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(2008-05-15 til 2008-05-17)
Linuxwochen, Vienna, Austria
From 15 to 17 May, an event of the Linuxwochen Austria will take place in
the building of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Rudolf-Sallinger-Platz
1, 3rd district, Vienna.
A group of Fellows will be present with a booth where they inform about
FSFE, the Fellowship, and Free Software in general.
Admission is free for the whole event.
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Kommende begivenheter
(2008-05-17)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The twenty-second Austrian Fellowship meeting is integrated in the
Linuxwochen event in Vienna. Fellows and other interested people can meet
at the FSFE booth during the whole event to discuss, and at the end of
the last day of the event, we will join the Linuxwochen After-Show-Party.
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(2008-05-28 til 2008-05-31)
LinuxTag 2008, Berlin, Germany
As in the last years FSFE will be present with a booth at LinuxTag 2008. It takes place at Berlin's Expo Center under the Funkturm. FSFE will inform visitors about various aspects of Free Software, like the Freedom Task Force, software patents, the SELF project, GPLv3, our work in the United Nations, or the Fellowship of FSFE. Also it is planned to sell T-shirts from FSFE and books about Free Software.
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(2008-05-30)
'Strategic implementation of Free Software in business' speech at eLiberatica
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a speech entitled 'Strategic implementation of Free Software in business' at the eLiberatica conference in Romania on the 30th of May.
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(2008-05-30 til 2008-05-31)
eLiberatica second edition
The second eLiberatica takes place on 30 and 31 May 2008 in the World
Trade Center Bucharest, Romania.
Following the huge public success the first edition of eLiberatica gained
in 2007, the second edition will continue in the same tradition: to
gather community and business leaders around the world to talk about the
hottest Open and Free Technologies topics.
eLiberatica has its unique spirit and identity; you will learn and
discover new things, meet international IT personalities, business
people, high-tech professionals, you will make new friends, new partners,
celebrate and truly enjoy a live event.
eLiberatica 2008 is intended to focus on:
- Business adoption - how to make/save money and gain profit using Open and Free Technologies
- Government, administration and public schools - the importance of Open and Free Technologies; Professional growth participating in the Free Software community
- Break the code - tips and tricks, things you will not find in IT books.
Gamle begivenheter
(2008-05-08)
Vertrauen ist gut, Schlüssel signieren auch. Fellowship-Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am Donnerstag, dem 8. Mai um 19:30 Uhr findet der zweite Teil zu Freie Software und Verschlüsselung statt. Markus Heuser wird hier noch einmal kurz wiederholen, auf was bei der Durchführung einer Key-Signing-Party geachtet werden muss. Gegebenenfalls werden noch einige Punkte des letzten Treffens vertieft um anschließend unter den Anwesenden gegenseitig die Schlüssel zu signieren. Danach wird genug Zeit sein, allgemeine Themen, in geselliger Runde zu diskutieren. Das Treffen findet wie immer im Newthinking Store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2008-04-19)
Fellowship meeting in Graz
The twenty-first Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place at the Linuxtag
in Graz. Fellows and other interested people can meet at the FSFE booth
during the whole event to discuss, and after the end of the event we
will surely find some location where we can have some beer together :-)
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(2008-04-19)
Linuxwochen, Graz, Austria
On Saturday 19 April 2008 at 12:00, Reinhard Müller gives a speech about
open standards and free document formats at Linuxwochen event at the
University of Applied Sciences "Johanneum" in Graz.
The FSFE also has a booth at the event where it informs about its work
and about Free Software in general.
Admission is free for the whole event.
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(2008-04-15)
Linuxwochen, Krems, Austria
On Tuesday 15 April 2008 at 16:15, Reinhard Müller gives a speech about
open standards and free document formats at a Linuxwochen event at the
Danube University Krems.
The FSFE also has a booth at the event where it informs about its work
and about Free Software in general.
Admission is free for the whole event.
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(2008-04-11)
European Licensing and Legal Workshop
FSFE's Freedom Task Force will host the first European Licensing and Legal Workshop for Free Software on Friday the 11th of April in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. The venue for this meeting is the InterContinental Amstel Hotel. The event is targeted towards large projects and medium to
large enterprises wishing to discuss their existing licence compliance processes. Parties attending are expected to contribute to issues
ranging from process development through to optimising purchasing contract language for the benefit of the European Free Software community.
This workshop has limited space available and therefore attendance is by invitation only. Projects and companies interested in attending this
event should contact the FTF at ftf at fsfeurope.org.
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(2008-04-10)
Fellowship-Treffen zu Freie Software und Verschlüsselung, Berlin, Deutschland
Am Donnerstag dem 10. April um 19:30 Uhr treffen sich Fellows und Freunde Freier Software in Berlin zum nächsten Fellowship-Treffen. In den ersten 45 Minuten hält Thilo Fromm einen einsteigerfreundlichen Vortrag über die Grundlagen der modernen Kryptografie. Im zweiten Teil wird Markus Heuser einen Überblick über die Geschichte und Funktionen von GnuPG, dem Standard-GNU-Programm für Verschlüsselung, geben. Insbesondere die Generierung von Schlüsselpaaren und Signierung derselbigen auf sog. Key-Signing-Parties für den vertrauensvollen Gebrauch werden dargestellt und Vorbereitungen für die praktische Durchführung (siehe nächstes Fellowship-Treffen) getroffen. Es werden keine speziellen mathematischen oder kryptografischen Kenntnisse vorausgesetzt. Das Treffen findet im Newthinking Store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2008-04-02)
Strategic implementation of Free Software
On the 2nd of April FSFE and its Freedom Task Force (FTF) will give a course on the Strategic implementation of Free Software in Business in collaboration with the Internet Academy. The course will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. Those wishing to come should register their interest beforehand through the FTF contact form.
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(2008-03-29)
First Fellowship meeting in Augsburg
Friday, 29 March, the first Fellowship meeting in Augsburg will take
place.
We are going to meet in the "Thing" bar, Vorderer Lech 45, 86150
Augsburg, right after the GNU/Linux infoday Augsburg. We expect to be
there around 18:30.
Anybody who does not know Augsburg very well or is at the GNU/Linux
infoday anyway can just come to the FSFE booth at the end of the event,
we can then go to the meeting together.
(2008-03-26)
DFD-Gruppe Berlin ehrt Außenminister Steinmeier, Berlin, Deutschland
Am 26. März um 11 Uhr ehrt die Berliner DFD Gruppe Außenminister Steinmeier aufgrund seiner Arbeit für Offene Standards. Die FSFE, vertreten durch die Berliner Fellowship-Gruppe, und FFII Berlin sowie weitere Freunde Offener Standards treffen sich hierzu um 10:40 Uhr am Haupteingang des Auswärtigen Amtes, Werderscher Markt 1 in 10117 Berlin.
(2008-03-21)
'Introduction to Free Software licensing' training course in Zurich, Switzerland
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a training course to introduce people to Free Software licensing concepts on Friday the 21st of March. The course will be delivered between 13:00-16:00 at the FSFE Zurich office. There is no cost to attend this course, but due to limited space all those wishing to come should register their interest beforehand through the FTF contact form.
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(2008-03-14)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The twentieth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 14 March in
Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
The main topic of the meeting will be the preparation of the Document
Freedom Day.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2008-03-13)
Freie Software und Bildung. Fellowship-Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Freie Software und Bildung lautet das Thema Am Donnerstag, dem 13. März um 19:30 Uhr. Referent bei diesem Berliner Fellowship-Treffen ist Christof Thim, der im Rahmen seines Praktikums bei der FSFE beim SELF-Projekt mitgearbeitet hat. Im Anschluss soll über den Vortrag und aktuelle Themen diskutiert werden und noch etwas den 7. Geburtstag der FSFE nachfeiern. Das Treffen findet im Newthinking Store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2008-03-12)
Speech on Free Software licensing and the GPLv3 at OSiM USA
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a speech entitled 'Analysing Whether GPLv3 Has Improved Free Software Licensing' at OSiM USA on Tuesday the 12th of March in San Francisco. The speech will cover topics ranging from the creation of GPLv3 and its place in licensing through to examining the place of GPLv3 in tomorrow's market.
(2008-03-07)
'Free Software in the public sector' training course in Zurich, Switzerland
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a training course examining how Free Software can be used in the public sector on Friday the 7th of March. The course will be delivered between 13:00-16:00 at the FSFE Zurich office. There is no cost to attend this course, but due to limited space all those wishing to come should register their interest beforehand through the FTF contact form.
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(2008-03-01 til 2008-03-02)
Keynote at Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen, Chemnitz (Germany)
Shane Coughlan, the coordinator of FSFE's Freedom Task Force, will deliver the keynote speech at Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen at 13:00 on the 1st of March. The title of the keynote is 'Free Software in the ICT mainstream' on issues ranging from licensing through to Free Software on the desktop.
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(2008-02-26)
"Standards and the Future of the Internet" Conference, Geneva (Switzerland)
Shane Coughlan, the coordinator of FSFE's Freedom Task Force, will host a breakout session discussing licensing issues at the "Standards and the Future of the Internet" conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 26th of February. The conference will be held at the International Conference Centre and confirmed speakers include Vint Cerf, Carlo Piana, Thomas Vinje and Jeremy Allison.
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(2008-02-23 til 2008-02-24)
"FOSDEM", Brussels (Belgium)
FSFE attends FOSDEM, a European Free Software developer conference
organized by volunteers wich takes place from 23rd - 24th of February
in Brussels (Belgium).
The event promotes the widespread use of Free Software, to provide
Free Software developers and communities a place to meet, to get in
touch with other projects, and to promote the development and the
benefits of Free Software solutions.
The FSFE will attend the event with a booth where visitors will be
informed about recent activities, Free Software itself and the
Fellowship of the FSFE. As usual, the FSFE's famous T-Shirts will
be sold as well.
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(2008-02-23)
FairWare - Freie Software im Einsatz
Der Kirchenkreistags-Ausschuss "Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und Bewahrung der
Schöpfung" lädt alle Interessierten zu einer kostenlosen
Informationsveranstaltung zum Einsatz von Freier Software im privaten,
beruflichen und vor allem kirchlichen Bereich ein. Samstag, den 23. Februar ab 15
Uhr im Gemeindesaal der Nikolaigemeinde Verden (Aller)
(2008-02-21)
'Free Software in business' training course in Zurich, Switzerland
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a training course examining how Free Software can be used in business environments on Thursday the 21st of February. The course will be delivered between 13:00-16:00 at the FSFE Zurich office. There is no cost to attend this course, but due to limited space all those wishing to come should register their interest beforehand through the FTF contact form.
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(2008-02-18)
Richard Stallman Speech about Free Software Philosophy and History in Berlin, Germany
On Monday 18. February at 19:00 Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project and the FSF, will give a speech at the mediacentre - Atrium, Johannisstrasse 20, in 10117 Berlin-Mitte. He will talk about the history and philosophy of Free Software. The Berlin Fellowship group will have a small booth there and inform visitors about the local groupd and FSFE's work in Germany and Europe. Admission starts at 18:30. The organisers suggest a donation of ~5 EUR to cover the costs.
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(2008-02-15)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The nineteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 15 February
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2008-02-14)
Es wird viel passieren... Lokales Fellowship-Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Und wieder ein Treffen der Berliner Fellowship Gruppe. Am 14. Februar treffen sich die Berliner Fellows um 19:30 Uhr um Einzelzeiten der Richard Stallman Veranstaltung zu planen. Danach wird noch genügend Zeit für allgemeine Diskussionen und Fragen rund um Freie Software bleiben. Das Treffen findet wie die letzen Mal auch schon im Newthinking Store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2008-02-10)
Science, Education and Learning in Freedom, Sofia (Bulgaria)
The SELF project, of which FSFE is a member, together with Internet
Society Bulgaria, the French Cultural Institute and Linux for Bulgarians,
are organising an international conference on Science, Education and
Learning in Freedom on the 10th of February at the French Cultural
Institute in Sofia, 2 Dyakon Ignatij Str., Sofia, Bulgaria.
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(2008-02-07)
Facilitating innovation at municipalities through ICT, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Jonas Öberg, vice president of the FSFE, will give a talk entitled
"How to do procurement of Free Software: the Swedish Example" during
an event in Sofia, Bulgaria, on municipalities use of ICT. The event
takes place at the Sheraton hotel on the 7th of february.
(2008-01-30)
Freiheit auf Schwäbisch
Am Mittwoch den 30. Januar um 14:00 Uhr wird Björn Schießle vom
Deutschen Team einen Vortrag über Freie Software, Freie Software
Lizenzen und die FSFE halten. Der Vortrag finden an der
Universität Stuttgart (Campus Vaihingen), Universitätsstr. 38 im
Hörsaal V38.01 statt.
(2008-01-10)
Es gibt nicht nur GNU/Linux. Fellowship-Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am Donnerstag, dem 10. Januar um 19:30 Uhr ist es wieder soweit. Wie jeden zweiten Donnerstag im Monat treffen sich Fellows und Freie-Software-Interessierte zum Gedankenaustausch. Dieses Mal wird Hannes Hauswedell einen kurzen Vortrag über Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten von BSD und GNU/Linux halten. Danach wird noch genügend Zeit für allgemeine Diskussionen und Fragen rund um Freie Software bleiben. Das Treffen findet im Newthinking Store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2007-12-21)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The eighteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 21 December
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-12-18)
Lokales Fellowship Treffen, Köln, Deutschland
Am Dienstag, dem 18. Dezember um 19:00 Uhr treffen sich Fellows und
Interessierte Freier Software zum Kölner Fellowshiptreffen.
Das Hauptthema soll sein:
Vernetzung von Gruppen, die sich für Freie Software einsetzen und
Ideen zur Förderung durch Stadt bzw. Unternehmen
Danach ist noch Zeit für allgemeine Diskussion zu Freien Software Themen.
Das Treffen findet statt im newthinking store, Alteburger Str. 45,
50678 Köln.
(2007-12-14)
"Privatsphäre schützen und Freiheit erhalten" - Veranstaltung
zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Mannheim 14.12.2007
Onlinedurchsuchung und Vorratsdatenspeicherung verunsichern nicht
nur Privatleute, sondern auch Ärzte, Anwälte, Journalisten und die
Industrie. Deshalb bietet die FSFE am 14. Dezember in Mannheim
eine Informationsveranstaltung an.
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(2007-12-13)
"Es war einmal..." Lokales Fellowship Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am Donnerstag dem 13. Dezember um 19:00 Uhr wird Georg Greve, Präsident der FSFE, in gemütlicher Atmosphere erzählen, wie die FSFE entstand. Eingeladen sind alle Fellows und Freie Software Interessierte, die eine Tasse und Weihnachtsgebäck mitbringen. Das Treffen findet im newthinking store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2007-12-10 til 2007-12-11)
FTF training course in Zurich
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a two day course entitled 'Free Software licenses and other questions' at the Digicomp Academy Zurich, Switzerland. The course is intended for project managers, developers and technicians who wish to become more knowledgeable regarding code distribution options.
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(2007-12-07 til 2007-12-08)
Free Software Conference Scandinavia, Göteborg, Sweden
(2007-12-04)
Free Software Research and Civil Society
On the 4th of December, the Free Software Foundation Europe
is organising a workshop as part of the STACS project. The workshop
will bring researchers and civil society together to encourage the
formation of new joint research projects in the field.
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(2007-11-28)
Fellowship meeting in Düsseldorf
The Duesseldorf Fellowship group proudly announces its next meeting on
28 November at 19:30 in the Pub "Südstern", Bilker Allee 66 in
Düsseldorf. Shane Coughlan, the coordinator of the Freedom Task Force,
will talk about Free Software licensing, business processes, and how the
Free Software movement has moved deep into the mainstream of ICT
deployment. Werner Koch will report about a public debate in the
parliament of NRW regarding Security versus Freedom.
(2007-11-26)
Fellowship meeting in Nijmegen/NL
Shane Coughlan, FSFE's Freedom Task Force
coordinator will be in Nijmegen on the 26th of November and we wish to
propose a Fellowship Meeting at 6:00 pm that evening in
Cafe Jos.
Shane Coughlan will talk about the work of the
Freedom Task
Force, and discuss current events in Free Software legal activities
in Europe.
Rainer Kersten, a fellow from Duesseldorf will talk about the
experiences of the Rheinland Fellowship group.
If you would like to attend that meeting please send a short
note to rk (at) office.fsfeurope.org.
(2007-11-16 til 2007-11-21)
SFScon 2007 + FSFE Fellowship meeting
As for the 2006 edition, this year's SFScon – the annual South Tyrol
Free Software conference – will be followed by the FSFE Fellowship meeting.
Both events will take place in Meran/o (South Tyrol, Italy), from November, 16th
to 17th and from November, 18th to 21st respectively.
Entrance is free; registration
is strongly encouraged.
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(2007-11-16)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The seventeenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 16 November
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-11-13)
Lokales Fellowship Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am Dienstag dem 13. November um 19:30 Uhr treffen sich Fellows und
Interessierte Freier Softwarer zum Berliner Fellowshiptreffen. Robert
Schuster wird zu Beginn einen Vortrag zu "Warum ist das OpenMoko für
die Freie Software Bewegung interessant?" halten. Danach ist noch Zeit
für allgemeine Diskussion zu Freien Software Themen. Das Treffen findet
im newthinking store, Tucholskystr. 48 in 10117 Berlin statt.
(2007-11-11 til 2007-11-13)
IGF side events
A number of Free Software related events will happen around the Internet
Governance Forum in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
On 11 November, a discussion oriented conference with the title
"Digital Inclusion:
Accelerating Global Participation and Access through Open ICT
Standards" takes place from 8:30 to 17:30.
The Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards
sponsors an Open Workshop titled "The Intersection of Open ICT Standards,
Development, and Public Policy" on 12 November from 15:30 to 17:00, and a
Best Practice Workshop on "Open ICT Standards for Greater Citizen Access:
Best Practices in Government Policy and Procurement Practices" on 13
November from 16:30 to 18:00.
All these events take place in the Windsor Barra Hotel.
(2007-11-10 til 2007-11-11)
Come2Linux, Essen
FSFE will have a booth at the Come2Linux, which takes place from 10 to 11
November in Essen, Germany. Michael Kesper from the German team and Dr
Michael Stehmann from FTFs legal network will be available to answer
questions. Also, T-shirts and other merchandise will be sold at the event
as usual.
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(2007-11-08)
Strategic implementation of Free Software
On the 8th of November, the FSFE and its Freedom Task Force (FTF),
in collaboration with the Internet Academy in Sweden,
will give a course on Strategic implementation of Free Software
in businesses. The course will take place in Stockholm, Sweden
and given predominantly in Swedish.
(2007-11-05 til 2007-11-06)
Internetdagarna, Stockholm, Sweden
The FSFE will participate with a booth on Internetdagarna in
Stockholm, Sweden, between the 5th and 6th of November.
FSFE will inform visitors about various aspects of Free Software, like the Freedom Task Force, software patents, the SELF project, GPLv3, or the Fellowship of FSFE.
(2007-11-03)
Free Software, licensing and business processes, Linz, Austria
On the 3rd of November, Shane Coughlan from FSFE will speak at elce2007 about the business advantages inherent in Free Software and describe the licences that facilitate the freedoms it delivers. He will discuss the processes that help companies ensure they maximise benefit and minimise liability in Free Software deployment. He will also outline how Free Software and Open Standards work together to ensure a competitive marketplace.
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(2007-11-02)
Free Software as a Social Innovation, London, UK
On the 2nd of November, the FSFE and M6-IT are organising Free
Software as a Social Innovation in London. This day long event
will inform participants about Free Software and demonstrate its
use in civil society organisations.
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(2007-10-31 til 2007-11-01)
Two Free Software speeches at LinuxWorld NL, The Netherlands
Shane Coughlan will deliver two talks at LinuxWorld NL. The first will take place on the 31st of October and discribe the work of Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) and some of our current projects. Shane will also provide an overview of Free Software software licences, practical compliance issues, the importance of truly Open Standards and and the work of FSFE's Freedom Task Force.
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(2007-10-31)
Free Software in business speech at NLUUG/NLLGG event, The Netherlands
Shane Coughlan will deliver a talk about Quality Assurance, enterprise reliability and positive steps in Free Software to ensure it meets business requirements at a joint NLUUG/NLLGG event taking place in the same venue as LinuxWorld NL. The event kicks off at 18:30 and continues until 20:30.
(2007-10-27 til 2007-10-28)
OpenFest, Sofia, Bulgaria
FSFE president Georg Greve and vice-president Jonas Öberg will participate
in the 5th annual OpenFest in Sofia, Bulgaria, to talk about the FSFE
and the SELF project.
(2007-10-27)
GPLv3 talk, Florence
Ciaran O'Riordan will explain Free Software licences, pitfalls
such as incompatibility, and what was learned during the GPLv3
drafting process about making the best licence possible.
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(2007-10-25)
GPLv3 at Free Software licensing event, Helsinki
Ciaran O'Riordan will give the opening keynote at this event,
explaining the history of the GNU GPL, and why it has been
successful in adoption and in protecting essential freedoms.
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(2007-10-23)
Fellowship meeting in Krems
The sixteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 23 October in
Krems. We meet at 18:30 in the Restaurant Klinglhuber, Wiener Straße
10. A separate room is reserved for "BG Rechte Kremszeile".
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-10-17 til 2007-10-18)
Sustainable-IT in Berlin, Germany
On the 18. October from 14:00 to 15:30 Matthias Kirschner, FSFE's
German deputy coordinator, will take part in a panel discussion at the
Sustainable-IT conference. The topic of the discussion is "IT
sustainability -- international. How can software contribute to
resource protection and a fair distribution of knowledge". It takes
place at the Kalkscheune, Johannisstraße 2 in Berlin. Registration
on their website is required. Admission fee is 25 EUR, reduced 15 EUR.
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(2007-10-12 til 2007-10-13)
I Forum de Software Livre
On the 12th and 13th of October, the University of Lisbon will host the I Forum de Software Livre, where both academia and businesses will share their experiences with Free Software as a strong and credible technological alternative suitable for small, medium and big businesses. Georg Greve will be present, promoting the merits of Free Software, and its adequacy to modern technological needs.
(2007-09-26)
Free Software licenses for developers (= non-lawyers)
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 at 19:30, Dr. Michael Stehmann gives a
speech with the following topics:
- Why licenses?
- Criteria for Free Software licenses
- Which licenses do exist?
(2007-09-25)
GPLv3 in Malmö, Sweden
On the 25th of September, Jonas Öberg, vice president of the FSFE, will
talk about and present the GNU General Public License version 3 at
a meeting of the Swedish Computer Association in Malmö, Sweden.
(2007-09-19 til 2007-09-20)
OpenExpo, Free Software Exposition
Georg Greve, president of the FSFE, will be a keynote speaker at OpenExpo, a Free Software Exposition aimed at a corporate and technical audience. He will talk about the significance and strategic importance of Free Software and Open Standards in the business world.
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(2007-09-18 til 2007-09-19)
Strategic implementation of Free Software
Between the 18th and 19th of September, the FSFE in collaboration
with the Internet Academy in Sweden will give a course on the
strategic implementation of Free Software in Stockholm, Sweden.
The course will be given in Swedish.
(2007-09-10 til 2007-09-11)
FTF training course in Zurich
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a two day course entitled 'Free Software licenses and other questions' at the Digicomp Academy Zurich, Switzerland. The course is intended for project managers, developers and technicians who wish to become more knowledgeable regarding code distribution options.
[Les mer...]
(2007-08-30 til 2007-09-01)
3rd Living Knowledge Conference
Between the 30th of August and 1st of September, the Fondation
Sciences Citoyennes organises the 3rd Living Knowledge Conference
where FSFE Swedish Team member Mathias Klang will participate to
give a presentation on the SELF project.
(2007-08-25 til 2007-08-26)
2nd Froscon, St.Augustin, Germany
The Department of Computer Science of the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is organising a conference all about Free Software in 2007 again with help of Fachschaft of Computer Science, LUUSA and FrOSCon e.V.
FSFE will again maintain a booth. Coordination is done via the booth@ mailing list.
(2007-08-17)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna and Dornbirn
The fifteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 17 August
in Vienna and in Dornbirn. We meet around 18:00 in the
net.culture.lab Vienna in Museumsquartier, q21, Haupthof, the door
vis-à-vis Museum Leopold, and in the net.culture.lab Dornbirn,
Marktstraße 4. Both places will be connected via live stream.
The "official" agenda will start at 19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-08-07 til 2007-08-11)
Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre
Between the 7th and 11th of August, Georg Greve, Jonas Öberg
and members of the SELF project
will participate in and give speeches at the 7th Jornadas
Regionales de Software Libre in Córdoba, Argentina, as part of the
work to promote the SELF project in the region.
(2007-07-20)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The fourteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 20 July
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-07-11)
Lunch briefing at Digicomp Zurich
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will present a lunch briefing at the Digicomp Academy Zurich, Switzerland focused on Free Software in business and licensing issues.
[Les mer...]
(2007-07-04)
Swedish Fellowship meeting in Göteborg
On Tuesday the 4th of July at 17.00, the FSFE is organising a
summer Fellowship meeting at its offices in Göteborg. The
FSFE will inform about its activities and provide an opportunity
for Fellows to meet each other.
(2007-06-28 til 2007-06-30)
Benelux Fellowship meeting in Brussels
On Thursday June 28th at 21h00, there will be the first Benelux
meeting of the Fellowship. The aim will be to get to know each
other and to discuss what each person would like to get active
on in the coming year. There will also be a social session on
the night of Saturday June 30th. Details about venues will be
on the Fellowship site as the information becomes available.
[Les mer...]
(2007-06-25 til 2007-06-26)
FTF training course in Zurich
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a two day course entitled 'Free Software licenses and other questions' at the Digicomp Academy Zurich, Switzerland. The course is intended for project managers, developers and technicians who wish to become more knowledgeable regarding code distribution options.
[Les mer...]
(2007-06-21 til 2007-06-22)
Conference for Public Administration in Milan
Free Software Foundation Europe in collaboration with the European
Training Centre for Social Affairs and Public Health (EIPA-CEFASS)
is organising an International Conference: "FLOSS: A Valuable
Opportunity for Public Administrations".
The Conference is designed for Civil servants, Senior Civil Servants
(Directors & Unit Heads), lawyers and politicians in EU Member States
and countries surrounding the EU who are involved in the procurement of
IT solutions and in strategic decisions about innovation and
eGovernment, and who provide legal advice on copyright and patents.
The conference will be held in Milan on 21-22 June 2007. Please find
the full program and the registration form online at:
[Les mer...]
(2007-06-22)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The thirteenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 22 June
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-06-07)
Free Software founding fathers at La Sapienza University
Prof. Arturo Di Corinto will moderate two speeches on the
ethics and practice of free, open source software, by
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software movement,
and Bruce Perens, founder of the Open Source Initiative.
The event, in collaboration with Free Software Foundation
Europe, the italian Associazione per il Software Libero,
Linux User Group La Sapienza, Wikimedia Italia, will be an
opportunity to listen to the leading actors of the
evolution of free/libre software.
The event will be held Thursday June 7th from 9.30am until
1.30pm at the Aula Magna della Caserma Sani, located in Via
Principe Amedeo, 184. It is reachable walking from Termini
Rail Station or by the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele metro
station.
Admission is free for the whole event. Audio/Video
streaming will be also available.
[Les mer...]
(2007-06-07)
Colloquium on Free Software and science
On Thursday June 7, 2007 at 3:30 pm in the V G Kulkarni Auditorium at
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) in Mumbai, India, Georg
Greve gives a talk about Free Software and science.
Free Software and science share common roots, and benefit society in
several similar ways. In his talk, Mr Greve will explain the concept of
Free Software and how it relates to maintaining our scientific basis as a
society. As a practical example of this collaboration, the talk will give
a brief introduction of the Science, Education and Learning in Freedom
project, in which the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research plays a crucial role. The talk will
close with an overview of how all of this relates to the global political
trends of knowledge monopolisation, and the Access to Knowledge
initiative.
(2007-05-30 til 2007-06-02)
LinuxTag 2007, Berlin, Germany
FSFE will be present with a booth at LinuxTag 2007, which takes place
at Berlin's Expo Center under the Funkturm. FSFE will inform visitors
about various aspects of Free Software, like the Freedom Task Force,
software patents, the SELF project, GPLv3, or the Fellowship of FSFE.
Also it is planned to sell T-Shirts from FSFE and books about Free
Software. Please take the opportunity to get informed about Free
Software and FSFE.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-05-31)
Linuxwochen, Vienna, Austria
The biggest event in this year's Austrian Linuxwochen series takes place
from 31 May to 2 June 2007 in the Urania building in Vienna. The FSFE is
there during the whole event with a booth to inform people about its work
and about Free Software in general.
On 31 May at 17:00 Reinhard Müller holds a speech titled "Free Software
for a free society".
Admission is free for the whole event.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-05-18 til 2007-05-19)
eLiberatica Conference in Braşov
The eLiberatica Conference is the most important romanian event
concerning Free Software. It will be held on the 18th and the 19th
of May, in Braşov, Romania, and is organized by ROSI, a romanian
assocition advocating Free Software, and by Agora Media, a romanian
media group. eLiberatica's purpose is to unify pomotion of Free
Software throughout Romania, and encouraging its adoption by business
through grassroots organization. The conference therefore addresses
programmers, university students, and business people. Georg Greve
will deliver a talk on Open Standards and Free Competition.
[Les mer...]
(2007-05-19)
Linuxwochen, Graz, Austria
On Saturday 19 May 2007 at 9:30, Reinhard Müller holds the keynote for
the Linuxwochen event at the University of Applied Sciences "Johanneum"
in Graz.
At 11:00 he gives another speech titled "Free Software for a free
society" there.
As a part of the same event, the twelfth Austrian Fellowship meeting
takes place at 15:00. As usual, all people interested in FSFE or Free
Software are invited to this meeting.
The FSFE also has a booth at the event where it informs about its work
and about Free Software in general.
Admission is free for the whole event.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-05-17)
Copyright vs Community
On thursday the 17th of may, the FSFE and Digifri, Sweden,
invites you to attend a lecture by Richard Stallman on
Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks. The
lecture will take place at Linköping University, room C4
at 17.00.
(2007-05-16)
Free Software and Beyond
On Wednesday the 16th of may, the FSFE and Göteborg University, Sweden,
invites you to attend a lecture by Richard Stallman on
Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use of Software and
Other Published Works. Stallman will speak about the history and
philosophy of the Free Software Movement, address how the ideas of Free
Software do or don't extend to other kinds of published
works and explain what the Pirate Party must change in its program
to avoid unintended negative consequences in the software field.
[Les mer...]
(2007-05-11 til 2007-05-13)
First Italian Conference on Free Software
FSFE will be present at the first Italian Conference on Free Software,
a conference intended to examine the state of the art in Free Software.
The conference wants to be the point of meeting of all the subjects
that involved in the diffusion and in the use of the Free Software in Italy
and all over the world, or undertaken, public corporate body,
university, developers, researchers and impassioned, to know it and to
start collaborations and projects.
The conference will be a point of intersection for all of the subjects
around Free Software both in Italy and world-wide. It will provide a
forum for public bodies, universities, developers and researchers to
network, collaborate and initiate projects.
This will be the first conference focusing on Free Software in science
and is being organised by Hacklab Cosenza in collaboration of FSFE,
University of Calabria.
[Les mer...]
(2007-05-12)
Linuxwochen, Eisenstadt, Austria
On Saturday 12 May 2007 at 13:45, Karin Kosina gives a speech titled
"Free Software for free people" as a part of the Linuxwochen event at
the University of Applied Sciences in Eisenstadt. Admission is free.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-05-10 til 2007-05-11)
LibreMeeting 2007, Spain
Georg Greve and Ciaran O'Riordan will speak at the Libremeeting 2007
--the 1st International Free Knowledge Meeting of Madrid--. Georg will present the
FSFE while Ciaran's speech will be about the GPLv3.
The event is organized by our associated organization the Free Knowledge Foundation.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-05-07)
An overview of Free Software licensing and the Freedom Task Force
On Monday 7 May 2007 at 19:30, Shane M. Coughlan gives an introduction to
Free Software Licensing and the Freedom Task Force in the Restaurant
"Philipp" in Düsseldorf, Fürstenwall 120. The event was organised by the
local Fellowship group. Admission is free.
(2007-04-27 til 2007-04-29)
Second Annual Access to Knowledge Conference
On April 27th-29th 2007, the weekend of World "Intellectual Property Day", the Yale Information Society Project will hold its Second Annual Access to Knowledge (A2K) Conference. This A2K conference program focuses on mobilizing Industry, Civil Society, Governments and Technologists, around human rights, human development and the public interest in the domain of innovation and information policy, as well as understanding the theoretical underpinnings of access to knowledge issues. Georg Greve will be present, advocating Free Software, and will act as a moderator in the Mobilizing Technologists Panel.
[Les mer...]
(2007-04-27)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The eleventh Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 27 April
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-04-27)
Introduction to Free Software for ETH Zurich students
Shane Coughlan, FSFE Freedom Task Force coordinator, will deliver
a speech entitled 'Introduction to Free Software' at ETH Zurich during
the "Linux-Day V" event for students. Shane will be speaking at
13:15 on the 27th of April at ETH Zentrum HG E33.1.
(2007-04-04)
Evening of freedom in digital society
On April 4th, 18:00 pm, Georg Greve and Jonas Oberg will give three
public talks. Georg will present the FSFE, and Free Software issues
in e-government, and Jonas will talk about the SELF project. This
event will take place in Belgrade, it will also be an opportunity
for the Free Software community in Serbia to meet, with people also
coming from Macedonia and Croatia.
(2007-04-01)
GPLv3: Improving a Great Licence
On Sunday April 1st, at 17h00, in Brussels, Richard Stallman
will present the current status of the global project to update
Free Software's keystone licence: the GNU GPL. This talk will
be Stallman's first since the release of discussion draft 3 -
the draft crafted to block patent deals such as that of
Novell+Microsoft. This draft has also been simplified, and the
DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) and tivoisation clauses
have also been altered significantly.
[Les mer...]
(2007-03-28)
The Fellowship card and its practical use
The Fellowship group in Düsseldorf has invited GnuPG's principal author
Werner Koch to speak about the Fellowship crypto card and its practical
use. The event starts on 28 March 2007 at 19:00 in the "Gaststätte
Phillip" in Düsseldorf. Admittance is free, although donations for the
FSFE are of course welcome.
(2007-03-24)
First Franconian Fellowship meeting
The first Franconian Fellowship meeting takes place on 24 March 2007 in
Forchheim. We meet at 16:00 in the restaurant "Roter Ochs". Jutta
Horstmann speaks about Content Management Systems, Rainer Kersten from
FSFE's office will give some info about FSFE, and the following
discussion will certainly be interesting :-).
(2007-03-20)
Fellowship meeting in Bonn
This will be the second meeting of fellows in the region of Bonn and
Cologne. It will take place on 2007-03-20 at 19 o'clock (open end) in
the restaurant/bar
Aktuell Nachrichtentreff.
Everyone living in the region, please subscribe to the new
Rheinland mailinglist
where discussion about topics will take place as well as other things
interesting for fellows in the "Rheinland" region.
If you want to come, please
drop me a line
so I can adjust the reservation.
(2007-03-16)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The tenth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 16 March
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
A major topic this time is the planning of FSFE's participation in this
year's Linuxwochen event series in Austria
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-02-28)
"Trusted Computing" and DRM
The Fellowship group in Düsseldorf has invited Marcus Brinkmann to speak
about restricted trust in computer systems. The event starts on 28
February 2007 at 20:00 in the "Gaststätte Phillip" in Düsseldorf.
Admittance is free, although donations for the FSFE are of course
welcome.
(2007-02-24 til 2007-02-25)
"FOSDEM", Brussels (Belgium)
FSFE will attend FOSDEM 2007 which takes place from 24th - 25th
of February in Brussels, Belgium. FOSDEM is a European Free
Software developer conference organized by volunteers.
The FSFE will be present with a booth where visitors will be
informed about recent activities, Free Software itself and the
Fellowship of the FSFE.
Georg Greve, president of FSFE, will do this year's Closing Keynote,
on the topic of "Beyond GPLv3: Free Software today and tomorrow".
Shane M. Coughlan will be giving a Lightning talk at FOSDEM about the Free Software
licensing and the Freedom Task Force.
As usual, T-Shirts will be sold as well.
The event promotes the widespread use of Free Software, to
provide Free Software developers and communities a place to
meet, to get in touch with other projects, and to promote the
development and the benefits of Free Software solutions.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-02-19 til 2007-02-23)
"WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposal Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA)--3rd Session, Geneva (Switzerland)
Georg Greve, president of FSFE, has been invited to act as an observer at the third session of the Provisional Committee on Proposal Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA); he already participated to the 1st and the 2nd session. The meeting will be held in Geneva, from February 19th to 23rd, 2007.
(2007-02-19)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The nineth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 19 February
(note: this is a Monday, not a Friday as usual)
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2007-02-16 til 2007-02-18)
"SkyCon", Limerick (Ireland)
FSFE will be represented by Ciaran O'Riordan at this computer
science conference. Ciaran will speak on the topic of GPLv3,
presenting the current state and the work ahead.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-01-26 til 2007-02-14)
SELF in Mumbai, India
During the second leg of the SELF project, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR will organise the second BOARD meeting in Mumbai, India.
The issues that will be discussed are related to SELF Support Programme (SSP), Finances and budget, Expert groups, and other strategic plans. The week long meeting comprises of two days workshop sessions, three days board meeting, one day SELF conference and one day for a social event.
George Greve and Jonas Oberg, president and vice president of the FSFE, will be part of the Legal Experts Group.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2007-02-07 til 2007-02-09)
Freedom Task Force to be represented at the LIFT conference, Geneva (Switzerland)
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force (FTF) coordinator, will attend the LIFT conference in Geneva, Switzerland. LIFT is a conference to explore the challenges and opportunities of technology in society. Shane will participate in the 'Legal issues and perspectives' workshop hosted by the Swiss lawfirm BCCC.
(2007-01-19)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The eigth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 19 January
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-12-15)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The seventh Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 15 December
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-12-15)
IRC chat about the Freedom Task Force
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will be on IRC this Friday to answer
questions about the Freedom Task Force, to discuss potential routes of involvement,
and to chat in general about Free Software licensing in Europe. The
discussion will take place on freenode in the #fsfeurope channel between 9am
and 11am GMT time (10am to 12 noon CET).
(2006-12-13)
Lokales Fellowship Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am 13. Dezember um 20:00 Uhr findet in der C-Base, Rungestraße 20,
10179 Berlin, wieder ein lokales Fellowship-Treffen statt. Die
Einladung richtet sich wie immer an alle Freunde Freier Software,
die den Kontakt mit Gleichgesinnten suchen.
(2006-12-04)
Talk at "Nexell informiert", Zurich, Switzerland
The president of FSFE, Georg Greve, will give a lecture titled "What is
Free Software and are Free Software solutions professional enough for our
daily business?" during the "Nexell informiert", in Zurich. The lecture
is starting on 4 December at 17:30 at "Schweizerisches Institut für
Betriebsökonomie".
"Nexell informiert" is a meeting where experts are invited to talk and
spread awareness about Free Software issues, organised by the Nexell,
an independent team of international and multilingual CRM professionals,
there to help customers find the right technologies, platforms and
solutions to meet their needs and budgets.
(2006-11-30)
Third Edition of the Trophées du Libre, Soissons, France
FSFE president Georg Greve will participate as member of the jury at the
Third Edition of the Trophées du Libre. The ceremony will take place the
30 November 2006 at Soissons (France). Trophées du Libre is an
international competition rewarding the best free software projects among
6 categories: Security, Multimedia and Games, Company management,
Educational, Applications for Public infrastructures and for communities,
PHP.
(2006-11-21 til 2006-11-22)
5th International GPLv3 Conference, Tokyo
The 5th international conference on GPLv3 will be a 2-day event
held in Japan on November 21st and 22nd. Organised by Free
Software Initiative Japan, this event will host experts and
interested parties who will make presentations and participate
in discussions about Free Software's cornerstone licence. FSFE
will be represented by Georg Greve (President) and Ciarán
O'Riordan. The joint goals are to maximise awareness of the
GPLv3 process and to give attendees the information necessary to
make informed comments on the licence drafts and to help them to
explain the proposed changes to others.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-11-17)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The sixth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 17 November
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Lounge at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
Some of the Fellows that have been on the first international Fellowship
meeting in Bolzano will be there to report from that event. The Freedom
Task Force which was presented there will also be a topic for the
evening.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-11-14 til 2006-11-16)
"LinuxWorld Conference and Expo", Cologne, Germany
FSFE will be present with a booth at the "Linuxworld Conference and
Expo", which takes place from 14 to 16 November in the "Koelnmesse" area
in Cologne, Germany.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-11-11)
First International Annual Meeting of Fellowship
The Fellows of FSFE will meet in Bolzano at the South Tyrol
Free Software Conference 2006 (SFSCon) on Saturday, November 11.
Check the link for more up to date information.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-11-07)
OpenTuesday at Digicomp, Zurich, Switzerland
The president of FSFE, Georg Greve, will give a lecture titled "Kommerzielle, praktische und gesellschaftliche Aspekte Freier Software" during the forthcoming OpenTuesday meeting, in Zurich. The lecture is starting at 18:00, 7th of November.
OpenTuesday meetings are monthly meetings where experts are invited to talk and spread awareness about Free Software issues.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-11-04)
GPLv3, DRM, and the Linux kernel
Dublin, Ireland. Ciarán O'Riordan will give a presentation on
GNU GPLv3 regarding the state of the discussion and the options
open on DRM and tivoisation - using the Linux kernel as an
example. This presentation will be part a day-long event for
the ILUG AGM.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-10-30 til 2006-11-02)
United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
From 30 October to 2 November the UN is holding its first
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece. FSFE president
Georg Greve is participating to discuss issues of software sovereignty and to
participate in the high level panel
on Access.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-10-25 til 2006-10-26)
"LinuxWorld Expo", London, UK
FSFE will be at the "LinuxWorld Expo" in London, on
the 25th/26th of October. FSFE will have a booth at the event.
Please come and visit us to learn more about Free Software, the
work of the FSFE and the Fellowship.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-10-24 til 2006-10-25)
Internetdagarna, Stockholm, Sweden
At the Internet days 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, FSFE vice
president Jonas Öberg will participate in a panel discussion
on open document formats. The FSFE will also be present with
a booth during the event.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-10-20)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The fourth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 20 October
starting at 18:00 in Vienna at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6, first
district.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-09-23 til 2006-09-30)
aKademy 2006: KDE, patents, GPLv3
This year's annual KDE conference will be held in Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland. FSFE will be represented by Ciaran
O'Riordan who will deliver a keynote on Software Patents at
13:45 on Sunday the 24th, and will lead a Birds of a Feather
session on GPLv3 from 19:00 to 20:00 on Tuesday th 26th.
aKademy is generally technical in nature.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-09-27)
Fellowship meeting in Dusseldorf
Fellows from Dusseldorf and the surrounding area meet on 27
September at 20:00 in the Cafe "Philipp", Furstenwall
120, Dusseldorf-Bilk. Please inform kersten (at) fsfeurope.org
if you are planning to join.
(2006-09-21 til 2006-09-22)
IPR protection of software workshop, Helsinki, Finland
Georg Greve, president of FSFE, will partecipate in a policy panel,
at the workshop "IPR protection of software", to explain and make clear
the advantages and benefits of Free Software licensing.
The panel will take place on the second day of the workshop, the 22nd of September
at 13:00. The venue is the Hotel Linna, Helsinki.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-09-15)
GPLv3 Workshop at Wizards of Operating Systems (WOS4)
FSFE will organise a GPLv3 workshop at this year's
Wizards of OS conference in Berlin on Friday, September
15th, from 17h00 to 19h00. Georg Greve and Ciaran
O'Riordan will be joined by members of FSF Latin
America, FSFE's sister organisation, to present the main
changes proposed for GPLv3 and to examine to current
state of the public discussion process.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-09-15)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The fourth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 15 September
starting at 18:00 in Vienna at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6, first
district.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-09-09)
Tiroler Linuxtag, Hall in Tyrol, Austria
At the "Tiroler Linuxtag", the last event in the Austrian "Linuxwochen"
series, both Reinhard Müller and Patrick Ohnewein hold a keynote.
Reinhard Müller gives a general overview on Free Software and informs
about the Fellowship, and Patrick Ohnewein speaks about CoCOS, a
competence center about Free Software, and about Free Software in
Southern Tyrol.
The event takes place on 9 September 2006 from 10:00 to 17:00 at the
UMIT, a private university in Hall in Tyrol. Admission is free.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-08-30)
"Do you know enough about GPLv3?" Copenhagen, Denmark
Ciaran O'Riordan will present, and will take questions on,
the main changes being made for version three of the GNU
GPL. The goal of this evening is to give members of the
Free Software community information to help them make
constructive criticism and to suggest improvements during
the remainder of the year-long public consultation
process.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-08-29)
Dataföreningen Region West, Göteborg, Sweden
At one of the regular networking meetings of Dataföreningen
Region West, Jonas Öberg, vice president of FSFE, will give an
overview of the GPL version 3, the proposed changes and the
rationale of them.
(2006-08-23 til 2006-08-24)
4th international GPLv3 conference, Bangalore
The 4th international conference for drafting version 3
of the GNU GPL will take place in Bangalore, India on August
23rd and 24th.
The goals of the international conferences are to raise
awareness of the proposed changes for the GNU GPL, and
to explain the public consultation process so as to
encourage maximal participation.
The 2nd draft of GPLv3, launched on July 27th, will be
discussed at this conference.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-07-09 til 2006-07-11)
SELF kick off meeting, the Hague, Netherlands
The public kick off conference for the "Science Education and Learning in Freedom" (SELF) project, will take place in the Hague, Netherlands on the 10th of July. Georg Greve, president of FSFE, and Jonas Oberg, vice president of FSFE, will participate at the conference. Greve will be the keynote on the topic "Strategic implications of Free Software in the Netherlands and in Europe", and Oberg will lead the panel discussion about "The Open Content Revolution"
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-06-26 til 2006-06-30)
WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA) -- 2nd Session, Geneva, Switzerland
As part of FSFE's ongoing work to reform the global system for copyrights, patents and trademarks, Georg Greve, president of FSFE, is going to attend the 2nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA), as he already participated to the 1st session on February 2006. The meeting will take place at the United Nations in Geneva.
(2006-06-28)
GPLv3 and Free Software Development, GUADEC, Spain
Ciaran O'Riordan will give an overview of the current proposal
for how v3 of the GNU GPL will differ from v2. Topics will
include a description of the year-long public consultation
process and how GPLv3 will strive to preserve freedom in spite
of DRM, software patents, and a complicated legal World.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-06-22 til 2006-06-23)
3rd International GPLv3 Conference, Barcelona
At this two day international conference, the experts on GPLv3
and Free Software licencing will present the proposed changes to
Free Software's corner stone licence, the GNU General Public
License. The experts will also take questions from attendees
and topical discussions will be organised. The joint goals are
to raise awareness of the GPLv3 process and to give attendees
the information necessary to explain the proposed changes to
others.
[Les mer...]
(2006-06-16)
Dorkbotswiss, Zurich, Switzerland
Free Software meets digital lifestyle: on Friday 16 June, Georg Greve will speak at the Dorkbot Swiss meeting at the Kunstraum Walcheturm in Zurich, Switzerland at 20:00. The event will focus mainly on social issues of digital freedom.
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(2006-05-31 til 2006-06-02)
Linuxwochen, Vienna, Austria
Austria's largest Free Software event takes place from Wednesday, 31 May
2006, 10:00, to Friday, 2 June 2006, 22:00, in the Urania building,
Uraniastraße 1, First District, Vienna. Admission is free.
FSFE is present with a booth. On all three days of the event, members of
the FSFE, Fellows, and volunteers are available at the booth to inform
about the work of the FSFE and about the Fellowship.
On Wednesday 31 May at 20:00 Karin Kosina gives a speech titled "Free
Software for free people" in which she introduces the Free Software
Foundation Europe.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-05-15 til 2006-05-19)
SANE April 2006 Conference, Delft, Netherlands.
At the 5th System Administration and Network Engineering Conference in Delft, Georg Greve, president of FSFE, will give an introduction to the GPL version 3, the changes made, their reasoning and how to participate in the process to make sure GPLv3 will be the best GPL we can collectively create.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-05-03 til 2006-05-06)
GNU/LinuxTag 2006, Wiesbaden, Germany
As every year, the FSFE will be present at the GNU/LinuxTag, one of the highlights of the Free Software year since 1996, with many volunteers and presentations to spread knowledge about Free Software and the work of FSFE. Meet many of the FSFE activists and visit their talks about WIPO, GPLv3, DRM, and other topics.
[Les mer...]
(2006-04-29)
Education, Public Administration, and Free Software
Federico Heinz will give two talks in Dublin, Ireland. One on
"Free Software and Education", and one on "The Imperative for
Free Software in Public Administration". This event is being
organised by Ciaran O'Riordan with Irish Free Software
Organisation. O'Riordan will also make a presentation about
GPLv3: the process and the largest changes.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-04-24 til 2006-04-28)
Hearing for Microsoft Antitrust case, European Court,
Luxembourg
The Grand Jury of the EU Court of Justice is ready for the big hearing on the
Microsoft Antitrust Case. The hearing will take place in the Grande Salle of the
EU Court, from the 24th until the 28th of April. Georg Greve president of FSFE,
Carlo Piana FSFE's lawyer on the case and Andrew Tridgell of the Samba Team will
be present at the event to defend the Court from Microsoft's legal team efforts of
circumventing once again their obligations.
(2006-04-21 til 2006-04-23)
Access to Knowledge Conference, Yale Law School, USA
At the first international conference on Access to Knowledge, held at
Yale Law School, Karsten Gerloff will moderate a panel discussion on
"Licensing Frameworks for Access to Knowledge". The goal of the
conference is to come up with a new analytic framework for analysing the
possibly distortive effects of public policies relying exclusively on
copyright and patents. Participants will be looking for alternative ways
to foster greater access to knowledge in the digitally connected
environment.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-04-19 til 2006-04-22)
7th Free Software Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
The 7th edition of the Free Software Forum (FISL) will once more take place in Porto Alegre,
Brazil and also host the second international conference on GPLv3. FSFE will be
represented at this event by its president, Georg Greve, and FSFE's Brussels representative,
Ciaran O'Riordan. Both will speak at the GPLv3 event, and participate during the main FISL event:
Georg Greve will give one of the opening talks, titled
"Free Software - Social Movement or Technological
Revolution?" and Ciaran O'Riordan will talk about work against software patents. Both will
also work with FSFE's sister association, the FSF Latin America and meet the local Free Software community
to strengthen the international Free Software network.
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(2006-04-07)
Software patents, copyright, and GPLv3
Ciaran O'Riordan and Gareth Bowker will speak in London on
why and what FSFE does to prevent legislative harm to
software freedom - harm such as that caused by patenting
software or distorting copyright. O'Riordan will also
discuss the GPLv3 and its year-long public consultation
process. Both will take questions.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-03-18)
GPLv3 conference, Turin, Italy
On 18th March, Richard Stallman will talk in Turin about the
future of Free Software, introducing the Italian audience to the updating
process of the GNU General Public License ("the GPL"), the license that
protects the freedom of about 100 million software users in the world,
being the most used license for Free Software.
[Les mer...]
(2006-03-17)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The third Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 17 March starting
at 18:00 in Vienna at the Cafe Panoptikum, Schultergasse 4, first
district.
This time Karin Kosina and Reinhard Müller want to give an overview of
the various projects FSFE is working on, and also continue the discussion
about Free Software in Austrian schools. Ideas for other topics are of
course welcome, too.
This invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or Free
Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-02-25 til 2006-02-26)
FOSDEM 2006, Brussels, Belgium
As every year, the Free Software Foundation Europe will participate
in the FOSDEM in Brussels, a European Free Software Developer
Conference. As every year, the FSFE Team will be speaking with many
people from the Free Software community, inform about its work and
this year even present a little surprise.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-02-20 til 2006-02-24)
WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda -- 1st Session, Geneva, Switzerland
After the Inter-Sessional Inter-Governmental Meetings (IIM) on the
establishment of a Development Agenda at the United Nations World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Georg C. F. Greve and
Karsten Gerloff of FSFE will also participate in the 2006 WIPO
Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development
Agenda (PCDA) followup.
(2006-02-23)
Vortrag über die geplante elektronische Patientienakte, Mannheim, Deutschland
Der IT-Sicherheitsberater Thomas Maus wird am Donnerstag, den 23. Februar um 19.30 Uhr über Sicherheits- und Datenschutzprobleme der geplanten elektronische Gesundheitskarte referieren und Ergebnisse seiner eigenen Analyse darlegen.
Im Anschluss an den Vortrag wird die Free Software Foundation Europe ihr Fellowship-Programm im Rahmen einer Party vorstellen. Die Veranstaltung findet in der Blau-Weiß-Gaststätte (Neckerplatt 3, 68259 Mannheim) statt.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2006-02-17)
Berlin's second Fellowship meeting, Berlin, Germany
The second Fellowship meeting takes place on 27. February at 19:00 at the
newthinking store, Tucholskystr. 48, Berlin. Main subject of the evening
will be the promotion of Free Software in Berlin. Everybody interested in
this is welcome to attend the meeting.
(2006-01-19)
Erstes Berliner Fellowship Treffen, Berlin, Deutschland
Am 19. Januar ab 19:00 Uhr findet im Newthinking Store,
Tucholskystr. 48, das erste Berliner Fellowship Treffen statt.
Matthias Kirschner wird für Fragen und Diskussionen rund um das
Fellowship und die FSFE bereitstehen. Die Einladung richtet
sich an alle Freunde Freier Software, die den Kontakt mit
Gleichgesinnten suchen und nicht nur an diejenigen, die
bereits Mitglied des Fellowship-Programmes sind.
(2006-01-16 til 2006-01-17)
Free Software Foundation First International Conference on GPLv3
FSF Europe, represented by Georg C. F. Greve, Ciaran O'Riordan, and Stefano
Maffulli, will participate in the presentation of a first discussion draft
on version 3 of the GNU General Public License at the Free Software
Foundation First International Conference on GPLv3, being held at the MIT
in Cambridge, USA.
(2006-01-13)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The second Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 13 January starting
at 18:00 in Vienna in the Otto-Wagner Pavillion near Karlsplatz in the
side room upstairs, right hand from the staircase.
Like last time, Karin Kosina and Reinhard Müller will inform about FSFE's
work, and we expect interesting discussions. A major discussion point
this time will be "Free Software in education".
This invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or Free
Software.
(2005-12-27 til 2005-12-30)
22nd Chaos Communication Congress, Berlin, Germany
At the Chaos Computer Club's 22nd Chaos Communication Congress,
Karsten Gerloff will give a talk on Free Software, Access to
Knowledge and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
The talk is scheduled for Dec. 30th, 14:00.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-12-05 til 2005-12-08)
2nd Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Free Software Development and Usage (LACFREE II), Brazil
Georg C. F. Greve, President of FSFE, will participate in panels about e-government and digital society at LACFREE II, a UNESCO sponsored conference on Free Software development and usage being held in the Brazilian cities Recife and Olinda.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-11-20 til 2005-11-23)
5tas Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre, Rosario, Argentina
Having been invited to the 5th Regional Free Software Days, Georg Greve will participate in this important Latin American event, which spans technical, social and cultural topics. He will also be a guest to the public part of the first general assembly of the Free Software Foundation Latin America, which is going to be held at this event.
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(2005-11-18)
Preventing Software Patents: How and Why
In an event organised by FSFE's associate organisation
Irish Free Software Organisation, FSFE's Brussels
Representative, Ciaran O'Riordan, will speak about his
work to prevent software patents, and what could be the
road ahead. He, and the other speakers, will also discuss
similar legislation, which is getting much less attention,
such as IPRED2.
[Les mer...]
(2005-11-14 til 2005-11-18)
UN World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis
The second phase of the United Nations (UN) World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) will be held between 14th and 18th
November in Tunis. Georg C. F. Greve, President of FSFE, will be
working to promote digital freedom and equality in discussions and
side-events with other participants from Governments, Civil Society,
the Private Sector and the United Nations.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-11-15 til 2005-11-17)
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2005, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
From 15. to 17. November, FSFE will be at the LinuxWorld Conference
and Expo 2005. FSFE will be present with a booth. Please take the
opportunity to get informed about Free Software, the work of the
FSFE and the Fellowship. There will also be the chance to get
informed about the OpenPGP smartcard.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-11-09 til 2005-11-11)
The World Summit on the Information Society and the role of Local Authorities
The World Summit on the Information Society and the role of Local Authorities is held in Bilbao, Spain between the 9th and 11th of november. Jonas Öberg
will participate in the workshop on Free Software on the 10th of november
at 16.45 to discuss the importance of Free Software in government
administration.
[Les mer...]
(2005-11-09 til 2005-11-10)
Tweakfest 2005 in Zürich, Switzerland
Georg C. F. Greve, President of FSF Europe, will be
speaking at Tweakfest 2005
- Visions of Digital Life Style
on Nov 10th 2005 in Zürich, a congress organised by
the local Academy of Design and Art.
The topic of his talk will be "Who owns the Information
Society? - Open source is not enough!"
(2005-11-04)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
On 4 November, starting at 18:00, a Fellowship meeting will take place in
the "Käuzchen" in Vienna, Gardegasse 8. Karin Kosina and Reinhard Müller
will inform about the work of the FSFE and discuss with interested
people.
The invitation is adressed at everybody who is interested in the FSFE,
wants to get active himself or just likes Free Software and wants to get
in contact with other enthusiasts, not only at those who are part of the
Fellowship.
If you want to join us there, please send a short mail to
austria (at) fsfeurope.org so we can reserve a big enough table.
(2005-10-24 til 2005-10-25)
Internetdagarna 2005
The Swedish Internet infrastructure foundation is organising the
conference Internetdagarna 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm,
Sweden, between the 24th and 25th of october. Several issues will
be discussed during the conference, including a discussion on Sweden's
IT policy and the dangers of a digital divide. FSF Europe's Jonas Öberg
will participate throughout the conference
[Les mer...]
(2005-10-13 til 2005-10-15)
III Encontro de Software Livre do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil (planned)
At the Third Conference on Free Software in the Amazonas, Georg Greve will meet with local and international Free Software activists to work on questions related to Free Software and Development.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-10-11 til 2005-10-12)
Internet Hungary 2005
Stefano Maffulli, Italian Chancellor, will be speaking at the biggest professional conference of the Hungarian Internet users.
The event will see participants from the communication and financial experts, from governmental institutions, and representatives of Telkom, ISP and other service institutions.
The subject of this year's conference is: what possibilities are there on
the Internet for the media and communication industry, and what sort of
business activities can be carried out with the help of the Internet, with
special attention to those economic activities.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-10-03)
WSIS, Internet Governance and Human Rights
On the 3rd of October, Jonas Öberg will participate in a workshop
on the World Summit of the Information Society, focused on Internet
Governance and Human Rights. The workshop is organised by the
Collegium for Development Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden, and
will be held at the Hammarskog Conference Centre, Sweden.
[Les mer...]
(2005-09-27 til 2005-10-01)
LACFREE, Recife, Brasil
FSFE's president Georg Greve has been invited to speak at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Development and Use of Free Software. He will talk about Free Software as a social movement and its interaction in the political field, in particular on United Nations level, such as WIPO. Georg Greve is also looking forward to a session on the Free Software Foundations with participants from FSF Latin America, FSF India and FSF Europe. During this event he will share with the audience some of the work that FSFE has done in the past years.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-09-18 til 2005-10-01)
World Summit on the Information Society -- PrepCom-3, Geneva, Switzerland (planned)
FSFE will take part in this final preparatory meeting for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). We will contribute the perspective of Free Software to the various meetings and negotiations.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-09-30)
OpenOffice.org Conf 2005
Stefano Maffulli, Italian Chancellor, will be speaking at the OpenOffice.org Conference 2005 in Koper - Capodistria (Slovenia).
Participants are invited to register (free of charge).
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-08-13)
Software Patents: The Road Ahead
London, August 13th is the Annual General Meeting of UK-based
Association For Free Software (AFFS). This year Ciaran
O'Riordan will be giving a talk about what has been achieved and
what we must do to prepare for the future battles over software
patentability.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-08-12)
ATTAC Sommerakademie, Göttingen, Deutschland
Im Rahmen der diesjährigen ATTAC Sommerakademie wird Karsten Gerloff über aktuelle Entwicklungen bei der WIPO und dem Vertrag über Zugang zu Wissen (A2K Treaty) sprechen.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-07-28 til 2005-07-31)
What the Hack!, Liempde, Netherlands
At the What the Hack! outdoor conference, Georg Greve will give a talk on FSFE's work and the Fellowship project.
Karsten Gerloff will hold a lecture on WIPO and the Development Agenda.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-07-20 til 2005-07-22)
WIPO IIM/3, Geneva, Switzerland
Following up on FSFE's activities during the first two part of WIPO's Meetings on a Development Agenda, Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff will work to make sure the needs of Free Software are taken into account in any WIPO agreements.
(2005-07-06 til 2005-07-09)
IV Jornades de Programari Lliure
The "Jornades des Programari Lliure" is a Free Software conference in
Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia. Karin Kosina will give an introduction
to 3D programming with Coin3D on 7 July at 15:30 and hold a speech about
making money with Free Software on 8 July at 11:30.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-06-22 til 2005-06-25)
GNU/Linuxtag 2005, Karlsruhe, Germany
At the GNU/Linuxtag 2005, world's biggest GNU/Linux fair, FSFE will present itself with two booths, several talks and a large number of people. Please take the opportunity to get informed about FSFE and Free Software. Details about FSFE's many activities are listed on a separate page, reached via the link below.
[Les mer...]
(2005-06-19 til 2005-06-22)
WIPO Intersessional Intergovernmental Meeting, Pt. 2, Geneva, Switzerland
For the second part of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)'s Intersessional Intergovernmental Meeting, FSFE will again send a delegation to Geneva. In coordination with other Civil Society Actors, FSFE will work to direct WIPO's work towards increasing intellectual wealth and addressing the needs and demands of Free Software.
(2005-06-16)
Podiumsdiskussion über Softwarepatente, Kiel, Deutschland
Auf Einladung u.a. des Bundesverbandes mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW) nimmt Georg Greve an einer Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema Softwarepatente teil. Anwesend ist auch ein Vertreter des Europäischen Patentamtes. Die Veranstaltung im Haus der Wirtschaft (Lorentzendamm 24) beginn um 18 Uhr.
(2005-06-08)
FSFE in Venice, round table and concert, Isola San Fruttuoso, Venezia
On 8th June 2005 FSFE will be present at the round table "Art
culture knowledge democracy". Italian chancellor Stefano Maffulli will
be there with other participants like Brasilian Minister of Culture Gilberto
Gil, Italian Creative Commons Public Lead, Juan Carlos De Martin and many more.
[Les mer...]
(2005-06-02 til 2005-06-03)
World Summit Award, Vienna, Austria
At the WSIS Contributory Conference in Vienna, Georg Greve will hold a speech "Free Software as intellectual wealth for the information society". The conference aims to come to a "Vienna Declaration on Creativity" which will call attention to the fact that creativity is a natural resource of the human mind.
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(2005-06-02)
Freedom Party, Brussels, Belgium
Staring 14h30, after
a street
demonstration against software patents, FSFE will be organising a
Freedom Party to celebrate digital freedom as part of its
Fellowship campaign. The venue hasn't been set yet,
but it will be close to Square de Meeus, where the street demonstration ends. Square de Meeus
is a grassy square that sits on either side of Rue de Luxembourg,
half-way between the European Parliament and Trone metro station.
[Les mer...]
(2005-05-24 til 2005-05-27)
Linuxwochen Wien, Vienna, Austria
Karin Kosina will open the event with a keynote on May 24th, and will speak about the importance of the term "Free Software" on May 26th. Georg Greve will give a talk about Free Software in B2B and public administrations on May 25th. Both will also take part in panel discussions.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-05-20)
Radio interview with Karin Kosina
On Friday 20 May 2005 at 21:00 CEST, Karin Kosina talks about the FSFE
and the Fellowship in Vienna's local radio station "Radio Orange".
Radio Orange can be received in Vienna on FM 94.0 MHz. For the rest of
the world, a live stream is available under
http://www.orange.or.at/live.
(2005-05-12 til 2005-05-13)
Conference on Access to Knowledge (A2K), London, UK
Georg Greve will participate in a Conference on Access to Knowledge (A2K), organised by the group Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue. At the London event, consumer representatives, librarians, experts from governments, international and civil society organizations will work on proposals for an Access to Knowledge Treaty.
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(2005-04-21)
LiMux - Infoveranstaltung, München, Deutschland
Am Donnerstag, dem 21. April 2005, um ca. 13 Uhr wird Georg Greve auf der
LiMux Infoveranstaltung der Stadt München einen Vortrag zu Freier
Software halten. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an eingeladene
stadtinterne Personen.
(2005-04-20)
World Bank procurement training, Turin, Italy
At the invitation of the World Bank, Georg Greve will speak to IT and procurement professionals attending a training in procurement of information systems. He will signal the specific advantages of Free Software for development projects.
(2005-04-11 til 2005-04-15)
WIPO Meeting on Development Agenda
From 12. April to 15. April, the FSFE will participate in the
inter-sessional intergovernmental meeting of the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva. As only permanent observers
were invited to participate, most Civil Society organisations will
not be allowed to attend this highly critical meeting on the future
agenda of WIPO. The FSFE delegation so far consists of Georg Greve,
Karsten Gerloff and Volker Grassmuck. Together with other Civil
Society actors, they will work to see WIPOs mission reoriented
towards increasing intellectual wealth and see Free Software
questions properly addressed.
(2005-03-19)
Freiheitsparty in Berlin
Um den Start des Fellowship zu feiern, veranstaltet die FSFE gemeinsam mit Newthinking - Netzwerk für Freie Software - eine Freiheitsparty in Berlin. Interessierte und Fellows treffen sich am 19.3. im Freie Software Fachgeschäft in Berlin Mitte, Tucholskystr. 48. Hier wird auch die CryptoCard vorgestellt.
[Les mer...]
(2005-03-04 til 2005-03-05)
Linuxforum, Copenhagen, Denmark
LinuxForum 2005 will be held in Copenhagen during the
weekend between the 4th and 5th of March. FSF Europe
will be represented by Henrik Sandklef, together with
the Danish organisation IT-Politisk Forening that is
working for information freedom in Denmark.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-03-04 til 2005-03-05)
Conference on Free Software, Istanbul, Turkey
A conference on Free Software will be held at Istanbul Bilgi
University on March 4th and 5th 2005. The focus will be on the opportunities
Free Software offers for the Turkish economy. On March 4th, Georg Greve will
deliver a speech on commercial, practical and sociological aspects of Free
Software and the GNU Project.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-03-02 til 2005-03-04)
Free Software Workshop, Damascus, Syria
Between the 2nd and 4th of March, Karin Kosina and Jonas Öberg
will give talks at the Free and Open Source Software Workshop in
Damascus. Karin will talk about the economic aspects of Free
Software and Jonas will talk about formal education on Free
Software on a university level.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-02-26 til 2005-02-27)
FOSDEM 2005, Brussels, Belgium
Between the 26th and 27th of February, this years installment
of FOSDEM will take place in Brussels. The FSF Europe will
be represented by several members and volunteers, and will
also sell t-shirts and other merchandise.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-02-17 til 2005-02-25)
World Summit on the Information Society -- PrepCom-2, Geneva, Switzerland
FSFE is planning to participate in the Preparatory Committee (2. PrepCom)
meeting of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS). Georg Greve intends to be in Geneva, Switzerland from 17.
- 25. February 2005.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-02-17 til 2005-02-19)
LOTS, University of Bern, Switzerland
On Friday, 18th February, Georg Greve will give a talk at LOTS at
the University of Bern, Switzerland. In his lecture, he will
talk about the origins and the advantages of Free Software.
Gratis admission for people who have registered until 31th of
January, else you have to pay CHF 10.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2005-01-26 til 2005-01-31)
World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
FSFE is going to participate in the World Social Forum from 26th to
31st January 2005 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On 26th January, Georg
Greve will participate at an event with the topic "Digital
Revolution: Knowledge Sharing x Impresionment on Information
Society". The event will take place in Room A105 from 15:30 am to
18:30 am.
[Les mer...]
(2005-01-14)
Free Software - challenges in the digital age, Dublin, Ireland
On Friday, Jan 14th 2005 at 19:30, Georg Greve will hold a talk
about the challenges of Free Software in the digital age and
about the work of the Free Software Foundation Europe. The talk
will be held in Theatre Q, Arts Block on the UCD campus on
January 14th and will be open to the public.
(2004-12-13)
Programmierer und andere Gesetzgeber, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Am 13. Dezember 2004 von 17:15 bis 18:45 wird Georg Greve,
Präsident der Free Software Foundation Europe, in seinem
Vortrag eine Einführung in Freie Software geben. Ein
besonderer Schwerpunkt wird die Frage sein, welche Rolle und
welchen Einfluss Software auf die verschiedensten Bereiche der
Gesellschaft hat. Desweiteren soll die Arbeit der Free
Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), einer gemeinnützigen
Nicht-Regierungsorganisation, vorgestellt werden. Wobei Herr
Greve unter anderem auf die derzeitigen Entwicklungen bei
Softwarepatenten, dem Kartellverfahren Microsoft gegen die
Europäische Kommission und internationale Tendenzen im Bereich
Freier Software eingehen wird. Die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung ist
kostenlos und erfordert keine Registrierung. Ort: Konrad-Zuse-Hoersaal, Informatik Uni-Hamburg,
Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30, Hamburg
(2004-12-07)
Freie Software -- Regeln einer digitalen Gesellschaft, an der Universität Lüneburg, Germany
Am 7. Dezember 2004 von 18:30 bis 19:15 wird Georg Greve, an der
Universität Lüneburg, eine Einführung in Freie Software geben. Besonderer
Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf einer allgemein verständlichen Erklärung der
Auswirkungen Freier Software auf verschiedenste Bereiche der
Gesellschaft. Außerdem soll die Free Software Foundation Europe in
Struktur und Arbeit vorgestellt werden. Der Vortrag ist Teil der Reihe
"Download Culture? Die neuen Regeln des Netzes". Gerichtet ist der
Vortrag an die gesamte Hochschulöffentlichkeit.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-11-26 til 2004-11-28)
First South Tyrolean Free Software Conference, Bolzano, Italy
From November 26th until November 28th, 2004, the SFScon will take place
in Bolzano, Italy. Two members of the Free Software Foundation Europe
will give three different lectures: Werner Koch will speak about "Privacy
and encryption techniques", Alessandro Rubini will present "Free Software
in teaching" and gives an "Introduction to kernel programming".
[Les mer...]
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(2004-11-04 til 2004-11-07)
Congresso Internacional de Software Livre (CONISLI)
The Congresso Internacional de Software Livre (CONISLI) -- a Free Software
conference organized entirely by the Free Software community in Brazil -- will
take place in the Anhembi
Convention Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Georg Greve will open the
congress with
a keynote on Thursday.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-10-22 til 2004-10-23)
Berlinux 2004, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Am 22. und 23. Oktober 2004 startet in der Technischen Universität zu
Berlin der erste Berlinux - Kongress und Ausstellung zum Thema Freie
Software. Georg Greve wird dazu am 22. Oktober um 10:00 Uhr die
Eröffnungsrede halten. Die Berlinux 2004 richten sich an professionelle
GNU/Linux-Nutzer, Unternehmen, Behörden und Privatanwender. Der Einlass
ist jeweils um 9:00 Uhr. Es ist keine Vorregistrierung nötig und der
Eintritt ist kostenlos.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-10-07 til 2004-10-09)
aLANtejo Party 2004, Lisbon, Portugal
On Saturday, Oct 9th 2004 16:00 pm, Georg Greve will participate at a
round-table about Free Software at aLANtejo. The event is public,
registration is required on the events website (only in Portuguese).
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-10-04 til 2004-10-06)
7th "Handelsblatt Jahrestagung", Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Berlin, Germany
On Tuesday, Oct 5 2004, at 14:00 Georg Greve will speak about visions for
Free Software. The speech will be delivered in German.
(2004-10-01)
E-Südtirol at castle Haslburg, Bolzano, Italy
On Friday, Oct 1st 2004, Georg Greve will participate at the event about
"autonomy and freedom of knowledge in the information society. Political,
economical, and cultural consequences". The conference will start at 9:00
am and will end in the evening. The Event is designed for administrative
directors, department chiefs, directors of office from South Tyrol as well
as business people, interested organisations, and citizens. The event
is public with no admission fee, but registration is required
until Sep 30th on the events web site.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-09-22 til 2004-09-24)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland
On September 23rd Georg Greve will participate to the Expert Meeting on Free Software. He will speak about Free Software and its role in advancing the information society, in particular developing countries.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-09-02 til 2004-09-07)
Ars Electronica 2004, Linz, Austria
On Monday, Sept 6 2004, Georg Greve will participate in a discussion round "digital commons" among Lawrence Lessig, the initiator of the prizewinning project "Creative Commons". Questions of the discussion will be: To whom does knowledge belong and how free are Free Software, content and infrastructure?
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-07-18 til 2004-07-22)
Free Software Summer Event in Caceres, Spain
On Monday, July 22 at 10:00 Georg Greve holds a speech about the
Free Software Foundation Europe. He also participates at round table
discussions on the topic "Must governments support Free Software?" on
Wednesday, July 21 from 12:30 to 13:30 and from 13:30 to 14:30 and on the
topic "Software Patents in Europe" on Thursday, July 22 at the same time.
The speeches will be delivered in English.
(2004-07-08)
Conference: "Thoughts are free, and so is software", Dornbirn, Austria
On July 8, 2004, from 17:00 until 19:30, several speeches on Free
Software topics will be held in the Competence Center Dornbirn (Austria).
Among others, Reinhard Müller will talk about basic concepts of Free
Software. Admission is free.
(2004-06-23 til 2004-06-26)
GNU/LinuxTag in Karlsruhe, Germany
GNU/LinuxTag is one of the major Free Software events. Like every year,
the FSF Europe will man a booth. Several of our team members will be
there to answer questions about our activities, and we will sell
merchandise like t-shirts and pins for the benefit of our work for Free
Software. Bernhard Reiter and Georg Greve will hold talks about Free
Software and its licenses Wednesday, 16:00, Thursday, 14:00, and
Saturday, 13:00.
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-06-13)
Where next for copyright in Europe?
Within the "Wizards of OS 2004", a workshop with the title "Where next
for copyright in Europe?" will be held. The list of speakers also
includes Georg Jakob, Member of the FSF Europe, who will talk about
winners and losers from the "Intellectual Proprerty Rights Enforcement
Directive".
[Ekstern vevside...]
(2004-05-20 til 2004-06-10)
Georg Greve in South America
From May 20th, 2004 until June 10th, 2004, Georg Greve was touring
South America, visiting the local Free Software community in
Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil to support them in their struggle for
freedom and share experiences collected in the work of the FSFE.
[Les mer...]
(2004-06-08)
EuroPython: Free Software in the Public Interest
Henrik Sandklef will hold a 30 minute talk on Free Software in the
Public Interest during the EuroPython 2004 conference. The talk will
be held in Room 1 at 09:30 on the 8th of june.
(2004-06-07)
EuroPython: Panel discussion
Jonas Öberg and Henrik Sandklef will participate in a panel discussion
on "Licensing your Python Applications" during the EuroPython 2004
conference. The discussion will take place in Room 3 at 16:00 on the
7th of june.