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Leaving Tunis
After a short "last-minute one-person drafting session" to find some language on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Free Software and Open Access for the PCT Working Group to go into the Civil Society statement last night, I’ve again endured the bus … Continue reading
SchoolNet Jets make “FYOOOSHH!”
Did you know that there is a group of superheros operating in Nambibia that fly cool VTOL harrier-like jets to install computer labs with Free Software in schools in Namibia? Neither did I until I stumbled upon the WSIS booth … Continue reading
Will we one day have a World Intellectual Wealth Organisation?
Besides spreading the word about how Free Software was censored from the "Vienna Conclusions on ICT & Creativity", I also participated in a panel on the ongoing World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reform: As you may know from Karstens Blog, … Continue reading
Article: WSIS and the Software Challenge
Wolfgang Kleinwächter asked me to write about "WSIS and the Software Challenge" for the UN ICT Task Force Series 8 (2005): "The World Summit on the Information Society — Moving from the Past into the Future" It was edited by … Continue reading
The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence
In June 2005, the Austrian government has been holding a very high-level conference on "ICT & Creativity" as part of the WSIS process. The dignitaries included Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, Director-General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNIDO Carlos Magarinos … Continue reading
WSIS blog aggregation
FYI: there is a blog aggregation project online at http://www.wsisblogs.org. You will find more details on people in hunger strike, on repression and on the internet governance issues, as well as side-events that are taking place here. And I just … Continue reading
Business as usual: secret service, rfid, repression
The Tunisian government is deadly afraid of Civil Society. There is no other explanation for what is going on here in Tunis. And since I assume that most of you have never had first-hand experience of this kind, let me … Continue reading
Off to Tunis
I am aware that I am likely to get the "luxury version" of Tunis, and unlike Tunisian people won’t have anything to fear from speaking my mind — also because that is what "THE FAQ" says. I still have to … Continue reading
Back from tweakfest.ch 2005
Although their web site was unusable for heavy Flash usage, the tweakfest.ch 2005 was actually very interesting. Thanks again to all the organisers for an entertaining event, interesting discussions and a good time. One of my personal highlights was Fuminori … Continue reading
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It’s official: Going to Tunis
As many of you may know, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is taking place 16. to 18. November in Tunis. To this point, Free Software Foundation Europe has been very active in the WSIS so … Continue reading
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