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Esdeveniments futurs
(2008-07-10)
Fellowship barbecue with the FFII in Berlin
The local Fellowship group in Berlin will have a joined barbecue with the FFII on the 10th of July.
The meeting will start at 7:30pm in FFII office, which is located at the Malmöer Straße 6 close to Bornholmer Straße.
Don't forget to bring you favourite barbecue stuff.
If the weather permits, we will go to the Mauerpark at around 9pm.
We love to welcome you there.
(2008-07-16)
'How SELF helped building structures for freedom' speech at FKFT
SELF has contributed on various levels to freedom in software and
education. The work of the SELF Legal Experts Group (LEG) has helped
to evolve a better understanding of Open Standards and provided a
reference line for free educational materials. The coordinator of the
SELF LEG, FSFE president Georg Greve, will provide an insight on how
SELF has helped advance the state of the art, and how the work done in
the SELF consortium will provide lasting benefit to the Free Software
community.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-07-16)
'Licences that support freedom' speech at FKFT
Shane will talk about the types of licence that provide and
protect freedoms of use, study, sharing and improvement in both
technology and educational text. He will review the main challenges
that platforms like SELF may encounter from the legal point of view and
what kind of mechanisms help support reliable legal infrastructure. He
will also discuss the work of FSFE's Freedom Task Force in providing
education and support services relating to legal support for Free Software in Europe.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-07-18)
Zurich Fellowship meeting
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the FSFE Zurich office from 18:00 until 19:30 on Friday the 18th of July. Some free (as in beer) beer will be provided and all Fellows nearby are invited to attend. It will be a good chance to get to know each other in person, to discuss ways of spreading the word about Free Software in Switzerland, and to generally have a good time. This meeting will be hosted by Shane Coughlan, the coordinator of FSFE's legal activities. However, he promises not to talk about licences unless someone asks. If you are coming to the meeting please let Shane know by sending an email to coughlan@fsfeurope.org.
(2008-07-22)
'Licensing questions and other legal issues' workshop in Zurich, Switzerland
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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-08-15)
Zurich Fellowship meeting
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the FSFE Zurich office from 18:00 until 19:30 on Friday the 15th of August. Some free (as in beer) beer will be provided and all Fellows nearby are invited to attend. It will be a good chance to get to know each other in person, to discuss ways of spreading the word about Free Software in Switzerland, and to generally have a good time. This meeting will be hosted by Shane Coughlan, the coordinator of FSFE's legal activities. However, he promises not to talk about licences unless someone asks. If you are coming to the meeting please let Shane know by sending an email to coughlan@fsfeurope.org.
(2008-08-17)
'Who Owns Free Software? The Copyright and Patent Debate' speech at OSiM World, Berlin
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a speech entitled 'Free Software licenses and other questions' at OSiM World at Berlin on the 17th of August. This talk will examine question of ownership, the goal of owning creative work, benefits to consumers and the community and the relationship between ownership and Free Software licences.
(2008-08-19)
Official launch of GPLv3 in The Netherlands
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will host a three hour workshop entitled 'Licensing questions and Legal issues in the light of GPLv3' for the launch of the GPLv3 at the Univesity of Tilburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on the 19th of August. This event is sponsored by NLnet.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-09-06 a 2008-09-07)
Fellowship's stand at the Braderie de Lille, Lille (France)
The so-called "Braderie de Lille" (Lille's flea market) is a big outside-event which has taken place every year since the 12th century during the first week-end of september. chtinux, a Linux User Group which is installed around there, has proposed to the Fellowship to take part in the Braderie. The FSFE, and especially the Fellowship's stand, will get much visibility, since millions of people of numerous nations take a walk on Lille's streets. Come to discover this beautiful city and to eat some Braderie's culinary specialities like clams ! And above all, come in order to support the Fellowship !
Fellowship's stand will be situated on Place du Vieux Marché aux chevaux.
If you want more information about this event please send an email to Benjamin: morant@fsfeurope.org
(2008-10-17)
'Licensing questions and other legal issues' workshop in Zurich, Switzerland
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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-10-24 a 2008-10-26)
FSCONS 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden
For 2008, FSCONS is a collaboration of FSFE, Creative Commons,
and Wikimedia Sweden. There will be three tracks (Free
Culture, Free Software, Free Content), each lead by one of the
main organisers. Topics will range from modern kernel design
over citizen journalism all the way across to licensing in the
21st century.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-12-19)
'Licensing questions and other legal issues' workshop in Zurich, Switzerland
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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
Esdeveniments passats
(2008-07-02)
'The Community and Meeting Obligations' for BT
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a speech entitled 'The Community and Meeting Obligations' for BT at 14:30 on the 2nd of July at Adastral Park in Ipswitch, UK. He will also be present for presentations and workshop sessions to be delivered with other parties on the same day.
(2008-06-24)
Irish Fellowship meeting, Dublin
A local Fellowship meeting will be held in Dublin on June 24th. Everyone interested in Free Software is welcome and invited to meet inside The White Horse at 20h00. This will also be the monthly meeting of Irish Free Software Organisation. Expected topics include OOXML, software patents, gNewSense, and the Fellowship. Discussion can take place on the fsfe-ie mailing list.
(2008-06-20)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The twenty-third Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 20 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!
(2008-06-18 a 2008-06-20)
Examining the importance of Free Software licenses at IOTC 2008, Ireland
Shane Coughlan will represent FSFE's FTF at IOTC 2008 in Dublin, Ireland. He will deliver a speech to open the conference on Wednesday the 18th of June discussing Free Software in business. Other speakers include Graham Taylor from Open Forum Europe, Adam Jollans from IBM and Stephen McGibbon from Microsoft. Interesting discussions and debates are assured.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-06-12)
Fellowship meeting in Berlin
The Fellowship Group Berlin is meeting on the 12th of June in the NewThinking Store. The meeting will start at 7:30pm in the store, which is located at Tucholskystr. 48, close to Oranienburger Straße. We love to welcome you there.
(2008-06-07)
Social event in Zürich - meet the FSFE!
This year's General Assembly of FSFE takes place in Zurich, and as usual,
there will be a social event where the members of the General Assembly
meet Fellows and other local Free Software supporters.
Around 18:20 the crowd will leave from the FSFE office at
Sumatrastrasse 25
and walk through the old town in direction to Bellview.
At 19:00 we will catch a
ferry
from
Zurich Burkiplatz.
At 19:47 the ferry will arrive in Erlenbach where -- due to the weather
conditions -- we will continue the evening with a nice dinner at the
Restaurant Malabar Garden in Kuesnacht
where we expect to be until at least 23:00.
(2008-05-31)
Speech "Free Software - Technique, Politics, Economy", Berlin, Germany
On Saturday 31th May 14-15 pm, Matthias Kirschner will give a speech at Linuxtag in Berlin. The talk is about the importance of the four freedoms to use, study, share and improve software and their influence in politics and economy. Target audience are beginners, or people who want to get some ideas how to explain this topic to beginners. The speech takes place at the BusinessForum (EG) and will be held in German.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-05-30 a 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.
(2008-05-28 a 2008-05-31)
LinuxTag 2008, Berlin, Germany
As in the last years FSFE will be present with a booth (hall 7.2b, booth 122) 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-05-15 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 :-)
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
(2008-03-21)
'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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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!
(2008-03-12)
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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-03-01 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2008-02-23 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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!
(2008-02-10)
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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
(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!
(2007-12-10 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-12-07 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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!
(2007-11-11 a 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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-10-31 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-10-12 a 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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-09-18 a 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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-08-30 a 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 a 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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-06-25 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-06-21 a 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:
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-05-18 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2007-05-11 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-05-10 a 2007-05-11)
LibreMeeting 2007, Madrid
En Georg Greve i en Ciaran O'Riordan donaran donaran un parell de xerrades
al Libremeeting 2007,
la primera torbada internacional de Coneixement Lliure de Madrid. Georg presentarà
la FSFE i Ciaran parlarà sobre la GPLv3.
L'event l'organitza la Fundación Conocimiento Libre, una de les nostres organitzacions
associades.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 2007-02-25)
"FOSDEM", Brussel·les (Bèlgica)
L'FSFE participarà al FOSDEM 2007 que té lloc el 24 i 25
de febrer a Brussel·les, Bèlgica. El FOSDEM és una conferència europea
de desenvolupadors de programari lliure organitzada per voluntaris.
L'FSFE estarà present amb una parada on s'informarà els visitants
sobre les activitats recents, el Programari Lliure mateix i la
Fellowship de l'FSFE.
En Georg Greve, president de l'FSFE, farà la cloenda d'aquest any,
amb el tema «Més enllà de la GPLv3: el Programari Lliure avui i demà».
En Shane M. Coughlan farà una petita xerrada sobre el llicencament del
Programari Lliure i la Freedom Task Force.
I com és habitual, també s'hi vendran
samarretes.
L'esdeveniment promou l'ús ampli del Programari Lliure, vol
proveir els desenvolupadors de Programari Lliure i les comunitats
d'un lloc per a reunir-se, per a estar en contacte amb altres projectes, i promoure el
desenvolupament i els beneficis de les solucions de Programari Lliure.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-02-19 a 2007-02-23)
"El Comitè Provisional del CMSI sobre Propostes Relatives a l'Agenda de Desenvolupament del CMSI (PCDA) -3a Sessió, Ginebra (Suïssa)
Georg Greve, president de l'FSFE, ha estat convidat a actuar com a observador a la tercera
sessió del Comitè Provisional sobre la Proposta Relativa a l'Agenda de Desenvolupament de la
CMSI (PCDA). En Georg ja havia participat tant a la primera com a la segona sessió. La reunió es
farà a Ginebra, des del 19 al 23 de febrer de 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 a 2007-02-18)
"SkyCon", Limerick (Irlanda)
L'FSFE estarà representada per en Ciaran O'Riordán en aquesta
conferència informàtica. Ciaran parlarà de la GPLv3,
presentant-ne l'estat actual i la feina per a fer.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-01-26 a 2007-02-14)
SELF a Mumbai, Índia
Durant la segona part del projecte SELF, Homi Bhabha, del Centre for Science Education, TIFR,
organitzarà la segona reunió de la junta directiva a Mumbai, Índia.
Els assumptes que es tractaran estan relacionats amb el Programa de Suport del (SELF Support
Programme, SSP), les finances i pressupost, grups d'experts, i altres plans estratègics. La
reunió, d'una durada de dues setmanes, està composada per dos dies de sessions de treball, tres
dies de reunió de direcció, un dia de conferència SELF i un dia per a l'esdeveniment social.
George Greve i Jonas Öberg, president i vicepresident de l'FSFE, formaran part del Grup
d'Experts Legals.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2007-02-07 a 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)
Reunió de la Fellowship a Viena
La vuitena reunió austríaca de la Fellowship tindrà lloc el 19 de gener
a Viena. Ens reunirem al voltant de les 18:00 a la sala de la biblioteca del Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, primer districte. L'agenda "oficial" començarà a les
19:00.
Com és habitual, aquesta invitació s'adreça a tothom interessat en l'FSFE o
el Programari Lliure. Esperem tenir-hi molts participants!
(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).
(2006-12-04)
Xerrada al "Nexell informiert", Zuric, Suïssa
El president de l'FSFE, Georg Greve, farà una presentació titulada "Què és
el Programari Lliure i són les solucions professionals de Programari Lliure suficients
per al nostre negoci diari?" durant el "Nexell informiert", a Zuric. La presentació
comença el 4 de desembre a les 17:30 al "Schweizerisches Institut für
Betriebsökonomie".
"Nexell informiert" és una reunió on es conviden experts per a xerrar i
expandir el coneixement sobre el Programari Lliure, organitzat pel Nexell,
un equip independent de professionals internacionals i multilingües del CRM,
per a ajudar els clients a trobar les tecnologies, plataformes i solucions adequades
per a complir les seves necessitats i pressupostos.
(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 a 2006-11-22)
5a Conferència Internacional GPLv3, Tòquio
La 5a conferència internacional sobre la GPLv3 serà un esdeveniment
de dos dies al Japó el 21 i 22 de novembre. Està organitzar per la Free
Software Initiative Japan i acollirà experts i parts
interessades que faran presentacions i participaran
en discussions sobre la principal llicència de Programari Lliure. L'FSFE
estarà representada per en Georg Greve (president) i en Ciarán
O'Riordán. Els objectius comuns són els de maximitzar el coneixement del
procés de la GPLv3 i per a proporcionar a l'audiència la informació necessària per
a fer comentaris en els esborranys de llicència i per a ajudar-los a
explicar els canvis propossats a altres persones.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 a 2006-11-16)
"Conferència i Exposició LinuxWorld", Colònia, Alemanya
L'FSFE estarà present amb una parada a la "Conferència i Expo Linuxworld"
que té lloc del 14 al 16 de novembre a l'àrea "Koelnmesse"
a Colònia, Alemanya.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-11-11)
Primera reunió anual internacional de la Fellowship
Els Fellows de l'FSFE es trobaran a Bolzano, a la South Tyrol
Free Software Conference 2006 (SFSCon), el dissabte 11 de novembre.
Comproveu l'enllaç per a informació més actualitzada.
(2006-11-07)
OpenTuesday al Digicomp, Zuric, Suïssa
El president de l'FSFE, Georg Greve, donarà una xerrada titulada "Kommerzielle,
praktische und gesellschaftliche Aspekte Freier Software" durant la propera
reunió OpenTuesday, a Zuric. La xerrada comença a les 18:00 del 7 de novembre.
Les reunions OpenTuesday són reunions mensuals on es conviden experts per a
parlar i fer conèixer qüestions sobre el Programari Lliure.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-11-04)
GPLv3, DRM, i el nucli Linux
Dublín, Irlanda. Ciarán O'Riordán farà una presentació sobre la
GPLv3 de GNU, especialment l'estat de la discussió i les opcions
obertes sobre DRM i "tivoització"- usant el nucli Linux com a
exemple. Aquesta presentació formarà part d'un esdeveniment d'un dia
del ILUG AGM.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-10-30 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-10-25 a 2006-10-26)
"LinuxWorld Expo", Londres, Gran Bretanya
L'FSFE serà present a la "LinuxWorld Expo" de Londres, els
dies 25 i 26 d'octubre. L'FSFE tindrà una parada a l'esdeveniment.
Si us plau, veniu i visiteu-nos per a aprendre més sobre el Programari lliure, la
feina de l'FSFE i la Fellowship.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-10-24 a 2006-10-25)
Internetdagarna, Estocolm, Suècia
Al Dia d'Internet 2006 a Estocolm, Suècia, el vicepresident
de l'FSFE Jonas Öberg participarà en un panell de discussió
sobre formats de document oberts. L'FSFE també serà present amb
una parada durant l'esdeveniment.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-10-20)
Reunió de la Fellowship a Viena
La quarta reunió de la Fellowship austríaca tindrà lloc el 20 d'octubre
a les 18:00 al Metalab de Viena, Rathausstraße 6, primer
districte.
Com és habitual, aquesta invitació s'adreça a tothom interessat en l'FSFE o
el Programari Lliure. Esperem molta assistència!
(2006-09-23 a 2006-09-30)
aKademy 2006: KDE, patents, GPLv3
La conferència anual del KDE d'enguany tindrà lloc al Trinity
College de Dublín, Irlanda. L'FSFE estarà representada per en Ciarán
O'Riordan qui donarà una pinzellada sobre les patents de programari a
les 13:45 de diumenge 24, i liderarà una sessió Birds of a Feather
sobre la GPLv3 de 19:00 a 20:00 de dimarts 26.
L'aKademy és generalment de naturalesa tècnica.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-09-27)
Reunió de la Fellowship a Dusseldorf
Els Fellows de Dusseldorf i rodalies es troben el 27
de setembre a les 20:00 al Cafè "Philipp", Furstenwall
120, Dusseldorf-Bilk. Si us plau, informeu a kersten (a) fsfeurope.org
si teniu intenció d'anar-hi.
(2006-09-21 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-09-15)
Curs sobre la GPLv3 als Mags dels Sistemes Operatius (WOS4)
L'FSFE organitzarà un curs a la conferència d'aquest any
de mags dels SO (Wizards of OS conference) a Berlín el divendres
15 de setembre, de 17h a 19h. Georg Greve i Ciarán
O'Riordan s'uniran amb membres de l'FSF Amèrica Llatina,
organització germana de l'FSFE, per tal de presentar els principals
canvis proposats per a la GPLv3 i per a examinar l'estat actual
del procés de discussió pública.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-09-15)
Reunió de la Fellowship a Viena
La quarta reunió austríaca de la Fellowship tindrà lloc el 15 de setembre,
començant a les 18:00 al Metalab de Viena, Rathausstraße 6, primer
districte.
Com és habitual, aquesta invitació s'adreça a tothom interessat en l'FSFE o
el Programari Lliure. Esperem molta assistència!
(2006-09-09)
Tiroler Linuxtag, Hall en Tirol, Àustria
Al "Tiroler Linuxtag", l'últim esdeveniment de la sèrie austríaca
"Linuxwochen", tant Reinhard Müller com Patrick Ohnewein hi tindran un paper important.
Reinhard Müller donarà una visió general del Programari Lliure i informarà
sobre la Fellowship, i Patrick Ohnewein parlarà sobre CoCOS, un
centre de competència sobre el Programari Lliure, i sobre el Programari Lliure al
sud del Tirol.
L'esdeveniment tindrà lloc el 9 de setembre de 2006, de 10:00 a 17:00 a la
UMIT, una universitat privada de Hall en Tirol. L'entrada és lliure.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-08-30)
"En sabeu prou de la GPLv3?" Copenhagen, Dinamarca
Ciaran O'Riordán presentarà i respondrà preguntes sobre
els principals canvis fets per a la versió tres de la GPL de
GNU. L'objectiu d'aquest acte és donar informació als
membres de la comunitat del Programari Lliure per tal d'ajudar-los
a fer crítica constructiva i a suggerir millores durant el que
queda del procés de consulta pública d'un any.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-08-29)
Dataföreningen Region West, Göteborg, Sweden
En una de les reunions regulars de treball en xarxa de Dataföreningen
Region West, Jonas Öberg, vicepresident de l'FSFE, donarà una
visió general de la GPL version 3, els canvis proposats i la
racionalització d'aquests.
(2006-08-23 a 2006-08-24)
4a conferència internacional sobre la GPLv3 a Bangalore
La 4a conferència internacional per a l'esborrany de la versió 3
de la GPL de GNU tindrà lloc a Bangalore, Índia, els dies 23 i 24
d'agost.
L'FSFE estarà representada en aquest event pel seu líder del projecte GPLv3
Ciarán O'Riordan. O'Riordan també hi serà per a donar
assistència a l'organització de la conferència, i per a estrènyer
més els llaços d'unió amb l'organització germana de l'FSFE a l'Índia, l'FSFI.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-07-09 a 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"
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-06-26 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-06-22 a 2006-06-23)
3a Conferència Internacional GPLv3, Barcelona
En aquesta conferència internacional de dos dies, els experts de la GPLv3
i les llicències de Programari Lliure presentaran els canvis proposats per a
la llicència pal de paller del Programari Lliure, la Llicència Pública General
de GNU. Els experts respondran preguntes dels assistents i
s'organitzaran debats sobre alguns assumptes. Els objectius principals són
d'incrementar el coneixement del procés de la GPLv3 i de donar als assistents
la informació necessària per a explicar els canvis proposats a
d'altri.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-05-31 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-05-15 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-05-03 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-04-24 a 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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-04-19 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2006-02-20 a 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.
(2006-01-16 a 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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-12-05 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-11-20 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-11-14 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-11-15 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-11-09 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-11-09 a 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 a 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
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-10-13 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-10-11 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-09-27 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-09-18 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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).
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-07-28 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-07-20 a 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 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-06-22 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-06-19 a 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.
(2005-06-08)
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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-06-02 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(2005-05-24 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-05-12 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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 a 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.
(2005-03-04 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-03-04 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-03-02 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-02-26 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-02-17 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-02-17 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2005-01-26 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.
(2004-11-26 a 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".
[Llegiu-ne més...]
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-11-04 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-10-07 a 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).
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-10-04 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-09-22 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-09-02 a 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?
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-07-18 a 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.
(2004-06-23 a 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.
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(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".
[Pàgina externa de l'esdeveniment...]
(2004-05-20 a 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.
[Llegiu-ne més...]
(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.