign later this month but you can already help us to raise<br>
awareness by sharing Save Code Share [12] widely.<br>
<br>
- The FSFE's executive director, Jonas Öberg, published a blog post<br>
about the yearly FSFE budget, how our finances are structured, and<br>
where the money goes [13].<br>
<br>
- The "Koalition Freies Wissen" ("Free Knowledge Coalition") created the<br>
"Digital-O-Mat" [14], an online tool for voter information for the<br>
German federal elections on September 24th, 2017. The Digital-O-Mat<br>
[15] (German) highlights the parties' positions on topics relavant to<br>
internet policy like Free Software and helps voters find their most<br>
matching party for the election to the German parliament.<br>
<br>
- The FSFE country team Germany sent "Ask Your Candidates" questions to<br>
participating parties of the Bundestagswahl (the German federal<br>
elections) and published and analysed their answers [16]. (German)<br>
<br>
- The FSFE country team Netherlands was present with a village at SHA<br>
Camp, a non-profit hacker-camp in the Netherlands. For five days, this<br>
village offered a public space to discuss, meet, hack, sing-along, and<br>
find shelter. The FSFE had its own curated track and the village<br>
offered multiple self-organized sessions [17], from a Free Software<br>
Song choir to a FreedomBox install fest.<br>
<br>
- The FSFE country team Greece supported the first edition of Re:publica<br>
in Thessaloniki [18], a conference about digital culture.<br>
<br>
- The FSFE group Rhein/Main was present with a booth at Froscon [19], at<br>
the Free Software conference at the University of Applied Sciences<br>
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany. FSFE president Matthias Kirschner also gave<br>
a talk about "Limux: das Ende eines Leuchtturm-Projekts!?" [20].<br>
(German)<br>
<br>
- In April this year, the Digital Society Institute hosted a workshop to<br>
analyse "How secure is free software? Security record of open source<br>
and free software." The workshop included contributions from Matthias<br>
Kirschner and is now available in English and German [21] including<br>
recommendations for the private and public sector.<br>
<br>
- We are happy to welcome three new interns: Carmen Bianca Bakker,<br>
Kristi Progri and Erik Da Silva. If you are interested in doing an<br>
internship with us, find more information on our pages [22].<br>
<br>
- We have a new item in the FSFE online shop: a non-binary pink bib [23]<br>
with the slogan "I am a fork" stitched onto the bib. Organic and fair<br>
trade.<br>
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[ In the online version you find a picture here: ]<br>
[ The FSFE village during SHA Camp 2017 in the Netherlands. ]<br>
[ <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201709" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-<wbr>201709</a> ]<br>
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== Do not miss it! Upcoming events with the FSFE ==<br>
<br>
CopyCamp in Warsaw [24] will be happening on 28 - 29 of September.<br>
CopyCamp is a conference that focuses on the question of how exclusive<br>
immaterial rights affect culture, education, science, technology, and<br>
Free Software. Matthias Kirschner will speak about "Limux: the loss of a<br>
lighthouse" and our policy analyst Polina Malaja about the upcoming "EU<br>
copyright reform and its implications for collaborative software<br>
development." The conference has no admission fee, but participants are<br>
asked to register before attending [25]. Thanks to the Foundation for<br>
Polish-German Cooperation, there are travel grants available for German<br>
residents (not only citizens), funded by the German Federal Foreign<br>
Office.<br>
<br>
== Get Active ==<br>
<br>
Have a look at our "Public Money Public Code" page [26] and the PMPC<br>
video and share it with your friends, colleagues, and favorite mailing<br>
lists. Also ask them to sign the open letter [27] and do this yourself.<br>
If the page is not available in your language, help us with translations<br>
[28].<br>
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== Help us improve our newsletter ==<br>
<br>
If you would like to share any thoughts, pictures, or news, send them to<br>
us. As always, the address is <a href="mailto:newsletter@fsfe.org">newsletter@fsfe.org</a>. We're looking forward<br>
to hearing from you!<br>
<br>
Thanks to our community, all the volunteers [29], supporters [30] and<br>
donors [31] who make our work possible. And thanks to our translators<br>
[32], who enable our readers to read this newsletter in their mother<br>
tongue.<br>
<br>
Your editor,<br>
<br>
Erik Albers<br>
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1: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170913-01</a><br>
2: <a href="https://publiccode.eu#about" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu#about</a><br>
3: <a href="https://publiccode.eu#action" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu#action</a><br>
4: <a href="https://publiccode.eu/#organisations" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/#<wbr>organisations</a><br>
5: <a href="https://publiccode.eu/openletter/all-signatures/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/<wbr>openletter/all-signatures/</a><br>
6: <a href="https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/908012039045386240" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Snowden/<wbr>status/908012039045386240</a><br>
7: <a href="https://publiccode.eu/#action" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/#action</a><br>
8: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170906-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170906-01</a><br>
9: <a href="https://reuse.software" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://reuse.software</a><br>
10: <a href="https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-09" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-<wbr>09</a><br>
11: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170908-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170908-01</a><br>
12: <a href="https://savecodeshare.eu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://savecodeshare.eu/</a><br>
13: <a href="http://blog.jonasoberg.net/where-does-our-money-go/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blog.jonasoberg.net/<wbr>where-does-our-money-go/</a><br>
14: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170829-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170829-01</a><br>
15: <a href="https://bund.digital-o-mat.de" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bund.digital-o-mat.de</a><br>
16: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170905-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170905-01</a><br>
17: <a href="https://blog.3rik.cc/2017/09/still-freeing-software-anyway/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.3rik.cc/2017/09/<wbr>still-freeing-software-anyway/</a><br>
18: <a href="https://re-publica.com/en/eu17/sessions?location=Thessaloniki" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://re-publica.com/en/<wbr>eu17/sessions?location=<wbr>Thessaloniki</a><br>
19: <a href="https://k7r.eu/fsfe-at-froscon-2017/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://k7r.eu/fsfe-at-<wbr>froscon-2017/</a><br>
20:<br>
<a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2017-1991-limux_das_ende_eines_leuchtturm-projekts" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://media.ccc.de/v/<wbr>froscon2017-1991-limux_das_<wbr>ende_eines_leuchtturm-projekts</a><br>
21: <a href="https://www.esmt.org/sites/default/files/dsi_ipr5_engl-dt.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.esmt.org/sites/<wbr>default/files/dsi_ipr5_engl-<wbr>dt.pdf</a><br>
22: <a href="https://fsfe.org/contribute/internship" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/contribute/<wbr>internship</a><br>
23: <a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170726-01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/news/2017/<wbr>news-20170726-01</a><br>
24: <a href="https://copycamp.pl/en/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://copycamp.pl/en/</a><br>
25: <a href="https://copycamp.pl/en/contact/register/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://copycamp.pl/en/<wbr>contact/register/</a><br>
26: <a href="https://publiccode.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu</a><br>
27: <a href="https://publiccode.eu/openletter/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publiccode.eu/<wbr>openletter/</a><br>
28: <a href="https://git.fsfe.org/pmpc/website/src/master/TRANSLATE.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://git.fsfe.org/pmpc/<wbr>website/src/master/TRANSLATE.<wbr>md</a><br>
29: <a href="https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/contribute/<wbr>contribute</a><br>
30: <a href="http://fsfe.org/join" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://fsfe.org/join</a><br>
31: <a href="https://fsfe.org/donate/thankgnus" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/donate/<wbr>thankgnus</a><br>
32: <a href="https://fsfe.org/contribute/translators/translators" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/contribute/<wbr>translators/translators</a><br>
33: <a href="https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-09" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fsfe.org/join/nl2017-<wbr>09</a><br>
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