Events
Event Archive for 2012
13 December 2012
For this year's last Berlin Fellowship meeting, we've prepared something
special for all Fellows and friends: We'll meet at the Emmaus Church near
Goerlitzer Bahnhof to enjoy a talk by Volker Grabsch. Volker, having 100
CACert Assurance Points, gives us insights on daily security using encryption,
key-signing and certificates!
Also, there's going to be a nice retrospective about the Free Software
Year 2012. If this is still not enough: Free Gluehwein for everyone! As always, you'll find more details about the location and time at GriCal.
11 December 2012
On December 11th at 18.00 hours, Erik Albers will give a speech about FSFE's FreeYourAndroid campaign at the Institut für Informatik, FU Berlin. The talk is organized by Spline Talks and is open for public at no charge.
The talk, in German, will be held in Raum K60, Takustr. 9, 14195 Berlin.
08 – 09 December 2012
Next weekend, on 8th and 9th December,Hannes Hauswedell, FSFE fellow and Germn Team coordinator for pdfreaders.org, is organising a mini-hackaton to finish YAFFS2-support. The event, hosted at IN-Berlin e.V., will run from Saturday (from 11) to Sunday (until 18). If you want to help, join us in Lehrter Straße, 53.
Club Mate and pizza will be provided!
05 December 2012
The "Berliner Spindel" a
group of junior staff in the Berlin administration organises an evening
discussion about E-Government, Open Data, and Free Software on December
15th from 18:00 to 20:00. Matthias Kirschner is
invited as an expert on Free Software, to talk about the role of Free
Software for the public administration. The event takes place at the
Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit und Soziales, room 1.125 (Oranienstraße
106, 10969 Berlin)
04 December 2012
On December 4th, Erik Albers will give a speech about FSFE's FreeYourAndroid campaign at the Netzpolitischer Abend der Digitalen Gesellschaft. The talk, in German, will be held at c-base and is open for public at no charge.
24 November 2012
The FSFE will be present with a booth organised by the Vienna Fellowship
group at the 14th "Linuxday" in Dornbirn in the border region of Austria,
Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland on November 24, 2012. In three
parallel tracks, there will be talks on Free Software for Novices, Experts
and Managers.
Free your Android – Or: How much freedom it does really provide and what can you do to improve the situation?
24 November 2012
Albert Dengg of the Austrian team of the FSFE will hold a talk about the "Free
Your Android" campaign at the "Linuxday" at HTL Dornbirn on November 24 at
11:00 CET.
17 – 18 November 2012
In November, FSFE will be present at the French event
JDLL in Lyon, France.
Every year, this event regroups organisations advocating Free Software and
people giving talks over a complete week end in the center of Lyon. We'll be
there the entire time from the 17th to the 18th. One of our interns, Léopold
Baillard, will even be there the whole week if you want to meet with him.
He will also give a talk about the Free Your Android campaign. The event takes
place in Maison pour Tous - Salle des
Rancy. We are looking forward to see you there!
16 November 2012
At the South Tyrol Free Software
Conference (SFScon), there will be
a FreeYourAndroid workshop.
If you would like to attend, please register and write an email
to Erik Albers . The
workshop will be on November 16th at the TIS Innovation Park in Bolzano.
15 November 2012
In the context of the South Tyrol Free
Software Conference (SFScon), a FreeYourAndroid "training for trainers"
workshop will take place at the TIS Innovation Park in Bolzano. Attendees of this workshop are supposed to give
workshops themselves. If you like to attend, please register and write an email
to Erik Albers
15 November 2012
On November 15th at 18.30, Matthias Kirschner will give a speech at the
university of Jena, about computers as general purpose machines. The
talk, in German, will be held in the main building (UHG), room 235 at
Fürstengraben 1, Jena.
09 – 11 November 2012
FSFE will organise the "General Purpose Computing" track. Despite the fact that computers and - more and more - portable devices are universal machines, todays hardware often comes with anti-features or Digital Restrictions Management. This track by the FSFE will focus on this ongoing and increasing process of users restrictions. Thereby it concentrates on current trends and what we are in need of to stop them.
08 November 2012
The Fellowship of the FSFE Berlin is going to have another evening of Free
Software Love on Thursday, 08 November 2012. This time, we meet again at our new default location IN-Berlin.
As always, location details can be found on the GriCal event page.There is no fixed agenda for the meeting, so expect a free-minded, happy come-together! If you have any general discussion topics or announcements they are also welcome. Please come and join, it's free for all and everyone is welcome!
08 November 2012
On November 8, at 6.30 PM, at the Department of Computer science of the University of Milan (Via Comelico 39, 20135 Milan), it will take place a Fellowship Meeting, during which we will discuss about next Fellowship activities in Lombardia. The Meeting is open to the public.
07 November 2012
In preparaton for the Manchester Central by-election, political candidates will answer questions on issues effecting Manchester's digital indistry. This event, organised by FSFE, the Open Rights Group, the National Union of Journalists, and No2ID, will provide an opportunity for the public to get answers to questions concerning digial policy and investment in Britain's "second city".
07 November 2012
On November 7, Richard Stallman will give the talk "Copyright vs. Community"at the Reykjavik University . The speech will start at 19:30 ( 1, Room M101).
06 November 2012
Karsten Gerloff, FSFE president, will give a
talk about general purpose computing as a question of power and
control on Novenber, 6th in Barcelona (spain) at the LinuxcConEurope. Entitled as
"All watched over by machines of loving grace?", the speech will be at 13:20 at the Hotel Fira Palace
06 November 2012
On November 6, Richard Stallman participates in the ICT Goes International in Helsinki. He will give a talk about "Trends in programming: Free Software and practices" at 13:50. The event is organized by HAAGA-HELIA, the University of Applied Sciences and will be held at the Auditorium, Pasila campus (Ratapihantie 13).
Richard Stallman will give another speech, in the same venue, that evening at 18:00 about "How to Begin Contributing to a Free Software Project and Do a Good Job".
03 November 2012
On November 3rd at 14.00, Matthias Kirschner will give a speech at Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2012, about computers as general purpose machines. The talk, in German, will be held at 14.00 in the University of Potsdam, at room HS2 of the 'Institut für Informatik'.
03 November 2012
FSFE will be present at the Brandenburger Linux-Infotag 2012 with a booth. Feel free to pass by and meet the staff of FSFE. In addition, there will be a Phone Liberation Workshop as part of our FreeYourAndroid campaign. If you are interested in liberating your phone please pass by the FSFE booth at 13 hours.
26 October 2012
On October 26, Richard Stallman participates in the Free/ Libre Culture Forum in Barcelona. He will attend and comment the presentation of the Positive Agenda for Copyright reform in Europe, a collaborative system. The event will take place in the Centro Cultural Ars Santa Monica (Las Ramblas, 7) at 13.00.
Besides, that evening he will be at the Sala magna of the Universidad de Economía de Barcelona giving a talk about "El Movimiento del Software Libre y GNU" and "Por una sociedad Digital Libre"
19 October 2012
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!
18 October 2012
On October 18th, Otto Kekäläinen, FSFE coordinator Finland, will explain
the current status of the adaptation of LibreOffice in Finland, at the Berlin 2012 LibreOffice Conference. The talk will explain the current problems and will point out other countries experiences relevant to take into mind for Finland's LibreOffice future development. Also, it will cover Helsinki innitiatives, like Helsinki OpenOffice pilot in 2011.
18 October 2012
Torsten Grote will give a
talk about the campaign
Free Your Android
at the Libre Software World Conference 2012, in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
The speech will be on October 18th at 16.30 in the Cidade da Cultura
City of Culture), where the event is being held.
18 October 2012
Karsten Gerloff, FSFE president,will give a
talk about general purpose computing as a question of power and
control on October 18th in Bergen (Norway). Entitled as
"All watched over by machines of loving grace?", the speech is being organised
by the Bergen
Linux User Group and it will be held at the Bergen public libary (Strømgaten 6)
11 October 2012
The Fellowship of the FSFE Berlin is going to have another evening of Free
Software Love on Thursday, 11 October 2012. This time, we'll be hosted by
LinuxWorks! Friedrichshain at the E-Lok Jugendclub
near Ostkreuz.
As always, location details can be found on the GriCal event page.
Please come and join, it's free for all and everyone is welcome!
01 October 2012
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Lightning talks followed by "hack and tell". All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
28 September 2012
A 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.
Special guest is the deputy fellowship coordinator Erik Albers from Berlin.
Erik will talk about how to organize and perform FreeYourAndroid workshops.
As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested
in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing
you there!
25 September 2012
On September 25 at the 22nd IFIP World Computer Congress in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, Karsten Gerloff will participate in a panel
discussion on patents in software. The discussion about whether
"patents enable innovation in the computer software field" is
organised by the European Patent Organisation.
25 September 2012
The Finnish think tank Visio organizes in Helsinki on 25th of September at 13:00-16:00 a seminar on the state of software systems in the public sector, and solve the typical quality and price issues using Free Software. FSFE is an co-organizer in the event. More information at the Finnish FOSS calendar
21 September 2012
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!
19 September 2012
We are in the middle of an intense battle about who will control the computers we'll use tomorrow. At the OpenMind conference in Helsinki, Finland, Karsten Gerloff will explain why the general-purpose computer is worth fighting for. The event is co-located with the Open Knowledge Festival. Karsten's talk starts at 11:30.
18 September 2012
During Finland's Openmind conference, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will speak about "Free Software in the public sector: Getting it right and getting value". He will focus on migrations, procurement, and overcoming common obstacles. The event is co-located with the Open Knowledge Festival.
15 September 2012
On September 15th the Berlin Fellowship group
will held a FreeYourAndroid workshop
at
BeLUG's Software Freedom Day event.
15 September 2012
On September 15th, FSFE and supporters will held a FreeYourAndroid
workshop at Kiberpipa's Software Freedom Day event.
15 September 2012
Fellows in Manchester will meet to determine how best to voice and video chat using Free Software. Between 14.00-17.00 in Madlab Hackerspace advocates will test which programs are compatible with which, and publish a table of results for public use.
15 September 2012
The Vienna fellowship group will hold a booth in the very busy city
centre of Vienna on the corner of the Mariahilfer Staße and the
Museumsquartier. From 10am until 7pm we will be answering questions at
our information desk and giving out leaflets and live CDs from different
free operating systems. Many of them with a specially produced
CD-edition identifying the FSFE fellowship as provider of the copies. We
will bring notebook computers as well to show interested passers-by how
well Free Software works and how good it looks.
09 September 2012
On September 9th, Erik Albers
will give a FreeYourAndroid
workshop at the Software Freedom Kosova 2012. The workshop is open for all attendees of the
conference.
04 September 2012
On September 4th, Erik Albers
will give a FreeYourAndroid
workshop at the SmartDevCon in
Katowice, Poland. The workshop is open for all attendees of the
conference.
25 – 26 August 2012
The Department of Computer Science of the University of Applied
Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is organising a conference all about Free
Software in 2012 again with help of Fachschaft of Computer Science,
LUUSA and FrOSCon e.V.
FSFE will again maintain a booth. Coordination is done via the the
Fellowship
Wiki.
25 August 2012
Torsten Grote will explain at Campus Party the FSFE campaign "Free Your Android" as part of the Campus Party Europe event, held in Berlin. The talk will be at 16.30 at the Socrates Stage.
24 August 2012
On August 24, Matthias Kirschner will give a speech at Campus Party. "The FSFS- Fighting for your freedom, since 1985" is the topic of this talk that will be held at 14.30 at the Socrates Stage, of this event organized in Berlin.
22 August 2012
On August 22, Hugo Roy will be at Campus Party talking about " Why Free Software needs Network Neutrality?". The speech, at 11 a.m., will be held at the Socrates Stage of this event organized in Berlin.
22 August 2012
On August 22, Matthias Kirschner will be at Campus Party talking about "An endangered species: computer as a universal machine". The speech, at 14.30, will be held at the Socrates Stage of this event organized in Berlin.
18 – 19 August 2012
FSFE will once again be present at Ogg Camp with information, merchandise, leaflets, and the opportunity to join. Come and talk to FSFE's UK Fellows and Coordinator.
17 August 2012
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!
06 August 2012
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Fellow Francis Southern will provide an introduction to Emacs - the original Free Software text editor powerhouse. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
20 July 2012
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!
11 July 2012
On July 11, Richard Stallman gives a talk talk about "Copyright vs. Community" at Campus Garching, Munich. Focus of this talk will be threats deriving from actual copyright law on scientific publishing. The event will take place in the "Rudolf-Diesel Hörsal MW 2001" of Campus Garching and starts at 6 PM.
11 July 2012
More transparency in the heart of Europe: The European Parliament has built a software tool which lets the people working there track the development of proposals into laws. The Parliament is going to release this program, called AT4AM, as Free Software.
At an event in the European Parliament, FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff will discuss what Free Software means for democracy. FSFE's General Counsel Carlo Piana will talk about choosing the right license for AT4AM.
Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required in order to enter the Parliament building. The event is organised by the European Parliament Free Software User Group (EPFSUG), and hosted by MEP Marie-Christine Vergiat.
10 July 2012
On July 10 a delegation from the FSFE Berlin office will be present at Richard
Stallman's talk about "The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System" in Dresden. We are looking forward to meeting as many of you as
possible. The event will take place in room "INF E023" of the Faculty of Computer Science of the Technical University of Dresden and will start at 1.30 PM.
09 July 2012
On July 9, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "Free software, GNU and GCC" at GNU Tools Cauldron 2012, Prague. The event will take place at room S9, Department of Maths and Physics, Charles University, Malostranske Namesti 25, Prague from 10.00 to 10.45.
07 – 12 July 2012
In July, FSFE will be at RMLL (Libre Software Meeting) the yearly non commercial conference with talks, workshops and round tables about Free Software and its uses. The RMLL goal is to provide a place for exchange between Free Software developers, users and stakeholders. For the first time, RMLL will be in Switzerland; at Geneva's Plainpalais. We're looking forward to meeting many of you!
06 July 2012
On July 06, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "The New Techonological Models" at the 5th Congress of Young Entrepreneurs, Vigo. The event will take place at the Palacio de Congresos Mar De Vigo, Avenida de Beiramar 59, Vigo, Spain from 12.30 to 14.30. Please, register in order to attend the event.
04 July 2012
On July 4th, FSFE Fellow Heiki "Repentinus" Ojasild will host a PDF
readers sprint in Tallinn, Estonia, at
Akademy 2012, the KDE summit.
Everyone is invited to partake and help locate, remove, and replace
advertisements for proprietary software on the websites of public
bodies.
The event is part of our
effort
to stop public bodies from restricting the users' freedom and unfairly
distorting the competition in favour of certain proprietary software
makers. As part of the event, participants will be introduced to
finding offending sites, contacting offending sites, listing offending
sites on our web site, and keeping track of responses to the memoranda
to offenders.
27 June 2012
On June 27, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "Free Software and education" in Marly-le-Roi. The event will take place at the Cinéma le Fontenelle - Place de la gare, Marly-le-Roi from 10.00 to 12.00. Please, register in order to participate in the event.
26 June 2012
On June 26, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "Free Digital Society" at the School of Computer Science of Manchester University. The event will take place at the room 1.10, Kilburn Building (School of Computer Science), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK from 17.00 to 18.30.
23 June 2012
On June 23, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System" at De Montfort University, Leicester. The event will take place at the Hawthorn Building of De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH from 13.30 to 15.30.
22 June 2012
On June 22, Richard Stallman gives a talk about "Copyright vs. Community" at Forward company venue, Camden. Focus of this talk will be threats deriving from actual copyright law on scientific publishing. The event will take place at the Forward company venue, 19 Mandela Street, Floor 2, Centro 3, Camden, London from 14.00 to 16.00.
Please, register in order to participate in the event.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
15 June 2012
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!
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Berlin, Germany
14 June 2012
Please note, that this month the Berlin Fellowship meeting will not be in the office but our friends at Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. have invited us to meet at their new
office at Obentrautstr. 72, Berlin 10963. We're going to meet at 19:30. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
11 June 2012
Matthias Kirschner, Coordinator of the German team, will held a public lecture on June 11th, 2012, in the HTWG Hochschule Konstanz. Topic of the lecture will be "An endangered species: computer as a universal machine" and it deals with different aspects that endanger users Freedom in the digital era. The lecture will begin at 17:30 in the Thurgau-Saal in the library of the HTWG Konstanz. Admission is free.
31 May 2012
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.
29 May 2012
The Cabinet Office will consult businesses in the North West of England on the proposed changes to UK Open Standards policy, in MadLab Hackerspace, 15.30-17.30. UK Coordinator Sam Tuke will be participating.
26 May 2012
Torsten Grote gives a talk about how to regain control of your Android device and your data by running (almost) exclusively Free Software on your phone at the LinuxTag Berlin, Saturday 26.05.2012, 10:30 am. Torsten Grote is a member of FSFE and initiator of FSFE's freeyourandroid.org campaign. LinuxTag Berlin is a Free Software conference and exhibition in Berlin.
23 – 26 May 2012
FSFE Fellows will run a booth at the LinuxTag event in Berlin.
Information, merchandise, and a friendly chat will be available.
The event will take place at "Messegelände unter dem Funkturm"
22 May 2012
Matthias Kirschner, Coordinator of the German team, will represent the advantages of Free Software in a panel discussion at Treffpunkt WissenWerte in the Amerika-Haus Berlin. Participation is free of charge but limited by its size. Therefore, registration is requested. The panel discussion will be recorded by Inforadio (rbb) 93,1; broadcast is on 27 May at 9.22 a.m.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
18 May 2012
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!
28 April 2012
FSFE is holding its annual General Assembly in Lisbon this
year, and we would love to party with you! Please join us
on Saturday April 28 at for a relaxed evening of
drinks and conversation.
We will meet at 21:30 at Lisbon metro station Estação Baixa Chiado,
exit Largo do Chiado. From there, we'll move to Galeria Zé dos
Bois around 22:00.
Further
details and a map are available at the website of
our associate organisation ANSOL.
26 April 2012
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. A report from the Web Sprint 2012 last weekend will be presented, as and important news concerning UK education and Open Standards policy will be discussed. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
21 – 22 April 2012
The FSFE Web team will meet to work on FSFE's websites in
Manchester, UK. Focus will be on consolidating the fsfe.org
experience and campaign websites, and a slew of new improvements
will be applied.
Please notify the Web
mailing list if you're attending.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
20 April 2012
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!
Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop 2012
12 – 13 April 2012
On April 12 and 13, FSFE will be organizing its fifth edition of Free Software Legal and Licensing Workshop in Amsterdam, which brings together legal experts from all over the world to discuss the future of Free Software, its licenses and the best practices in the field.
Berlin Fellowship meeting
12 April 2012
On Thursday, April 12th, 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!
Berlin Fellowship meeting
11 April 2012
On Thursday, April 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 join us!
04 April 2012
The British Computer Society is hosting this series of talks between 10:00 - 17:00 in central London. UK Coordinator Sam Tuke will open the event with an international historical perspective on the use of Free Software in the public sector.
Sustainability festivals in Manchester and Leicester, UK
31 March 2012
FSFE Fellows have pioneered a link up between the Green Light and Chorlton Big Green festivals. There will be a Free Software talk and booth at each event and a live link up bringing environmentalists together via Free Software systems.
29 March 2012
Fellowship meeting at 19.00 in MadLab. Bob Ham, GNU/Linux audio developer will give a talk about using the advanced JACK audio server. A report from Document Freedom Day will also be presented with followind discussion. All Fellows and non-Fellows are cordially invited to attend.
28 March 2012
The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is the global day for document liberation.
It is a day which is dedicated to promote the importance of Open Document Formats
and Open Standards
in general. Various kind of activities are planned by a grassroot movement all over the world. If you like to participate, look how you can get involved.
24 March 2012
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 24 March
2011 from 9:30 to 17:30 in the IT faculty of the Augsburg University of
Applied Sciences, Germany. Admission is free.
24 March 2012
FSFE Fellows will run a booth at the UK's leading digital civil liberties community event. Information, merchandise, and a friendly chat will be available.
23 March 2012
At Maastricht University's Faculty of Law, FSFE's President
Karsten Gerloff will participate in a round table on "New Copyright
Business Models in the Age of Filesharing". He will join Meir
Pugatch, Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa; Director of Research,
Stockholm Network; and Claudia Zuidema, deLex publishers, Amsterdam.
The event will take place from 16:00 to 19:00 at the Faculty of Law,
Maastricht University, Feestzal (C1.306).
Mailpod: Fellowship project meeting, Manchester
22 March 2012
Manchester Fellows will meet at Arcspace Community Centre to work on the Mailpod community hosting project, inspired by Fripost. The project aims to provide local community run Free Software based email hosting with strong privacy and security.
19 – 20 March 2012
Martin Husovec, our current legal intern will be giving presentation at workshop V 4 paradigm shift in copyright organized by Asimov Foundation. The talk "Use of FLA outside of the Free Software Communities?" will discuss whether Fiduciary License Agreemnet can be potentially of an inspiration also for the other artistic communities than Free Software one (abstract).
17 – 18 March 2012
The "Chemnitz Linux Days" is a conference that deals with GNU/Linux
and Free Software . It is open for everyone, novizes and experts alike.
The FSFE will be present with a booth where you can inform yourself about
our work and to get to know the people behind FSFE. In addition, Matthias
Kirschner – Fellowship Coordinator and Coordinator of the German
team – will give a talk about
"Non-free software advertisement presented by your government" on
Saturday, 17.03. at 16:30 in Raum V1.
Monthly Fellowship meeting in Vienna, Austria
16 March 2012
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!
Berlin Fellowship meeting
08 March 2012
On Thursday, March 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!
07 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March, the next Fellowship meeting in the Rhein/Main
area will take place in the Hotel Sandelmühle, Frankfurt/Main. We will meet there around 20:00 h.
14 February 2012
As every year for Valentine's Day, the FSFE is planning an online
campaign to celebrate this day as an "I love Free Software" - Day. Our online
campaign aims at rising awareness to Free Software and the
passionate, hard-working people behind it. You can participate in our
campaign from all over the world. Show them that you appreciate their
work – it could make all the difference!
14 February 2012
This year on Valentine's Day, the FSFE organises an "I love Free
Software" event at the Unperfekthaus in Essen. We would
like to invite all supporters of Free Software to celebrate this day
together with us. During the day, there will be workshops and talks
concerning various topics about Free Software. In the evening there will
be a live concert with four bands that are willing to play in support of
Free Software. For more information have
a look at our event-page.
Berlin Fellowship meeting
09 February 2012
On Thursday, February 9th, 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 – 05 February 2012
On February 4 and 5, 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.
17 January 2012
Today, on 17 January 2012, Matthias Kirschner - Fellowship Coordinator of FSFE - gives a talk about
"Secure/Zensur Boot: Wer kontrolliert den Computer?". The presentation takes place in
the c-base (Rungestrasse 20, 10179 Berlin), and is part of the "Netzpolitische Abend", hosted
by the Digitale Gesellschaft - an interest organisation concerned about internet politics and pro digital civil rights. The speech is in German. Admission is free. Event begins at 20:00.