United Kingdom

The UK government is holding a consultation about what sort of patent licenses an "open" standard should require. Anyone that develops Free Software (as in freedom, not price) and would like it to be used in the UK has reason to be concerned with this, along with anyone that uses or distributes Free Software in the UK.

Summit Meeting of experts calls upon UK Government to deliver on Open Standards

25 April:

The Free Software Foundation Europe held a summit meeting on Monday of Free Software and Open Standards experts.

UK Open Standards experts publish joint statement on Government consultation

25 April:

At a meeting yesterday, hosted by the British Computer Society's Open Source Specialists Group, We the Undersigned called upon the Government to do the following:

Events

Fellowship meeting in Manchester

31 May

Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Jonathan Porter will present ways to combine data with Free mapping, including powerful Free Software geographical information systems (GIS) such as Quantum GIS. All Fellows and non-Fellows welcome.

Microblog

Contact

uk@fsfeurope.org

Free Software Foundation Europe,
OpenSpace,
Work for Change,
Unit 1, 41 Old Birley Street,
Manchester M15 5RF

+44 161 3541 438

British Team

Paul Adamspadams (at) fsfe (dot) org United Kingdom
Brian Goughbjg (at) fsfe (dot) org
Sam Tukesamtuke (at) fsfe (dot) orgCoordinator Editors, Coordinator United Kingdom
Chris Woolfreychriswoolfrey (at) fsfe (dot) orgFellowship Interviews

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