The aim of this talk is to give an overview on the Italian associations and organizations which sympathize with Free Software. The presentation highlights some of the main associations active in Italy in the area of Free Software and who sympathize with it, explaining what they do, how to get in touch with them and some curiosities. The goals of this presentation are: to raise awareness on the topic, introduce new people to Free Software, strenghten and support the existent community.

1. Overview on the
Italian Free Software
Community
Marta Andreoli · Deputy Coordinator Italy · marta@fsfe.org · @martafsfe
Nov. 11th-12th 2022 · SFSCON, NOI TECHPARK Bolzano/Italy
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4. About
Non-profit organisation dedicated to
promoting Free Software, working to
build a free digital society.
Goal to empower users to control
technology.
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Winning initiative
Public Money? Public code!
Campaign
FSFE in Italy?
FSFE Milano, Merano and Sicily.
fsfe.org/contribute
Website translated into 9 languages,
including Italian
SoMe channels: Twitter 9.09.2022 post
about “Public money? Public code!” in
Caltanissetta
Event page fsfe.org/events/events.it
Associated organisations promoting FSFE
on the Italian ground, i.e. Wikimedia sincel
2018 fsfe.org/associates/associates.en
Free Software Foundation Europe, FSFE
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5. Telegram and Signal channels
FSFE Milano: t.me/fsfemilano
FSFE Sicilia: t.me/fsfesicilia/
FSFE Merano: signal.group/#CjQKIJYO-
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Find more about it on (fsfe.org/LocalGroups)
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Communication channels
Web site: https://fsfe.org/
Twitter: @fsfe
Facebook: @thefsfe
Mastodon: @fsfe
Youtube:
@FreeSoftwareFoundationEurope
Linkedin: company/fsfe
Peertube: @media.fsfe.org/a/fsfe/videos
Free Software Foundation Europe, FSFE

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Communication channels
Web site: https://www.sfscon.it/
2022 Program:
https://www.sfscon.it/programs/2022/
Facebook: @SFScon
Twitter: @SFScon
South Tyrolean Free Software conference,
SFScon

7. Italian Linux Society, ILS
About
The Italian association that promotes
and spreads the use of Linux, Free
Software and Open Source since 1994
Communication channels
Website: https://www.ils.org/
Twitter: @ItaLinuxSociety
Facebook: @italinuxsociety
Instagram: @ItaLinuxSociety
Mastodon: @ItaLinuxSociety
Gitlab: @ItalianLinuxSociety
Feed: https://www.ils.org/feed.xml
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GNU/Linux foundation course Spring 2018. Picture by linux.studenti.polito.it/wp

10. LUG is the acronym of “Linux user group”, a
group of users whose main objective is to
provide support and education for GNU/Linux
users, typically inexperienced users, and spread
the use of Linux across the territory.
LUGs can be found all over across Italy: in every
region, city and even small Italian towns.
The LugMap offers a full list of the Italian LUGs
divided by region and it is constantly updated.
What is a LUG?
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Picture by Sebastiano Mestre, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

12. About
Italian Chapter of Wikimedia
Foundation and OpenStreetMap
Foundation
Communication Channels
Website: https://www.wikimedia.it/
Twitter: @WikimediaItalia
Facebook: @Wikimedia.Italia
Instagram: @wikimediaitalia
Wikimedia Italia, WMIT
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Wiki Loves Monuments
Philosophy and open source linked
Yearly biggest photo contest around
cultural heritage

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OpenStreetMap, OSM
How to get involved?
Website: https://osmit.it/
The Italian community
Since 2016 Wikimedia Italia has been
supporting the project encouraging the
advancement of free geospatial data
Active Italian community
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Map up to date
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Educational events

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OpenStreetMap, OSM
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Picture by Carlo Prevosti for Wikimedia Italia, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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International free open
source Conference for
geospatial
FOSS4G-it yearly meeting point for the
Italian Open Street Map community
This year the international edition of
the conference happened in Florence,
Italy after State of the Map (SOTM).
FOSS4G & FOSS4G-it

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Geographic Free/Open-Source software,
GFOSS.it
About
Italian association for Geographic free
and open source software
OSGeo (open source Geospatial
Foundation) Italian local chapter since
2007

17. Creative Commons Italian Chapter
About
Creative Commons no-profit
association founded by Laurence
Lessig 2001, whose mission is to help
overcome legal obstacles to the sharing
of knowledge and creativity to address
the world’s most pressing challenges.
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Italian Chapter coordinated by the
Lawyer Deborah De Angelis
Local actions, Open Access copyright
and various projects such as Open
Glam, open education, Open Science,
Privacy Commons.
Winning initiative
July 2021 – Protocol between the
Italian Chapter of Creative
Commons and Garante Privacy

18. Communication Channels
Website:
https://creativecommons.it/chapterIT/
Twitter: @cc_italy
Facebook: @cc.italia
e-mail: info-ccit@creativecommons.it
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Creative Commons Italian Chapter

19. About
Mozilla Italia is not a division of Mozilla
Corporation or Mozilla Foundation, but
is the local Italian support community
Communication Channels
Website: https://www.mozillaitalia.org/
Twitter: @mozillaitalia
Facebook: @mozillaitalia
Youtube:
@UCsTquqVS0AJxCf4D3n9hQ1w
Element: chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#mozilla-
italia:mozilla.org'
Github: @mozillaitalia
Telegram: t.me/MozItaBot
Mozilla Italia
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Common Voice
Common Voice is an initiative to create
usable voice technology for machines
and help teach machines how real
people speak

20. LibreItalia
About
Social advancement association,
whose main objective is to promote and
spread the use of Free Software,
focusing on LibreOffice.
“Home” of Italian users and contributors
to the LibreOffice project, the Italian non
official chapter of The Document
Foundation (TDF).
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Winning initiative
Helped the migration of the Italian Ministry
of Defence to LibreOffice, saving between
26 and 28 Milions/year on licenses

21. Communication Channels
Website: https://www.libreitalia.org/
Twitter: @libreitalia
Facebook: @libreitalia
Telegram: telegram.me/libreitalia
Youtube: @UCxOY9LbVqShoGyEcl3vNRfQ
LibreItalia

22. About
Initiative by the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers
Reference point for software in the
Public Administration
Developers Italia
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Communication Channels
Website: https://developers.italia.it/
Slack:
https://developers.italia.it/it/contatti
Forum.Italia.it

23. About
Non-profit association whose main
objective is the diffusion of free
software in Italy and a proper
communication about it .
Officially acknowledged by the
Regional Administrative Tribunal of
Lazio on the 11th
of Dicember 2006
Sentenza nr. 428/07.
Associazione per il Software Libero,
AsSoLi
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ABBIAMO VINTO – 2007
verdict which ensures that all
technological options should be
considered before buying
proprietary software

24. Associazione per il Software Libero,
AsSoLi
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Communication Channels
Website: https://www.softwarelibero.it/
Telegram: t.me/+RthVGyC_qIzp_lSV
ASSOLI gave a huge platform to the
Italian free software community, being
the mailing list “discussioni”
discussioni@softwarelibero.it

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About
Idea born to aggregate all the free
software realities and communities
which stand for digital rights in Italy
First edition march 2018 Turin
Second edition april 2020 canceled
Third edition 2021 online
MERGE-it online monthly update call
https://online.merge-it.net/
Website: https://merge-it.net/

26. About
Born in 2001 from people with an
anticapitalist and antagonist
background active in the fight for
digital rights
Mission: free online space and create
safe plattforms for actitivsts, groups,
collectives in which they can freely
interact and digital instruments to
defend their privacy
L’autismo che si inventa genera
condivisione
Autistici/Inventati, A/I
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They have an independent server
and they offer: e-mail, blog, mailing
list, instant messaging and more
Communication Channels
Website: https://www.autistici.org/
Canale #ai sul server IRC
https://www.autistici.org/docs/irc/
Helpdesk help@autistici.org
Questioni legali:
associazione@ai-odv.org
E-mail: info@autistici.org

27. About
Dyne.org non-profit association who
takes care of the international capital
of the hacker culture. Founded in
2005 by Jaromil an Italian expat in
the Netherlands
The organisation produces free and
open source software and hardware
for the public and it is supported by
the input of over 100 volunteers
worldwide
Dyne.org Foundation
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The foundation sponsors two
Museums in Italy: Museo
dell'Informatica Funzionante (MUSIF)
in Palazzolo Acreide and Museo
Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica
(MIAI) in Cosenza
DECODE e REFLOW
Since 2013 research and
development for the European
Commission: digital and social
innovation and circular economy

28. Fondazione Dyne.org
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Communication
Channels
Website: https://www.dyne.org/
Twitter: @DyneOrg

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30. About
Promotes open data in the public
administration for the common good
DatiBeneComune
Campaign to demand open and
quality data for Covid-19
onData Associazione di promozione
sociale
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Communication Channels
Newsletter:
https://tinyurl.com/ondatanewsletter
Twitter: @ondatait
Youtube:@AssociazioneonData
Email: info@ondata.it

31. Thank you!
Marta Andreoli · Deputy Coordinator Italy · marta@fsfe.org · @martafsfe
Nov. 11th-12th 2022 · SFSCON, NOI TECHPARK Bolzano/Italy