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@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/</link>
 
        
+       <item>
+               <title>Software created using taxpayers’ money should be Free Software</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Software_created_using_taxpayers__money_should_be_Free_Software.html</link>        
+               <guid isPermaLink="true">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Software_created_using_taxpayers__money_should_be_Free_Software.html</guid>
+                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;It might seem obvious that software created using tax money should
+be available for everyone to use and improve.  Free Software
+Foundation Europe recentlystarted a campaign to help get more people
+to understand this, and I just signed the petition on
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://publiccode.eu/&quot;&gt;Public Money, Public Code&lt;/a&gt; to help
+them. I hope you too will do the same.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
+       </item>
+       
        <item>
                <title>A bit more on privacy respecting health monitor / fitness tracker</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_bit_more_on_privacy_respecting_health_monitor___fitness_tracker.html</link>        
@@ -29,7 +43,7 @@ protocol is fairly open, as it is obviously being handled by Free
 Software.  Other units are reportedly encrypting the collected
 information with their own public key, making sure only the vendor
 cloud service is able to extract data from the unit.  The people
-contacting me about it said they were using
+contacting me about Gadgetbirde said they were using
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://us.amazfit.com/shop/bip?variant=336750&quot;&gt;Amazfit
 Bip&lt;/a&gt; and
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xiaomimi6phone.com/xiaomi-mi-band-3-features-release-date-rumors/&quot;&gt;Xiaomi
@@ -44,7 +58,7 @@ proprietary, FIT files apparently can be read at least by
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gpsbabel.org&quot;&gt;GPSBabel&lt;/a&gt; and the
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/gpxpod&quot;&gt;GpxPod&lt;/a&gt; Nextcloud
 app.  It is unclear to me if they can read step count and heart rate
-data.  The person I talked to was using a Garmin
+data.  The person I talked to was using a
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/564291&quot;&gt;Garmin Forerunner
 935&lt;/a&gt;, which is a fairly expensive unit.  I doubt it is worth it for
 a unit where the vendor clearly is trying its best to move from open