Summer Report 2012
mercredi 21 août 2013 à 01:00The Free Software Foundation Europe takes action to protect Free Software and raise awareness on Software Freedom issues in the upcoming digital society. We are lawyers, lobbyists, editors, translators, web developers, and above all activists united by a common mission to protect your freedom.
FSFE acitivities on the map of Europe
Dealing with problems such as Software Freedom in the education or in the public administration can be sometimes a desperate struggle. To the media, the freedom of software users isn't sexy, and to politicians it is rarely a priority. But the need to protect it becomes more and more urgent as the time goes by, as software permeates our daily lives and control by owners of devices becomes a central issue.
So what did all of these people actually do to raise the awareness about the Document Freedom?
Handcuffing people - 100x times
Pope Benedict XVI. receives DFD handcuffs.
One of our campaigns was about sending out handcuffs to important people who in your opinion need more education about Open Standards. All you had to do was to submit the name and postal address of the person you'd like the DFD team to contact by March 30. The DFD team then promised to deliver by post gratis Open Standards educational packages, consisting of a short letter explaining the topic and - to symbolise proprietary standards - a pair of handcuffs! We received more than 100 suggestions, including names such as Pope Benedict XVI, Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and German chancellor Angela Merkel.
more than 20 countriesThese are not only the numbers. Our handcuffs campaign really made a difference, what is well documented by several public statements of politicians we provoked or by the great press coverage we received.
Giving talks - 26x times Document Freedom Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lots of local groups decided to organise talks about Open Standards. The talks featured a wide range of ideas, from "media and net policies" discussed in Düsseldorf (Germany), "importance of free standards and data formats" in Saratov (Russia) and in Yuli (Taiwan) to presentations of LibreOffice in the Southern America. Some of the events were bound with other interesting activities, such as building of the "diy book scanner" in Cairo (Egypt) or LibreOffice installations on the computers of attendees. Our biggest event was organized in Jakarta, in the Theater of Budi Luhur University with amazing 170 participants.
Panel: Jeanne Tadeusz, Anne-Catherine Lorrain, Karsten Gerloff, MEP Christian Engström.
In the European parliament, members of the European Parliament and the Greens/EFA group Malika Benarab-Attou, Sandrine Bélier, Christian Engström, and Judith Sargentini hosted a Document Freedom Day event titled "Open Standards in the eBook market". From the speakers we shall mention, Carl-Christian Buhr from Neelie Kroes' personal cabinet, who was speaking about the EC's initiatives on Open Standards, Karsten Gerloff, the president of FSFE, who gave a speech on "Open Standards and Free Software as an issue of power and control" and Charles Hayley from Calibre, a Free Software ebook manager, who explained how important Open Standards are for developers.
Awarding institutions - 6x times Marvellous DFD Cake from Venezuela Colourful DFD Cake from Berlin
It looks like DFD cake is becoming the second most important symbol of the DFD right after the logo. This year, we presented the Document Freedom Awards with thematic DFD cakes in Croatia, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey and Venezuela. Our cake experts say that the best looking cakes were those given in Venezuela and Germany and the most creative was the Slovakian one with "poppy seed and nougat" stuffing. Among awarded institutions this year, we shall mention
German Document Freedom Award rewarding a company 1&1 for automatically adding XMPP for all customers of their mail services. Italian DFD Price 2012 rewarding the City administration of the Tuscan town for its adoption of Open Standards within the administration services and communications with the citizens. See Alessandro's blog for a report of this event. Slovak DFD Price 2012 rewarding the Slovak Committee for Standardisation of Information Systems of Public Administration for its adoption of Open Standards for entire Slovak public administration. Other events DFD poster in street of Rio
But Document Freedom Day is also about something else. It is about bringing together the creativity and knowledge of people who are passionate and feel strongly about freedom. It's about having fun and also doing something important for society. Lots of volunteers set up small parties or discussed the issues in the close circles of friends, while others were handing out DFD leaflets at universities, setting up small DFD booths or explaining people the importance of use of Open Standards on the streets. And that is exactly what the DFD is - a day where everybody can deliver the idea of Open Standards in a way he feels. Because that is the freedom we aim for.
Thank you!Thank you all for your motivation and efforts to celebrate Document Freedom Day around the globe without borders! Again, we would not be able to achieve this without great support of volunteers, sponsors and attentive media. We wish that 2012 will be marked as a better year for Open Standards and that next year we can meet again to celebrate this day. If you enjoyed our initiative you can support us by donating yet today for the next year!
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About FSFEFree Software Foundation Europe is dedicated to the furthering of Free Software and working for freedom in the emerging digital society. Access to software determines who may participate in a digital society. The freedoms to use, study, share, and improve software allow equal participation, and are extremely important.
FSFE in action around the EuropeWe are always updating this part, so you can still send us some of your pictures.
Austria Fellowship meetings in Vienna From regular Fellowship meetings in Vienna Belgium FOSDEM 2012 FSFE President Karsten Gerloff giving a talk Audience Estonia Interview with Heiki Ojasild PDFreaders sprint at Academy FSFE most active Estonian translator, Heiki Ojasild PDFreaders sprint at Academy in Talinn, Estonia Finland Executive summary and analysis of the Helsinki City and OpenOffice case in 2010-2011 Critising Helsinky Town Hall for its report, illustrative picture by Greenpeace Finland, CC BY 2.0 FSFE Finland team France FSFE has raised its concerns (French) on the online voting process implemented for French electors French elections, by Eoghan OLionnain CC BY-SA 2.0 Hugo Roy Ecuador Da del Documento Libre in Quito, Ecuador Egypt Building an open source diy book scanner in Cairo, Egypt The best partner logo :) Event in Cairo Hackerspace, Egypt European Parliament Document Freedom Day conference, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium Dr. Carl-Christian Buhr Karsten Gerloff, Anne-Catherine Lorrain DFD posters in European Parliament Audience at DFD in European Parliament Germany Document Freedom Day information booth in Offenburg, Germany. DFD 2012 in Chaosdorf in Dsseldorf, Germany 1&1 Internet AG receives German Document Freedom Award in Karlsruhe, Germany Award for the city of Vienna, in Berlin, Germany Countdown to Document Freedom Day in Germany Document Freedom Day talk in Dsseldorf, Germany Kleine Anfrage for PDFreader directed towards the Bundesregierung Deutschland, Berlin Green party's DFD cake Berlin Green party's DFD event FSFE's Document Freedom Award Karlsruhe DFD cake in Karlsruhe Greece Document Freedom Day 2012 in Athens, Greece Document Freedom Day 2012 - Linux Team Kastorias in Kastoria, Greece Document Freedom Day event in Serres, Greece LibreOffice installed in 147 work stations in Thessaloniki, Greece Indonesia Document Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia DFD in Jakarta, Indonesia Audience in Jakarta Italy Italian DFD Prize 2012 in Arezzo, Italy Document Freedom Day event in Catanzaro, Italy. Document Freedom Day alla biblioteca comunale di Scandiano, Italia DFD Roma - Libert obbligatoria, Rome, Italy DFD event in Italy DFD event in Hacking Laboratory Catanzaro Japan Document Freedom Day in Nagoya, Japan Nepal Document Freedom Day in Kathmandu, Nepal Poland Document Freedom Day in Warsaw, Poland Polish DFD team Plosh DFD Cake DFD Prize in Poland Portugal DFD 2012 dinner party in Lisbon, Portugal Romania Document Freedom Party 2012 in Bucharest, Romania Russia Document Freedom Day event in Saratov, Russia Document Freedom Day 2012 in Omsk, Russia DFD CDs, Omsk, Russia Presentation in Omsk, Russia Slovakia Slovak DFD Prize 2012 in Bratislava, Slovakia The certificate and the Document Freedom cake with the DFD logo on top From left: Martin Husovec (FSFE), Miloš Molnár (chair of the Commission) and Peter Bíro (deputy chair of the Commission) Slovenija DFD 2012 @ Kiberpipa in Ljubljana, Slovenija The Netherlands "Terug naar de Toekomst" in Den Haag, The Netherlands Taiwan 2012 Document Freedom Day in Taipei, Taiwan DFD at Our Coffee Shop in Yuli, Taiwan Turkey Document Freedom Day event in Izmir, Turkey Izmir, Turkey, waiting for a DFD cake Izmir, Turkey, two DFD cakes Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Caracas, Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Valencia, Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Caripito, Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Maturn, Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Document Freedom Day event in Maturn, Venezuela Document Freedom Day in Maturin, Venezuela (State Monagas) Document Freedom Day - Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Da del Documento Libre in Barquisimeto, Venezuela (State Lara) Document Freedom Day event in Mrida, Venezuela Venezuelan DFD cake. Further information Home of the Document Freedom Day Press Coverage of the DFD Photo Coverage of the DFD Microblogging Coverage of the DFD Report from the German DFD price Report from the Slovak DFD price Report from the Italian DFD price Report from the event in Jakarta Report from the Düsseldorf event Report from the European Parliament YouTube channel of DFD in Rio
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