Events
Event Archive for 2011
Web Friday @ FSFE
09 December 2011
Want to do something for Free Software? Know some HTML
and CSS? Then you can help us make FSFE's website better!
Join us for our regular Web Friday today from 15:00 UTC+1. We'll
meet on Jabber (conference@jabber.fsfe.org, channel: fellowship)
and on IRC (#fsfe on freenode). From 15:00 to 15:30, FSFE's
webmasters will explain how the build system for FSFE's website
works, and get you all set up.
Afterwards, it's "pick a bug and squash it"! Drop in, enjoy
great company, and meet people who are as passionate about Free
Software as you are.
Whether today or at any other time, you're always welcome to
contribute to the web team's work. Read here to find out
how stuff works. We're looking forward to seeing you around!
07 December 2011
On 7 December 2011 at 19:00 Reinhard Müller gives a talk about
“Sustainable IT through Open Standards”. The presentation takes place in
the ETH Zurich, Building HG (Rämistrasse 101), Room F33.5, and is hosted
by [project 21], a student organisation concerned with sustainability.
The speech is in German. Admission is free.
24 November 2011
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Discussion will take place about plans for a community decentralised software hosting project, making use of a local community centre for hosting. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
22 November 2011
The next Fellowship meeting takes place in Leipzig, 22 November. The meeting starts at 19:30 in sublab , Karl-Heine-Str. 93.
Matthias Kirschner, Germany and Fellowship Coordinator will talk about FSFE's work concerning runing and future campaigns.
21 November – 02 December 2011
At the 23rd session of WIPO's
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, FSFE
will work with national delegates from around the world to
improve conditions for the sharing of knowledge.
Negotiations will center on a possible "Broadcasting
Treaty", a plan to introduce a new kind of copyright which
companies can acquire merely by distributing a movie,
image, text or program. Please check the info about this meeting on Copyright and Related Rights.
16 November 2011
In November the Hamburg FSFE Fellows meet at the Roxie, Rentzelstraße 6.
We will welcome Matthias Kirschner as a special guest to that Meeting,
he will talk about current and planned FSFE activities.
As usual, you will find more detailed information on the wiki page.
For regular meetings, we recommend you to have a look at the wiki page
and maybe also to subscribe to the mailing list.
11 – 13 November 2011
FSFE will organise the "Free Software and Politics" track. Want to know
more about Free Software on the UN level, in the European Union, and at
the local level? Or learn more about FSFE's activities in the education
sector or FSFE's campaigns in general? Than this is the track for you.
Registration is still possible on fscons.org, Fellows obtain a 10 Euro
discount on the Registration fee.
11 November 2011
During the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit, we will have a Fellowship meeting. Help us with your ideas, get some stuff done and give us feedback.
31 October 2011
At 16.10 Richard Stallman will speak about "The Danger of Software Patents". FSFE will have a booth at the event with information and merchandise.
26 October 2011
At LinuxCon Europe, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will talk about current issues in Free Software policy. The talk will take place at 10:45 in the Taurus room.
20 October 2011
Contact will seek to explore and realize the greater promise of social media to promote new forms of culture, commerce, collective action, and creativity. Technologists, artists, activists, businesspeople, funders, and other stakeholders have been invited to discuss the networked future, and come together to hatch new ideas, connect with new collaborators, and forge an ongoing community for innovating social media and beyond.
17 October 2011
Jeremy Bennett will give a presentation on the Free Software and open hardware OpenCores architecture at the BCS Central London Offices, with a talk entitled "Open Source Software Meets Open Source Hardware: OpenCores and the OpenRISC 1000 architecture".
13 October 2011
On Thursday, October 13th, at 19:30, the Berlin fellows will
meet at the Berlin FSFE office (Linienstrasse 141) for a discussion
on various Free Software topics. Come and join us!
08 October 2011
FSFE will have a booth at the annual conference of FLOSS UK (formerly UKUUG), the UK's oldest Open Systems User Group, will take place at Manchester Conference Centre.
06 October 2011
Matthias Kirschner will give a talk on common misunderstandings about
Free Software, for instance 'You cannot earn money with Free Software',
'You cannot have copyright with Free Software', 'Free Software is only
useful for programmers', 'If you change Free Software you have to give
your changes to the community', 'The GNU GPL only works in the US'. This
event will take place as part of Informatik 2011, organized by the
Technische Universität Berlin, in in the TU main building Room H 0112,
Straße des 17. Juni, EG, from 10 to 11 a.m.
04 October 2011
At the EuropeanaTech in Vienna, a conference about exploring the technical challenges of making digital cultural and scientific information easily accessible for the public, Peter Bubestinger will give a talk titled: "Free Software and Open Formats: virtual immortality and independence for digital archives".
The conference will take place at the National Library in Vienna.
29 September 2011
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Gerry Gavigan, chairman of the Open Source Consorium, will travel from London to open the meeting with a talk. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
Conference on open innovation in Warsaw, Poland
27 September 2011
At the launch conference for a database project on open innovation IT research projects, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff, FSFE's President, will speak on „Free Software and its role in building an innovative economy”. The event will take place at Pl. Politechniki 1, 00-661, Warsaw, Poland.
20 September 2011
At 19.00 UK Coordinator Sam Tuke will speak about Freedom Boxes at an event organised by Manchester Free Software Society.
17 September 2011
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free
Software. Its goal is educational, teaching people why Free Software
is the best choice when it comes to using Software. Organised and
coordinated by the Software Freedom International, SFD invites
everyone to participate and take action on a local level.
Software Freedom Day in Manchester
17 September 2011
Software Freedom Day will be celebrated by FSFE Fellows in Manchester at MadLab Hackerspace together with other local Free Software groups. Expect booths and workshops in the afternoon.
17 September 2011
The Software Freedom Day on 17th of September will also be celebrated
in Hamburg in Germany. There will be a program with some talks and several
free software projects as exhibitors as well as examinations of the
Linux Professional Institute. Everyone is welcome to visit us, no matter
if you're beginner or already have some free software knowledge.
Detailed information in german language can be found at
http://sfd-hamburg.de/.
17 September 2011
On Saturday, the 17th of September 2011, Software Freedom Day Events
are celebrated all around the world, therefore the Vienna Fellowship
is inviting you to a Software Freedom Party. The evening will be
opened by a talk about legal aspects in Free Software, held by FSFE's
new legal coordinator Matija Šuklje. Following this opening everybody
is invited to have a nice evening at the Metalab with us.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
16 September 2011
This month, the Vienna Fellowship meeting will be in
the Metalab, located in the
Rathausstraße 6 in the 1st district of Vienna. We'll be
there from 18:00, with agenda related discussions starting
at 19:00. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested
in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing
you there!
14 September 2011
Two FSFE representatives will be present at the cross party discussion in Edinburgh, discussing Free Software and Open Standards with a wide range of other public and private organisations.
GNU GPL compliance workshop, Berlin, Germany
13 September 2011
Do you wish to learn how to check devices' compliance with GPL specifics and
become a volunteer in this important campaign? Armijn of gpl-violations.org will give a one-day
workshop, with an introduction by our lawyers. The event is by invitation
only, if you want to participate contact Matthias Kirschner.
09 September 2011
FSFE will take part at the Master on Free Software: September Open Sessions organized by Igalia. 9-24 September 2011 (Friday afternoon and Saturday morning during three weekends) at Edificio para la Obra Social de Novacaixagalicia, Policarpo Sanz St. number 24-26, Vigo (Spain).
On the 9th of September, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will give
a talk about Software patents.
As a closure of the Master on Free Software the event will include workshops, talks and round tables with experts from the FLOSS world.
It is open to the public, no admission fee.Registration is required.
08 September 2011
On Thursday, September 8th, at 19:30, the Berlin fellows will
meet at the Berlin FSFE office (Linienstrasse 141) for a discussion
on various Free Software topics. Come and join us!
04 September 2011
From 16.00 FSFE will be holding events, including talks on Free Software philosophy, Free Software and women, and an Open Street Map workshop.
Braderie of Lille, France
03 – 04 September 2011
The Braderie of Lille is a popular event every year in the streets of
Lille (north of France). Read all the information about the event. FSFE will have a booth there to introduce
the general audience to Free Software. Don't hesitate to join us!
The booth is located Place
du Vieux Marché aux Chevaux and will be animated by fellows from France, and
also FSFE's President, Karsten Gerloff. If you plan
to come and see us, let us know!
Fellowship Meeting Düsseldorf
31 August 2011
The Düsseldorf Fellows will have their monthly meeting at 19:30 at
"Brauhaus Fuchsjagd", Gumbertstr. 181, 40229 Düsseldrf-Eller.
Karsten Gerloff, President of FSFE, will visit the meeting to answer
questions of the Fellows. Guests are welcome!
25 August 2011
At 18.00 Richard Stallman will speak about "Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks". FSFE will have a booth at the event.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
19 August 2011
This month, the Vienna Fellowship meeting will be in
the Metalab, located in the
Rathausstraße 6 in the 1st district of Vienna. We'll be
there from 18:00, with agenda related discussions starting
at 19:00. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested
in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing
you there!
14 August 2011
FSFE will have a booth at OggCamp: a free two-day unconference for anyone who loves anything related to technology, data, culture, community, or Free Software.
Come and meet some Fellows, and pick up some leaflets and merchandise.
13 August 2011
Join Free Software advocates on Saturday between 15.00-17.30 at MadLab hackerspace to find and remove UK Government adverts for non-Free PDF Readers. Cake and Pizza provided!
11 August 2011
On Thursday, August 11th, at 19:30, the Berlin fellows will
meet at the Berlin FSFE office (Linienstrasse 141) for a discussion
on various Free Software topics. Come and meet up with a new intern!
08 August 2011
FSFE will take part at the Desktop Summit, a joint conference
organised by the GNOME and KDE communities in Berlin, Germany,
6 - 12 August 2011 at the Humboldt University.
On the 8th of August, FSFE's president Karsten Gerloff will give
a talk on
Free desktops for Europe's public sector (10:20-10:50, Rm 3038),
FSFE's co-founder Bernhard Reiter will talk about Daily Melee: paid people within Free Software initiatives - How they tick, how to keep them and the art of behaving if you are one (14:00-14:30, Rm 2002).
28 July 2011
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
22 – 25 July 2011
FSFE will have a booth at Euskal Encounter, a lan party with some 4.096 attendees.
Additionally, there will be talks and an exhibition erea. Any help is welcome.
At Sunday, the 24th there will be a Meeting of Fellows and friends at 17:00
at the FSFE booth. We would like to found a Fellowship Group at
Basque Country/Cantabria/Galicia.
20 July 2011
The Hamburg FSFE Fellows meet, depending on the weather, either at Cafe Sternchance or at Roxie. Please
have a look at the wiki page for more detailed information.
It is recommended to pay attention on the hints at the wiki page
and may also to subscribe to the mailing list.
14 July 2011
On Thursday, July the 14th, at 19:30, the Berlin fellows will
meet at the C-Base (Rungestrasse 20) for a discussion
round on various topics. Come and debate with us!
09 – 14 July 2011
FSFE will take part in many ways at the RMLL, one of the
biggest Free Software events in France, from July 9th to 14th.
While of course present with its famous information booth both
during the week-end ("journées grand public") and during the
week, FSFE also proposes some talks this year.
President Karsten Gerloff will give a talk on
Centralised Internet Services and Problems of Power (13.07.,
15:20), France Coordinator Hugo Roy will talk about
the battle fought by Free Software for HTML5 online videos,
UK coordinator Sam Tuke will speak about the FreedomBox concept
and practical applications.
Several other speakers have also been invited to talk about
topics around the decentralisation of the Internet.
Whether at the booth, at the conferences or for a drink
on evenings, we look forward to seeing you there!
07 July 2011
On Thursday July 7, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will speak
about Free Software to Members of the European Parliament. The
presentation together with a representative of APRIL will take
place at the first meeting of the Parliament's Intergroup on
Free Software and new media in Strasbourg.
01 July 2011
Matthias Kirschner, FSFE coordinator for activities in Germany,
will present the successful PDFReaders
campaign started last Autumn. The concept –
removing advertisings for non-free software from public sector
organisations' websites – will be explained in detail, as well
as the keys to succeed in a similar action.
The talk will take place in "room 41-A fisl 1" on the 1st of
July, at 16:00 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
30 June 2011
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
29 – 30 June 2011
FSFE will have a booth at this year's OKCon in Berlin, on the
29th and 30th of June. Many international speakers such as Richard
Stallman will be present and give talks on open knowledge, open
data and Free Software.
16 June 2011
With June of this year, the Hamburg Fellows start a new kind of Meeting,
where the day in the month and the location may change from month to month.
Thus it is important to pay attention on the hints at the Wiki-Page
and may also to subscribe to the mailing list.
The next Meeting of the Hamburg Fellows will take place in the bar
Big Easy at Osterstraße 173 in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel.
Detailed information can be found on the fellowship wiki (german only):
https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Hamburg
14 – 15 June 2011
The UK’s leading event for government ICT will be held in London at ExCeL
11 June 2011
Come and celebrate your freedom in Ljubljana! During FSFE's
annual strategy retreat in Slovenia's
capital, Free Software fans will party with the members of
FSFE's General Assembly and our executive at Cyberpipe [OpenStreetMap]. Starting
at 21:00, we will enjoy a lively exchange of ideas over drinks
and beats.
Please drop us a line to president-assist@fsfeurope.org to let
us know you're coming. See you there!
Berlin fellowship meeting - talk on Unhosted
09 June 2011
For this month's fellowship meeting, Michiel de Jong, who also
recently gave us an interview,
will talk about his project:
"Unhosted: How free software
can compete with today's hosted software" (in English).
Unhosted is a highly significant Free Software project for the
future of personal data as well as online applications!
Please be welcome to come and listen to his talk, as well as to
take part in the following discussion. Meeting is next Thursday,
June the 9th, at 7:30 p.m., at the c-base.
Free Software in the public administration - Workshop
28 May 2011
At the 5th European meeting of Green local councillors in
Berlin, Germany, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will
hold a workshop on Free Software in the public
sector. Together with a practicioner from a city
that bases its administration on Free Software, Green
local councillors from across Europe will discuss how they
can make use of Free Software in their own towns.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
27 May 2011
This month, the Vienna Fellowship meeting will be in
the Metalab, located in the
Rathausstraße 6 in the 1st district of Vienna. We'll be
there from 18:00, with agenda related discussions starting
at 19:00. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested
in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing
you there!
26 May 2011
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
22 May 2011
On Sunday, May the 22nd, FSFE offers a robots workshop in its
Berlin office, Linienstraße 141, 10115 Berlin.
Flashed with Free Software, these robots can be programmed very
easily to explore the room, follow a black line on the ground,
avoid obstacles… The aim being that the participants can then
offer such a nice workshop in schools.
See also the freedroidz website
maintained by people at tarent,
who initiated and co-organises the event.
21 May 2011
OpenTech 2011 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference on slightly different approaches to technology, transport and democracy
19 – 21 May 2011
From Thursday, May 19th, to Saturday, May 21st, in Settala (Milan, Italy)
there will be the "Brain Jumble", an event for wider distribution of Free
Software in businesses and public administrations. Diego Zanga, a
member of the FSFE Italian group, will attend the event in the mornings of May 19th and 20th with
a talk for businesses "Benefits for small and medium-sized businesses using Free
Software" and a talk for public administrations "Free Software in
public administrations". The event will be held in Giuseppe Verdi 8/c,
Settala (MI), from 9:00 to 15:30.
World Information Society Day
17 May 2011
The World Information Society Day is a worldwide event dedicated to societal changes brought about by the Internet and new technologies. Take this opportunity to share with your community the advantages of Free Software and the empowering tools that it can offer citizens. Send in your planned and proposed activities to celebrate this day.
Berlin "Fellowship meeting" @LinuxTag
12 May 2011
FSFE will have a stand at the LinuxTag in Berlin. Of course,
everyone is invited to meet us at the booth and have a chat.
Furthermore, on Thursday evening,
May the 12th, we invite everyone to join us around 7 p.m. to go
eat or drink something all together.
This will be our Fellowship meeting for May.
30 April 2011
On Saturday 30.04.11 (NOT 23.04. as first announced) at 19:00
the first Fellowship meeting in Augsburg will take place, and
you're very welcome to the event! The meeting will be held in
the Café
Bistro Bismarck, Bismarckstr. 7, 86159 Augsburg. There is
no fixed program but many ideas and topics to discuss! We
simply want to get together and chat about Free Software.
FSFE at Ignite, Amsterdam, NL
28 April 2011
At Ignite Amsterdam 8,
FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will present the ideas of Free
Software and explain why Freedom matters in the digital society.
The Ignite event will take place at Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat
68, 1017 HL Amsterdam . Doors open at 20:00.
Tickets cost 7€ (students 50% discount, 65+ free entrance).
20 April 2011
On 20. April the Hamburg Fellows will meet again. The meeting will take place
in Roxie on the Rentzelstraße 6. Guests are very welcome.
Detailed information can be found on the fellowship wiki (german only):
https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Hamburg
14 April 2011
On Thursday, April the 14th, at 7:30 p.m., the Berlin fellows will
meet at FSFE's Berlin office (Linienstraße 141) for a discussion
round on various topics. Come and debate with us!
09 April 2011
At this year's "Landesjugendkongress", organised by the youth wing of
the German Green Party, Björn Schießle will hold a workshop about Free
Software. The workshop will take place in Würzburg, Germany.
09 April 2011
At the annual all-day event in Graz, lots of presentation talks and information
booths offer visitors the possibility to catch up on information about GNU/Linux,
Free Software and related projects.
The event location is the FH Joanneum and
the event is an absolute 'must see' for everyone interested in those topics.
FSFE will be present with a information booth, and Peter Bubestinger holds a speech
titled "Free Software and art(ists): Here be dragons!"
Fellowship meeting in Manchester, UK
07 April 2011
Manchester's first local Fellowship meeting takes place this Thursday at 19.00, and the first Thursday of each following month! All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend MadLab, who have generously agreed to host us. This initial meeting will be used to plan topics and activities for future meetings.
Conference about Free Software organised by the SPD in Berlin
07 April 2011
A public conference and panel discussion
about Free Software will be hosted by Germany's SPD party.
The meeting takes place (in German) at the Bundesparteizentrale,
Wilhelmstraße 141 / Ecke Stresemannstraße, at 7 p.m.
Bernhard Reiter, an experienced & long-standing
FSFE member will deliver a speech, the theme of the event is "Cost-effectiveness
improvement through Free Software implementation".
Nicolas Jean will attend with further information materials.
31 March 2011
"You are a software company or start-up in this field and wish to
have an overview of your possibilities to earn woney with Free
Software?". This question is the starting point of the "Earn Money
With Free Software" conference, organised by the
Technologiestiftung Berlin.
They want to bring many people with different backgrounds to offer a
large panel of answers.
FSFE Co-founder Georg Greve and FSFE current President Karsten
Gerloff, among others, will hold talks there starting at 6 p.m.
For more information and registration, please see
this page.
31 March 2011
FSFE is getting 10 years this month. A good age to celebrate with you.
In Berlin we start on Thursday evening at 21:00 in the C-Base, Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin
(S+U Jannowitzbrücke). All Free Software supporters are invited to join
the party. Please send a short e-mail to Matthias Kirschner, so we know how
many people to expect.
30 March 2011
Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for document liberation.
It is a day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the
importance of Open Document Formats
and Open Standards
in general.
30 March 2011
In Munich on March 30? Come and
celebrate Document Freedom
Day with us at Café
Netzwerk, Luisenstr. 11,
80333 München (U-Bahn: Königsplatz). Starting at 18:30,
there will music, short talks from FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff,
Florian Effenberger of the Document Foundation, and others, and
a good time for all!
If you're coming, please drop us a mail at
dfd2011-munich@fsfe.org. Registration isn't required, but we'd like
to have a rough idea of how many people will attend. Further
information is
available here.
Manchester DFD: Preserving culture & knowledge with Open Standards
30 March 2011
Talk by Sam Tuke for Document Freedom Day will be held in the Friends Meeting House in the center of Manchester at 19.00.
26 March 2011
After the "Linux-Infotag" in Augsburg, Fellows from the region meet in
the restaurant Alt-Athen, where the Linux-Infotag's social event also
takes place. All Fellows are cordially invited. If you want to join, please
add yourself to the list of attendees at the wiki page for the social
event.
26 March 2011
FSFE is present with an information and merchandise booth at the 10th
"Linux-Infotag Augsburg". Further Björn Schießle will give a talk about the
prospective challenges for Free Software. The event takes place on 26 March
2011 from 9:30 to 17:30 in the IT faculty of the Augsburg University of
Applied Sciences. Admission is free.
Talk at the CeBIT
03 March 2011
FSFE President Karsten Gerloff will give a talk at
CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. He
will speak about "Freedom, Software and Power" on March the 3rd, at
15:30. His talk will take place in Hall 2, booth F40.
FSF founder Richard Stallman touring UK
01 – 08 March 2011
Free Software's biggest celebrity will be speaking at six venues
on a brief UK tour. Registration is open and required. Dates:
26 February 2011
FSFE will present a booth with information and merchandise.
Sam Tuke will present a talk and be available for questions.
24 – 25 February 2011
Members of FSFE's British Team will attend the UK's first ODF Plugfest in Maidenhead, near London. The goal of the event is to improve interoperability between ODF implementations, and discuss new and proposed features of the ODF specification.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Berlin, Germany
10 February 2011
The Berlin Fellowship group will meet in the Berlin office of FSFE, in the Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin. We'll be there from 19:30. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
FSFE at FOSDEM 2011
05 – 06 February 2011
On February 5 and 6, FSFE will be present at FOSDEM in
ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium. Like every year, we're looking forward to many
great meetings and discussions, and a very good time for
all. FSFE will share its booth with the GNU project.
Karsten Gerloff will speak about "Power, Freedom,
Software", while FSFE Fellowship Coordinator Matthias
Kirschner will discuss the PDFreaders campaign.
Free Software policy in Europe - University of Trento
26 January 2011
At a seminar (it) held in the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Trento, Italy,
FSFE's president Karsten Gerloff will discuss policy
issues relating to Free Software and Open Standards in
Europe and around the world. His talk will take place Room 9, from 4pm. to 6pm. The event is open to the public.
20 January 2011
A Fellowship meeting takes place on 18 November 2010 in Zurich. We meet at
18:30 in the ID-Lounge, Stampfenbachstrasse 69. As usual, this invitation
is for everyone interested in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking
forward to seeing you there!
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Berlin, Germany
13 January 2011
This month, the Berlin Fellowship group will meet in the Berlin office of FSFE, in the Linienstr. 141, 10115 Berlin. We'll be there from 19:30. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing you there!