[KDE Eco] Fwd: German Parliament receives Upcycling Android Open Letter

[Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss]

This is such an important initiative for reducing e-waste by making it 
possible to use devices to the end of the hardware lifecycle, not the 
end of the software lifecycle.

I am glad to see it is moving forward and upward in the EU!

Cheers,
Joseph

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: German Parliament receives Upcycling Android Open Letter
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:33:59 +0100
From: Ana Galán <contact at fsfe.org>
To: Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss <joseph at kde.org>



Hello Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss,

Once again, we want to thank you for being there and supporting our 
Upcycling  Android initiative by signing our Open Letter “The right to 
install any software  on any device”.

In November, a delegation from the Free Software Foundation Europe 
(FSFE) handed  over our Open Letter to Tabea Rößner, Chair of the 
Digital Affairs Committee at  the German Bundestag. 
[https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231115-01.html] Rößner  announced 
that she would give the Open Letter to Steffi Lemke, Germany's Federal 
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and 
Consumer  Protection.

It has been a year since we first published our Open Letter [1] on the 
universal  right to install any software on any device. So far, more 
than 3,000 individuals  and 147 civil society organisations have decided 
to sign the letter and support  our four demands:

- Users have the right to choose the operating systems and software 
running on their devices.

- Users have the right to choose which service providers they connect 
their devices to.

- Devices should be interoperable and compatible with open standards.

        - Source code for drivers, tools and interfaces will be 
published under a free licence. After this first hand over, we are 
planning to deliver the letter to  decision-makers at EU level as well. 
We will let you know when that happens. And remember that even though 
our Upcycling Android initiative [2] officially  ended, all related 
material is freely available for use by you and others who  want to 
continue promoting Free Software while overcoming software obsolescence. 
  We also continue to advocate for the right to install any software on 
any device  with initiatives such as Router Freedom and other Device 
Neutrality activities  [3].

If you want to continue supporting our digital rights, you can subscribe 
to our  general email updates and our experts will inform you about 
current news,  events, activities, and how you can contribute [4].

Our work would not be possible without the the donations by our 
supporters. If you can afford, please become a supporter: 
https://my.fsfe.org/payonline/FC22328988U1 to support our daily work!


Thank you very much!

Best regards, Ana  Galán

[1] https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

[2] https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/

[3] https://fsfe.org/activities/deviceneutrality

[4] https://fsfe.org/contact/email-updates.html
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