Events
The Free Software Foundation Europe participates in many Free Software events.
FSFE event announcements are also available via RSS feed.
Future events
(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.
[External event homepage...]
Past events
(2008-11-21)
Zurich Fellowship meeting
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the FSFE Zurich office from 18:00 until 19:00 on Friday the 21st of November. 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 Graeme West, FSFE's intern at the Zurich office. If you plan to come to the meeting please let Graeme know by sending an email to west@fsfeurope.org.
(2008-11-18)
Fellowship meeting, Cologne, Germany
On Tuesday, 18th november at 19.00 h again all fellows and people
who want to support FSFE or simply want to inform about Free Software will gather at the Fellowship Meeting in Hallmackenreuther, Brüsseler Platz, Cologne.
(2008-11-15)
Fellowship meeting, Bolzano, Italy
On Saturday, 15th November at 14:00 h there will be a Fellowship
meeting at the TIS Innovation Park of Bolzano. The meeting is
open to Fellows and all persons interested in FSFE's work in
Italy and the projects of the Fellowship. The meeting has two
parts. First Patrick Ohnewein, coordinator of the Italian FSFE
group, will talk about the activities of the FSFE and the
Fellowship in Italy. In the second part the Fellows will be
invited to make proposals for and discuss about future
initiatives to promote and help Free Software.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-11-13)
Fellowship meeting in Berlin
The monthly Fellowship meeting is going to take place on the 13th of November. We will meet at 7:30pm at the NewThinking store in Berlin-Mitte (Tucholskystraße 48). Topics include: BLIT review, FSCONS report, "How can we collaborate with the different organizations around Free Software and Education?" and presentation 2009. We like to welcome you on the 13th.
(2008-11-06 to 2008-11-07)
NLUUG Autumn Conference and CELF Embedded Linux Conference Europe, Ede, Netherlands
The FSFE will be attending the NLUUG Autumn Conference on Thursday 6th November. This year's theme is 'mobility'. Feel free to come to our booth and ask about Free Software!
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will also deliver talk entitled 'The strategic implementation of free software in business' at the CELF Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2008 at the same location on the following day, Friday 7th November.
The successful implementation of Free Software requires an understanding of the best policy and processes applicable to its context. Shane will discuss how FSFE's legal project and its European Legal Network have engaged with this issue by producing generic market knowledge for supply and purchasing contracts, work flow documents and deployment methodology.
The location for both conferences is Hotel en Congrescentrum De Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-11-01)
BLIT 2008, Potsdam, Germany
FSFE will be present with a booth at this years Brandenburger Linux Info Tag (BLIT). The Fellowship Group Berlin will man a booth to inform visitors about various aspects of Free Software. Also T-shirts and books about Free Software will be sold. The event starts at 10 am and takes place at the University Campus Griebnitzsee in Potsdam. Admission is free as in free beer.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-10-28)
Fellowship meeting in Weingarten, Germany
Fellow Christof Raber will host a Fellowship meeting at Weltehof,
Welte 1, 88250 Weingarten on Tuesday the 28th of October at 19:00.
All Fellows and Free Software supporters nearby are invited to
attend. It will be a good chance to get to know each other in
person, discuss all Free Software and FSFE related topics and to
generally have a good time.
(2008-10-24 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2008-10-21 to 2008-10-24)
FSFE at SYSTEMS, Munich, Germany
From 21. October to 24. October the SYSTEMS will take place in Munich,
Germany. SYSTEMS is a professional business-to-business exhibition for
the ICT market and addresses business and technical decision-makers in
commercial enterprises and the public sector.
For the first time FSFE will be present with a booth.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-10-22)
Fellowship meeting in Munich, Germany
On Wednesday the 22th of October at 19:00 OpenOffice.org and FSFE
will host together the OpenOffice.org regulars' table and the first
Fellowship meeting in Munich, Germany.
It will take place at the Augustinerkeller, Arnulfstraße, Munich
(www.augustinerkeller.de)
All Fellows and Free Software supporters nearby are invited to
attend. It will be a good chance to get to know each other in person,
discuss all Free Software and FSFE related topics and to generally
have a good time.
(2008-10-19)
Dinner in Geneva on the 19th October
Benjamin Morant and Ciaran O'Riordan invite you to a FSFE meeting in Geneva on the Sunday 19th October on the evening.
The plan is to meet each other in the restaurant "Les Brasseurs" at 17:00, and eat and drink there.
Don't hesitate to let us know if you want to come. Please write a mail to Benjamin on morant@fsfeurope.org
(2008-10-17)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
On 17 October 2008, a Fellowship meeting takes place in Vienna.
We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6,
first district. The discussions will start at 19:00.
Items on the agenda include our pages in the Fellowship wiki, our
advocacy project, and some small organisational things. As always,
the meeting is ended with a nice chat over a beer.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-10-11)
Booth at "Freedom not Fear", Berlin, Germany
On Saturday 11. October FSFE's Berlin Fellowship group will have a
booth at the "Freedom not Fear" demonstration. The booth will be ready
about 13:00 at the Neptunbrunnen, Berlin Alexanderplatz. When the
demonstration starts the booth will be reestablished at the
Brandenburger Tor.
[Read more...]
(2008-10-10)
Zurich Fellowship meeting
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the FSFE Zurich office from 19:00 until 20:30 on Friday the 10th of October. 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 Benjamin Morant, FSFE's intern at the Zurich Office. If you are coming to the meeting please let Benjamin know by sending an email to morant@fsfeurope.org.
(2008-10-09)
August Fellowship meeting in Brussels
A Belgian Fellowship meeting will take place on Thursday August
7th in Brussels. We will meet at 20:00
in Café
Walvis, 209 rue Antoine Dansaert, Brussels. It's an
informal meeting, like the last meeting, so we'll mostly chat
about whatever Free Software topics the attendees are interested
in. We'll also continue the discussion of how to launch
quarterly meetings, and Ciaran O'Riordan will give an update on
OpenStreetMap. This meeting can be discussed
on FSFE's
Benelux mailinglist.
(2008-10-09)
Monthly Berlin Fellowship Meeting
The Fellowship Group in Berlin will meet on the 10th October at 19:30. We will evaluate past actions like 25 years GNU and Software Freedom Day. For the future we will plan our attendance at the BLIT and talk about the pdfreaders campaign. The Location is as usual the New Thinking Store, Tucholsky Strasse.
(2008-10-08)
Fellowship Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany
Wednesday, 8 October, the first Fellowship meeting in the Rhein/Main
area will take place in Frankfurt: We are going to meet in the "Club
Voltaire", Kleine Hochstraße 5 (2 minutes from "Alte Oper"), 60313
Frankfurt/Main We will meet there around 19:00h.
(2008-09-29)
European Legal Network special interest group meeting in Brussels
The European Legal Network facilitated by FSFE's Freedom Task Force will hold a special interest group meeting in Brussels to discuss software patents and other legal issues. This meeting will be hosted at the Wilmer Hale law offices and is invitation only.
(2008-09-27)
GNU's 25th Birthday in Berlin, Germany
The GNU-project is turning 25 on the 27th of September. Therefore we
will pop the corks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. We will meet at
3pm. There will be champaign and some music to celebrate.
See you on saturday.
(2008-09-26)
Free Software in business and the public sector training course
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a training course on Free Software in business and the public sector at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland.
(2008-09-25)
'The strategic implementation of Free Software in business' speech at OpenExpo
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will deliver a speech entitled 'The strategic implementation of Free Software in business' at the OpenExpo conference in Winterthur, Switzerland, on the 25th of September.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-20)
Reach the people - Software Freedom Day, Berlin, Germany
On Saturday 20. September starting at 14:00 FFII and FSFE's Fellowship
group from Berlin will have barbecue and an information booth. At the
booth we will explain what Free Software is and why it is important for
society. This event should give beginners a chance to get in contact
with Free Software, GNU/Linux and the involved groups. Please bring
your own dishes and drinks to the Mauerpark in the opposite of
Gleimstr. 60.
[Read more...]
(2008-09-20)
Software Freedom Concert, Vienna, Austria
Starting at 8pm, Vienna's Fellows celebrate the annual "Software Freedom Day" in a Pub called Pint Pub in Vienna.
Highlight of the event will be the performances of the bands: "Club Valat" and "Klaus (from Fadin' to Whiteout)". Of course this event is also for non-computerfreaks.
[Read more...]
(2008-09-20)
Keynote speech at Dutch Software Freedom Day event
Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator at FSFE, will deliver a keynote speech at the Dutch Software Freedom Day event at Liefland College, Utrecht. The event will run from 10:00 until 17:00 and is organised by NLLGG, NLUUG and SoftwareFreedomDay.eu.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-19)
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, The Netherlands on the 19th of September. This event is sponsored by NLnet.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-17)
'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 September. 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.
(2008-09-12)
Richard Stallman in Brescia (Italy)
On 12 September at 16.00, Richard Stallman will give a speech on
"Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks" at the "Libera
Accademia di Belle Arti", in via D. Vender 66, Brescia (Italy).
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-12)
Zurich Fellowship meeting
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the FSFE Zurich office from 19:00 until 20:30 on Friday the 12th of September. 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 Benjamin Morant, FSFE's intern at the Zurich Office. If you are coming to the meeting please let Benjamin know by sending an email to morant@fsfeurope.org.
(2008-09-11)
Berlin Fellowship Meeting
The Fellowship Group in Berlin will meet on the 11th of September at
19:30. The Location is as usual the New Thinking Store, Tucholsky Strasse.
The following topics will be addressed: Software Freedom Day, GNU's 25th birthday.
(2008-09-11)
Richard Stallman in Genova (Italy)
On 11 September at 16.00, Richard Stallman will give a speech on
"Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks" at
Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione - Università
di Genova (via Dodecanneso 35, 5th floor).
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-08)
European Legal Network special interest group meeting in London
The European Legal Network facilitated by FSFE's Freedom Task Force will hold a special interest group meeting in London to discuss business processes and supply chain management. This meeting will be hosted at the Canonical offices and is invitation only.
(2008-09-07)
Explaining Free Software on the 'NESSI Open Source Working Group' panel
Shane Coughlan, FTF coordinator, will explain Free Software and the reasons behind Free Software licences at the OSS 2008 conference in Milan. He will sit on the 'NESSI Open Source Working Group' panel to discuss the European NESSI project.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-09-06 to 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
(2008-09-05)
Shane Coughlan in Vienna - The Professionalisation of Free Software
The Vienna Fellowship Group invites to a speech of Shane Martin Coughlan
about "The Professionalisation of Free Software. Where we are going next."
(in Englisch). The event which is organised in the context of a q/talk
special takes place in Room D / quartier21, QDK / Electric Avenue, MQ Wien
on 5 September 2008, starting at 20:00. Entrance is from 19:00. The
speech will be finished around 21:15, after that there will be
opportunity to ask questions. Admission is free.
(2008-08-30)
Fellowship meeting in Duesseldorf
At 18:30 on 30 August 2008, Duesseldorf Fellowship will meet in Gasttaette "Suedstern", Bilker Allee 66, 40219 Duesseldorf (5 min vom S-Bahnhof Bilk). Shane M. Coughlan, the coordinator of the FTF, will give a talk entitled "Professionalisation of Free Software projects" and there will be plenty of time for other discussions.
(2008-08-28)
Dutch Fellowship meeting, Nijmegen
A Fellowship meeting will be held in Nijmegen on Thursday August
28th. Everyone interested in Free Software is welcome and
invited to meet inside Café
Jos, Daalseweg
309, at 20h00. Discussion of this meeting can take place on
the
public fsfe-bnl
mailing list.
(2008-08-23 to 2008-08-24)
3rd 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 2008 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.
(2008-08-22)
First Fellowship meeting in Stuttgart
There will be a Fellowship meeting at the Unithekle, Allmandring
17, 70596 Stuttgart on Friday the 22th of August at 19:00. This is
the first Fellowship meeting in Stuttgart and all Fellows and Free
Software supporters nearby are invited to attend. It will be a good
chance to get to know each other in person, discuss the possibility
of future Fellowship meetings in Stuttgart and to generally have a
good
time. More
information.
(2008-08-19)
Irish Fellowship meeting, Dublin
A Fellowship meeting will be held in Dublin on Tuesday August
19th. 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
Software Freedom Day, software patents, maybe OOXML or OpenMoko,
and the usual talk of recent events. Discussion of this meeting
can take place on
the fsfe-ie
mailing list.
(2008-08-15)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
On 15 August 2008, a Fellowship meeting takes place in Vienna.
We meet around 18:00 in the Library Room at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6,
first district. The discussions will start at 19:00.
Items on the agenda include preparations for Shane Coughlan's visit to
Vienna, the Software Freedom Concert on Software Freedom Day, and the
"Linuxwochenende" event in Vienna in September. As always,
the meeting is ended with a nice chat over a beer.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(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.
(2008-08-12)
'Driving innovation with Open Desktop Technologies' panel at Akademy 2008
Shane Coughlan, FTF Coordinator at FSFE, will participate in the 'Driving innovation with Open Desktop Technologies' at Akademy 2008 on Tuesday, 12 August 2008. Shane will also be available around the conference during the rest of the 12th and 13th along with Armijn Hemel from GPL-violations.org. They will be glad to answer any questions people may have regarding licence compliance best practice and issue resolution.
(2008-08-07)
August Fellowship meeting in Brussels
A Belgian Fellowship meeting will take place on Thursday August
7th in Brussels. We will meet at 20:00
in Café
Walvis, 209 rue Antoine Dansaert, Brussels. It's an
informal meeting, like the last meeting, so we'll mostly chat
about whatever Free Software topics the attendees are interested
in. We'll also continue the discussion of how to launch
quarterly meetings, and Ciaran O'Riordan will give an update on
OpenStreetMap. This meeting can be discussed
on FSFE's
Benelux mailinglist.
(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.
(2008-07-18)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
On 18 July 2008, a Fellowship meeting takes place in Vienna.
We meet around 18:00 in the bar "Käuzchen", Gardegasse 8
(Note: changed location!). The discussions will start at 19:00.
Items on the agenda include planning of Shane Coughlan's visit to Vienna,
planning for the Software Freedom Concert on Software Freedom Day, and
discussion about possible reactions on the WIENUX decision. As always,
the meeting is ended with a nice chat over a beer.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2008-07-17)
Fellowship lunch in Barcelona
A lunch for Fellows of FSFE and Free Software friends in
Barcelona from 14:00 until 16:00 with FSFE's Georg Greve, Jonas
Öberg and Shane Coughlan. The meeting will be for informal and
friendly discussions about FSFE, the Fellowship, the work of the
Freedom Task Force, and everything else that you want to
contribute to the discussion. If you plan to come to the
meeting, please send email to fellowship@fsfeurope.org.
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
(2008-07-10)
Fellowship meeting in Brussels
A Belgian Fellowship meeting will take place on 10 July in
Brussels. We meet at 19:00 in café Walvis, 209 rue Antoine
Dansaert, Brussels. It's a chance to inform others about your
activities in the Free Software community and there will be
talk of gNewSence and GPLv3.
The meeting is open to
Fellows and non-Fellows interested in Free Software. We are
looking forward to many attendants!
(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.
(2008-06-18 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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!
(2008-06-12)
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.
(2008-05-30 to 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.
(2008-05-31)
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.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-05-28 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-05-15 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 :-)
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-03-01 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2008-02-23 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2007-12-07 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(2007-10-31 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-10-12 to 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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2007-09-18 to 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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2007-08-30 to 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 to 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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2007-06-25 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2007-06-21 to 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:
[Read more...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-05-18 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(2007-05-11 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-05-10 to 2007-05-11)
LibreMeeting 2007, Spain
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.
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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.
(2007-04-27)
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!
(2007-04-04)
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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 2007-02-25)
"FOSDEM", Brussels (Belgium)
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.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-02-19 to 2007-02-23)
"WIPO Provisional Committee on Proposal Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA)--3rd Session, Geneva (Switzerland)
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.
(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 to 2007-02-18)
"SkyCon", Limerick (Ireland)
FSFE will be represented by Ciaran O'Riordan at this computer
science conference. Ciaran will speak on the topic of GPLv3,
presenting the current state and the work ahead.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-01-26 to 2007-02-14)
SELF in Mumbai, India
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.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-02-10)
Reunión del Equipo Español de la FSFE
El día 10 de febrero, a primera hora de la tarde, tendrá lugar una nueva
reunión del Equipo Español de la FSFE en Miraflores de la Sierra, en Madrid.
Al acto acudirá Richard Stallman, que impartirá una charla sobre el Software Libre.
En la misma jornada se impartirá una charla acerca del Software Libre en la
Administración Local, con presencia de alcaldes y agentes de desarrollo local
de varios municipios.
[External event homepage...]
(2007-02-07 to 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)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
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!
(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).
(2006-12-15)
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!
(2006-12-04)
Talk at "Nexell informiert", Zurich, Switzerland
The president of FSFE, Georg Greve, will give a lecture titled "What is
Free Software and are Free Software solutions professional enough for our
daily business?" during the "Nexell informiert", in Zurich. The lecture
is starting on 4 December at 17:30 at "Schweizerisches Institut für
Betriebsökonomie".
"Nexell informiert" is a meeting where experts are invited to talk and
spread awareness about Free Software issues, organised by the Nexell,
an independent team of international and multilingual CRM professionals,
there to help customers find the right technologies, platforms and
solutions to meet their needs and budgets.
(2006-12-01)
Evento sobre Software Libre y empresa
El grupo de trabajo de Software Libre y Empresa de la FSFE-ES va a organizar
una pequeña charla presentación sobre el Software Libre, las empresas y de
cómo ambos se pueden beneficiar de la libertad y flexibilidad del Software
Libre. Presentaremos varios estudios legales sobre la licencia GPL2 y
hablaremos del proyecto GNU, el proyecto de la FSFE-ES y por supuesto, del
Software Libre.
(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.
(2006-11-25)
Trobada de l'equip espanyol de l'FSFE
El dia 25 de novembre de 2006, a las 10, es celebrarà en la sala
C6-E101 del Campus Nord de la UPC (Barcelona) una altra trobada del
equip espanyol de l'FSFE. L'entrada es lliure i no fa falta que
us inscriviu per assistir-hi.
Us esperem!
[External event homepage...]
(2006-11-21 to 2006-11-22)
5th International GPLv3 Conference, Tokyo
The 5th international conference on GPLv3 will be a 2-day event
held in Japan on November 21st and 22nd. Organised by Free
Software Initiative Japan, this event will host experts and
interested parties who will make presentations and participate
in discussions about Free Software's cornerstone licence. FSFE
will be represented by Georg Greve (President) and Ciarán
O'Riordan. The joint goals are to maximise awareness of the
GPLv3 process and to give attendees the information necessary to
make informed comments on the licence drafts and to help them to
explain the proposed changes to others.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-11-18)
Encuentro del grupo español de la FSFE
El día 18 de noviembre de 2006, a las 10:30, se celebrará en teatro municipal
de Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, un encuentro del grupo español
de la FSFE. La entrada es libre y no es necesario registrarse para
asistir. ¡Los esperamos!
[External event homepage...]
(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 to 2006-11-16)
"LinuxWorld Conference and Expo", Cologne, Germany
FSFE will be present with a booth at the "Linuxworld Conference and
Expo", which takes place from 14 to 16 November in the "Koelnmesse" area
in Cologne, Germany.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-11-11)
First International Annual Meeting of Fellowship
The Fellows of FSFE will meet in Bolzano at the South Tyrol
Free Software Conference 2006 (SFSCon) on Saturday, November 11.
Check the link for more up to date information.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-11-07)
OpenTuesday at Digicomp, Zurich, Switzerland
The president of FSFE, Georg Greve, will give a lecture titled "Kommerzielle, praktische und gesellschaftliche Aspekte Freier Software" during the forthcoming OpenTuesday meeting, in Zurich. The lecture is starting at 18:00, 7th of November.
OpenTuesday meetings are monthly meetings where experts are invited to talk and spread awareness about Free Software issues.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-11-04)
GPLv3, DRM, and the Linux kernel
Dublin, Ireland. Ciarán O'Riordan will give a presentation on
GNU GPLv3 regarding the state of the discussion and the options
open on DRM and tivoisation - using the Linux kernel as an
example. This presentation will be part a day-long event for
the ILUG AGM.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-10-30 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-10-25 to 2006-10-26)
"LinuxWorld Expo", London, UK
FSFE will be at the "LinuxWorld Expo" in London, on
the 25th/26th of October. FSFE will have a booth at the event.
Please come and visit us to learn more about Free Software, the
work of the FSFE and the Fellowship.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-10-24 to 2006-10-25)
Internetdagarna, Stockholm, Sweden
At the Internet days 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, FSFE vice
president Jonas Öberg will participate in a panel discussion
on open document formats. The FSFE will also be present with
a booth during the event.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-10-20)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The fourth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 20 October
starting at 18:00 in Vienna at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6, first
district.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-09-23 to 2006-09-30)
aKademy 2006: KDE, patents, GPLv3
This year's annual KDE conference will be held in Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland. FSFE will be represented by Ciaran
O'Riordan who will deliver a keynote on Software Patents at
13:45 on Sunday the 24th, and will lead a Birds of a Feather
session on GPLv3 from 19:00 to 20:00 on Tuesday th 26th.
aKademy is generally technical in nature.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-09-27)
Fellowship meeting in Dusseldorf
Fellows from Dusseldorf and the surrounding area meet on 27
September at 20:00 in the Cafe "Philipp", Furstenwall
120, Dusseldorf-Bilk. Please inform kersten (at) fsfeurope.org
if you are planning to join.
(2006-09-21 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-09-15)
GPLv3 Workshop at Wizards of Operating Systems (WOS4)
FSFE will organise a GPLv3 workshop at this year's
Wizards of OS conference in Berlin on Friday, September
15th, from 17h00 to 19h00. Georg Greve and Ciaran
O'Riordan will be joined by members of FSF Latin
America, FSFE's sister organisation, to present the main
changes proposed for GPLv3 and to examine to current
state of the public discussion process.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-09-15)
Fellowship meeting in Vienna
The fourth Austrian Fellowship meeting takes place on 15 September
starting at 18:00 in Vienna at the Metalab, Rathausstraße 6, first
district.
As usual, this invitation addresses to all people interested in FSFE or
Free Software. We are looking forward to many attendants!
(2006-09-09)
Tiroler Linuxtag, Hall in Tyrol, Austria
At the "Tiroler Linuxtag", the last event in the Austrian "Linuxwochen"
series, both Reinhard Müller and Patrick Ohnewein hold a keynote.
Reinhard Müller gives a general overview on Free Software and informs
about the Fellowship, and Patrick Ohnewein speaks about CoCOS, a
competence center about Free Software, and about Free Software in
Southern Tyrol.
The event takes place on 9 September 2006 from 10:00 to 17:00 at the
UMIT, a private university in Hall in Tyrol. Admission is free.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-08-30)
"Do you know enough about GPLv3?" Copenhagen, Denmark
Ciaran O'Riordan will present, and will take questions on,
the main changes being made for version three of the GNU
GPL. The goal of this evening is to give members of the
Free Software community information to help them make
constructive criticism and to suggest improvements during
the remainder of the year-long public consultation
process.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-08-29)
Dataföreningen Region West, Göteborg, Sweden
At one of the regular networking meetings of Dataföreningen
Region West, Jonas Öberg, vice president of FSFE, will give an
overview of the GPL version 3, the proposed changes and the
rationale of them.
(2006-08-23 to 2006-08-24)
4th international GPLv3 conference, Bangalore
The 4th international conference for drafting version 3
of the GNU GPL will take place in Bangalore, India on August
23rd and 24th.
The goals of the international conferences are to raise
awareness of the proposed changes for the GNU GPL, and
to explain the public consultation process so as to
encourage maximal participation.
The 2nd draft of GPLv3, launched on July 27th, will be
discussed at this conference.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-07-09 to 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"
[External event homepage...]
(2006-06-26 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-06-22 to 2006-06-23)
3rd International GPLv3 Conference, Barcelona
At this two day international conference, the experts on GPLv3
and Free Software licencing will present the proposed changes to
Free Software's corner stone licence, the GNU General Public
License. The experts will also take questions from attendees
and topical discussions will be organised. The joint goals are
to raise awareness of the GPLv3 process and to give attendees
the information necessary to explain the proposed changes to
others.
[Read more...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-05-31 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-05-15 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-05-03 to 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.
[Read more...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-04-24 to 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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-04-19 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2006-02-20 to 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 to 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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-12-05 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-11-20 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(2005-11-14 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-11-15 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-11-09 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2005-11-09 to 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 to 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
[Read more...]
(2005-10-13 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-10-11 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[Read more...]
(2005-09-18 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-09-27 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(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).
[External event homepage...]
(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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-07-28 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-07-20 to 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 to 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.
[External event homepage...]
(2005-06-22 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2005-06-19 to 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.
[Read more...]
(2005-06-02 to 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 c