A virtual world without Free Software is like a city in which you are obliged to have a usage license for every pavement. We also need commons in the virtual world.
Reinhard Wiesemann - Linuxhotel
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"Secure Boot": Who will control your next computer? We or device manufacturers?
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PDFreaders recommended by government - and what else we achived
Two weeks have been gone since we launched the PDF Readers fundraising. First,
we want to thank everyone who made a donation. Currently, we received 856
EUR (more than 75% of the goal). Thanks to your donation, and you informing
your friends about this work, we will reach the 1100 EUR until the 4th of
December.
FSFE welcomes German Government's White Paper on "Secure Boot"
Yesterday the German Ministry of the
Interior published a white paper about "Trusted Computing" and "Secure Boot".
The white paper says that "device owners must be in complete control of (able
to manage and monitor) all the trusted computing security systems of their
devices." This has been one of FSFE's key demands from the beginning. The document
continues that "delegating this control to third parties requires conscious and
informed consent by the device owner".
Finnish activist, Danish hacker share Nordic Free Software Award 2012
Finnish Free Software activist Otto Kekäläinen and Danish hacker Ole Tange are the recipients of the 2012 Nordic Free Software Award. With the Nordic Free Software award, given out for the 6th time this year, the Swedish Association for Free Software and Free Culture (FFKP, Föreningen Fri Kultur och Programvara) honours people and projects who have made important contributions to software freedom.
Flashing your device does not void your statutory warranty - FSFE Legal
One of the main concerns of Android users
is related with its warranty: whether flashing their device will void the phone
assurance.
Every buck fixes a bug. The FSFE PDF readers campaign website fundraising
What would you think if your government told you which brand of car to drive on public roads? The same way the public administration is required to be neutral on this, it should not decide which software you use when reading PDF documents. The state should offer choice and especially promote software that respects its citizens' freedom.
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Events
FOSDEM 2013
02 to 03 February
This year,FOSDEM will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2013 in Brussels. FSFE will participate with a booth. And, like every year, we're looking forward to many great meetings and discussions, and a very good time for all.
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