[Soci SLIP] com'e' andata a finire: Re: [Discussioni] Fwd: taz.die tageszeitung receives Document Freedom Germany Award

[llcfree]

Giro.

Peccato che sia in tedesco :) Sarebbe bello se, per una volta, fosse un
giornale italiano (magari tra quelli che blaterano tanto a sproposito,
tipo La Stampa).

Loredana
On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 13:02 +0100, Francesco Potortì wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:23:10 +0100
> From: Free Software Foundation Europe <press a fsfeurope.org>
> Subject: [FSFE PR][EN] taz.die tageszeitung receives Document Freedom Germany Award
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> 
> = taz.die tageszeitung receives Document Freedom Germany Award =
> 
> [Read online: https://fsfe.org/news/2013/news-20130327-01.en.html ]
> 
> The German newspaper taz.die tageszeitung (TAZ) receives this year's Document
> Freedom award. With this award, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and
> the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) honour
> organisations that make exemplary use of Open Standards.
> 
> The TAZ receives the Document Freedom award because it delivers its electronic
> paper to its subscribers in a choice of open formats, and without digital
> restrictions (DRM). "We are awarding the TAZ with the Document Freedom Award
> for their longstanding commitment to Open Standards and continuos efforts in
> offering their newspaper without restrictions" says Erik Albers, Fellowship
> Coordinator Berlin.
> 
> TAZ subscribers can receive their paper in HTML, PDF, ePub, and even plain
> text formats. HTML files form the basis of the World Wide Web. The Portable
> Document Format (PDF) was published as a standard by the  International
> Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2008. Adobe has granted anyone the
> right to make and distribute PDF files without restrictions. Plain text files
> (.txt) can easily be read or opened by any thousands of applications,
> independent of any platform, product, or vendor.  "Plain text files have great
> benefits for libraries," highlights Elisabeth Klein, a humanities scholar with
> close connections to academic libraries in Germany. "They can offer easy
> access to works using a lot of different devices. Users and researchers can
> efficiently search and analyse them."
> 
> ePub is an Open Standard for electronic books. Rather than being bound to a
> particular vendor, users can open files with the .epub extension with a wide
> range of programs and devices. "We use Free and Open formats, because we don't
> like to put our readers in a cage - even it it's made of gold. Only by using
> Open Standards without DRM we are able to spread TAZ news media as widely as
> possible" says Ralf Klever, Head of IT in the TAZ.
> 
> Stephan Uhlmann, FFII board member, adds: "We congratulate TAZ for their firm
> stance on the usage of Open Standards. The TAZ has a history of covering
> contemporary political movements very closely, which makes this an important
> contribution to preserve this documentation in open and accessible document
> formats for future generations."
> 
> Document Freedom Awards are given annually on Document Freedom Day - the
> international day for Open Standards. Previous winners include 1&1 Internet
> AG, tagesschau.de and Deutschland Radio.
> 
> Press pictures of the award ceremony: https://wiki.fsfe.org/DFD-2013-Berlin
> 
> == About Document Freedom Day ==
> 
>   Document Freedom Day (DFD) campaigns to celebrate information
>   accessibility and introduce non-technical audiences to Open Standards.
>   Open Standards are a basic condition for freedom and choice in
>   software; ensuring the freedom to access data, and the freedom to
>   build Free Software to read and write information. Started in 2008,
>   the campaign last year had 54 events worldwide. It will happen on 27th
>   March.
> 
>   http://documentfreedom.org
> 
> 
> == About the Free Software Foundation Europe ==
> 
>   The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
>   non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
>   involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
>   participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in
>   the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
>   Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
>   furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
>   modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
>   securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people
>   Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues
>   of the FSFE.
> 
>   http://fsfe.org/
> 
> 
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