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# MEDIA
- desc : '"The burden of knowledge: dealing with open-source risks"'
type : media
date : 2025 -03
links :
- href : https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1013614/b3743b7875dc41ae/
text : "News @ LWN.net"
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "OSPO" , "Community" , "SupplyChain" , "Security" ]
- desc : '"Why DB Systel relies on Open Source for strategic collaboration"'
type : media
date : 2024 -09
links :
- href : https://www.dbsystel.de/dbsystel-en/Digital-Stories-en/why-dbsystel-relies-on-opensource-13072158
text : "Digital Story @ DB Systel"
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "OSPO" , "Community" , "OpenRail" ]
- desc : '"Germany knew its disaster warning system wasn’ t good enough – why wasn’ t it improved?"'
type : media
date : 2021 -07
links :
- href : https://www.thelocal.de/20210730/germany-knew-its-disaster-warning-system-wasnt-good-enough-why-wasnt-it-improved-2/
text : "News @ The Local"
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "CellBroadcast" ]
- desc : '"The big NINA flop"'
type : media
date : 2021 -07
links :
- href : https://web.archive.org/web/20210722020854/https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/der-grosse-nina-flop-app-warnte-vor-monster-angriff-77153478.bild.html
text : "News @ BILD"
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "CellBroadcast" ]
- desc : '"RED Implementation: Open Source scene threatened by radio technology exclusion"'
type : media
date : 2021 -07
links :
- href : https://www.heise.de/news/RED-Umsetzung-Open-Source-Szene-droht-Ausschluss-aus-der-Funktechnik-6129525.html?seite=all
text : "News @ c't magazin"
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"youtube-dl: music industry fires shotgun at Open Source"'
type : media
date : 2020 -10
links :
- href : https://netzpolitik.org/2020/youtube-dl-musikindustrie-schiesst-mit-der-schrotflinte-auf-open-source/
text : "News @ Netzpolitik.org"
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"Radio gaga: Techies fear EU directive to stop RF device tinkering will do more harm than good"'
type : media
date : 2019 -03
links :
- href : https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/11/eu_directive_ban_rf_radio_firmware_tinkering/
text : "News @ The Register"
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"Open Source Software: 20-Plus Years of Innovation"'
type : media
date : 2018 -10
links :
- href : https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/85646.html
text : "News @ LinuxInsider"
lang : [ "EN" ]
- desc : '"How to push back Google - and optimise Android"'
type : media
date : 2018 -08
links :
- href : https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwelt/article181237140/Android-Kontrolle-So-verbannen-Sie-Google-vom-Smartphone.html
text : "News @ WELT"
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "Android" ]
- desc : '"Public Money, Public Code pushes for governments to switch to open-source software"'
type : media
date : 2018 -05
links :
- href : https://www.shareable.net/blog/public-money-public-code-pushes-for-governments-to-switch-to-open-source-software
text : "News @ Shareable"
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Free Software, Free Society. Why analogue freedom can no longer be thought without digital freedom"'
type : media
date : 2016 -12
links :
- href : http://www.zurichglobalist.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3576081b-18a9-4d80-95a9-fcc13071974c/Zurich%20Globalist_Freedom.pdf
text : "Article @ Zurich Globalist"
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"Radio Lockdown Directive - Threat for user rights and companies"'
type : media
date : 2016 -09
links :
- href : https://www.ispa.at/wissenspool/ispa-news.html
text : Article @ ISPA News
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"About advantages of Free Software and non-techy tech conferences"'
type : media
date : 2016 -08
links :
- href : https://netzpolitik.org/2016/interview-mit-max-mehl-ueber-die-vorteile-von-freier-software-und-tech-konferenzen-die-keine-sind/
text : Interview @ Netzpolitik.org
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"New law lets German internet users connect with their own routers"'
type : media
date : 2016 -07
links :
- href : https://www.cio.com/article/3101864/new-law-lets-german-internet-users-connect-with-their-own-routers.html
text : News @ CIO.com
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" ]
- desc : '"Compulsory Routers abolished - what internet users have to know"'
type : media
date : 2016 -07
links :
- href : https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/internet-der-routerzwang-endet-was-internetnutzer-jetzt-wissen-muessen-1.3095231
text : News @ Süddeutsche Zeitung
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" ]
- desc : '"EU Radio Directive threatens competition and user rights"'
type : media
date : 2016 -03
links :
- href : https://www.dvtm.net
text : Article @ DVTM Newsletter
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"Commentary: 10 years Sony Rootkit – Why we should care"'
type : media
date : 2015 -10
links :
- href : https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Kommentar-10-Jahre-Sony-Rootkit-Why-we-should-care-2865608.html
text : Commentary @ c't magazin
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "DRM" ]
- desc : '"10 years Sony Rootkit: malware by manufacturer"'
type : media
date : 2015 -10
links :
- href : http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/10-Jahre-Sony-Rootkit-Schadsoftware-vom-Hersteller-2865426.html
text : Commentary @ heise online
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "DRM" ]
- desc : '"The long road from Compulsory Routers to freedom of choice"'
type : media
date : 2015 -08
links :
- href : https://netzpolitik.org/2015/der-lange-weg-des-routerzwangs-zur-endgeraetefreiheit/
text : Article @ Netzpolitik.org
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" ]
# AUDIO/VIDEO
- desc : 'Moderation of the OpenRail Day Conference'
type : av
date : 2025 -12
links :
- href : https://day.openrailassociation.org
text : OpenRail Day 2025 @ Paris
video : https://clip.place/w/p/gZ1HFxLxHri8mDABzqpGHC
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "OpenRail" , "OSPO" , "Community" ]
- desc : '"Burden of Knowledge - Dealing with Risks in Open Source"'
type : av
date : 2025 -03
links :
- href : https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/the-burden-of-knowledge-dealing-with-open-source-risks/
text : Talk @ FOSS Backstage 2025
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMHPLeb5QW0
slides : /docs/2025-03-Managing-Open-Source-Risks.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "OSPO" , "Community" , "SupplyChain" , "Security" ]
- desc : '"Who are these Open Source maintainers, actually?"'
type : av
date : 2024 -05
links :
- href : https://opensource.siemens.com/events/2024/#may-14th
text : Talk @ Siemens Open Source 2024
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJL3sGD5EkU
slides : https://opensource.siemens.com/events/2024/slides/Max_Mehl_Who_are_these_Open_Source_maintainers_actually.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "OSPO" , "Community" , "SupplyChain" ]
- desc : '"The Growing Importance of Software Bills of Materials (SBOM)"'
type : av
date : 2023 -11
links :
- href : https://podcast.opensap.info/open-source-way/2023/11/29/the-growing-importance-of-software-bills-of-materials-sbom/
text : Guest @ SAP's Open Source Way Podcast
audio : https://podcast.opensap.info/open-source-way/2023/11/29/the-growing-importance-of-software-bills-of-materials-sbom/
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "SupplyChain" , "OSPO" , "Security" ]
- desc : '"SBOMs - A Short Introduction"'
type : av
date : 2023 -10
links :
- href : https://community.linuxfoundation.org/events/details/lfhq-ospology-european-chapter-presents-ospologylive-frankfurt/
text : Talk @ OSPOlogy Live
slides : https://up.mehl.mx/slides/2023-10-10-SBOMs-A-Short-Introduction-OSPOlogy.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "SupplyChain" , "OSPO" , "Security" ]
- desc : '"What are Open Source maintainers actually doing?"'
type : av
date : 2023 -09
links :
- href : https://www.bitkom.org/bfoss23
text : Talk @ Bitkom Forum Open Source
slides : https://www.bitkom.org/sites/main/files/2023-10/BFOSS23-Praesentation-Schumacher-Mehl-Was-machen-eigentlich-Open-Source-Maintainer.pdf
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "OSPO" , "Community" ]
- desc : '"Hardware bills of material with Deutsche Bahn"'
type : av
date : 2023 -06
links :
- href : https://upstream.live/
text : Fireside Chat @ Upstream 2023
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59WQeWXFmNw
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "SupplyChain" , "Security" ]
- desc : '"Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom"'
type : av
date : 2022 -02
links :
- href : https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/organizerslegalpolicy/
text : Panel @ FOSDEM
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mujkaFZA2c
lang : [ "EN" ]
- desc : '"Digital Public Goods"'
type : av
date : 2022 -01
links :
- href : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-source-meet-digital-public-goods/id1525949555?i=1000549567898
text : Guest @ Digital Impact Alliance Podcast
audio : https://pulseontheprinciples.libsyn.com/s6-e2-open-source-meet-digital-public-goods
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"REUSE - Gold standard for Free Software licensing"'
type : av
date : 2021 -11
links :
- href : https://www.sfscon.it/talks/reuse/
text : Talk @ SFScon
video : https://vimeo.com/649976840
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20211112-mm-SFScon-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"Simplify Licensing Code with REUSE"'
type : av
date : 2021 -09
links :
- href : https://2021.eurobsdcon.org/home/speakers/#simplify
text : Talk @ EuroBSDCon 2021
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06aJomRgzFA
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"REUSE - Make licensing easy for everyone"'
type : av
date : 2021 -06
links :
- href : https://www.ow2con.org/view/2021/Abstract_Community_Day#23061545
text : Talk @ OW2con
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5lgD01dc-c
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20210623-mm-OW2Con-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"Digital Sovereignty in Europe - Free and Open Source Software as key"'
type : av
date : 2021 -04
links :
- href : https://www.europe-direct-dortmund.de/event/digitale-souveraenitaet-in-europa-freie-und-open-source-software-als-schluessel/
text : Talk @ Europe Direct Dortmund
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20210415-mm-EuropeDirect-DigiSouv.de.pdf
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"REUSE: Simple steps to declare your copyright and licenses"'
type : av
date : 2021 -03
links :
- href : https://libreplanet.org/2021/speakers/#4663
text : Talk @ LibrePlanet
video : https://framatube.org/w/beb7ce0c-635f-4f54-b1c5-3f620276e54b
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20210321-mm-LibrePlanet-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"Organizers of the Legal & Policy DevRoom"'
type : av
date : 2021 -02
links :
- href : https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/organizerslegalpolicy/
text : Panel @ FOSDEM
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgnDGpJhlAI
lang : [ "EN" ]
- desc : '"REUSE: Best practices for declaring copyright and licenses"'
type : av
date : 2021 -02
links :
- href : https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/reuse/
text : Talk @ FOSDEM
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwHgPfR9UQ
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20210206-mm-FOSDEM-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : 'Co-Host of GnuLinuxNews Podcast'
type : av
date : 2021 -01
links :
- href : https://gnulinux.ch/gln006-podcast
text : GLN006
audio : https://gnulinux.ch/podcast/GLN_006.mp3
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "Android" , "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Does more freedom lead to more security?"'
type : av
date : 2020 -04
links :
- href : http://web.archive.org/web/20230603153954/https://librezoom.net/lz20-paradox/
text : Podcast Interview @ Librezoom
audio : https://up.mehl.mx/audio/20200401-librezoom-itsec.mp3
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "Security" ]
- desc : '"No IT security without Free Software"'
type : av
date : 2020 -02
links :
- href : https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/kongress/2020/talks/keine_it-sicherheit_ohne_freie_software/
text : Talk @ Winterkongress DigiGes CH
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MW9a5fPX-k
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20200222-mm-Winterkongress-ITSec.de.pdf
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "Security" ]
- desc : '"Go REUSE to license your code"'
type : av
date : 2020 -02
links :
- href : https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/reuse_code_licensing/
text : Talk @ FOSDEM
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyAYKROvTO8
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20200202-mm-FOSDEM-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"REUSE: Make licensing easy for everyone"'
type : av
date : 2019 -10
links :
- href : https://osseu19.sched.com/event/05a3272287d3def1bcb0a62ace00b730
text : Talk @ Open Source Summit Europe
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20191028-mm-OSSEU-REUSE.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "REUSE" ]
- desc : '"No IT security without Free Software"'
type : av
date : 2019 -09
links :
- href : https://2k19.balccon.org/events/325.html
text : Talk @ BalCCon
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SWijSFbMhg
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20190914-mm-BalCCon-ITSec.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "Security" ]
- desc : '"No IT security without Free Software"'
type : av
date : 2019 -07
links :
- href : https://2019.pass-the-salt.org/talks/102.html
text : Talk @ Pass the SALT
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0qxm331Q8Q
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20190703-mm-SALT-ITSec.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "Security" ]
- desc : '"IT Security? Free Software!"'
type : av
date : 2019 -04
links :
- href : https://pretalx.linuxtage.at/glt19/talk/K9YDDN/
text : Keynote @ Grazer Linuxtage
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOv_5ZPcFZ8
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20190427-mm-Graz-ITSec.de.pdf
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "Security" ]
- desc : '"Public Code with Free Software: Modernising Public Digital Infrastructure"'
type : av
date : 2018 -09
links :
- href : https://2k18.balccon.org/events/235.html
text : Talk @ BalCCon
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEkCnCtoQ60
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20180915-mm-BalCCon-PMPC.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Public Money? Public Code! - Modernising Digital Public Infrastructure"'
type : av
date : 2018 -09
links :
- href : https://www.drupaleurope.org/session/public-code-free-software-modernising-digital-public-infrastructure
text : Talk @ DrupalEurope
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20180911-mm-DrupalEurope-PMPC.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Public Money? Public Code! - Modernising Digital Public Infrastructure"'
type : av
date : 2018 -07
links :
- href :
text : Talk @ RMLL/LSM
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20180707-mm-RMLL-PMPC.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Sovereignty by Free Software"'
type : av
date : 2018 -07
links :
- href :
text : Talk @ German Armed Forces
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"Public Code with Free Software: Modernising Public Digital Infrastructure"'
type : av
date : 2018 -06
links :
- href : https://ow2con18.sched.com/event/EcdE/keynote-public-code-with-free-software-modernising-public-digital-infrastructure
text : Keynote @ OW2Con
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQGw25xG_5c
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20180607-mm-OW2Con-PMPC.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "PublicCode" ]
- desc : '"EU Radio Equipment Directive: Extensive Device Lockdown"'
type : av
date : 2017 -04
links :
- href : https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170619-01.html
text : Talk @ Legal and Licensing Workshop
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20170427-mm-LLW-RadioLockdown_verbose.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"Radio Lockdown Directive - Our devices are engangered"'
type : av
date : 2017 -03
links :
- href : https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2017/en/programm/beitrag/266
text : Talk @ Chemnitzer Linuxtage
video : https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2017/en/programm/beitrag/266
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20170311-mm-CLT-RadioLockdown.de.pdf
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"Radio Lockdown Directive - Major Threat for Free Software on Radio Devices"'
type : av
date : 2017 -02
links :
- href : https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/radio_lockdown_directive/
text : Talk @ FOSDEM
video : https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/radio_lockdown_directive/
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20170204-mm-FOSDEM-Radiolockdown.en.pdf
lang : [ "EN" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"Compulsory Routers and Radio Lockdown – What activists can learn from it"'
type : av
date : 2016 -12
links :
- href : https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2016/Fahrplan/events/8024.html
text : Talk @ 33. Chaos Communication Congress
video : https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8024-routerzwang_und_funkabschottung
slides : https://download.fsfe.org/presentations/20161227-mm-33C3-Radio+Router.de.pdf
lang : [ "EN" , "DE" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" , "RadioLockdown" ]
- desc : '"No more Compulsory Routers – Free choice of DSL modem and cable modem"'
type : av
date : 2016 -09
links :
- href : https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/dsl-modem-und-kabelrouter-schluss-mit-dem-routerzwang.772.de.html?dram:article_id=362214
text : Radio Show @ Deutschlandfunk
audio : https://up.mehl.mx/audio/20160901-dlf-routerzwang.ogg
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" ]
- desc : '"Compulsory Routers and Radio Lockdown – What activists can learn from it"'
type : av
date : 2016 -08
links :
- href : https://programm.froscon.de/2016/events/1738.html
text : Talk @ FrOSCon
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdRQtaePiIs
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RadioLockdown" , "RouterFreedom" ]
- desc : '"The FSFE uncut"'
type : av
date : 2016 -04
links :
- href :
text : Podcast @ Living Linux
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"Compulsory Routers and what activists can learn from it"'
type : av
date : 2016 -03
links :
- href : https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2016/de/programm/beitrag/177
text : Chemnitzer Linuxtage
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5EMZ8VFuME
lang : [ "DE" ]
tags : [ "RouterFreedom" ]
# SCIENCE
- desc : '"Echo Chambers in the German Bundestag Election Campaign 2017. The Ambivalent Role of Prominence"'
type : science
date : 2018
links :
- href : https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2018-3-586
text : Article @ Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"The influence of sensational issues on the political agenda setting in social media"'
type : science
date : 2015
links :
- href : https://up.mehl.mx/ba/ba-mehl.pdf
text : B.A. Thesis
- href : https://up.mehl.mx/ba/ba-mehl.zip
text : Data & Code
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"Once again a surpising crisis?" - Quantitative study of clustering news'
type : science
date : 2014
links :
- href : https://up.mehl.mx/uni/2014-suprisingnews.zip
text : Paper & Code
lang : [ "DE" ]
- desc : '"The imprint is still not taken for granted" - Analysis of compliance with the German imprint requirement'
type : science
date : 2014
links :
- href : https://up.mehl.mx/uni/2014-impressum.zip
text : Paper & Code
lang : [ "DE" ]
# VOLUNTEER
- desc : General Assembly member
type : volunteer
links :
- href : https://fsfe.org
text : FSFE
- desc : Board member
type : volunteer
links :
- href : https://f-droid.org
text : F-Droid
- desc : Guide & Local Group Commissioner
type : volunteer
links :
- href : https://pfadfinder-konstanz.de
text : DPSG Scouts Konstanz
- desc : Former scouts guide
type : volunteer
links :
- href : https://helder-camara.de
text : DPSG Scouts Köln
- desc : Volunteer
type : volunteer
links :
- href : https://tareo-tz.org
text : TAREO (Tanzania Rural Empowerment Organization)