Re: [needs translation] Page with Mission and Vision

Hi Richard,

you were totally right. I fixed it in all languages so there is no part 
related to our previous activities and about any year.

Now it is a bit shorter but i think it looks good.

Best,

Ana

On 11/08/2026 17:44, Richard L. Schmeidler wrote:
> I am suggesting extensive and drastic changes to most of the text in 
> this Mission page.
> 
> I hope that you will give me an an opportunity to proofread this page 
> when you have revised it.
> 
> 1.  "The push for device neutrality will be a cornerstone of our work in 
> 2025 and beyond."  I suggest replacing "be a cornerstone of our work in 
> 2025 and beyond" with "continue to be a cornerstone of our work."  This 
> phrasing is intended to be applicable now, in the immediate future, and 
> even in and beyond 2048.  The year 2025 is no longer in the immediate 
> future!
> 
> 2.  'Last year, we further supported public administrations in their 
> transition to Free Software; in December we were invited to participate 
> as experts in a hearing in the German parliament; as part of our 
> watchdog role we held decision-makers accountable for their work in this 
> area; and in 2025 we will pilot a new event format on "Public Money? 
> Public Code!".'  I suggest removing this sentence entirely.  In a 
> description of the FSFE's vision for the year 2048, details of the work 
> accomplished 24 years earlier in 2024 and of plans for work to be done 
> 23 years earlier in 2025 seem to me to be quite out of place.  But of 
> course this is a description of the FSFE's vision for 2048, not my 
> vision, and the choice is yours.  If you do keep the description of the 
> 2025 plan, it should be written in the past tense.
> 
> 3.  "Last year, we were engaged with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the 
> Product Liability Directive (PLD), the AI Act, the Interoperable Europe 
> Act, and other regulations."  I suggest removing this sentence 
> entirely.  In a description of the FSFE's vision for the year 2048, 
> details of the work accomplished decades earlier seem to me to be quite 
> out of place.  But again, the choice is yours.  But if you retain this, 
> "Last year" should be replaced with a more appropriate identification of 
> the time.
> 
> 4.  "In 2025 and beyond, we will continue to serve as an independent 
> voice"  I suggest replacing "In 2025 and beyond, we" with "We."  See my 
> #1, above.
> 
> 5.  "As in 2024, we will keep providing a safe and neutral space"  I 
> suggest replacing "As in 2024, we" with "We."  See my #1, above.
> 
> 6.  "In 2025, we will launch a new format for our work on legal 
> education, in addition to our Licensing and Legal FAQs."  I suggest 
> removing this sentence entirely.  In a description of the FSFE's vision 
> for the year 2048, details of plans for work to be done decades earlier 
> seem to me to be quite out of place.  But once again, the choice is 
> yours.  But if you retain this, "In 2025, we will launch" should be 
> replaced with a more appropriate identification of the time frame.
> 
> 7.  "As well as calling for “Public Money? Public Code!” for the 
> education sector, we are encouraging young people to code and experience 
> how much fun it is to shape technology!"  I suggest replacing "we are 
> encouraging" with "we will continue to encourage".  See my #1, above.
> 
> 8.  "In 2025 we will be conducting the fourth edition of our European 
> programming competition "Youth Hacking 4 Freedom". In this contest, 
> teenagers across Europe can win €1024, €2048, or €4096 for their Free 
> Software project. Our goal is for young people from all over Europe to 
> see what others in their peer group can accomplish with software, and to 
> get inspired and motivated. We bring the winners together in Brussels to 
> celebrate their hard persistent work, connect with each other in person, 
> receive their awards, have a good time, and show their parents that what 
> their children are doing is great, even if they might not fully 
> understand anything about computers themselves. And we help them connect 
> more with the Free Software community."  I suggest removing this 
> description of plans for 2025.  See my #6, above.  Plans for 2025 seem 
> particularly out of place in a vision for 2048 when the 2027 contest has 
> already been announced.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 6:59 AM Ana Galan <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>     I have been updating our Mission page so it is including now our Vision
>     2048. Currently the page is in English, German, Italian, French and
>     Spanish (as those were the languages in which I had the vision).
> 
>     https://fsfe.org/about/mission.html <https://fsfe.org/about/
>     mission.html>
> 
>     It would be great if you can proofread it and if possible, update it
>     into more languages such as Dutch, Polish, Danish... I am adding here
>     Carsten and Damian so maybe they can ask someone to help with it.
> 
>     Best,
> 
>     Ana
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