Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 @bjoern@mastodon.social

"Many small people who in many small places do many small things that can alter the face of the world"... Always try to be one of this many small people. #FridaysForFuture #SoftwareFreedom #sustainability #humanity and all the other stuff which makes the world a better place.

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall

"Many small people who in many small places do many small things that can alter the face of the world"... Always try to be one of this many small people. #FridaysForFuture #SoftwareFreedom #sustainability #humanity and all the other stuff which makes the world a better place.

Three conclusions to draw from #Google denying #Huawei access to software: (1) The #FSFE urges users to use Free Software operating systems and applications on their computing devices. (2) Governments and especially the European Union should invest more resources in #FreeSoftware to gain independence from large enterprises and other states. (3) The FSFE urges companies to use as much Free Software as possible in their supply chains. https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190520-01.en.html #pmpc

Digitalpakt Schule tritt in Kraft, als Beispiele für länderübergreifende Investitionsmaßnahmen nennt die Verwaltungsvereinbarung "Entwicklung von Infrastrukturen, insbesondere mit gemeinsamen Server- und Dienstlösungen, prioritär Open-Source-Angebote" https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Open-Source-als-Schwerpunkt-Digitalpakt-Schule-tritt-in-Kraft-4425195.html #FreieSoftware #OpenSource #Bildung

More than two years ago, #Munich abandoned their strategy of developing an independent IT infrastructure built with #FreeSoftware. What happened in the meantime, not only in Munich but in public administrations in general? https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-01.html #FreeSoftware #policy #pmpc #fsfe

All schools in #Kerala / #India will switch to #FreeSoftware: "More than Rs 3,000-crore savings, we feel the key advantage of going for free OS is the ability to study, share, edit and publish without restrictions. In the education sector, this dissemination value is more crucial than costs", says Anjali Krishnan. https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/kerala-schools-to-save-rs-3000-crore-by-using-linux-os/1577396/ #education #OpenSource

Software-Rebellen - Die Macht des Teilens. Tolle Reportage auf Arte mit vielen bekannten Gesichtern der #FreieSoftware Bewegung https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/077346-000-A/software-rebellen/

Die Gesellschaft für Informatik verlässt #Facebook, eine sehr gute Entscheidung! "Facebook ist ein Feind des Datenschutzes. Dies ist im Geschäftsmodell begründet, das auf dem Verkauf von Daten fußt" damit gefährdet Facebook unsere "Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft" https://gi.de/meldung/gi-zentrale-verlaesst-facebook/ #gi

Der #WahlOMat ist wieder Online für alle die noch nicht sicher sind welche Partei am ehesten ihre Interessen vertritt. https://www.wahl-o-mat.de/europawahl2019/ Mein Ergebnis entspricht zum Großteil meinen Erwartungen. #Europawahl2019 #Politik

Is it possible to cross-post stuff from #pixelfed to #instagram, similar like you can cross-post from Mastodon to Twitter? #nf

According to this study France’s technology #procurement #policy that required government agencies to favor #FreeSoftware over proprietary software was a huge success: 0.6% - 5.4% yearly increase in companies that use Free Software, 9% - 18% yearly increase of IT-related startups, a 6.6% - 14% yearly increase in the number of individuals employed in IT related jobs and 600,000 Free Software contributions per year from #France https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3355486 #pmpc #PublicCode

You're thinking about smart cities in completely the wrong way - Technology gives us an opportunity to make cities more open, inclusive and democratic. But only if it's used in the right way, says Barcelona's chief technology officer, Francesca Bria https://www.wired.co.uk/article/reboot-britain-francesca-bria

I just learned that #Mozilla will abandon #IRC. In general I think it is a good move to look for something more modern. I'm curious what they will chose at the end. For me the three main qualities would be: #free (aka Free Software), #decentralized & #open (aka open protocols) http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2019/04/26/synchronous-text/

Verbindliches Klimaschutzgesetz jetzt! Bist du auch der Meinung, dass die Klimaschutzziele von Paris endlich verbindlich in einem Gesetz festgeschrieben werden müssen? https://petition.klimaschutzgesetz.jetzt/ #FridaysForFuture #Scientists4Future #politik