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28 September 2016:

On 14 September the European Commission (EC) published its long-awaited proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. While we welcome the proposal to introduce a mandatory exception for 'text and data mining' (TDM) in the field of scientific research, we are concerned about the inclusion of a far-reaching "technical safeguards" clause granted to rightholders in order to limit the newly established exception.

Julia Reda, MEP: "Proprietary Software threatens Democracy"

07 September 2016:

Julia Reda ended the QtCon, a conference for the Free Software community, with a closing keynote on, among other things, Free Software in the European Public Sector.

The Document Foundation and the FSFE strengthen their relationship

17 August 2016:

The Free Software Foundation (FSFE) is joining the Advisory Board of The Document Foundation. At the same time, The Document Foundation is becoming an associated organisation of the FSFE.

In Memory of our Friend Elias Diem

09 August 2016:

In the afternoon of Saturday 6 August, our friend and active Fellow Elias Diem passed away. He was on his way back home from a hiking trip with a friend in the Swiss alps. He slipped and fell about 150 meters. His friend tried to rescue him, but it was too late. He died of a heavy head injury at the age of 39.

Free Software Foundation Europe Summit 2016 – Not a tech conference

04 August 2016:

Free Software advocates from all over Europe will be meeting in Berlin from the 2nd to the 4th of September at the FSFE Summit 2016. Apart from working on furthering the adoption of Free Software in Europe, we will also be celebrating the FSFE's 15th anniversary.
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Events

FSFE Booth at LinuxCon + ContainerCon Europe 2016 in Berlin, Germany

04 to 06 October 2016

FSFE will be present with a booth in LinuxCon+ContainerCon Europe 2016 in Berlin, a big event where developers, sys admins, architects and all levels of technical talent gather together under one roof in order to further develop the GNU/Linux platform. If you want to meet with us, then pass by our booth, where you will have the opportunity to engage in interesting discussions, to grab a bunch of stickers and flyers, and why not, to get a new T-shirt or a bag from FSFE's merchandise?!

Fellowship Meeting Rhine/Main, Germany

05 October 2016

On Wednesday, 5 October, the Fellowship group Rhein/Main will meet in the Zum Goldstein in Mainz. We will meet there around 19:00 h.

The FSFE President in Athens, Greece

25 October 2016

FSFE President, Matthias Kirschner, will visit the Athens Hackerspace to give a talk and discuss with the Greek Free Software community.

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