[Fsfe-ie] FSFE Newsletter

[Free Software Foundation Europe]

1. FSFE and Digicomp announce Free Software Licensing course
2. Meeting Libre 2007 in Miraflores, Spain
3. FSFE at eLiberatica 2007 in Romania
4. Richard Stallman in Sweden
5. ConfSL, LUGConf and Fellowship meeting in Cosenza, Italy
6. Linuxtag in Berlin
7. Linuxwochen tour through Austria
8. Donations now tax-deductable in Switzerland


1. FSFE and Digicomp announce Free Software Licensing course

The Swiss training academy Digicomp is now offering Free Software
licensing courses delivered by FSFE's Freedom Task Force Coordinator
Shane Coughlan. The courses are intended for project managers,
developers and technicians who wish to become more knowledgeable
regarding code distribution options and give practical examples of
integrating Free Software into business models.  These courses will take
place for the first time on the 25th and 26th of June, with additional
courses being offered on the 10th and 11th of September and the 10th and
11th of December 2007.  More information can be found here:

  http://fsfeurope.org/projects/ftf/trainingcourse


2. Meeting Libre 2007 in Miraflores, Spain

FSFE's associate organisation in Spain, the Free Knowledge Foundation,
has organised the LibreMeeting 2007, the first International Free
Knowledge Meeting of Madrid. Georg Greve presented the FSFE while
Ciarán O'Riordan spoke about the GPLv3.


3. FSFE at eLiberatica 2007 in Romania

Brasov, Romania right in the heart of Transylvania was the place that
the Romanian Free Software community chose for its 2007 eLiberatica
conference to share knowledge and build awareness for Free Software in
Romania. FSFE president Georg Greve gave one of the keynotes on Open
Standards and freedom of competition and also participated in the
panel on the future of knowledge regulation.


4. Richard Stallman in Sweden

On the 16th of May 2007, Richard Stallman held a speech in Gothenburg
(Sweden).  The speech, Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use
of Software and Other Published Works, can be downloaded (audio) here:

  http://www.fsfe.org/en/content/download/32738/202513/file/rms-speech-gbg-sweden-2007.ogg.torrent.  

On the 17th of May 2007, Richard Stallman held a speech in Linköping
(Sweden).  The speech, Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer
Networks, can be downloaded here:

  http://www.lysator.liu.se/upplysning/film/20070517_RMS/RMS_2007-05-17_Digifri_Lysator.ogg.torrent


5. ConfSL, LUGConf and Fellowship meeting in Cosenza, Italy

The Italian Free Software community met in Cosenza for three events at
the same time: the ConfSL2007, the LUGConf and a Fellowship meeting.
In total, everyone enjoyed three days of talks, workshops and plain good
fun.  Stefano Maffulli and Shane Coughlan were there representing FSFE
and during the LUGConf Fellow Marco De Rossi presented the recently
formed Milan Advocacy group.

  http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/maffulli/rants/(tag)/cosenza


6. Linuxtag in Berlin

Like the years before, FSFE was present with a booth at Linuxtag in
Berlin, where people from FSFE and volunteers informed about Free
Software and answered lots of questions.


7. Linuxwochen tour through Austria

"Linuxwochen" is the name of a series of events in Austria that take
place every year around May. This year, FSFE was present in Eisenstadt,
Graz, and Vienna.


8. Donations now tax-deductable in Switzerland

FSFE is glad to announce that donations are now tax-deductable in
Switzerland after it has been recognised as charitable public interest
organisation by the authorities in the Kanton of Zürich, where FSFE's
Swiss offices are located. Your donation is essential to make our work
possible, for more information please take a look at

 http://fsfeurope.org/help/donate-2007-ch


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