Dear Fellows,
From November 17th to 18th, FSFE will have a booth at JDLL in Lyon, France.
We are looking for people to join us at our booth and help spread the
word about Free Software and FSFE. If you are interested in
participating in FSFE's presence at JDLL, please write an email to
Léopold Baillard <leobaillard(a)fsfe.org>.
However, even if you just visit JDLL, please visit the FSFE booth and
say hello to us!
We will also give a talk about Free Your Android there.
You can find more info about JDLL at <http://2012.jdll.org>.
We are looking forward to meet you there!
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Léopold Baillard
- FSFE intern in Berlin -
E-mail : leobaillard(a)fsfe.org
Mobile : + 49 (0) 151 21 40 55 46
GPG : 59C6 1CCA 2343 8DE4 D4FF D96A BC55 4A21 3B90 C658
Support FSFE! http://fsfe.org/support/?leobaillard
Hi everyone,
perhaps this is of interest to some of you:
UNESCO is looking for interns who would like to work on Drupal.
Best regards,
Karsten
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> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:32:27 +0200
> From: "Storti, Davide" <d.storti(a)unesco.org>
> To: Karsten Gerloff <gerloff(a)fsfeurope.org>
> Subject: Internship opportunities at UNESCO (DRUPAL)
>
> Dear Karsten,
>
>
>
> We are currently looking for one or more interns to contribute to some
> UNESCO Web projects. In particular, we are looking for someone able to
> work on Drupal sites hosted on Apache servers (module implementation,
> monitoring, development).
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>
>
> In particular, the intern will work on projects such as:
>
>
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> - opentrainingplatform.org
>
> - project sites - existants (example:
> http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/
> <http://www.unesco-ci.org/ipdcprojects/> ) or new (example, a new
> DRUPAL site for the Information For All programme IFAP
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/intergovernme
> ntal-programmes/information-for-all-programme-ifap/
> <http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/intergovernm
> ental-programmes/information-for-all-programme-ifap/> )
>
>
>
> Also, the UNESCO website (unesco.org), currently under Typo3, is being
> re-developed in Drupal and my colleagues are looking for students who
> might be interested to participate and contribute.
>
>
>
> Required skills:
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> - Good knowledge of Drupal 6 and 7 and relevant API
>
> - Very good knowledge in php / mysql
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> - Configuring Apache
>
> - Knowledge of html / css
>
> - Mastering of English and/or French.
>
>
>
> The duration of the internships ranges from 3 to 6 months to be spent on
> site at UNESCO's Headquarters (Paris).
>
> Please note that UNESCO internships are not remunerated.
>
>
>
> Thank you for sharing this announcement to any interested persons.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Davide
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>
>
>
>
> Davide Storti
>
> Open Suite Team
>
> Communication and Information Sector
>
> UNESCO
>
>
>
> Celebrate World Teachers' Day 5 October -----------------------------------------
>
> Take a stand for teachers! Join us in celebrating 5 October, World Teachers’ Day
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrat…
>
> Agissons pour les enseignant(e)s ! Le 5 octobre, célébrons ensemble la Journée mondiale des enseignants
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrat…
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Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. is a German Verein registered
at the Registergericht Hamburg (VR 17030).
There is an interesting article about Free Software in the car industry.
I think it was not yet shared here: https://lwn.net/Articles/510112/
Regards,
Matthias
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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
In these "Free Your Android" times I was wondering if anyone has had
good experience with free software-friendly ebook readers?
There's the Amazon Kindle which is actually a nice device in that it
shows the text in a very "book-like" fashion, but unfortunately it's
based on proprietary software and a DRM-ridden business model.
I suppose any tablet PC would do, running GNU/Linux, but tablet screens
are still "back-lit" unlike the Kindle and thus more of a strain for the
eyes. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance,
Carsten
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http://www.modspil.dkhttps://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/
Dear discussion members,
from now on, there it is also possible to become a "supporter of FSFE",
see <http://fsfe.org/support>. This way you can easily show that they
care about Free Software and support the FSFE's activities.
*WHY* Reason for this is that a) we want to have a better measurement
how many people care about our issues, and b) we also want to show
others how many people support our mission. Others do this with Facebook
"friends" or "followers", but we do not want to force anyone to register
for an external service to show that they care about _our mission_.
*What does it mean* As said, you do not have to pay anything, and we
will not publish the names or e-mail-addresses of our supporters. We
will just publish the total number of them, and they may receive
occasional important information from us, at most three times a year. If
they like what we are doing, maybe some of them subscribe to our
newsletter <https://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html>, start dicsussion
things like you on our public lists, do a one time donation
<http://fsfe.org/donate> or become Fellows <http://fsfe.org/join>.
Two things you can do in less than 10 minutes to help us:
1. Go to http://fsfe.org/support and become a supporter!
2. Ask your friends and colleagues -- by e-mail, social networks, or in
person -- if they also want to become a supporter. You can e.g. use an
URL like <http://fsfe.org/support/?YourFellowshipLoginName> for this
(like I do in my signature). This way you can see people who subscribe
because of you on
<https://fsfe.org/support/stats?ref_id=YourFellowshipLoginName> and the
general progress on <https://fsfe.org/support/stats>.
Thanks a lot for your ongoing support!
Matthias
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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
Hi everyone!
Maybe you've heard about Hugo Roy's wonderful initiative: Terms of
Service - Didn't Read that he launched recently with Michiel de Jong and
Jan-Christoph Borchardt. Their project aims at making you aware of what
you agree to when you click without thinking on the "I accept the terms
of service" on all the websites on which you have created an account. By
rating them from A (good) to E (very bad), they help every one of us to
actually now about what we are getting into.
Here is the website: <http://tos-dr.info/>.
These three people have lives and they do not allow them to contribute
as much as they'd like to the project. That's why they want to raise
money to be able to hire someone to help them.
So now it's our turn to help them for all the good job they've done and
that they will continue to do! You can contribute on their Indiegogo's
campaign here: <http://www.indiegogo.com/terms-of-service-didnt-read>.
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Léopold Baillard
- FSFE intern in Berlin -
E-mail : leobaillard(a)fsfe.org
Mobile : + 49 (0) 151 21 40 55 46
GPG : 59C6 1CCA 2343 8DE4 D4FF D96A BC55 4A21 3B90 C658
Hi all,
here a short blog post with pictures from our installation party in
Berlin. Thanks a lot to all of you!!
"Like in the 90ies but with phones: First Free Your Android
installation parties" http://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=1000
If you like this activity of FSFE, please sign up to show that you care
about Free Software and support the FSFE's activities:
http://fsfe.org/support/?mk (no costs involved).
Best Regards,
Matthias
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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
It seems a join venture of Moving Picture Experts Group and
ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group currently develops a new video
codes that among other things compresses twice as efficient as
h264: HEVC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding
As h264 had real patent pressures, and thus is hard to implement with all
software freedom retained: What is the status of HEVC, that is supposed to
become h265 regarding patents and openness?
If the video codes of WebM: VP8 or libvpx is a real competitor to h264,
what could be the next version that can compete with the claimed higher
efficiency of HEVC?
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