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 >> Our next talk is starting now if anyone wants to join us.

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 There is, it's a bad omen for appreciation talk that nobody's here.

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 >> I was alright.

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 >> Maybe we can run around and tell people to come appreciate.

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 Dario, come here and listen to the talk.

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 Okay. I am introducing you nevertheless,

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 and I hope that more people join us in the course of next 15 minutes.

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 This is Bonnie from the Free Software Foundation Europe.

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 She's talking about sharing the power of appreciation. Thank you.

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 >> Thank you. Hi. Thank you.

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 I'm here today to talk to you about sharing the power for appreciation,

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 and of course, the I Love Free Software Day.

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 First of all, I would like to say that this is one of my favorite, most favorites.

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 My English is not always perfect,

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 but it's like the initiative that I like the most because

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 there are several reasons for it which I will go

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 through with you in the next 10-15 minutes.

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 Those reasons are, first of all,

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 I will talk to you about what it is that makes the Free Software Day,

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 and that's the power behind this day.

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 Then what is actually happening on this day?

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 What are we supposed to do?

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 How can we share our appreciation?

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 How can we reach out to others and let them know that we are a positive and welcoming community?

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 Why do we need something like the I Love Free Software Day?

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 Of course, nevertheless, how do we celebrate it actually?

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 Those are the points that I would like to introduce to you.

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 First of all, I take you back on a journey.

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 It's like a quick time travel back to 2010.

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 It's like 13 years ago,

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 and it was a very small initiative at the beginning.

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 It was an idea that popped up in the FSFE

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 about how can we make the Free Software communities more positive?

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 How can we share appreciation for free software?

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 How can we reach out to those people who are contributing to free software,

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 make them seen by others so that others know,

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 "Oh my God, it's not only developers who are doing something for free software.

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 There are so many people in it."

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 For this, we chose the Valentine's Day.

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 I know it's several months before the Valentine's Day,

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 and I know that the feeling for Valentine's Day is not yet there,

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 and that it will pop up in February or early February.

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 But still, it's a nice setting,

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 and we are already in this mood for sharing our love,

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 sharing appreciation for those people that we like and love.

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 Why couldn't we do that for free software as well?

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 Why couldn't we do it for something that we care so deeply about?

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 Because free software is not only a software that we use,

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 but it's something that empowers us,

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 that gives us the power to use, study, share, and improve.

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 So it's something that we thought might be a very good day for this.

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 And that's how it all started 13 years ago.

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 So what is this all about?

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 Each year on the 14th of February, we share our love, appreciation,

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 and gratitude for all those people contributing to free software.

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 So as I said, it's not only developers, it's translators as well.

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 It's those who do this design.

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 So there are so many people involved in free software projects,

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 and it's nice to highlight them and to say thank you,

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 and to reach out to them and let them be seen by others.

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 How do you do that?

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 You can do this on social networks, of course,

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 and highlight free software projects or contribute to those.

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 And you can, of course, also do offline actions,

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 with sending postcards, organizing events or meetups.

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 And most importantly, you can donate money to them.

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 Free software projects are worth something,

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 and they are not only worth our time, they are also worth some money.

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 And it's nice to think about free software

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 as something that we can participate in

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 and that we have the power to be part of.

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 So that's what's happening on this day.

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 That's why I think this day is very important.

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 And now to the point, why do I think it's so important?

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 Everybody appreciates a thank you.

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 It's not only me who appreciates a thank you,

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 it's everybody in this room here as well.

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 It's like a nice thing to say thank you once a time.

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 we do not always have the nicest tone.

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 We are sometimes like, "Why do you create this issue?

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 Look up the doku."

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 And it's not always very easy to take part in free software projects

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 and to feel like the work that you're contributing to those projects

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 So we should create a more positive and welcoming communities.

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 And I do think that by saying thank you, we start something.

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 We can motivate others to contribute, to keep doing this.

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 Because if I say thank you to you, it's not like I'm just saying,

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 "Hi, and good that you do that," whatever, continue.

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 It's like, "I'm really appreciating what you're doing."

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 So it's motivating.

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 It also acknowledges the work that we are doing for this project.

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 And it should be more than just some words.

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 It should be very nice and...

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 Now I'm thrown off at the time, I'm sorry.

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 It should be nice and it should be valuing those people who are contributing.

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 So we do raise awareness with the say as well,

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 because a lot is happening on the social media networks with this.

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 that they might not have heard of before.

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 So it's like we are also reaching out to other free software communities

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 that we have not been in contact with before.

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 For example, we had one of those I Love Free Software days about free software games.

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 I'm not a big gamer and I never hear anything about

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 all those things that are needed for free software games.

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 It was a nice opportunity for us to connect more free software projects

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 with each other and to create a welcoming and nice community.

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 So this is also what we are doing with this day.

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 We are raising awareness for the various free software communities out there,

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 for free software itself.

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 We can talk to other people, we can organize events,

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 but have not yet heard so much about free software and say,

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 "Hey, come on this day, let's share our knowledge,

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 let's share our appreciation for free."

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 free software.

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 And of course, as I said before, I can't say it more often because it's very important

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 for me to create a positive and welcoming community that appreciates the work that's

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 done for free software projects and not only focusing on the negative but also on the positive.

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 So how do we celebrate Dialogue Free Software Day?

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 I have already given some examples, like the one with the free software games events that

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 we organised, but there are more.

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 So a few years ago, quite some years ago, we did, for example, send a lot of roses

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 to every member of the German parliament attached with an open letter to, well, how

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 to put it nicely, to basically make them aware of free software and to give the hint that

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 it might be a cool thing to also do some more work for or to focus on free software and

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 politics as well.

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 So this was done by the Free Software Foundation in Europe.

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 It was a lot of work because, as you can imagine, there are a lot of people in the German parliament,

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 but it was worth our time because you get in contact with them, they are happy that

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 you sent them a rose, like it's a very nice thing, and they also get some information

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 about free software attached with the rose.

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 So this was one of the events that has happened on the Dialogue Free Software Day.

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 But also others are contributing to the state.

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 This is Salando organising a panel for the Dialogue Free Software Day in 2019.

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 Salando is doing a lot of work for open source, but this is not the point.

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 They are also, like there are a lot of people out there, it's not only the Free Software

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 Foundation Europe who are participating in the Dialogue Free Software Day, also companies.

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 And some more recent examples, we have also made it easier for you by creating a share

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 pick generator that you can use to share your love for free software very easily.

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 And yeah, say it, thank you to them.

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 So it was quite a nice action, but it was a lot of writing, and I do think it was great

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 And of course others are also participating.

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 As I said before, it's also other organisations.

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 So it's something that's already quite established, but I still notice that a lot of people have

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 not yet heard so much about it or thought about why they should participate personally.

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 And of course we also organised meet ups and make it possible, especially after all those

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 times where we had to stay apart.

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 And it was quite a nice thing to meet people who are contributing to free software.

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 This can also be a good thing to actually start projects again or to keep working on

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 them because maybe you have also noticed not sitting in the hack space or not meeting up

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 So it's more about going outside of our realm and reaching out to other people who are not

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 communities and letting them know about free software.

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 This day is supposed to be a day where we share our love for free software, where we

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 share our appreciation and where we also raise awareness for free software projects.

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 So that's the idea for the next I Love Free Software Day.

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 As I said before, it's an initiative that lives by other people, so we can't do this on our

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 We need you to participate in this day because if we only say thank you, then it's very nice

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 and others are happy about this, yes, of course, but it's also nice to hear thank you from

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 others as well and it's also nice if more people participate and share their appreciation

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 and love for free software and create welcoming communities.

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 So it's about spreading the word for free software, showing your love for free software,

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 and being part of the I Love Free Software Day and the free software movement.

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 And of course, most importantly, say thank you to other free software projects.

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 So I think I put it all in there and I'm happy to take your questions if you have some.

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 Contribute, spread the word, donate with time or money and yeah, we are over there at FSFE

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 booth so you can also visit us there if you want.

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 Thank you, Borne, for the talk.

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 Are there any questions?

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 How many of the members of the German Parliament replied and how?

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 This is so many years ago that I can't tell you anymore.

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 I'm so sorry.

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 I will try to find out and I will look it up, okay?

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 Are there any more questions?

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 I mean it was pretty straightforward.

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 I do think so as well.

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 As I said before, it's an important initiative for me.

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 I think it's a very nice thing.

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 I also think it's something that we should not only do once a year but keep doing and

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 it's something that we should keep in mind the whole time when we are communicating with

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 other people who are contributing to free software projects.

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 Maybe you want to say something about the stickers and the postcards which are down

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 Oh yeah, that's a good idea.

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 We have some stickers, postcards and yeah, you can use them to share your love for free

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 You can also send those postcards to other free software contributors and don't forget

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 there's the cows post.

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 So you can even send them on the camp here and reach out to your favorite free software

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 project here and let them know that you really appreciate them and that you think they are

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 doing great work and say thank you.

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 Thank you for being here.

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