Matthias Kirschner @kirschner@mastodon.social
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The @fsfe 's President 
. Working for #FreeSoftware, so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software. #European
Joined Nov 2017
Behördenspiegel: "München beschließt neue #OpenSource-Strategie" Public Money? #PublicCode! https://www.behoerden-spiegel.de/2021/05/06/muenchen-beschliesst-neue-open-source-strategie/
#xkcde about March 2020 https://xkcd.com/2459/
#Golem schreibt über "Code-Repository für Verwaltung startet Pilotphase" und der Public Money? #PublicCode Kampagne https://www.golem.de/news/verwaltung-code-repository-fuer-verwaltung-startet-pilotphase-2105-156291.html
C/o vienna hat ein Interview mit mir geführt:
"Der digitale Freiheitskämpfer"
https://www.co-vienna.com/de/leute/der-digitale-freiheitskampfer/
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So, what's the state of #RouterFreedom in your country? Share your experience and help us monitoring the situation. This way, we can better evaluate where to focus our activity on!
➡️ https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/628449
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The good news: joining the effort to work for #RouterFreedom has become easier than ever before for individuals and organisations. We've compiled an Activity Package that massively eases understanding the whole topic and contains the #FSFE's experience of working for this freedom since 2013.
Also available: a map monitoring the current state of Router Freedom in all EU member states as well as communication templates
➡️ https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210330-01.html
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In #Austria, the government has the chance to safeguard Router Freedom from the start. In order to do so, they have to integrate #RouterFreedom directly in the new law instead of delegating this to their national regulating agency RTR. We work together with @epicenter_works to influence the situation to the better:
➡️ https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210506-01.html
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#Greece and #Germany have been one of the first countries to incorporate the EU's rules into national law. Germany had a chaotic legislative process, giving civil society like the #FSFE only a few days to assess 400+ pages of the new law. Unfortunately the former pioneer of #RouterFreedom in Europe opens Pandora's Box again.
Greece on the other hand makes a step forward! The regulator had a proper consultation and has a favourable position towards Router Freedom:
➡️ https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210505-01.html
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#RouterFreedom in #Europe keeps us busy! The recent EU guidelines are differently interpreted in national states. #Greece is a positive example while #Germany effectively endangers the freedom users had since 2016. And in #Austria, the government has the historic chance to safeguard these essential user rights now!
👇 A thread with the most recent and important events 👇
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Guter Schritt für mehr #FreieSoftware in der öffentlichen Verwaltung: "Gemeinsam mit Nordrhein-Westfalen und Baden-Württemberg will das Bundesinnenministerium ein #OpenSource Repository für die Verwaltung aufsetzen." https://www.heise.de/news/Oeffentlicher-Sourcecode-fuer-mehr-digitale-Souveraenitaet-6036956.html Public Money? #PublicCode!
If you want to work for #RouterFreedom in your country, please have a look at the @fsfe 's activity package: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210330-01.en.html #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #nt
Thanks to: Alliance of Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Manufacturers (VTKE), Consumer Protection Union (EKPIZO), Consumer Protection Centre (KEPKA), Homos Digitalis, Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS), and Sarantoporo.gr - Community Wireless Network for working with the #FSFE on this topic in Greece. This will be crucial for #SoftwareFreedom in Greece and the EU. #nt
EU member states are updating their legislation and implementing rules on #RouterFreedom. While Greece has focused on interests of end-users, Germany has moved in the opposite direction. Read #FSFE 's update: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210505-01.html
Article by Till Jaeger: "Distribution of Dockerfiles: Who is responsible for FOSS Licence Compliance?" https://jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/view/147 #nt
Congratulations @mako for receiving the NSF CAREER Award. Great to see your work is honoured this way https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/nsf-career-award #nt
If you want to refer to a website explaining the basics of #FreeSoftware (#OpenSource), this website might be useful: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/ (in Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian)
Read how the #FSFE helps #FreeSoftware (aka #OpenSource) developers in #NGI0 to engineer a better internet and see how the resources might be helpful for other developers as well: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210504-01.en.html
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Great to see a lot of people in the local #FSFE Meeting Bonn (online) today, interested in #Linux on #MobilePhones: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Bonn
Interesse, als studentische Hilfskraft bei der HU Berlin was für #FreieSoftware zu bewegen? Mehr Informationen hier: https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/fsfe-de/2021-April/011803.html #gnuHU
#EDRi published "EU’s #AI law needs major changes to prevent discrimination and mass surveillance". See also #FSFE Vincent's quote there about #AI and #FreeSoftware / #OpenSource. https://edri.org/our-work/eus-ai-law-needs-major-changes-to-prevent-discrimination-and-mass-surveillance/
- FSFE Profile
- https://fsfe.org/about/kirschner
- Support the FSFE
- https://my.fsfe.org/support
- Personal website
- https://k7r.eu/
The @fsfe 's President . Working for #FreeSoftware, so every individual in our society can self-determined use, study, share, and improve software. #European
Joined Nov 2017
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