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The case for a World Innovation Policy Organisation

Posted on 14. April, 2009 by Georg Greve

Good innovation policy requires understanding of the regulatory impact of each policy instrument individually, as well as knowledge about the interaction of different instruments. It is therefore necessary to look at the whole spectrum available within each instrument, as well … Continue reading →

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Considerations on Innovation and Competition Policy

Posted on 31. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

[PDF version,  paper providing input to the workshop “Technical Regulation of the Internet : From Standardization to Behavorial and Societal Norms” ] — by Georg C. F. Greve Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) Innovation is the process of applying new … Continue reading →

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WIPO SCP/13 – some conclusions

Posted on 29. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

A very productive week of plenary discussions which culminated in Friday’s difficult informal consultations behind closed doors at the SCP/13 demonstrated that WIPO has already come a long way, but a lot remains to be done. In many ways, this … Continue reading →

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FSFE statement at WIPO SCP/13 re/ future work

Posted on 27. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

[PDF version] STATEMENT BY THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) TO THE 13th SESSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS (SCP) ON FUTURE WORK (Geneva, 23-27 March 2009) Mr Chairman, We have followed the debates of this … Continue reading →

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FSFE statement at WIPO SCP/13 re/ patents and standardisation

Posted on 25. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

[PDF version] STATEMENT BY THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) TO THE 13th SESSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS (SCP) (Geneva, 23-27 March 2009) Mr Chairman, We consider it a fortunate coincidence that this SCP discusses … Continue reading →

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FSFE statement at WIPO SCP/13 re/exceptions and limitations

Posted on 24. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

[PDF version] STATEMENT BY THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) TO THE 13th SESSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS (SCP) (Geneva, 23-27 March 2009) Mr Chairman, FSFE joins other speakers in congratulating you on the honour … Continue reading →

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Some pointers on European Software Strategy, WIPO and further reading

Posted on 15. March, 2009 by Georg Greve

It’s been one of “those” months. Again. First and foremost, the European Software Strategy has taken up a lot of time and energy for myself and others in FSFE. Having been invited to contribute our expertise to the process of … Continue reading →

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OLPC = “One License Per Child?”

Posted on 29. April, 2007 by Georg Greve

The past days found me attending the Yale A2K2 conference in New Haven where an insipring group of people were discussing issues of the knowledge society and how to enable Access to Knowledge for everyone. Naturally, Free Software played a … Continue reading →

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FSFLA liberates tax declaration in Brazil

Posted on 28. April, 2007 by Georg Greve

As featured in my March entry “When governments mandate proprietary software,” Brazil had mandated that all citizens file their tax declaration with a proprietary program distributed by the government. Alexandre Oliva of FSFLA, FSFE‘s sister organisation in Latin America, reverse … Continue reading →

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UNESCO publishing paper on “Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies”

Posted on 14. March, 2007 by Georg Greve

UNESCO has published a paper on "Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies" which follows up on discussions during the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The paper also talks about the OLPC project … Continue reading →

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