Events
Event Archive for 2007
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
21 December 2007
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!
10 – 11 December 2007
Shane Coughlan, coordinateur de la Freedom Task Force à la FSFE, animera une formation de deux jours intitulée 'Les licences de Logiciels Libres et autres questions' ('Free Software licenses and other questions') à Zürich en Suisse dans les locaux de la Digicomp Academy. Cette formation s'adresse aux gestionnaires de projets, aux développeurs et aux techniciens qui veulent améliorer leurs connaissances sur les options possibles pour distribuer leur code.
07 – 08 December 2007
La FSFE organise la Free Software Conference Scandinavia (FSCONS), qui se déroulera à Gothenburg, en Suède les 7 et 8 décembre 2007. C'est le premier événement de ce genre dans la région, inspiré par l'élan grandissant autour du Logiciel Libre.
04 December 2007
Le 4 décembre, la Free Software Foundation Europe organise un atelier dans le cadre du projet STACS. L'atelier amènera des chercheurs et des acteurs de la société civile à stimuler ensemble une nouvelle recherche conjointe dans ce domaine.
Rencontre de la Fellowship à Düsseldorf
28 November 2007
Le groupe de la Fellowship de Düsseldorf est heureux d'annoncer sa prochaine rencontre le 28 novembre à 19h30 au pub "Südstern", Bilker Allee 66 à Düsseldorf. Shane Coughlan, le coordinateur de la Freedom Task Force, nous parlera des licences de Logiciels Libres, des processus d'entreprise, et comment le mouvement du Logiciel Libre a évolué vers un courant majoritaire dans le déploiement des TIC. Werner Koch rapportera un débat public au parlement sur la nouvelle loi NRW qui s'est interrogé sur la problématique de la sécurité et de la liberté.
Rencontre de la Fellowship à Nijmegen (NL)
26 November 2007
Shane Coughlan, coordinateur de la Freedom task Force de la FSFE sera à Nijmegen le 26 novembre et nous en profitons pour proposer une rencontre de la Fellowship à 18h ce soir-là au Cafe Jos.
Shane Coughlan parlera des travaux de la Freedom Task
Force, et discutera des événements en cours dans les activités juridiques du Logiciel Libre en Europe.
Rainer Kersten, un fellow de Düsseldorf nous parlera des expériences de la Fellowship rhénane.
Si vous souhaitez participer à cette rencontre, envoyez un court message à contact (at) fsfe.org.
16 – 21 November 2007
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.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
16 November 2007
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!
IGF side events
11 – 13 November 2007
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.
10 – 11 November 2007
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.
Implémentation stratégique de Logiciels Libres
08 November 2007
Le 8 novembre, la FSFE et sa Freedom Task Force (FTF), en collaboration avec l'Internet Academy de Suède, donnera une formation sur l'implémentation stratégique de Logiciels Libres en entreprise. Cette formation aura lieu à Stockholm en Suède et sera donnée principalement en suédois.
Internetdagarna, Stockholm, Sweden
05 – 06 November 2007
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.
03 November 2007
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.
02 November 2007
le 2 novembre, la FSFE et M6-IT organisent un événement intitulé "Free
Software as a Social Innovation" (le Logiciel Libre comme innovation sociale) à Londres. Cet événement d'un jour donnera des informations sur le Logiciel Libre et montrera ses usages possibles dans les organisations de la société civile.
31 October – 01 November 2007
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.
Free Software in business speech at NLUUG/NLLGG event, The Netherlands
31 October 2007
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.
OpenFest, Sofia, Bulgarie
27 – 28 October 2007
Le président de la FSFE, Georg Greve, et son vice-président, Jonas Öberg, participeront à la cinquième OpenFest à Sofia, en Bulgarie, pour parler des projers de la FSFE et du projet SELF.
27 October 2007
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.
25 October 2007
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.
Fellowship meeting in Krems
23 October 2007
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!
17 – 18 October 2007
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.
1er Forum de Software Livre
12 – 13 October 2007
Les 12 et 13 octobre prochains, l'université de Lisbonne accueillera le 1er "Forum de Software Livre", au cours duquel les universitaires comme les professionnels pourront partager leurs expériences avec les Logiciels Libres comme alternatives technologiques solides et crédibles, adaptées aux petites, moyennes et grandes entreprises. Georg Greve sera présent et défendra les mérites des Logiciels Libres, et leur adéquation aux besoins technologiques modernes.
Free Software licenses for developers (= non-lawyers)
26 September 2007
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?
The event takes place in the Restaurant "Mi Dang", Fürstenwall 120, 40217
Düsseldorf and was organised by the local Fellowship group. After the
speech, there will be an open discussion. Admission is free, although
donations are of course welcome.
La GPLv3 à Malmö, Suède
25 September 2007
Le 25 septembre, Jonas Öberg, vice président de la FSFE, présentera la GNU General Public License version 3 lors d'une réunion de la Swedish Computer Association à Malmö, Suède.
19 – 20 September 2007
Georg Greve, président de la FSFE, donnera le 19 septembre, à Zürich-Oerlikon, une conférence à OpenExpo, Exposition sur le Logiciel Libre destinée à un public au profil technique ou entrepreneurial. Le thème en sera la pertinence et la place stratégique du Logiciel Libre et des Standards Ouverts dans le monde économique.
Implémentation stratégique de Logiciels Libres
18 – 19 September 2007
Les 18 et 19 septembre, la FSFE en collaboration avec l'Internet Academy de Suède donnera un cours sur l'implémentation stratégique de Logiciels Libres à Stockholm, Suède. Le cours sera donné en suédois.
10 – 11 September 2007
Shane Coughlan, coordinateur de la Freedom Task Force à la FSFE, animera une formation de deux jours intitulée 'Les licences de Logiciels Libres et autres questions' ('Free Software licenses and other questions') à Zürich en Suisse dans les locaux de la Digicomp Academy. Cette formation s'adresse aux gestionnaires de projets, aux développeurs et aux techniciens qui veulent améliorer leurs connaissances sur les options possibles pour distribuer leur code.
3ème conférence "Living Knowledge"
30 August – 01 September 2007
Entre le 31 août et le 1er septembre, la Fondation Sciences Citoyennes organise la 3ème conférence Living Knowledge à Paris, au cours de laquelle Mathias Klang, membre se l'Équipe suédoise de la FSFE, participera en faisant une présentation du projet SELF.
2nd Froscon, St.Augustin, Germany
25 – 26 August 2007
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.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna and Dornbirn
17 August 2007
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!
Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre
07 – 11 August 2007
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.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
20 July 2007
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!
11 July 2007
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.
Swedish Fellowship meeting in Göteborg
04 July 2007
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.
28 – 30 June 2007
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.
25 – 26 June 2007
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.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
22 June 2007
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!
21 – 22 June 2007
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:
07 June 2007
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.
Colloquium on Free Software and science
07 June 2007
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.
31 May 2007
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.
30 May – 02 June 2007
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.
19 May 2007
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.
18 – 19 May 2007
La conférence eLiberatica est l'évenement majeur concernant le Logiciel
Libre en Roumanie. Elle se tiendra le 18 et le 19 Mai, à Braşov, en
Roumanie, et est organisée par ROSI, une association roumaine
promouvant le Logiciel Libre, et par Agora Media, entreprise roumaine de
communication. Le but d'eLiberatica est d'unifier les initiatives
roumaines promouvant le Logiciel Libre, et d'inciter les entreprises à
adopter le Logiciel Libre, en favorisant les initiatives locales. La
conférence s'adresse donc aux programmeurs, aux étudiants, et au monde
de l'entreprise. Georg Greve y parlera des standards ouverts et de la
libre concurrence.
Copyright vs Community
17 May 2007
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.
16 May 2007
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.
12 May 2007
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.
Première conférence italienne sur le Logiciel Libre
11 – 13 May 2007
La FSFE sera présente à cette première conférence italienne sur le Logiciel Libre. La première d'une série de rencontres annuelles chargées de favoriser la diffusion du Logiciel Libre en Italie, mais également d'exposer ses résultats, tant en termes économiques et techniques, qu'éthiques, sociaux et philosophiques.
Cette conférence se veut le point de rencontre de tous les acteurs impliqués dans la diffusion et l'usage du Logiciel Libre en Italie et dans le monde, et que tous ceux-ci, employés de sociétés, universitaires, développeurs, chercheurs ou simplement passionnés, puissent y trouver l'occasion de nouvelles collaborations et des opportunités de création de nouveaux projets.
L'objectif des organisateurs est également de proposer la première conférence scientifique sur le Logiciel Libre en Italie.
La conférence est organisée par le Centre de Recherche des Technologies et des Innovations Hacklab Cosenza et la FSFE, avec la collaboration de l'université de Calabre.
10 – 11 May 2007
Georg Greve and Ciaran O'Riordan will speak at the Libremeeting 2007
--the 1st International Free Knowledge Meeting of Madrid--. Georg will present the
FSFE while Ciaran's speech will be about the GPLv3.
The event is organized by our associated organization the Free Knowledge Foundation.
An overview of Free Software licensing and the Freedom Task Force
07 May 2007
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.
Rencontre de la Fellowship à Vienne
27 April 2007
La onzième rencontre de la Fellowship autrichienne aura lieu le 27 avril 2007 à Vienne. Nous nous retrouverons aux alentours de 18h00 à la bibliothèque du Metalab, 6 Rathausstraße, dans le 1er arrondissement. La rencontre "officielle" débutera à 19h00.
Comme d'habitude, cette invitation s'adresse à toutes les personnes intéressées par la FSFE ou le Logiciel Libre. Nous espérons de nombreux participants !
27 – 29 April 2007
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.
Introduction to Free Software for ETH Zurich students
27 April 2007
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.
Soirée sur la liberté dans la société numérique
04 April 2007
Le 4 avril à 18h00, Georg Greve et Jonas Oderg donneront trois conférences publiques. Georg présentera la FSFE et les problèmes relatifs au Logiciel Libre dans les "e-gouvernements", et Jonas parlera du projet SELF. Cet événement aura lieu à Belgrade, il sera également l'occasion pour la communauté du Logiciel Libre serbe de se rencontrer, avec également des participants venus de Macédoine et de Croatie.
01 April 2007
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.
The Fellowship card and its practical use
28 March 2007
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.
Premières rencontres de la Fellowship en Franconie (Allemagne)
24 March 2007
Les premières rencontres de la Fellowship en Franconie auront lieu le 24 mars 2007 à Forchheim. Le rendez-vous est fixé à 16h00 au restaurant "Roter Ochs". Jutta Horstmann nous parlera des gestionnaires de contenu (CMS), Rainer Kersten du bureau de la FSFE nous donnera quelques informations sur la fondation, et la discussion qui s'en suivra sera certainement très intéressante :-).
Rencontres de la Fellowship à Bonn
20 March 2007
Ces rencontres seront les deuxièmes de la région de Bonn et Cologne. Elles se dérouleront le 20 mars 2007 à 19h00 (sans limite de durée) au bar restaurant
Aktuell Nachrichtentreff.
Nous invitons tous les résidents de la région à s'inscrire sur la nouvelle
liste de diffusion de Rhénanie
sur laquelle ont lieu des discussions sur les sujets habituels, ainsi que d'autres plus centrés sur la Rhénanie.
Si vous souhaitez participer,
laissez moi un message
afin que je puisse faire la réservation du restaurant.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
16 March 2007
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!
"Trusted Computing" et les DRM
28 February 2007
Le groupe de la Fellowship de Düsseldorf a invité Marcus brinkmann à venir parler de la confiance limitée des systèmes informatiques. Cette conférence se tiendra le 28
February 2007 at 20:00 à la "Gaststätte Phillip" à Düsseldorf.
L'entrée est gratuite, mais les dons à la FSFE seront bien sûr appréciés.
24 – 25 February 2007
FSFE will attend FOSDEM 2007 which takes place from 24th - 25th
of February in Brussels, Belgium. FOSDEM is a European Free
Software developer conference organized by volunteers.
The FSFE will be present with a booth where visitors will be
informed about recent activities, Free Software itself and the
Fellowship of the FSFE.
Georg Greve, president of FSFE, will do this year's Closing Keynote,
on the topic of "Beyond GPLv3: Free Software today and tomorrow".
Shane M. Coughlan will be giving a Lightning talk at FOSDEM about the Free Software
licensing and the Freedom Task Force.
As usual, T-Shirts will be sold as well.
The event promotes the widespread use of Free Software, to
provide Free Software developers and communities a place to
meet, to get in touch with other projects, and to promote the
development and the benefits of Free Software solutions.
"WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposal Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA)--3rd Session, Geneva (Switzerland)
19 – 23 February 2007
Georg Greve, president of FSFE, has been invited to act as an observer at the third session of the Provisional Committee on Proposal Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA); he already participated to the 1st and the 2nd session. The meeting will be held in Geneva, from February 19th to 23rd, 2007.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
19 February 2007
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!
16 – 18 February 2007
La FSFE sera représentée par Ciaran O'Riordan à cette conférence sur la science informatique. Ciaran s'exprimera au sujet de la GPLv3, présentant l'état de sa rédaction et le travail restant à réaliser.
Freedom Task Force to be represented at the LIFT conference, Geneva (Switzerland)
07 – 09 February 2007
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.
26 January – 14 February 2007
During the second leg of the SELF project, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR will organise the second BOARD meeting in Mumbai, India.
The issues that will be discussed are related to SELF Support Programme (SSP), Finances and budget, Expert groups, and other strategic plans. The week long meeting comprises of two days workshop sessions, three days board meeting, one day SELF conference and one day for a social event.
George Greve and Jonas Oberg, president and vice president of the FSFE, will be part of the Legal Experts Group.
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
19 January 2007
The eigth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 19 January
in Vienna. We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab,
Rathausstraße 6, first district. The "official" agenda will start at
19:00.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!