[FSFE PR][EN] FSF Europe Newsletter

FSF Europe press at fsfeurope.org
Thu Apr 7 14:43:07 CEST 2005


1. Henrik Sandklef becomes a member of the FSFE association
2. Fellowship a big success
3. Karsten Gerloff begins internship with FSFE
4. Freedom Party in Berlin
5. Free Software Workshop in Damascus
6. Conference on Free Software in Istanbul
7. Free Software Conference in Sarajevo
8. Linuxforum in Copenhagen
9. Microsoft trial getting increased public attention
10. Georg Greve visits FSF in Boston


1. Henrik Sandklef becomes a member of the FSFE association

Henrik Sandklef, who has been a member of the Swedish FSFE team for
several years, has now become an official member of the association.
This will strengthen the FSFE in Sweden politically and operationally.

  http://www.fsfeurope.org/about/members.en.html


2. Fellowship a big success

The Fellowship of FSFE, officially announced on 28 February 2005, has
already become a huge success. More than 300 people already registered
within the first month, and more than 180 of them have activated their
@fsfe.org email address, blogging on https://www.fsfe.org, and are
looking forward to their personalised crypto cards, which are being
prepared right now. If you have not yet signed up to protect your
freedom, please do!

  https://www.fsfe.org/


3. Karsten Gerloff begins internship with FSFE

After the experience with FSFE's first intern Matthias Kirschner was
so positive, FSFE is more than happy to have found Karsten Gerloff to
continue this work. Karsten is studying Applied Cultural Sciences at
the University of Lüneburg and is working closely with Georg Greve in
Hamburg. The focus of his activities is the Fellowship. If you want to
know how he is doing, you can check out his blog.

  https://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/


4. Freedom Party in Berlin

At the Freedom Party in Berlin, Fellows and interested users got
together to celebrate the launch of the Fellowship. At the invitation
of the FSFE and the Newthinking Network, about eighty guests exchanged
inside knowledge on Free Software, watched a demonstration of the
cryptocard, and had a good time.

  https://www.fsfe.org/news/party2


5. Free Software Workshop in Damascus

Karin Kosina and Jonas Öberg gave talks at the Free Software Workshop
in Damascus, Syria.  Karin spoke about the economic aspects of Free
Software and Jonas talked about formal education on Free Software on
a university level.  This was an interesting opportunity to get into
contact with the Free Software community in the Middle East, and we
are happy to see the the global Free Software network getting stronger
all the time.


6. Conference on Free Software in Istanbul

A conference on Free Software was held at Istanbul Bilgi University,
having the focus on the opportunities Free Software offers for the
Turkish economy. Georg Greve and Matthias Kirschner had very
interesting discussions with local Free Software activists and Georg
Greve spoke on commercial, practical and sociological aspects of Free
Software and the GNU Project.


7. Free Software Conference in Sarajevo

Alessandro Rubini has been at the Engineering Faculty in Sarajevo,
Bosnia, where he held a conference about "Free Software in a Free
Society".  During his staying at the University, in an activity
sponsored by "Fondazione Willy Brandt", based in Rome, he managed
to build the initial ties with relevant user-group members and some
faculty staff that may help in setting up a local FSFE chapter in the
future.


8. Linuxforum in Copenhagen

LinuxForum 2005 was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.  The FSF Europe was
represented by Henrik Sandklef, together with the Danish organisation
IT-Politisk Forening that is working for information freedom in
Denmark.


9. Microsoft trial getting increased public attention

After it became apparent that Microsoft continued trying to drag its
feet on the December 2004 decision of the European Court, FSFE and the
Samba Team have now decided to take the initiative and present the
European Commission with the exact terms to set for Microsoft in order
to implement the EC antitrust decision. This created a very strong and
positive media echo for Free Software in many major publications, such
as the Wall Street Journal.

  http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2005q1/000097.html


10. Georg Greve visits FSF in Boston

March was also the month during which Georg Greve took the time to
visit FSFE's sister organisation, the Free Software Foundation in the
United States and spend some time with its employees and directors.
He also participated again in FSF's yearly Associate Member Meeting,
where he kept the people supporting FSF in the United States informed
about what is going on in Europe.


You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on
http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html


More information about the Press-release mailing list