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European Schoolnet and the Future Classroom Lab
by Federico Bruni 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi a friend of mine is involved in an european project which promotes the use of ICT in public schools: http://fcl.eun.org/living-schools-lab http://www.europeanschoolnet.org/ This project is coordinated by several Ministries of Education, but it's also supported by some big ICT players, as you can see here: http://fcl.eun.org/participate My friend is concerned about the presence of these companies. It's quite likely that they are going to use the project to promote their products. As far as I can see, all these companies produce proprietary software or hardware. What can we do to guarantee the presence of Free Software projects and companies in this project? Is there any European directive which recommends the use of Free Software in such situations? I think that FSFE may take a stand and do some "lobbying" about this project. What do you think? Thanks, Federico

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looking for a gdb-backend
by hiren sangani 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi Everyone, I am new to Unix-like system and for GDB. I want to write a new GDB backend which will be possible either by GDB Generic or by GDB server or both. So does anyone has idea which one is preferable and from where and how should I start to write ? I sucessefully build gdb-7.5.50-1 in Cygwin environment. Thanks in advance .. ---- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With Best Regards Heeka

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FSFE wiki card howto / subkeys
by Daniel Pocock 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

The how-to guides: http://wiki.fsfe.org/Card_howtos all steer people away from keeping the main key on a card. Yet some of the coloured notes here: http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/ch05s02.html suggest that may not be best practice today. Can anyone comment on the state of play? My understanding is that various possibilities exist, potentially with multiple cards: card 1: - main RSA private key - used for signing other keys - kept in a safe at home card 2: - sub key - signed by main key - card that is kept in the wallet

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[just for fun] xkcloud
by Nicolas JEAN 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi all, In case you have not seen this one already: https://xkcd.com/1150/ I first read the story, and laughed. Then just as I was closing the tab, I read its title, and it took on a completely different dimension! That's very meaningful to us FSFE. Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas JEAN - Web coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfe.org) Is Free Software important to you? Join us! (http://fsfe.org/join)

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New Fellowship interview with Anna Morris
by Sam Tuke 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Anna Morris is co-founder or FLOSSIE conference for women in Free Software, Manchester Fellowship Group Deputy Coordinator, and Co-Director of Ethical Pets Ltd. She is currently writing a book on video editing with Free Software, and volunteering with Document Freedom Day 2013 in her spare time. She talks about running her e-commerce business with Free Software: https://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=652 Best, Sam. - -- Sam Tuke Campaign Manager Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlDXtoYACgkQ1bR1Itj7YQUpMAEAyrftDIPh1yKzFX34sjdt2IRT VLayStwWUCo06yUCegQA/3W4STwKDEXIC6srzze6Au5Qa3+tZXo6m8V8A6fGjhu/ =qMme -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Microsoft open specification promise
by Mirko Boehm 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Hi, at the Microsoft presentation at the summit of newthinking I took a note to check the conditions under which the OData standard (the OASIS open data standard proposal, heavily industry influence) is licensed. Turns out it is the "Microsoft open specification promise" found here: http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/osp/default.aspx Was there already an analysis of how these terms align with our understanding of what an open standard is? And if not, is this something where we should communicate actively? All the best, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mirko(a)kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist

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UN trade body says governments should seize Free Software opportunities
by Matthias Kirschner 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Governments should encourage the use of free and open source software, recommends Unctad in a report published on 28 November. The United Nation's trade and investment body says that an increasing uptake of open source will help to develop an innovative domestic software market. It also makes public organisations less dependent on large-scale software manufacturers. http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/un-trade-body-says-governments-should-seize… Has anyone read the chapter yet? Report is here: http://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=271 If you want to work on comments with others here, feel free to use https://public.pad.fsfe.org/. Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003 Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?mk

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Success story BSI
by Matthias Kirschner 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

Here a success story from the German Agency for IT security: http://opensource.com/government/12/12/open-source-groupware Cheers, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003 Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?mk

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Good article about the Freiburg Fail
by Matthias Kirschner 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Please read http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/12/intended-to-fail/index.… if you are interested in the Freiburg "back-migration". Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator FSFE, Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin, t +49-30-27595290 +49-1577-1780003 Weblog (blogs.fsfe.org/mk) - Contact (fsfe.org/about/kirschner) Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?mk

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Fwd: FOSDEM 2013 Telephony/Communications Devroom Call for Presenters
by Daniel Pocock 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

The panel discussion and integration test effort below will hopefully be a useful follow up to the FSF Europe "Hunt for a Skype alternative" I hope to meet some of you at FOSDEM in February -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [asterisk-dev] FOSDEM 2013 Telephony/Communications Devroom Call for Presenters Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:37:28 -0600 From: Matthew Jordan <mjordan(a)digium.com> Reply-To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev(a)lists.digium.com> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev(a)lists.digium.com> Greetings, This is a call for presenters for the telephony and communications devroom at FOSDEM 2013 - http://www.fosdem.org/. We will be holding a day full of presentations on development topics in the area of open source telephony and communications on Sunday, February 3rd. The schedule allows for presentations from 9:00 to 15:00. Following the development topic presentations, a panel discussing the challenges of federated and distributed free Real-time Communications (RTC) and its significance to the Free and Open Source Software community will be held, hosted by Daniel Pocock and Peter Saint-Andre. Please submit all proposals no later than 2013-01-04. Notification of accepted speakers will be provided by 2013-01-07. We will then work to have a schedule finalized by 2013-01-11. Please include the following with your submission: 1. Title of your presentation. 2. The duration of your talk (between 20 and 60 minutes). Please indicate the minimum and maximum size slot that you are comfortable with. 3. The speaker(s) presenting. 4. A brief description of the content of the presentation. This year, proposals will be reviewed and approved by a panel. That panel consists of: * Daniel Pocock <daniel at pocock.com.au> * Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at stpeter.im> * Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> If you would like to contact the devroom organizer directly, please contact Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com>. The room we will be using will have a projector, wifi, and 150 seats. In addition to the Telephony DevRoom, this year we will be hosting a Real Time Communication Integration Test effort. Projects that are incorporating any RTC or VoIP capabilities are invited to participate in the integration test efforts. This will be similar to SIPit, but smaller, for open source projects, and independent of protocol. More information regarding the RTC integration testing will be made available on the telephony-devroom mailing list. Feel free to forward this along to any people or mailing lists that you think would be interested in this event. Thank you! -- Matthew Jordan Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev

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